Call for Papers: Advancing Social, Economic, and Cultural Rights in a Polarised, Digitalised, and Unequal World, 4th and 5th September 2025
Leiden University, 4th and 5th September 2025
About
This conference marks the official launch of the Working Group on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights within the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research (NNHRR – Asser Institute), coordinated by Lucas Dikkers, Luísa Pinto e Netto, and Nathalie Schnabl. The Working Group aims to establish a platform for collaborative, critical, and interdisciplinary scholarship on ESCR in both domestic and global contexts. The event also marks the launch of the multi-year research project Evolving Rights: Social Rights in the Era of Climate Change and Digital Revolution, led by Luísa Pinto e Netto at Leiden University and supported by a Dutch government starting grant.
Submission Guidelines
• Submissions should be sent by 30th June to [l.c.pinto.e.netto@law.leidenuniv.nl] with the subject line: “ESCR Conference 2025 – Abstract Submission.” 2025
• Submissions must be in a Word document (.doc or .docx).
• Submissions must include: • the title • speaker(s) name(s), institutional affiliation(s), and contact information • the abstract (no more than 300 words) • a short bio (no more than 100 words) of the speaker(s)
• The conference will be held in person at Leiden University, on 4th and 5th September 2025.
• Both NNHRR members and non-members are welcome to apply.
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