Justice, Insecurity & Fair Decision Making
We anticipate the intensifying dynamics of communities, and develop strategies to promote fairness and social cohesion
About us
Using interdisciplinary insight, we look to understand the roots of insecurity and injustice and develop new solutions to drive positive change. Our exploration of this theme takes place across multiple scales and areas: from international courts to street corners, from prisons to work places, from private security to environmental security in health and social care and in the digitally driven disruptive fora of the future
Latest News
Browse our latest events, project highlights and blog posts below. If you would like to feature your work on our page, please email justice-irt@glasgow.ac.uk.
BLOG | Glasgow Human Rights Network
The Glasgow Human Rights Network was established in 2011, and we are a network of scholars and practitioners in Scotland who study and work to protect human rights in Scotland and beyond. The network now comprises members from the University of Glasgow and universities across Scotland, as well as civil society and national and... [read more]
PROJECT HIGHLIGHT | Protracted conflict and development aid
Contemporary armed conflicts have become protracted, complex and urbanised with far-reaching socio-economic consequences. The Endless Conflicts project examines how an integrated humanitarian and development response to such conflicts can be anchored in and promoted by international law in the pursuit of sustainable peace... [read more]
EVENT | Applying for funding from Nuffield Foundation
Nuffield's research, development and analysis fund has two deadlines a year in their core domains of education, welfare and justice. Join us for this online session to fund out more about Nuffield's funding schemes and what they are looking for in applications... [read more]
What Justice, Insecurity & Fair Decision Making means to me
View these short videos from our theme leaders and discover what the Justice, Inesecurity & Fair Decision Making theme means to them and their research.
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David Lundie
Religious and secular worldviews, value pluralism and moral education. Drawing on philosophical, anthropological and sociological perspectives to understand complex decision multi-agency decision-making, particularly for young people.
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Marguerite Schinkel
Marguerite’s research focuses on criminal justice. In her PhD and post-doc research she explored how prison sentences are given meaning by those who undergo them. More recently, she has explored the impact of Covid-19 and lockdown on penal experiences in Scotland. Besides the lived experience of punishment, she is interested in how people escape cycles of harm, the places and spaces that help/hinder this, and alternatives to criminal justice.
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Nicole Busby
Nicole is an expert in equality law with particular interests in gendered inequalities, particularly in relation to paid work and unpaid care, the use of social and economic rights to achieve social justice and access to justice more generally. She is interested in how lived experience can influence law and policymaking and the use of legal processes. She undertakes academic research with civil society organisations to critique law and policy from a user’s perspective and has recently been investigating the application of Fineman’s Vulnerability Theory in these contexts.
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Yingru Li
With a concern for social justice and human rights, Yingru is interested in research that could have policy significance and impacts on the practice of corporate accountability for human rights and sustainable economy. In translating the theoretical concerns to the practice, she is closely engaged in projects that explore human rights issues in the corporate world and how to mobilize businesses to be “better” and more responsible.