Climate Change and Social Justice Conference
Climate change was the theme of the Conference held recently by the Social Justice Initiative. Professor Ross Garnaut was the keynote speaker at the event, held in early April, which received a lot of media coverage.
Professor Ross Garnaut and Professor Peter Singer talk about Climate Change
Watch the Climate Change videos or download the audio MP3 files
Research Projects
The Social Justice Initiative has recent awarded funding to four research projects in the areas of Climate Change at both local and regional levels, Social Inclusion and the Costs of Racism. All four projects are examples of interdisciplinary research being undertaken at the university
Upcoming Events at the Social Justice Initiative
The SJI aims to strengthen the growing interest in questions of social justice with a range of events throughout 2008 and beyond:
Research Workshop No 2
The second in the SJI Research Workshop Series will be held on Wednesday November 12 2008 in the Moot Court Room, Old Quad.
The workshop will run from 3.30pm-5.30pm and will be in two parts. The first hour will involve a discussion on Religion, Politics and Law in a Secular Society led by Associate Professor Carolyn Evans (Law) and Professor Tony Coady (Philosophy).The second hour will be a discussion on Abortion and Civil Rights with reference to the recent law reform debates in Victoria. This discussion will be led by Associate Professor Lynn Gillam (Centre for Health and Society) and Padma Raman, CEO, Victorian Law Reform Commission.
Drinks will be served after the workshop. Please RSVP to p.harris@unimelb.edu.au by Monday November 10 2008.
4th Annual Nossal Global Health Forum
The Social Justice Initiative is delighted to be part of this important health forum to be held on 20 November 2008. Keynote speakers include Professor Peter Berman, Adjunct Professor of Population and International Health Economics, Harvard School of Population Health and Ms Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Senior Operations Officer, Disability World Bank.
Admission is free. For more infomation or to RSVP please follow this link
Values and Public Policy - Fairness, Diversity and Social Change Conference
The Social Justice Initiative will contribute to this conference run by the Centre for Public Policy at the University of Melbourne in February 2009. Keynote speakers include Professor Martha Nussbaum (University of Chicago),Professor Raymond Gaita (Australian Catholic University), Julian Burnside QC, Professor Hilary Charlesworth (ANU), Jon Altman (ANU), Professor Bob Goodin (ANU) and Professor Jonathan Wolff (University College London). Further details will be forthcoming.