Congratulations to Maia Borchardt, Human Rights Studies M.A. '25, for publishing the article "Can the 'human rights economy' rebalance power in our politics?" in Open Global Rights. Open Global Rights is an independent platform for analysis and opinion on international human rights issues, frequently publishing some of the leading names in human rights academia and practice. Maia's article is based on her M.A. thesis research and can be found here.
Maia is the Program Coordinator at the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law, where she facilitates programmatic operations for a vibrant hub for social justice research, teaching, and advocacy.