Children, Children's Rights and Citizenship

Growing up in a Warming World

In August 2018, 15-year-old Greta Thunberg initiated a school strike in defiance of an adult world that has failed to take climate change seriously. Since then, Fridays for Future has grown into one of the largest protest movements ever.

Implementing disabled children's right to leisure and recreation

Disabled children have the right to leisure and recreation, but it can be difficult to find suitable activities. We study opportunities and obstacles for a meaningful leisure time from a child perspective.

Youth Representation in Global Politics

Young people´s concerns in critical transboundary issues such as climate, health and migration have gained significant attention in recent years. In practice, however, the ways in which youth are given voice in global governance remains contested.

The welfare of the child and the reproductive rights of adults

Is it a right to have biological children? Should treatment with conception be available to all, or should availability be restricted? We study how Swedish legislation and fertility clinics deal with these ethical dilemmas.

Limits of State Responsibility

Who is redressed when the state decides to deal with atrocities in the past? This project investigates the outcome of the Swedish financial redress scheme aimed at victims of historical institutional child abuse.

Universal suffrage? Voting restrictions and disenfranchisement in Sweden after 1921

n 2021 Sweden celebrates the 100th anniversary of universal and equal suffrage. At least, this is what is stated in prevailing historiography. But how universal did the voting rights actually become and how did age play a role in limiting suffrage?

Young people at a demonstration in Stockholm.

Non-citizen children and anti-deportation campaigns

At a time when migration is being restricted, anti-deportation campaigns have become a political strategy for the right to stay. This project study how young migrants mobilize, what political repertoires are used and what effects they have.