Hans Ingvar Filip Roth Professor of Human Rights

Hans Ingvar Roth is professor of human rights at the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Stockholm University. He holds a PhD in Ethics from Lund University, a Master of Letters in Philosophy from University of Oxford, a B.A. in Political Science, Philosophy, Peace and Conflict Studies from Uppsala University and a M.A in History and Religious Studies from Stockholm University. Roth is also a docent (associate professor) in Ethics from Lund University.

Research and publications

He has written extensively on human rights, affirmative action, minority rights, multicultural education and epistemology. Among his publications are the books:

• “Conceptions of Knowledge and Scepticism” (1992)
• “The Multicultural Park – A Study of Common Values in School and Society” (1999)
• "Identitet och pluralism" (Identity and Pluralism) (2002)
• “Särbehandlingens dimensioner” (2004)
• “Mångkulturalismens utmaningar” (2005)
• “Vad är mänskliga rättigheter?” (2007)
• “Diskriminering” (2008)
• “Mångfaldens gränser” (2010)
• “När Konfucius kom till FN : Peng Chun Chang och FN:s förklaring om de mänskliga rättigheterna” (2016)
• “P. C. Chang and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights” (2018).

He is a regular contributor to Svenska Dagbladet and Dixikon, among others, with essays on how philosophy, ethics and human rights intersect with current affairs.