28/03/25
Nearly two years of civil war in Sudan
After nearly two years of civil war, has the brutal conflict reached a turning point?
Critical and collaborative praxis research for justice and solidarity
The Latest
19/03/25
Book Presentation: Playing with Fire – Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and India
On 18th March 2025, Dr. Aditi Malik travelled to Cambridge to present her book “Playing with Fire: Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and India.
19/03/25
Book Presentation: World of the Right – Radical Conservatism and Global Order
On Wednesday, 5th March 2025, CGHR invited Prof. Rita Abrahamsen and Prof. Michael C. Williams to present their book “World of the Right – Radical Conservatism and Global…
About CGHR
The Centre of Governance and Human Rights (CGHR) is an outward focused multi-disciplinary research endeavour strongly committed to advancing thought and practice within areas of critical importance to global justice and human well-being in the twenty-first century.
CGHR is co-directed by Dr Ella McPherson, Associate Professor of the Sociology of New Media and Digital Technology at the Department of Sociology, and Professor Sharath Srinivasan, David and Elaine Potter Professor in International Politics at the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS).
The Centre’s mission is to be widely valued as a dynamic, innovative and collaborative research network with proven expertise, producing high quality scholarly outputs. As such, the Centre is particularly interested in building bridges between the academy, policymakers and practitioners, and does so through core research themes as well as through innovative spin-out projects.
Events
Beyond infotainment and digital-only paradigms: Conservative talk radio in rural USA
24/02/2025
SG1, Alison Richard Building, University of Cambridge
Digital Media, Voice and Power
Lunch time talk with Rebekah Larsen – Conservative talk radio in rural USA
On Monday, 24th February 2025 Rebekah Larsen joined us for a very interesting lunch time talk about conservative talk radio in rural USA.
Publics in Africa in a Digital Age
Across Africa, digital media are providing scholars with a reason and opportunity for revisiting the question, and the analytical lens, of publics with new vigour and less normative…
Human Rights in the Digital Age
CGHR’s Human Rights in the Digital Age theme addresses the emergent and rapidly evolving changes wrought to human rights practices and norms by the use of digital technologies. With respect to practices, this includes human rights fact-finding and advocacy; with respect to norms, this includes human rights related to communication, information, expression, privacy, assembly and association.
CGHR Practitioner Series 2025 – Meeting Fred Abrahams
On Wednesday, 26 February 2025 we had the great pleasure of welcoming Fred Abrahams remotely for our third Practitioner Series talk.
CGHR Practitioner Series 2025 with Dr Matthew Gillett
On 12 February 2025, CGHR had the great pleasure of inviting Dr Matthew Gillett to give the second of this year’s CGHR Practitioner Series talks.
10/02/25
CGHR Practitioner Series 2025 launch event
For the first talk in our 2025 Practitioner series, CGHR had the great pleasure of inviting Tigs Louis-Puttick, a political organiser and non-profit founder.
Justice and Accountability
Executive Summary— Unlawful Killings in Africa
A report prepared by the CGHR research team for the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.
Making and Breaking Peace in Sudan and South Sudan: The Comprehensive Peace Agreement and…
Edited by CGHR’s Sarah M.H. Nouwen, Laura M. James and Sharath Srinivasan, this Proceedings of the British Academy volume brings together economic, legal, anthropological and political science perspectives…
Teach-out! The Ripples of Violence Against Women and Girls across Time and Spaces
25/11/2019
Newnham College, Lucia Windsor Room
Violence, Conflict and Peacebuilding
28/03/25
Nearly two years of civil war in Sudan
After nearly two years of civil war, has the brutal conflict reached a turning point?
19/03/25
Book Presentation: Playing with Fire – Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and India
On 18th March 2025, Dr. Aditi Malik travelled to Cambridge to present her book “Playing with Fire: Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and India.
19/03/25
Book Presentation: World of the Right – Radical Conservatism and Global Order
On Wednesday, 5th March 2025, CGHR invited Prof. Rita Abrahamsen and Prof. Michael C. Williams to present their book “World of the Right – Radical Conservatism and Global…
Students at CGHR
10/02/24
Provocations: Solidarity Platforms Research Group
With a small team of student research volunteers, CGHR is carrying out Solidarity Platforms Project this term, based on CGHR’s Provocations: Tech Design and Human Rights project.
03/02/24
Updates from the CGHR Student Group
The Student Group are working on a research project assessing the impact of AI technologies on the surveillance and policing of protest groups between 2019 and 2023.
02/02/24
Updates from the Digital Verification Corps (DVC)
For a new project relating to state violence against journalists covering protests, the DVC has conducted remote open-source research across eighteen different countries.