Policy Press

Researching Justice

Engaging with Questions and Spaces of (In)Justice through Social Research

Edited by Agatha Herman and Joshua Inwood

Published

Jul 31, 2024

Page count

206 pages

Browse the series

Spaces and Practices of Justice

ISBN

978-1529226652

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Jul 31, 2024

Page count

206 pages

Browse the series

Spaces and Practices of Justice

ISBN

978-1529226676

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

Jul 31, 2024

Page count

206 pages

Browse the series

Spaces and Practices of Justice

ISBN

978-1529226676

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press
Researching Justice

Understanding justice, for many, begins with questions of injustice. This volume pushes us to consider the extent to which our scholarly and everyday practices are, or can become, socially just. In this edited collection, international contributors reflect on what the practice of ‘justice’ means to them, and discuss how it animates and shapes their research across diverse fields from international relations to food systems, political economy, migration studies and criminology.

Giving insights into real life research practices for scholars at all levels, this book aids our understanding of how to employ and live justice through our work and daily lives.

“An innovative exploration into the diverse ways of understanding justice in the context of geographic research and fieldwork, this timely book challenges us to grapple with existing frameworks for understanding scholarly production across thought and practice.” Melissa W. Wright, Pennsylvania State University

“This book provides a rich set of examples of how scholars research justice, how it shapes what they study, and how it plays out in their research engagements and politics.” Peter Hopkins, Newcastle University

Agatha Herman is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography in the School of Geography and Planning at Cardiff University. She is the series editor of Spaces and Practices of Justice.

Joshua Inwood is Professor of Geography and African American Studies and Senior Scientist in the Rock Ethics Institute at Pennsylvania State University.

1.Researching Justice: How Do You Make the Research Process ‘Just’? - Agatha Herman and Joshua Inwood

Part 1: Justice as Care-Full Encounter

2.Resourcing Struggles for Social Justice from the University - Kate Derikson

3.Performing Timespace Encounters: Reflecting on Sharing, Voice and Justice in Qualitative Research - Elizabeth Mavroudi

4.Fostering Food Justice in Academia and Beyond - Barbora Adlerova and Ana Moragues Faus

Part 2: Justice as Unsettling Asymmetries

5.Disrupting the Field? Creating Community-Centred Spaces for Epistemic Justice with Rwandese Diaspora Youth - Jen Dickinson and Natasha Uwimanzi

6.Researching Justice: Justice as Accountability and Justice as Collaboration - Jennifer Balint

7.Approaching Energy and Climate Justice: Working Towards More Just Scholarship, Pedagogy, and Praxis - Deepti Chatti

Part 3: Justice as Challenge

8.Perspectives from the Top: Justice, IR and the Political Geography of the Arctic - Corine Wood-Donnelly

9.Justice for All? Expanding Questions and Spaces of (In)Justice through Multispecies Research, Teaching and Activism - Vegan Geography Collective (Richard J. White, Ophélie Véron, Simon Springer, Andrew McGregor)

10.The Priority of Justice - Don Mitchell

11.Concluding Thoughts: What Does It Mean Do 'Just' Research? - Agatha Herman and Joshua Inwood