Publications

Scholarly publications

 

Peer reviewed journal articles

Higham, Ian. 2024. Early adoption of international policy innovations: A theoretical framework — with evidence on business and human rights in Colombia and Ecuador. Review of International Studies. First View. doi.org/10.1017/S026021052400072X

Savaresi, Annalisa, Joana Setzer… Ian Higham, et al. 2024. Conceptualizing just transition litigation. Nature Sustainability 7: 1379-1384. doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01439-y

Higham, Ian, Karin Bäckstrand, Felicitas Fritzsche, & Faradj Koliev. 2024. Multi-stakeholder Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Promises and Pitfalls. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 49: 475-500. doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-051823-115857

Higham, Ian. 2024. Business and human rights as Swedish foreign policy: The soft implementation of international regulatory norms. Scandinavian Political Studies. doi.org/10.1111/1467-9477.12290

Aristova, Ekaterina, Catherine Higham, Ian Higham, & Joana Setzer. 2024. Corporate climate change responsibilities under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. International and Comparative Law Quarterly 73(2): 505-525. doi.org/10.1017/S0020589324000125000125

Higham, Ian. 2024. Conditionalities in International Organization Accession Processes: Spreading Business and Human Rights Norms in Central and Eastern Europe? Business and Human Rights Journal 9: 54-76. doi.org/10.1017/bhj.2023.19

Aaronson, Susan Ariel & Ian Higham. 2013. Re-righting Business: John Ruggie and the Struggle to Develop International Human Rights Standards for Transnational Firms. Human Rights Quarterly 35(2): 333-364. doi:10.1353/hrq.2013.0032.

Book chapters

Higham, Ian. 2020. UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. In Olsen, Odd Einar, Kirsten Juhl, Preben H. Lindøe, & Ole Andreas Engen, eds., Standardization and Risk Governance: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach. London: Routledge, pp. 217-234.

Aaronson, Susan Ariel & Ian Higham. 2015. Putting the Blame on Governments: Why Firms and Governments Have Failed to Advance the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. In Karp, David & Kurt Mills, eds., Human Rights Protection in Global Politics. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 113-136.

Monographs

Higham, Ian. 2021. Explaining Early Adoption: National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights. PhD Dissertation. Department of Political Science, Stockholm University.

Working papers

 

Commentary, opinion, and debate

 

Higham, Ian, Catherine Higham, & Joana Setzer. 2024. The evolving landscape of global business regulation on climate change. Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science (28 May).

Berliner, Daniel, Ian Higham, & Joana Setzer. 2023. How to ensure governments stay on track to meet the 1.5°C target. LSE Business Review (11 December).

Berliner, Daniel, Ian Higham, & Joana Setzer. 2023. What the UN climate regime can learn from the Open Government Partnership. Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science (11 December).

Higham, Ian. 2022. UN recommendations seek to tackle greenwashing and push net zero governance forward. Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science (1 December).

Higham, Ian. 2021. Is the Swedish administrative system still fit for purpose when lives are at stake? The Local (17 August).

Higham, Ian. 2021. Att tillåta diskriminerande vårdval går mot FN-principer. Dagens Nyheter (30 July).

Higham, Ian. 2018. So I'm not that type of immigrant? I've heard that before. The Local (8 September).

Aaronson, Susan Ariel & Ian Higham. 2011. Better Safe than Sorry. Policy Innovations (28 February).

Policy publications

 

Higham, Ian, David Banisar, Tiffanie Chan, and Catherine Higham. 2024. Submission to UN Special Rapporteur consultation on access to information on climate change and human rights. London: Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Higham, Ian, Catherine Higham, Joe Feyertag, Tiffanie Chan, Jared Sharp, Filipe Da Silva, Valentin Jahn, & Nelson Diaz Puerto. 2024. Submission to the UN consultation on corporate accountability in the context of human rights and climate change. London: Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Higham, Catherine, Ian Higham, Sangeeth Raja Selvaraju, & Brendan Curran. 2023. Submission to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights inquiry on investors, ESG and human rights. London: Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Higham, Ian & Catherine Higham. 2023. Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change. London: Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Higham, Catherine, Ian Higham, & Harj Narulla. 2022. Submission to the High-Level Expert Group the Net-Zero Commitments of Non-State Entities. London: Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science.