Human Rights is one of Lund University’s five profile areas, aiming to improve people’s lives and solve global problems through interdisciplinary research, education, and collaboration.
The Human Rights Profile Area brings together human rights researchers and educators from law, humanities, theology, social sciences, economics, medicine, technology and the arts. Working closely with local, national and international organisations, our researchers develop methods, policies and strategies to help secure human rights and promote a fairer and more democratic world. Among the global challenges that are at the top of our agenda are the growing inequality between rich and poor, refugee and migrant movements, global health, the climate crisis, conflicts, and new technologies. Researchers within our network pay particular attention to the impact and consequences of a polarised world on global norms, practices, actors and institutions in the field of human rights.
This blog features posts by members and collaborators of the Human Rights Profile Area, alongside more in-depth information about and recordings of online seminars.
We collaborate with our partners at Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and the Swedish Institute for Human Rights, both based in Lund.
Profile area website: https://www.humanrights.lu.se/
Follow the profile area on LinkedIn or YouTube and browse the Lund Human Rights Reports and Working Papers series.
For general enquiries: info@humanrights.lu.se
Management team
Coordinator: Lena Halldenius, Professor of Human Rights Studies
Deputy coordinator: Jessica Almqvist, Professor of Human Rights Law
Assistant coordinator: Martin Andersson, Associate Professor of Economic History
Assistant coordinator: Mia Liinason, Professor Gender Studies
Project coordinator: Ulrike Krantz