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Research interests
Jeroen Temperman is professor of international law at Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam. He has been the editor-in-chief of Religion & Human Rights: An International Journal since 2005. He served as a member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief from 2016-2022. Jeroen Temperman has a dual educational background in law and social science: he holds an LL.M (dist.) from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands; an E.MA (hons.) from the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation, Venice, Italy; and an MA (cum laude) in Humanist Studies from the University for Humanist Studies, Utrecht, Netherlands; he also holds undergraduate degrees in Law and Humanist Studies from the Erasmus University Rotterdam and the University for Humanist Studies respectively. He completed his doctoral degree at the Irish Centre for Human Rights (National University of Ireland, Galway).
In 2014 Jeroen Temperman was awarded a Fulbright award, facilitating a position as visiting scholar at Washington College of Law, American University, Washington D.C. He has also been guest professor at Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), the School of Law of the University of Siena (Italy) and at the Center for Religious Studies (ISR) at Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK), Trento (Italy). Other awards and prizes include a Research Excellence Initiative grant, two EUR Fellowships, and a H2020 grant.
He has given 150+ conference presentations, summer schools and lawyer/teacher trainings in over 30 countries.
He has 100+ publications, including 10 books. Recent articles have appeared in: Human Rights Law Review; Oxford Journal for Law and Religion; Review of Faith & International Affairs; and European Yearbook on Human Rights. Recent monographs and coedited volumes include:
- Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (Oxford University Press)
- The European Court of Human Rights and the Freedom of Religion or Belief (Brill)
- Religious Hatred and International Law (Cambridge University Press)
- Religious Speech, Hatred and LGBT Rights (Brill)
- Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression (Cambridge University Press)
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Artificial Intelligence and Religious Freedom
Temperman, J., 6 Sept 2023, Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights. Quintavalla , A. & Temperman, J. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 61-75Research output: Chapter/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic
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Conclusion
Quintavalla, A. & Temperman, J., 5 Sept 2023, Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights. Quintavalla , A. & Temperman, J. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 567-570Research output: Chapter/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic
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Introduction
Quintavalla, A. & Temperman, J., 5 Sept 2023, Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights. Quintavalla, A. & Temperman, J. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 1-15Research output: Chapter/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
Quintavalla, A. (Editor) & Temperman, J., 1 Sept 2023, Oxford: Oxford University Press. 641 p.Research output: Book/Report/Inaugural speech/Farewell speech › Book editing › Academic
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Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights: Understanding and Governing Common Risks and Benefits
Prifti, K., Quintavalla, A. & Temperman, J., Sept 2023, Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights. Quintavalla , A. & Temperman, J. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 24 p.Research output: Chapter/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic
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Prizes
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Principal Investigator, Horizon 2020 Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks grant (H2020-ITN-ETN) for the consortium entitled NETHATE (Network of Excellence of Training on HATE) and project director for project 13 Religiously-motivated speech targeting LGBT people: An International Human Rights Analysis. (EUR 265,620)
Temperman, J. (Recipient), 1 Jan 2020
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Fulbright Scholarship in the category of university scholar
Temperman, J. (Recipient), 3 Jun 2014
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Activities
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Member Doctoral Assessment Committee and PhD Defense Committee Member for Anna Smulders’ Ph.D. dissertation entitled “International Law and the Challenge of Disinformation”, dissertation written at Leiden University and defended on 25 February 2025
Temperman, J. (Examiner)
25 Feb 2026Activity: PhD Examination › Examination › Academic
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Religion & Human Rights: An International Journal (Journal)
Temperman, J. (Reviewer)
20 Dec 2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work › Academic
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"Religion–State Relationships and Human Rights", Lecture Series on Law and Religion within the MA Course Religions and Human Rights, 25 November 2025, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
Temperman, J. (Speaker)
25 Nov 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Academic
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"Religions, Human Rights and AI", Lecture Series on Law and Religion within the MA Course Religions and Human Rights, 24 November 2025, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
Temperman, J. (Speaker)
24 Nov 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Academic
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Religious Dress & Religious Symbols: Navigating the Binaries in the Landmark ECtHR Judgements, paper presented at the conference “Out of Step or Leading? The Role of French Secularism as Inspiration for Nordic Law and Policy on Religion", 28-29 October 2025, Interuniversitaire des Sciences de l’Homme (MISHA), Strasbourg, France
Temperman, J. (Speaker)
28 Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Academic
Press/Media
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Study Data from Erasmus University Update Understanding of Human Rights Law (The Indivisibility of Human Rights: an Empirical Analysis)
29/06/23
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Artificial Intelligence & Human Rights: Friend or Foe?
15/11/21
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“Het discriminatieverbod wint aan invloed”, interview contribution to newspaper article in relation to religious schools discriminatory practices vis-à-vis homosexuals, Trouw, article by Wendelmoet Boersema, 23 november 2020
23/11/20
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“Baas mag hoofddoek op werkvloer verbieden: ‘Dit staat haaks op onze pluralistische maatschappij’,” interview contribution to newspaper article in relation to the Achbita and Bougnaoui judgements of the Court of Justice of the EU (Cases C-157/15 and C-188/15), in Volkskrant, article by Jonathan Witteman, 14 March 2017
14/03/17
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“Response to the Charlie Hebdo tragedy”, The Immanent Frame (February 2015).
17/02/15
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