Presented by the Peace & Conflict Studies Guest Lecture Series
In these times of global upheaval, overlapping crises can feel overwhelming in both scale and complexity.
Yet how we understand and respond to these challenges matters.
Join Morten Kjaerum, a prominent voice in global human rights policy and practice, as he examines how human rights frameworks respond to conflict, displacement, inequality, and climate change—and what they reveal about today’s “polycrisis.”
Kjaerum is Affiliated Professor and Immediate Past Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, and former Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. He has held senior leadership roles across major European human rights institutions, including the Danish Institute for Human Rights.
Professor Kjaerum has also held key roles within the United Nations system, including membership on the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and continues to advise and serve on numerous international boards. A widely published scholar and frequent lecturer, his most recent co-edited volume, Human Rights Economies and Subnational Governance (Routledge, 2025), reflects his ongoing engagement with how human rights respond to complex global challenges.
Open to all members of the Oberlin campus community
