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Therese Boje Mortensen is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Human Rights Studies at Lund University's Department of History, with a focus on critical child rights theory and ethnographic research. She collaborates with BML Munjal University in India and Antwerp University in Belgium under a Swedish Research Council grant (2024-2028) to study children's legal rights-based climate activism in India.
- Research Interests: Critical child rights theory, India, ethnographic approaches, human rights accountability, climate litigation, civil society, and children's political participation.
- Projects: Children's Right to Political Participation (2024-2028) and NGOs as Duty Bearers of Child Rights (2018-2022).
Her recent publications emphasize children's roles in climate litigation, Asia-Pacific youth activism, and critical analyses of NGO-led rights implementation. She actively contributes to academic conferences and peer-review processes, aligning her work with UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 13, 16).
- Scientific Award: International Postdoctoral Grant from the Swedish Research Council.
Her research integrates legal theory, critical child rights studies, and socio-legal methodologies to address gaps in civic spaces and children's representation.
