Damien Short

Damien Short is a professor of human rights and environmental justice at the School of Advanced Study of the University of London.

Focuses of his research include indigenous rights, genocide studies, and environmental human rights. He is co-director of the Human Rights Consortium and the Environmental Humanities Research Hub at the School of Advanced Study.

Books published by Short include Reconciliation and Colonial Power: Indigenous Rights in Australia (2008) and Redefining Genocide: Settler Colonialism, Social Death and Ecocide (2016).

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