Justice, Insecurity & Fair Decision Making

Research updates

Our research updates pages aims to showcase the breadth of research around Justice, Insecurity and Fair Decision Making across the College of Social Sciences at Glasgow, and aid in creating a collaborative research culture. We feature reflective blogs, new grant announcements, ongoing research projects, summaries of workshops or events, and more. If you have something you would like us to share, please email justice-irt@glasgow.ac.uk

Bookshelf wall and door
Bookshelf wall and door

Equal access? Learning & leisure for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Scotland

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 16:06:00 BST

Dr Diana Camps, Dr Daria Morozova and Dr Kieran have come together as part of the British Academy Early Career Researcher Network (BA-ECRN) seed grant scheme to examine unaccompanied asylum-seeking children’s access to education and leisure in Scotland.

Call for new IRT theme leaders - Justice, Insecurity and Fair Decision Making

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 16:19:00 BST

** Call now closed** In Summer 2023, the Justice, Insecurity and Fair Decision Making theme put out a call to recruit additional researchers to its leadership team.

A group of high school students sit outdoors concentrating on their mobile phones
A group of high school students sit outdoors concentrating on their mobile phones

Teaching for Digital Justice, Fairness and Inclusion

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 22:13:00 GMT

This project responds to the challenges and opportunities young people face in a fast-paced digitally connected world. We are interested in the ways that digital citizenship is enacted in secondary schools across the UK, as well as in the day-to-day life of schools - from setting homework through virtual learning environments, to using biometric data to store students’ lunch money.

Sites of Justice: Archive, Art and Street Protest

Thu, 24 Nov 2022 22:13:00 GMT

This project explores the evolving role of development and humanitarian agencies in protracted armed conflicts, and the role of legal frameworks and accountability in these contexts.

The Law of Protracted Conflict: Overcoming the Humanitarian-Development Divide

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 22:13:00 BST

This project explores the evolving role of development and humanitarian agencies in protracted armed conflicts, and the role of legal frameworks and accountability in these contexts.

The civil justice system's pandemic response: What worked, what didn't, and recommendations for the future

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 22:13:00 BST

This project, commissioned by Scottish Government’s Justice Analytical Service and the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service, will evaluate the changes made to civil justice processes and procedures as a result of the pandemic.

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A hand holding a flare

The Glasgow Human Rights Network

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 15:44:00 BST

Yingru Li, a lecturer from the Adam Smith Business School talks about the Glasgow Human Rights Network, what they do, and how you could get involved with, or follow their work.

Our new research fellow, Diana
Our new research fellow, Diana

New research fellow for interdisciplinary research on Justice, Insecurity and Decision-Making

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 10:24:00 BST

Dr Diana Camps joined the interdisciplinary theme leadership in April 2022. In this blog she talks about how her career, research with marginalised groups, and how she wants to bring her interest in sociolinguistics and human rights to help further interdisciplinary research in the College of Social Sciences.

Spotlight on strictness - what are schools for?

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 16:38:00 GMT

David Lundie, Senior lecturer in Education, reflects on values in schools, "zero tolerance" approaches (as seen on TV), and Westminster's recent announcement of a new National Institute for Teaching.