Professor Paul Gready
UNESCO Chair
Paul Gready currently serves as the UNESCO Chair in Protection of Human Rights Defenders, and Expansion of Political Space. His research interests include human rights practice, transitional justice, human rights and development, culture and human rights, and human rights cities. He has worked for a number of international and national human rights organisations such as Amnesty International, and has experience as a human-rights consultant. Professor Gready is the Co-Director of the Centre for Applied Human Rights. He also teaches Defending Human Rights, Social Sciences and Human Rights Practice and Culture and Protest at the University of York. Professor Gready is an associate member of the PUG Research Working Committee. He has authored many papers and books on human rights practice, transitional justice, human rights and development, culture and human rights, and human rights cities.