George Ulrich, a Canadian/Danish academic, has been affiliated with the Global Campus in various leading capacities since 2001. He has also held multiple research and managerials roles at the Riga Graduate School of Law.
George Ulrich served as GC Europe / EMA Programme Director from 2016-2019, as Secretary General of EIUC (the predecessor of the Global Campus) from 2003-2009, and as Academic Coordinator / Programme Director of EMA from 2001- 2004.
In between these appointments, from 2009 to 2916, he held the position of Rector and Professor of Human Rights at the Riga Graduate School of Law, where he is currently leading researcher and board member.
George obtained his Ph.D. as well as an M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Toronto, Canada, and holds the degree of Cand. Mag. in Social Anthropology and History of Ideas from Aarhus University, Denmark.
Among his main research interests are issues related to the history and philosophy of human rights, human rights diplomacy, human rights and development cooperation, health and human rights, international medical ethics, and ethics for human rights professionals. A key focus of his teaching is to equip students to effectively engage with expressions of human rights scepticism.
He is one of the joint editors of The Routledge Companion to Music and Human Rights .