HANS INGVAR ROTH
CURRICULUM VITAE
Hans Ingvar Roth (b.1958 in Stockholm) is professor of human rights at the Institute of Turkish Studies (SUITS) 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 docent (associate professor) in Ethics from Lund University.
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), “Identity and Pluralism” (2002), “Särbehandlingens dimensioner” (2004), “Mångkulturalismens utmaningar” (2005), “Vad är mänskliga rättigheter?” (2007) “Diskriminering” (2008), “Mångfaldens gränser” (2010). His most recent book is “Är religion en mänsklig rättighet” (2012) (Is Religious Freedom a Human Right?).
Hans Ingvar Roth has also worked as professor in human rights studies at Lund University (chair), senior lecturer in Religious Studies at Linköping University, researcher at the Centre for Multiethnic Studies at Uppsala University, senior advisor at the Ministry of Justice, as Human Rights Officer for OSCE in Bosnia and as secretary in the parliamentary committee on discrimination laws. Roth has also been a member of the Swedish Cultural Council (Non-fiction committee).
Hans Ingvar Roth is head of the Swedish team in the EU project “Accept Pluralism” which is a comparative study of integration- and minority policies in Europe. (www.eui.eu/Projects/Accept/Home.aspx) Roth has given lectures at the University of Concepcion in Chile and he is also involved as supervisor in the PhD program at the department of education at the university of Concepcion. He has also given guest lectures at Toronto University (Department of Political Science), Aarhus University (Department of Political Science) and Gdansk University (Philosophy). Roth is also active as a public intellectual in daily press, especially in the national newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.