Research on sustainable development

Research area: Sustainable development
Human rights constitute part of the foundation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, through amongst other aspects, concepts such as equal treatment and the rule of law.

The sustainable development agenda can contribute to the promotion of the implementation of human rights, just as human rights may risk getting caught up in a more general agenda towards achieving broader goals.

This is a complex area and therefore the Institute must possess in-depth knowledge of the relation between the Sustainable Development Goals and human rights protection. We must also have a profound understanding of the private sector as an actor operating in both the area of human rights and in sustainable development.

Research projects

The project will follow UN and other international debates linking global inequality, the SDGs and human rights.

Contact person: Steven L. B. Jensen

This research project explores how responsible business initiatives support the Sustainable Development Goals in developing countries.

Contact person: Claire M. O’Brien

Obstacles, dilemmas and potential synergies in the relationship between freedom of religion or belief, gender equality and the SDGs.

Contact person: Marie Juul Pedersen

How respect for human rights affects economic and sustainable development focusing on civil and political rights and on equal treatment rights.

Contact persons: Hans-Otto Sano, Sigrid Alexandra Koob, Stinne Skriver Jørgensen and Maja Meiland Hansen

This research project explores the drivers of, and barriers to, decent work in the global garment value chain.

Contact person: Kristoffer Marslev

 

Research publications

2019

Book chapters

  • Götzmann, N., 'State-Investor Contracts and Human Rights: Taking a Critical Look at Transparency and Participation' in I. Feichtner, M. Krajewski and R. Roesch (Eds.), Human Rights in Extractive Industries: Transparency, Participation, Resistance, : Springer, 2019, pp. 339-373 (Non-peer-reviewed).
  • O'Flaherty, M., & Methven O'Brien, C., 'Reform of the UN Human Rights Treaty Monitoring Bodies: A Critique of the Concept Paper on the High Commissioner's Proposal for a Unified Standing Treaty Body' in Pocar, F., International Human Rights Institutions and Enforcement, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2019, Chapter 27 (Peer-reviewed).
  • Jensen, S.L.B., Christiansen, C.O., 'Histories of Global Inequality: Introduction' in S.L. B. Jensen and C.O. Christiansen (eds.), Histories of Global Inequality: New Perspectives, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, 1-32 (Peer-reviewed).
  • Methven O'Brien, C., & Martin-Ortega, O., 'Public procurement and human rights: Discretion, divergence, paradox' in Bogojevic, S., Groussot, X., Hettne, J., Discretion in EU Procurement Law, Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2019, forthcoming (Peer-reviewed).
  • Methven O'Brien, C., & Martin-Ortega, O, 'Public Procurement and the Erosion of the EU Social Model: Outline of a Polanyian Perspective and the Emerging Regulatory Role of Human Rights?' in Thomson/Reuters, International Markets Regulation and the Erosion of the European Political and Social Model, : Elsevier, 2019 (Peer-reviewed).

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