Participants

2021 PARTICIPANTS

• Justin Jos Poonjatt, University of New South Wales
  Missing Chances: Remedies, National Action Plan And India’s Story Of Business And Human Rights 
  
  
• Si Chen, McGill University
  A Socio-Legal Approach to the Governance of Labour Rights in Transnational Spheres: A Study of Chinese Mining Investment in Southern Africa
  
  

• Anthony Kapeta, Paris Nanterre University
  The extraterritorial obligation to protect Human Rights in the context of Transnational Corporation activities: A critical analysis of the OECD National Contact Points). 
  
  
• Alison Holm, Copenhagen Business School
  Constructive conflict in issue fields: A study of conflict resolution in the field of business and human rights 
  
  

• Michael Rogerson, School of Management, University of Bath
  The UK Modern Slavery Act 2015: can the professions stimulate action? 
  
  

• Cynthia Kwakyewah, Oxford University
  Corporate human rights abuses in Ghana’s extractive industries: Uncovering patterns and trends
  
  
• Samantha Hopkins, Queen’s University Belfast
  How do corporations engage with their own relationship with harm through acknowledgement and denial?
  
  
• Emma van den Terrell, University of Mannheim
  Business, Human Rights and German Due Diligence: An ethical analysis of the German Supply Chain Law Debate
  
  
• Stephanie Villadiego de la Hoz, Université de Neuchâtel
  "The ‘Hardening’ of Multinational Corporations' Responsibility” under the supervision of professor Emmanuelle Reuter.
  
  
• Gabriela Navarro, Universidade Federal de Lavras
  Measuring the Effectiveness of the Inter-American System of Human Rights: the Case of Indigenous Territorial Rights
  
  
• Stefanie Triefus, Erasmus University Rotterdam
  Do foreign investors have a responsibility not to challenge human rights measures via investor- state dispute settlement? 
  
  
• Julia Croce, University of Geneva
  The Role of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise in Building Democracy in Fragile Countries 

2020 PARTICIPANTS

• Akinwumi Ogunranti, Nigeria (Dalhousie University, Canada):
  UNGPs Pillar 2: Gaining legitimacy by incorporating local perspectives – The African perspective

• Alysha Shivji, USA (Alliance Manchester Business School Manchester, United Kingdom):
  Rightsholder remedy: A dialogic approach to non-state remediation for business-related human rights abuses

• Anais Tobalagba, Canada (University of Technology Sydney, Australia):
  ‘Deconstructing’ human rights due diligence: A practical tool to prevent violence against women in mining operations?

• Andy Symington, Australia (University of New South Wales, Australia):
  Business human rights dynamics in the lithium triangle

• Benjamin Grama, The Netherlands (Tilburg University, The Netherlands):
  Company-administered grievance mechanisms – mechanisms for effective remedy, conflict management, or private power?

• Claudia Macaveiu, United Kingdom (Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom):
  Reflexive sense-making? A narrative approach of modern slavery reporting in the British event sector

• Fanny Pulver, Switzerland (University of Zurich, Switzerland):
  The corporate responsibility to respect free, prior, and informed consent: Lessons from the OECD National Contact Points

• İlayda Eskitaşçıoğlu, Turkey (Koç University, Turkey):
  “Woman has no name”: A critical analysis of the UNGPs through the lens of feminist legal theory

• Ivo Emanuilov, Bulgaria (University of Leuven, Belgium):
  Business and human rights in the factories of the future: Towards collaborative due diligence in digital supply chains

• Lady Nancy Zuluaga Jaramillo, Colombia (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina):
  Towards the visibility of victims of transnational corporations and mechanisms to protect their rights. Latin America perspective.

• Lilach Trabelsi, Israel (University of Geneva, Switzerland):
  Corporate headquarters vs. subsidiary location: The effect of institutional context on corporate sustainability performance in the mining industry

• Olivia Dean, Australia (RMIT University, Australia):
  Are we banking on the Modern Slavery Act to address all human rights risks in business? An analysis of how Australia addresses non-financial risks in the financial services sector

• Roman Teshome, Ethiopia (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands):
  The responsibility of businesses in the course of development-induced displacement: the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in context

2019 PARTICIPANTS

• Arpitha Kodiveri (India): European University Institute (Italy) Responsible investment and free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) of Adivasi communities in India

• Constantin Hartmann (Germany): Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany) Dealing in virtue? Arbitrating business and human rights

• Florencia Wegher Osci (Argentina): National University of Littoral (Argentina) Is international commercial arbitration a proper mechanism to resolve business and human rights disputes?

