Dr Baden Offord

Emeritus Professor of Cultural Studies and Human Rights, Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University, Australia

Baden Offord, is a writer, teacher, scholar and activist who was born in Aotearoa/New Zealand of Māori ((Ngāti Hau/Ngāti Hao, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Māhanga, Waikato Tainui) and Pākehā heritage. 

His family migrated to Australia in 1961. 

He is a recipient of several national teaching awards.

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia "For distinguished service to tertiary education in the field of human rights, social justice, and cultural diversity." 

Currently he is Emeritus Professor of Cultural Studies and Human Rights at Curtin University. He has been professor and visiting scholar in many Universities, like Tokyo; Barcelona; Indiana; Auckland.

He has produced over 160 publications, conference papers and presentations, His short essay Overland is about: "Becoming human: lived experience, suicide and the complexities of being." 

Human Rights education has been his major field.