Social Justice Initiative

Welcome to the Social Justice Initiative (SJI) at the University of Melbourne. The aim of the Social Justice Initiative (SJI) is to facilitate interdisciplinary research of international standing and strengthen the growing interest in questions of social justice at the University of Melbourne and beyond.

News

'Smart Meters, Smart Justice? Energy, Poverty and the Smart Meter Rollout'

Dr Michael McGann and Dr Jeremy Moss of SJI launched the 'Smart Meters, Smart Justice? Energy, Poverty and the Smart Meter Rollout' report at Parliament House, Canberra on Tuesday February 2, 2010. The report investigates the social justice implications of the Federal Government's 'smart meter' rollout. For more information and to read the report, please click here

Social Justice Seminar Series 2009

For a review of all events held by SJI in 2009 as part of the Seminar Series, please click here.

'Dollars and Democracy: How Best to Regulate Money in Australian Politics'

Dollars and Democracy: How best to Regulate Money in Australian Politics debate was held at the Victorian Parliament on 27 July 2009. Supported by SJI. Edited version of debate was broadcast on ABC Radio, 'In the National Interest' in late August 2009. More information...

Social Inclusion Research Forum

Fifty government policy-makers, community representatives and academic researchers attended the Social Inclusion Research Forum as part of the Social Inclusion Project. More information...

ARC Discovery Grant

Jeremy Moss, Director of SJI has been awarded an ARC Discovery Grant for a project titled ‘Egalitarian Responses to Climate Change’. More information...

AWARD: SJI Director awarded ARC Future Fellowship

Jeremy Moss has been awarded an ARC Future Fellowship grant for the project entitled Climate Justice. More information...

SJI PROJECT FUNDING
SJI has recently awarded four successful projects to be funded by SJI's funding initiative. The projects come from a range of disciplines including, health, law, media and communication as well as gender studies. More information...

PUBLICATION: Social Justice Series
Climate Change and Social Justice
Edited by Jeremy Moss, SJI Director
Climate Change and Social Justice tackles one of the most urgent problems of our time by examining the soical justice implications of climate change. Jeremy Moss brings together today's key thinkers in climate research, including Peter Singer, Ross Garnaut and David Karoly. More information...

SJI Events: 2010 SJI calendar of events soon to be advertised.More information...

Digital Opinion

Online interviews with local and international experts on Social Justice issues. More information...