Role of Networks in Advancing Human Rights

Edited by Shareen Hertel, University of Connecticut, Mark Gibney, University of North Carolina, Asheville, USA and Bonny Ibhawoh, McMaster University, Canada

• Contents1 Introduction: networking for human rights 1Bonny Ibhawoh, Shareen Hertel and Mark GibneyPART I NETWORKING WITHIN ACADEMIA2 Networking for academic freedom: issues and challenges 9George Andreopoulos3 Academic networking for human rights: research chairs associal capital 24Alison Brysk4 On (not) networking while female 37Rhoda E. Howard-Hassmann5 An interview with Bert Lockwood 45Bert Lockwood with Mark Gibney6 Academic networks as research and learning communities 53Francesca Parente and Kelebogile ZvobgoPART II BRIDGING THE ACADEMIC AND PRACTICE DIVIDES7 Thinking about academic networks through social networkanalysis 63Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen8 Moving economic and social rights from the margins to thecenter through networking 73Shareen Hertel9 The Extraterritorial Obligations (ETO) Consortium 84Mark Gibney10 Participedia: networking for democratic innovations 95Bonny Ibhawoh11 Partnerships, networks, and eco-systems: the case of humanrights cities 105Morten Kjaerum12 Human rights networks: from analogue to digital 115Todd Landman13 Paradigm shifts and the evolution of quantitative humanrights cooperation 125Skip Mark and Daniel Arnon14 The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI):transforming accountability through collaboration 138Pratibha Singh and K. Anne WatsonPART III STUDYING THE PRACTICE WORLD15 The complex of issue networks in transitional justice 151Bo Won Kim and Sumin Lee16 A Geneva perspective on human rights networking at theU.N.: schmoozing for human rights 167

‘At a time when human rights are under threat, this book offers accessible, first-hand insights from the worlds of practice and academia on the vital importance of forging relationships. It reminds us that “Networking is essential to sustaining human life”, and central to effective collaboration for a more equitable world.’