Events

• Sep

  21

  Communicating to Build Support for Economic Rights with the U.S. Public: Actionable Insights from Communications Research

  The Dodd Center for Human Rights

  12:15 PM

  What does communication science tell us about how to build support for economic rights? This session will dive into the work of the Center for Public Interest Communications at the University of Florida and the resulting practical communication strategies that emerged across a variety of economic rights topics. 

• Oct

  2

  Business, Economic & Social Rights in Conflict Zones: Research Frontiers

  The Dodd Center for Human Rights

  12:00 PM

  How do researchers measure what companies actually do — and what they fail to do — when it comes to human rights, conflict, and corporate accountability? This panel brings together scholars from finance, management, and political science to discuss cutting-edge assessment tools, datasets, and context-specific applications in the field of business and human rights. 

• Oct

  29

  Emancipating Human Rights: A Preview

  12:00 PM

  Dr. Michael Goodhart discusses his upcoming book Emancipating Human Rights, which examines the complex and often contradictory role of human rights in political struggles, arguing that their emancipatory potential lies not in what human rights are, but in how people use them to pursue transformative social and political change.