Employment

Employment Opportunities We have no employment opportunities available at this time. Internships We have no internship opportunities available at this time. Work Study Work study positions at the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute are available. The positions are open to current University of Connecticut students who receive work study as part of their financial aid […]

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History

The History of Human Rights at UConn 1995 The Thomas J. Dodd Research Center was dedicated by President William J. Clinton and Senator Christopher J. Dodd to honor Thomas Dodd’s service as Executive Trial Counsel in the International Military Tribunal, the first of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. In the year that followed, known as […]

Research Program on Humanitarianism

The Research Program on Humanitarianism (RPH) brings together UConn faculty from across the humanities and social sciences, as well from the Schools of Social Work, Education, and Law, for an ongoing discussion on the history and experience of humanitarian crisis and action, and the analytical and creative engagements that reflect on them. RPH builds on […]

Research Program on Global Health and Human Rights

The Research Program on Global Health and Human Rights serves as a forum for UConn’s scholarly community interested in global health, human rights, and health inequities. This program is an integral part of the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute, seeking to understand human rights based approaches to health challenges. News

Research Program on Economic & Social Rights

The Research Program on Economic and Social Rights brings more than a dozen UConn faculty together with over 30 affiliated scholars from across the United States and Canada. Together, we have generated numerous graduate and undergraduate courses, several edited volumes, multiple co-authored articles, and the National Science Foundation-funded Socio-Economic Rights Fulfillment Index (SERF Index). Economic […]

Human Rights Research Hub

The Human Rights Research Hub (Hub) is an initiative of UConn’s Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute (HRI). The role of the Hub is to support original human rights research, data collection, and methods training for HRI faculty, graduate and undergraduate students. The projects affiliated with the Hub reflect the collaborative and interdisciplinary nature of HRI.

Research Program on Arts & Human Rights

The Research Program on Arts & Human Rights explores how the arts can promote the full exercise of human rights and the consolidation of a democratic culture. The arts not only make human rights visible. They also advance democratic thinking as they help us imagine new futures and open unique spaces for dialogue and debate, […]

Research Program on Arts & Human Rights

The Research Program on Arts & Human Rights explores how the arts can promote the full exercise of human rights and the consolidation of a democratic culture. The arts not only make human rights visible. They also advance democratic thinking as they help us imagine new futures and open unique spaces for dialogue and debate, […]

Democracy & Dialogues Fellowship Program – Call for Proposals

Program Dates: 2019-2020 Status: Closed We will award five (5) new fellowships to participate in UConn’s Democracy & Dialogues Fellowship Program. This Year’s Focus This year’s program will focus on creating dialogue in the classroom. In keeping with the recommendations made by the President’s Committee on Civil Discourse and Dialogue, submitted in July 2018, we […]