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I am a postdoctoral researcher in Human Rights Studies. Until 2028, I will be working under an international postdoc grant from the Swedish Research Council to ethnographically investigate children and young people's possibilities for legal rights-based climate activism in India, applying critical child rights theory. This project is based at Lund University, but with collaboration with BML Munjal University (India) and Antwerp University (Belgium).
In 2023, I defended my PhD thesis about NGOs as implementers of children's rights in India. My general research interests are critical child rights theory, India, ethnographic approaches to human rights studies, human rights duty bearing/responsibility, climate litigation and activism, civil society, civic spaces, NGOs, and children's rights related to representation and participation.
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Free keywords
- Human Rights
- Child rights
- India
- NGOs
- Duty bearers
- Civil society
- Climate litigation
- Activism
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations the last five years
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Selective privatisation and changing civic spaces in India: The government takeover of an erstwhile NGO-run child helpline
Boje Mortensen, T., 2026 Jan 5, In: Intersections: East European Journal of Society and Politics. 11, 2, p. 8-25 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Book review: Linde Lindkvist, Barnets Mänskliga Rättigheter [The Human Rights of the Child] (Swedish)
Boje Mortensen, T., 2025, In: Social Change. 55, 3, p. 519-522 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review (Book/Film/Exhibition/etc.)
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Broadening the Meanings of Youth Climate Activism: A Review of the Literature from Asia
Boje Mortensen, T. & Dadhich, T., 2025, In: Youth. 5, 3, 16 p., 67.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Children's rights implementation as a lived practice: An ethnography of implementation in India and its potential for Critical Children's Rights Studies
Boje Mortensen, T., 2025, Critical Children’s Rights Studies: A Research Companion. Llobet, V., Reynaert, D., Twum-Danso Imoh, A. & Vandenhole, W. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 268-280 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Child Rights, Legal Theory and Social Advocacy: Maria Grahn-Farley, Child Rights, Legal Theory and Social Advocacy, Cambridge University Press, 2024, XII + 197 pp, £95.00, ISBN 978–1–009-36696-0 (hb)
Boje Mortensen, T., 2025, In: Human Rights Law Review. 25, 3, 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review (Book/Film/Exhibition/etc.)
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Children's right to political participation: the case of rights-based climate activism in India
Boje Mortensen, T. (Researcher)
2024/09/01 → 2028/07/31
Project: Research
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NGOs as Duty Bearers of Child Rights: An Ethnography of ChildLine India
Boje Mortensen, T. (Research student), Halldenius, L. (Supervisor) & Svensson, T. (Assistant supervisor)
2018/09/03 → 2022/08/31
Project: Dissertation
Activities
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BML Munjal University
Boje Mortensen, T. (Role not specified)
2026 Feb → 2027 JulActivity: Visiting an external institution › Research or teaching at external organisation
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Childism Masterclass august 2025
Boje Mortensen, T. (Role not specified)
2025 Aug 18 → 2025 Aug 27Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop/ seminar/ course
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Youth Climate Activism in India: A thematic literature of an emergin field
Boje Mortensen, T. (Role not specified)
2025 May 20Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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The Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference 2025
Boje Mortensen, T. (Role not specified)
2025 Apr 15 → 2025 Apr 17Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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International Journal of Children's Rights (Journal)
Boje Mortensen, T. (Role not specified)
2025 AprActivity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Journal/Manuscript peer review