• Isabel Ebert (Germany): University of St.Gallen (Switzerland) The tech company dilemma: Navigating government data disclosure requests under limited rule of law

• Jocelyn Néron (Canada): University of Ottawa (Canada) Situating legal authority in a globalizing age: Global legal theories and the case of economic governance

• Laura García Martín (Spain): University of Sevilla (Spain) and University of Antwerp (The Netherlands) Corporate accountability in transitional justice: Lessons from Argentina

• Lauren Kaufmann (USA): The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (USA) Impact investing: Addressing social inequity through financial decision making

• Leonard Feld (Germany): European University Institute (Italy) The prospects, limitations and impacts of human rights due diligence practices under consideration of the emerging unilateral regulatory efforts in Europe

• Oluwatosin Igbayiloye (Nigeria): University of Pretoria (South Africa) Human-rights based approach to sustainable mining in Sub-Saharan Africa

• Peter Drahn (Germany): University of Cologne (Germany) Varied adoption of EU business and human rights policy

• Raphael Ribeiro (Brazil): Universidade Federal da Bahia (Brazil) and University of Ottawa (Canada) Reproductive medicine business and human rights: Developing corporate policies and procedures to address negative impacts of in vitro gametogenesis

• Sebastian Smart (Chile): University College London (UK) Closing the gap between UNGPs and online content moderation practices

• Tori Loven Kirkebø (Norway): University of Oslo (Norway) Business and or human rights?

• Yingru Li (China): University of Glasgow (UK) Justice and justification in accounting

2018 PARTICIPANTS

• Ekaterina Aristova, "Tort Liability of Transnational Corporations: The Challenge of Jurisdiction" (University of Cambridge)

• Maximiliano Vila Seoane, "Messaging Apps and Human Rights" (National University of San Martín)

• Marisa McVey, "Human Rights and Accounting: A Viable Partnership?" (University of St Andrews)

• Kebene Wodajo, "Multinational Enterprise Social Responsibility and Liability Rules: Economic Analysis" (Shanghai Jiaotong University)

• Laura Knöpfel, "Socially embedded mining enterprises and the implementation of the business & human rights agenda through contract governance" (Transnational Law Institute of King’s College)

• Johanna Schenner, "State Legislation and Human Rights Abuses in Supply Chains: A Practical Tool to Address Forced Labour?" (University of Vienna)

• Juan Francisco Chávez R., "Business Coalitions and the Creation of Self-Regulation on Indigenous Peoples Rights: Institutional Creation and Change in Institutional Fields" (University of Victoria)

• Ingrid Landau, "The promise and perils of human rights due diligence as transnational labour regulation" (University of Melbourne)

• Cynthia Arredondo, "Transnational activism on business and human rights: a multidimensional approach"(National Autonomous University of Mexico)

• Başak Bağlayan, "The OECD National Contact Points and 'Specific Instance' Procedure as a Corporate Accountability Tool" (Max Planck Institute Luxembourg)

• Karen Vazquez, "New energy transitions, same old conflicts? Consultation and due diligence in renewable energy projects in Mexico" (Clark University)

• Lucas Roorda, "Instrumentalize this! - Civil jurisdiction in EU business and human rights cases" (Utrecht University)

• Joseph Kibugu, "Human rights concerns in the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition: insights from Tanzania" (University of Witwatersrand)

• Chairman Okoloise, "The role of the African Union in advancing corporate human rights accountability in Africa" (University of Pretoria)

2017 PARTICIPANTS

• Abe Oyeniyi (University of Capetown)

• Romola Adeola (University of Pretoria)

• Rachel Chambers (University of Essex)

• Ludovica Chiussi (University of Oslo)

• Kim Dae-Wook (Seoul National University Seoul)

• Vivian Kube (European University Institute)

• Daniela Heerdt (Tilburg Law School)

• Berit Knaak (University of St. Gallen)

• Erin Leitheiser (Copenhagen Business School)

• Rajiv Maher (Trinity College Dublin)

• Sarah McGrath (University of New South Wales)

• Johannes Norpoth (Ruhr-University Bochum)

• Michelle Staggs-Kelsall (University of Nottingham)

• Ioana Tuta (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)

• Rebecca Wolitz (Yale University)