Research

Our students and faculty hail from a range of disciplines and engage in cutting-edge, interdisciplinary human rights research.

Our research projects seek to answer questions such as:

• "What are the effects of international trade on human rights in developing economies?"
• "How do migration patterns affect education, justice and other human rights values?"
• "When do international human rights laws improve human rights practices?"
• "How does human rights activism work?" 

By asking these big questions, our research advances the state of the art in our respective fields while also contributing to current debates about some of society's biggest challenges.

If you are an undergraduate student interested in getting involved with human rights research at Nebraska, check out our Undergraduate Research Fellowship.