Kathryn Sikkink

Kathryn Sikkink (born 1955[1]) is an author and human rights academic. She previously served as a Regents Professor and the McKnight Presidential Chair of Political Science at the University of Minnesota,[2] and is currently the Ryan Family Professor of Human Rights Policy and the Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Sikkink works on international norms and institutions, transnational advocacy networks, the impact of human rights law and policies, and transitional justice.[3]

In 2008, Sikkink received a Guggenheim Fellowship.[2] In 2012, she won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for The Justice Cascade, which discusses the origins and effects of human rights trials.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Who is Kathryn Sikkink?". Omnilexica. Retrieved September 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Kathryn Sikkink". Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Harvard Kennedy School - Kathryn Sikkink". Harvard Kennedy School. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "2012: "The Justice Cascade," Kathryn Sikkink". Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Kathryn Sikkink". Harvard Kennedy School. Retrieved 21 November 2013.