This Department of Social & Policy Sciences research theme focuses on human rights and social justice, paying keen attention to coloniality and colonialism. This research also considers how social transformation can be imagined and delivered across diverse contexts globally.
Our researchers covering this theme are divided into five broad areas.
Conflict, peacebuilding and humanitarianism
We study challenges in conflict-affected or transitional settings, and strategies for peacebuilding and humanitarian response.
Researchers
- Professor Jason Hart
- Dr Karen Iverson
- Katharina Lenner
- Professor Roy Maconachie
- Dr Peter Manning
- Dr Naomi Pendle
- Dr Oliver Walton
- Polly Winfield
Human rights in practice
We assess the operation and experiences of institutional frameworks intended to protect vulnerable populations, in contexts including asylum, criminal justice, child and youth protection systems.
Researchers
- Professor Louise Brown
- Alinka Gearon
- Dr Kate Gooch
- Professor Jason Hart
- Dr Karen Iverson
- Professor Yvonne Jewkes
- Dr Katharina Lenner
- Dr Peter Manning
- Professor Sarah Moore
- Dr Tina Skinner
- Dr Jack Spicer
Colonialism, coloniality and decolonisation
We explore the legacies and discourses of colonialism and how they are reproduced today in society and social sciences in new forms in new forms of racism, discrimination and inequalities.
Researchers
- Dr Noaman Ali
- Professor Ana Dinerstein
- Dr Neil Howard
- Dr Omar Khan
- Professor Kari Lancaster
- Dr Mathilde Maitrot
- Dr Martin Savransky
Social movements, community organising, and social transformation
We investigate the role of various social movements - labour, indigenous, women's - in bringing about political, economic, and cultural change at local, national, and global levels.
Researchers
- Dr Noaman Ali
- Professor Ana Dinerstein
- Dr Neil Howard
- Dr Karen Iverson
- Dr Omar Khan
- Dr Mathilde Maitrot
- Dr Martin Savransky
Labour, gender and markets
We examine the changing nature of work, precarity and their intersections with gender and market dynamics as well as public policies and social support.