Human Rights in Higher Education

Network Human Rights in Higher Education

At the 2023 International Conference on Human Rights in Higher Education the idea was born to found an International Network Human Rights in Higher Education. The network is still in the beginning stages. Our Swedish university partners are Uppsala University, the University College Stockholm and the University of Gothenburg.  

International Conference on Human Rights in Higher Education, 2025

Method and Human Rights – Education in a Time of Societal Change | 23-24 October 2025| Uppsala University 

Uppsala University arranges the second conference of the Network Human Rights in Higher Education. The conference draws attention to the role of methodology teaching in preparing students for their future professional lives – both within academia and in society at large. The program includes inspirational lectures, workshops, and joint reflections with participants from academia, public authorities, and civil society. Ther following things will be discussed:

• Why, when, and how we teach methodology in human rights education
• Relationships between methodology, theory, and philosophy of science
• Students’ need for methodological knowledge in an interdisciplinary context
• How we can develop approaches that meet contemporary demands and students’ needs

The main conference language will be Swedish.  
Read the full program and register no later than 13 October 2025.

International Conference on Human Rights in Higher Education, 2023

On October 19-20, 2023, Lund University’s Human Rights Profile Area, along with Uppsala University’s Department of Theology, the Swedish Institute for Human Rights, and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, held a Conference on Human Rights in Higher Education in Lund.

This was the first time that educators and researchers in human rights from Swedish universities met with representatives from the Swedish Institute for Human Rights and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute to discuss human rights as a field of study in higher education. The goal was to promote it as a cross-disciplinary research area, both in Sweden and around the world.

Read profile area member Frida Nilsson´s reflections on the conference: 
Human Rights Education – what is it good for? (new tab, link to humanrights.blogg.lu.se)

Report on Human Rights Education at Lund University