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.
EVENT | Stepping Up to the Sustainable Development Goals
Tuesday 23 April, in person
Justice, Insecurity, & Fair Decision Making and Sustainability IRT recently teamed up with Scotland’s International Development Alliance (SIDA) to discuss how collaboration is essential to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals...(read more)
EVENT | UKRI Secure & Resilient World: Supply chains/Technologies for security
Tuesday 23 January, in person
Research development & networking session for members of UofG Research Community interested in UKRI's Building Secure & Resilient World theme...(read more)
EVENT | UKRI Secure& Resilient World: Global order/behavioural& cultural resilience
Thursday 8 February, in person
Research development & networking session for members of UofG Research Community interested in UKRI's Building Secure & Resilient World theme...(read more)
EVENT | Community Matters - Relaunching the Glasgow Human Rights Network
Thursday 7 December, in person
The Justice, Insecurity, & Fair Decision Making IRT meet with other academics working in human rights across Glasgow to celebrate the official reclaunch of the Glasgow Human Rights Network ...(read more)
BRIEFING | Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children in Scotland
Dr Diana Camps, Dr Daria Morozova and Dr Kieran have come together as part of the The British Academy Early Career Researcher Network (BA-ECRN) grant scheme to examine unaccompanied asylum-seeking children’s access to education and leisure in Scotland...(read more)
EVENT I Exploring interdisciplinary research: A hands on approach
Wednesday 22 November, 2023 (in person)
The IRTs held a collaborative event centred around critical reflection and knowledge exchange on interdisciplinary research in the social sciences and beyond....(read more)
Call for new IRT leaders: Justice, Insecurity and Fair Decision Making
In Summer 2023, the Justice, Insecurity and Fair Decision Making theme put out a call to recruit additional researchers to its leadership team...(read more)
EVENT I Secure and Resilient World: UKRI cross council theme networking
The aim of this session held in September 2023 was to identify potential collaborations around UKRI's strategic focus on Building a Secure and Resilient World...[read more]
EVENT I Justice IRT 'Open House' Networking Event
Our Justice IRT ‘open house’ networking event took place on 5 September 2023 to connect colleagues and establish collaborations at the start of the new semester...[read more]
What Justice, Insecurity & Fair Decision Making means to me
Our aim is to lead and facilitate social science research that explores justice and fair decision making - from formal criminal and civic justice systems and human rights frameworks, to people's understanding of these concepts. Research at Glasgow also explores how concepts of justice and fairness are situated in different contexts, for example global corporations, education, migration, political economy, and armed conflict.
Watch these short videos from our theme leaders and discover what the Justice, Insecurity and Fair Decision Making theme means to them and their research.
Justice, Insecurity & Fair Decision Making to me...
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.
Justice, Insecurity & Fair Decision Making to me...
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.