Alexandra Lebedeva

Short presentation

Alexandra Lebedeva researches how efforts to address honour-related violence are organised across the Nordic countries and its implications. Her current study is conducted as part of a commission from the Nordic Council of Ministers, in collaboration with the Swedish Secretariat for Gender Research.

Her previous research has focused on ethical perspectives on justice in the aftermath of large-scale human rights violations with the focus on truth commissions.

Keywords

• democracy
• gender-based violence
• human rights
• justice
• migration

Biography

In April 2022, I defended my PhD in Ethics with a dissertation on truth commissions as institutions of transitional justice, in which I critically examined the normative assumptions underlying their work.

I am currently a lecturer and researcher at the National Centre for Women’s Peace (Nationellt centrum för kvinnofrid), where I also teach in the Master’s Programme in Human Rights.

Research

My previous research has focused on transitional justice and reconciliation processes. My current research interests include gender-based violence, migration, and human rights.

At present, I am conducting a research project on how work against honour-based violence is organised across the Nordic countries and the implications of these organisational approaches.

You can read more about the study here: Honour-related violence in the Nordic region - NIKK

During October–November 2025, I am Visiting Research Fellow at Goethe University Frankfurt (Johanna Quandt Young Academy). During this fellowship, I work on the project "Are Migrant Women Especially Vulnerable to Gender-Based Violence? Reassessing the Concept of Vulnerability": Goethe-Universität — Willkommen an der Arbeitsstelle Sozialethik im Gesundheitswesen