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CURRICULUM VITAE
N a m e : St e ve n L . B . J e n s e n
P r e s e n t p o s it i o n : Se n i o r R e s e a r c h e r L a n g u a g e s : D a n is h ( p r o f ic ie n c y ), E n g l is h ( p r o f ic ie n c y ) , G e r m a n (r e a d in g ) , F r e n c h ( b a s i c ) P h o n e : + 4 5 9 1 3 2 5 7 8 6
E m a i l : s j e @ h u m a n r ig h t s . d k
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
Human Rights History, International Human Rights Diplomacy, HIV/AIDS and Health, Social and Economic Rights, Human Rights and Development.
My research focuses on the historical evolution of human rights since 1945 with a focus on the pivotal role played by Global South countries in the legal, political and diplomatic breakthrough for international human rights. The main publication here is the prize-winning book The Making of International Human Rights. The 1960s, Decolonization and the Reconstruction of Global Values (CUP 2016). Another main focus of my research is social and economic rights in a historical perspective. I have published on issues such as HIV/AIDS, health and development and more recently conducted research on the effectiveness of national human rights institutions.
Before joining The Danish Institute in 2007, I worked for UNAIDS based in Geneva (2003-2007) where my work focused on strengthening coordination, strategic planning and civil society involvement in
national AIDS responses and issues such as UN reform. My work for the Danish Institute from 2007 and the next following years focused on strengthening the engagement of national human rights institutions in national responses to HIV/AIDS. I have in this capacity done consultancy work for UN agencies such as UNAIDS, WHO and OHCHR. From 2001- 2002 I worked as a Head of Section at the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Department for Southern Africa).
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIE NCE
2018 - Senior Researcher Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
2013 - Researcher Danish Institute for Human
Rights, Denmark
2010 - PhD Candidate University of Copenhagen &
Danish Institute for Human Rights
2007 - 2010 Project Manager Danish Institute for Human Rights
2003 - 07 Programme Officer, Country Support Department
UNAIDS, Geneva
2001 -02 Head of Section, Department for Southern Africa
The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
EDUCATION
2014 Ph.D. in History Saxo Institute (History), University of Copenhagen 2001
2000
M.A. History (cand.mag)
MSc by Research
Department of History, University of Copenhagen.
Center for Second World War Studies, Edinburgh University
OTHER RELEVANT QUALI FICATIONS AND EXPERI ENCES Conferences, Panels, Workshops and Seminars (selected)
2017 Winner of Human Rights Best Book Award
International Studies Association
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2017
2017
2016 2016
2015 -
2015
2011
Winner of Chadwick Alger Prize for Best Book on International Organization
Co-organizer of workshop
“Arguments for and against Socioeconomic Rights – Past and Present”
Visiting Researcher
Member of Official Danish Delegation
Collaborating Partner
Awarded the 2015 Rene Cassin Thesis Prize (Special Mention)
Visiting Researcher
International Studies Association
Harvard Law School
University of Oxford
UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, New York
Socio-Economic Rights in History Network
Institut International des Droits de l´Hommes, Strasbourg
Yale Law School
Presentations at Public Institutions (selected)
2017 “The Austerities of
Independence: Norman Manley, Human Rights and the End of Colonial Rule in Jamaica, 1955-1962”
Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
2016
2016
“How the Global South shaped the International Human Rights System”
Nobel Lecture: “The Making of International Human Rights, 1945-1993
International Peace Institute, New York (with Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Nobel Peace Institute, Oslo, Norway
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Membership of professional bodies
Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (2013- )
Steering Committee Member for Aidsnet – Network of Danish Development NGOs (2008-2011)
PUBLICATIONS
Please consult https://www.humanrights.dk/staff/steven-l-b-jensen for updated list of publications
