Steven L. B. Jensen

Senior Researcher, Research
PhD in History
Experts Research
+45 91 32 57 86
sje@humanrights.dk
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Publications

2021

Jensen, S.L.B., 'The Global AIDS Strategy 2021-2026 must still dream ambitiously against all odds', Daily Maverick, 8 June 2021.
Jensen, SLB, 'What the global response to HIV/Aids can teach us about Covid-19 recovery – and social justice', Daily Maverick, 25 January 2021.

2020

Jensen, S. L. B., Hagtvedt Vik, H, Lindkvist, L., Strang, J. (eds.), Nordic Histories of Human Rights, London: Routledge, 2020 (Peer-reviewed).
Jensen, S.L.B., '"From this era of passionate self-discovery”: Norman Manley, Human Rights, and the End of Colonial Rule in Jamaica' in A. Dirk Moses, Marco Duranti and Roland Burke (eds.)., Decolonization, Self-Determination, and the Birth of Global Human Rights Politics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020 (Peer-reviewed).
Jensen, SLB, 'Det Globale Syd spillede en central rolle i FNs udvikling', Udenrigs, December, 2020, 19-23 (Non-peer-reviewed).
Jensen, S. L. B, 'WHO i pandemiorkanens øje', Udenrigs, September, 2020, 7-10 (Non-peer-reviewed).
Jensen, S.L.B., ''For every Constitution there is an epic': South Africa and the evolution of international human rights', Daily Maverick, 24 September 2020.
Jensen, S. L. B., ''Our Rightful Place in the Sun': Marcus Garvey and the 1920 Declaration of Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World', The Daily Maverick, 13 August 2020.
Jensen, S.L.B., 'Global HIV/AIDS response, shows human rights is path to success against Covid19', Open Global Rights, 9 April 2020.
Jensen, S. L. B., Jürgens, R., 'Global sundhed har brug for menneskerettighederne – også i kampen mod corona', Globalnyt, 30 July 2020.
Jensen, S.L.B., 'How do we tackle human development in a mutilated world?', The Daily Maverick, 20 January 2020.
Jensen, S.L.B., 'Human Rights and Covid-19: 'Build back better'', The Daily Maverick, 30 April 2020.
Jensen, S.L.B., 'Human rights and the march of history', The Daily Maverick, 20 March 2020.
Jensen, S.L.B., 'International kommentar: Verdenssamfundet ser nu prisen for USAs manglende lederskab', Berlingske, 2 May 2020.
Jensen, S.L.B., 'Oxfam og Verdensbanken fortæller os, hvorfor vi skal tage global ulighed alvorligt', Berlingske, 3 February 2020.
Jensen, S.L.B., 'The UN Human Development Report must go farther on inequality', Open Global Rights, 18 February 2020.
Jensen, S.L.B., 'The World Health Organization and the Politics of Health Internationalism', Identities, "Viral Condition" virtual series, 17 April 2020.
Jensen, S. L. B, 'UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights goes out guns blazing against failure to address poverty', The Daily Maverick, 19 July 2020.

2019

Jensen, S.L.B., Christiansen, C.O. (eds.), Histories of Global Inequality: New Perspectives, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019 (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).
Jensen, S.L.B., 'Inequality and Post-war International Organisation: Discrimination, the World Social Situation and the United Nations, 1948-1957' in Jensen, S.L.B. and C.O. Christiansen (eds.), Histories of Global Inequality: New Perspectives, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, 131-155 (Peer-reviewed).
Jensen, S.L.B., 'Decolonization: The Black Box of Human Rights?', Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 1, 2019, 200-203 (Peer-reviewed).
Jensen, S.L.B., Lagoutte, S., Lorion, S., 'The Domestic Institutionalisation of Human Rights: An Introduction', Nordic Journal of Human Rights, 37(3), 2019, 165-176 (Peer-reviewed).
Jensen, S.L.B., 'Inequality a prominent concern for UN human rights monitors', Open Global Rights, 4 December 2019.
Jensen, S.L.B., 'The UK's Brexit Agonies: Lessons from Jamaica', The Daily Maverick, 31 October 2019.
Jensen, S.L.B., 'UN human rights mechanisms proving effective SDGs monitor', Open Global Rights, 4 July 2019.
Jensen, S.L.B., 'UN recommends action against inequality, but will states listen?', The Daily Maverick, 10 December 2019.
Jensen, S.L.B., M.J. Petersen, Documenting Results: A Review of Survey-based Reports Based on data from National Human Rights Institutions, DIHR Working Paper, 2019 (Non-peer-reviewed).
Jensen, S.L.B., The Role of National Human Rights Institutions in the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda, The Danish Institute for Human Rights, 2019 (Non-peer-reviewed).

2018

Jensen, S.L.B., 'Review of L. Heerten: The Biafran War and Postcolonial Humanitarianism', H-Soz-Kult, 31 May, 2018 (Non-peer-reviewed).

Key competencies

Human rights history (20th Century); global health, HIV/AIDS, Covid-19 and human rights; economic and social rights; the UN system and human rights diplomacy; human rights, global inequality and development

Expertise

Steven L. B. Jensen has specialized in the historical evolution of international human rights, human rights diplomacy as well as global health and human rights. He has extensive research and writing experience with a proven ability to reach diverse audiences. He has solid experience from project design and with generating strategic information on a range of human rights topics, especially related to health issues (e.g. the global response to HIV/AIDS), inequality and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Selected projects

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