Nicole Janz is a PhD candidate at the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at Cambridge University. 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.
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). She worked as a
political reporter in Berlin with a focus on women’s rights.
Publications
"And no one will keep that light from shining". Civil Religion after September 11 in Speeches of George W. Bush. Nicole Janz, LIT-Verlag, 2010 (to appear).
Menschenrechte – Globale Dimensionen eines universellen Anspruchs.
ed. with Thomas Risse, Nomos Verlag, 2007,
188pp.
News
Nicole gave a talk at Humboldt University Berlin at the "Workshop on CSR Regulation and Global Governance" (June 2010)
Nicole presented her work at the EBEN UK conference in London (April 2010)
Research
Nicole's research interests include:
- Corporate social responsibility in states with limited governance functions
- Human rights and business
- American civil religion and George W. Bush
