Race, shaming, and international human rights
Can human rights organizations (HROs) shame governments without fueling racism against diasporas or appearing racist?
Research
Publication: Reconciling Multi-Level Rights-Based Commitments in Development: Assessing the Legal and Administrative Imperatives of Responding to Education, Health Care, and Environment Protection Cha
The principles of sovereignty, equality, and self-determination – which have long been the basis for nonintervention in the affairs of sovereign states – have more recently been widened to condemn out
Human Rights Organizations and Shaming Tactics: Using Anti-Racist Cues to Hone the Messaging
Human Rights Organizations (HROs) often use a criticism tactic, known as shaming, to pressure foreign governments that commit human rights violations to stop their abuses.
Substandard housing and the risk of COVID-19 infection and disease severity: A retrospective cohort study
In this study we examine associations between substandard housing and the risk of COVID-19 infection and severity during the first year of the pandemic by linking individual-level housing and clinical
Effects of a US Supreme Court ruling to restrict abortion rights
Previous research focused on popular US Supreme Court rulings expanding rights; however, less is known about rulings running against prevailing public opinion and restricting rights.
Can Justice Bring Peace to Ethiopia? How to Heal Divisions After Decades of War
In November 2022, the Ethiopian government signed a cease-fire with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.
Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis
We study people's willingness to trade off civil liberties for increased health security in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by deploying representative surveys involving around 550,000 responses
What Made John Ruggie's World Transformation Theory and Practice Hang Together
With the untimely death of our colleague and friend, John G.
On the Role of Solar Geoengineering in Combatting Climate Change: Harvard University vs. Indigenous Voices
In 2021 the Saami Council asked Harvard to suspend research related to stratospheric aerosol injections, a form of geoengineering.
Russia’s Willing Collaborators: Ukraine Needs a Measured Lustration Policy to Strengthen Security and Rebuild Democracy
As Ukrainian forces aim at a major counteroffensive against Russia, the issue of collaborators, especially in Russian-occupied areas, has drawn renewed attention.
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