Hans-Otto Sano

Emeritus, Research

Ph.D. in Economic History

Experts Research

+45 91 32 57 77

hosa@humanrights.dk

CV and publications

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Publications

2010

Mclnerney-Lankford, S., Sano, H.-O.,, Human Rights Indicators in Development: An Introduction, World Bank, 2010 (Non-peer-reviewed).

2009

Sano, H.-O., 'The Need for Evidence-Based Human Rights Research' in Coomans, F., Grünfeld, F., Kamminga, M.T. (eds.), Methods of Human Rights Research, Cambridge: Intersentia, 2009 (Peer-reviewed).

2007

Lagoutte, S., Sano, H.-O., Scharff Smith, P., 'Introduction' in Lagoutte, S., Sano, H.-O., Scharff Smith, P. (eds.), Human Rights in Turmoil. Facing Threats, Consolidating Achievements, Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2007 (Peer-reviewed).

Sano, H.-O.,, 'Is Good Governance a Global Public Good? ' in Andersen, E.A., Lindsnæs, B. (eds.) , Towards new Global Strategies, : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2007 (Peer-reviewed).

2006

Sano, H.-O., 'Human Rights Reinforcement and Globalisation: Reflections about Global Governance' in Lagoutte, S., Sano, H.-O., Scharff Smith, P., Human Rights in Turmoil. Facing Threats, Consolidating Achievements, : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2006 (Peer-reviewed).

2004

Sano, H.-O., 'Økonomiske og sociale menneskerettigheder ' in Thelle, H., Koch, I.E., Sociale menneskerettigheder, : Akademisk Forlag, 2004 (Peer-reviewed).

Jørgensen, R. F., Kessing, P. V., Kjær, K. U., Sano, H. O., Scharff Smith, P., 'Menneskeretssituationen i Danmark 1999-2003', Nordisk Tidsskrift for Menneskerettigheter , 22 (2), 2004 (Peer-reviewed).

2002

Sano, H.-O., Alfredsson, G., Clapp, R., Human Rights and Good Governance. Building Bridges., The Hague/Boston/London: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2002 (Peer-reviewed).

Sano, H.-O., Birch-Thomsen, T., Frederiksen, P., 'A Livelihood Perspective on Natural Resource Management and Environmental Change in Semi-Arid Tanzania', Economic Geography, 77, 2002 (Peer-reviewed).

2000

Sano, H.-O., 'Human Rights and Development. The Partial but necessary in Integration of Human Rights and Development', Human Rights Quarterly, 22,3, 2000 (Peer-reviewed).

1997

Sano, H.-O., Lindholt, L., Rwanda 1997. An Analysis of Human Rights and Politics, Copenhagen: Danish Centre for Human Rights, 1997 (Non-peer-reviewed).

Key competencies

Development, human rights-based approaches, poverty and human rights, human rights indicators, good governance

Selected projects

Human rights research methods: Key issues and approaches

A book project which introduces and critically discusses various approaches to human rights research.
Human rights and poverty reduction

Examines how human rights and human rights-based approaches have been employed as an instrument of poverty reduction in development contexts.
The economy of human rights

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

This study aims to explore how human rights can be used to create enduring processes of empowerment.
"Research Methods in Human Rights. A Handbook"

A book project which introduces and critically discusses various methods applied in human rights research.
The economy of human rights

The project investigates the relationship between human rights and economic development.

Press photos

Portrait photo in black/white of Hans-Otto Sano 2021

Research

Research on sustainable development