Graduate Student, Politics and International Studies (POLIS)
PhD Candidate
Trinity Hall
Thesis Title: CSR and Human Rights
Markus Gehring
About
Nicole Janz is a PhD candidate at the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS). Her research focuses on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and human rights. She is especially interested in the impact of CSR strategies of multinational companies on the protection of human rights in weak states.
Academic and professional background
Nicole has a Magistra Artium degree in North American Studies and History from the Free University of Berlin (2008). In 2005/2006 she focused on human rights at Columbia University. During her undergraduate years she was a member of the university’s Amnesty International group where she was responsible for organizing lectures and talks on human rights issues. Nicole has also received training as a journalist at the Berlin School of Journalism (2002) and worked as a political reporter in Berlin with a focus on women’s rights.
Publications
Menschenrechte – Globale Dimensionen eines universellen Anspruchs, ed. with Thomas Risse, Nomos-Verlag: Baden-Baden 2007
“And no one will keep that light from shining”. Civil Religion after September 11 in Speeches of George W. Bush“, Lit-Verlag: Berlin 2010 (to appear)
Contact Information
Skype: nicole.janz
