Legitimacy of the United Nations and transnational challenges, 1990-2019
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Project description
The study explores the legitimacy dynamics of the UN in relation to the transnational challenges including the UN task to address human rights from the U.S. perspective, maritime security and UN and regional organization’s relationship and UN climate treaty system. The research group will focus on political debates within the United Nations about its legitimacy. The idea is to better understand UN’s legitimacy and how it has an effect to political decision-making. The four-year research project is funded by the Kone Foundation. The project will start in 2020 and will consist of the following research group Ph.D., Docent Anna Kronlund (leader of the research group), Ph.D., Docent Teemu Häkkinen and Ph.D. Ratih Adiputri
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Our project will end at the end of 2025.
Selected publications
- Anna Kronlund, Teemu Häkkinen and Ratih D. Adiputri: The Political Language of Multilateralism in the United Nations. Routledge, forthcoming in 2026.
- Adiputri, Ratih D. 2024: “Interpreting Multilateral Diplomacy in the Indonesian Parliament’s Debates on Climate Crisis and Sustainability.” Parliaments, Estates and Representation, August, 1–17. doi:10.1080/02606755.2024.2380551.
