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The Human Rights Profile Area forsters a human rights community at Lund University where researchers working with human rights connect and collaborate and get in contact with our collaboration partners and civil society organizations. To promote research advancement, we organize activities related to research that are open to both our members and partners, and some also for the public. Twice per y
https://www.humanrights.lu.se/research - 2026-05-09
Register for the event on 29 January, 2026, by 15 January. Status message The event is fully booked. Please contact info@humanrights.lu.se to be put on the waiting list. Leave this field blank
Management team The management team is the strategic body of the Human Rights Profile Area. Besides the strategic direction, the management team decides over member admission, seed funding grants and finances. It consists of a coordinator, a deputy-coordinator and two assistant coordinators from different faculties. Every member has a designated responsibility. Coordinator Lena Halldenius, Profes
https://www.humanrights.lu.se/about/organization - 2026-05-09
Researchers within the Human Rights Profile Area 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. Research topics at the top of our agenda: Human rights & CultureHuman rights & DisabilitiesHuman rights & Economic developmentHuman rights & EducationHuman rights & GenderHuman rights & Health
https://www.humanrights.lu.se/research/research-themes - 2026-05-09
Join us for an interdisciplinary, collaborative space to explore common interests and to build connections across fields! Date: 16 February 2026 Time: 13:15–15:00 (including fika) Location: SOL:H435 Centre for Languages and Literature, Helgonabacken 12, Lund Status message The registration deadline has passed. Leave this field blank
https://www.humanrights.lu.se/form/earth-observation-and-human-rights-conflicts-and-disasters - 2026-05-09
Collaborations in Lund - the Swedish hub for human rightsBesides the university, Lund is home to two major human rights institutes in Sweden which makes the city of Lund to a Swedish hub for human rights. The Human Rights Profile Area organizes events together with these institutes to foster collaborations and exchange among staff and members. Together we are creating a robust and dynamic environm
https://www.humanrights.lu.se/collaborations - 2026-05-09
Datum: 23 april 2026, kl. 13:15–15:00, följt av fika & frågor i foajén 15:00–15:30.Lokal: LUX:C121, Helgonavägen 3 och online via Zoom Webinar (med möjlighet till frågor). Status message The registration deadline has passed. Leave this field blank
– Ukraine as a catalyst for human rights collaboration - Date: 16 March 2026 Time: 13:30–17:00 Location: LUX:C212 Lynnéum, staff dining room, Helgonavägen 3 Status message The registration deadline has passed. If you wish to participate, please contact info@humanrights.lu.se. Leave this field blank
https://www.humanrights.lu.se/form/registration-human-rights-dialogue-2026 - 2026-05-09
13 May 2026 13:15 to 15:00 | Seminar Karolina Sikora is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Sociology of Law at Lund University. She is a member of the research project Transformative Environmental Justice (EnJUSTICE), funded by NordForsk. The project investigates the forms of community involvement in the green transition discourse in Sápmi, Greenland, and Lithuania. The focus of this s
https://www.humanrights.lu.se/calendar/karolina-sikora-human-right-cultural-heritage-social-contract-nonlegal-tool - 2026-05-09
In terms of education, the Human Rights Profile Area aims to strengthen the connections between research and education in the field of human rights. We facilitate collaboration between educational programmes and courses at Lund University that explicitly or implicitly focus on human rights. Overview of Human Rights related education at Lund University The Human Rights Profile Area also engages on
https://www.humanrights.lu.se/education - 2026-05-09
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21 May 2026 12:45 to 22 May 2026 12:00 | Conference Academic independence is increasingly challenged by political pressures and external interests. As scholars face new risks and weakened institutional autonomy, it is vital to reflect on how universities can defend their democratic mission and educational freedom. When critical thinking and academic independence come under pressure, it threatens n
https://www.humanrights.lu.se/calendar/international-conference-academic-freedom-human-rights-and-role-academia - 2026-05-09
Date: 21– 22 May 2026 (lunch to lunch) Location: LUX:C121, Helgonavägen 3, Lund First name (required) Please enter your first name. Last name (required) Please enter your last name. Organization (required) Email address (required) Please enter your email address. Conference sessions: I wish to attend the following conference sessions (required) Session 1: Academic freedom as a human right and a ma
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Academic freedom is increasingly challenged by political pressure, funding structures, and external interests. When the independence of knowledge production is weakened, this is not only an academic concern but a human rights issue and a threat to democracy. This international Conference on Academic Freedom, Human Rights and the Role of Academia is arranged by the Lund University Human Rights Prof
https://www.humanrights.lu.se/collaborations/international-conference-academic-freedom-human-rights-and-role-academia - 2026-05-09
12 May 2026 14:15 to 15:30 | Seminar Human Rights Law Discussion Group SEMINAR SERIESSafe, regular and orderly migration under the Global Compact on Migration: An analysis of Free Movement Regimes globally Diego Acosta (Professor of European and Migration Law at University of Bristol and Director of the Nebrija Global Chair in Migration and Human Rights at Nebrija University) Faculty members, grad
27 May 2026 09:00 to 13:00 | Workshop From invasive and non-invasive brain-computer interfaces to data privacy, governance models, and the impact on democracy and human dignity, the Pufendorf-Theme has examined how these technologies are reshaping our brains, bodies, and societies. Now, the researchers invite academic staff, students, practitioners, and curious minds - to join them for a provocati
https://www.humanrights.lu.se/calendar/neurofutures-promises-and-perils-neurotechnologies - 2026-05-09
26 May 2026 18:00 to 20:30 | Other Welcome to a screening of Invisible Nation (2023), a documentary portraying Taiwan through the lens of its first female president, Tsai Ing-wen. Following the screening, themes raised by the film will be discussed in a panel with Dr. Gina Song Lopez and Dr. Jonathan Andrew. Directed and produced by Vanessa Hope, Invisible Nation offers an intimate portrait of Tai
https://www.humanrights.lu.se/calendar/invisible-nation-screening-film-followed-panel-discussion - 2026-05-09
22 May 09:15 - 11:45 at LUX:C121 This event is one session of the International Conference on Academic Freedom, Human Rights and the Role of Academia, taking place at Lund University on 21 -22 May. The conference is fully booked, but some limited seats are available for single sessions. Find out more on the conference webpage. First name (required) Please enter your first name. Last name (required
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22 May 2026 09:15 to 11:45 | 09:15 - 11:45 Presentations and panel discussion 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch This event is one session of the International Conference on Academic Freedom, Human Rights and the Role of Academia, taking place at Lund University on 21 -22 May. The conference is fully booked, but some limited seats are available for single sessions. Find out more on the conference webpage. Academ
https://www.humanrights.lu.se/calendar/risk-europe-and-beyond-measuring-and-safeguarding-academic-freedom - 2026-05-09
Pro Vice- Chancellor Per Mickwitz about the Human Rights Profile Area What is the Lund University Human Rights Profile Area?The Human Rights Profile Area is a hub for interdisciplinary research, education and collaboration on human rights. We bring together more than 150 human rights researchers at Lund University from a broad range of disciplines. The profile area can be described as a network th
https://www.humanrights.lu.se/about - 2026-05-09
