Damien Short is a professor of human rights and environmental justice at the School of Advanced Study of the University of London.[1]
Focuses of his research include indigenous rights, genocide studies, and environmental human rights.[1] Short is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Human Rights and a member of the International Network of Genocide Scholars.[2][3] He is co-director of the Human Rights Consortium and the Environmental Humanities Research Hub at the School of Advanced Study.[1]