Amanda Lindestreng
PhD student at Department of Theology; Ethics and Philosophy of Religion
- E-mail:
- amanda.lindestreng@teol.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Engelska parken, Thunbergsvägen 3 B
- Postal address:
- Box 511
751 20 UPPSALA
Short presentation
My research interests include political ethics and human rights, with a particular focus on how conflicts between rights can be understood and justified within normative theories of human rights.
Keywords
- Political ethics
- human rights
- conflicts of rights
Biography
I hold a Master of Arts in Theology in Human Rights and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, both from Uppsala University. I am Assistant Editor of De Ethica: A Journal of Philosophical, Theological, and Applied Ethics.
In 2026, I was a visiting doctoral student at University College London, hosted by Associate Professor Saladin Meckled-Garcia (Human Rights and Political Theory).
Research
My doctoral project in ethics examines conflicts between human rights, with a particular emphasis on freedom of religion. Freedom of religion is a right that has seldom been employed by leading political ethicists in discussions of the prioritisation and justification of rights in conflict. The project addresses both the strength of different rights claims and how these can be understood and justified within normative theories.