Projects
Projects currently underway at the SJI
Recent Research News!
Jeremy Moss, Director of SJI has been awarded an ARC Discovery Grant [$218,500 over four years] for a project titled ‘Egalitarian Responses to Climate Change’. The project will offer significant insights into the effects of climate change and adaptation policy on the disadvantaged at a time when there is significant policy change in this area. The project will develop a philosophical framework for assessing whether current and proposed carbon trading schemes are just. In addition, the project will also consider the important political issue of whether democratic participation in the formation of climate policy is required and in what ways.
Jeremy Moss, Director of SJI, has been awarded an ARC Future Fellowship. The ARC Future Fellowship scheme was introdued by the Australian Government to promote research in areas of critical national importance by awarding outstanding researchers the ability to conduct their research in Australia.
The project is entitiled: Climate Justice
The aim of this project is to provide a new framework for how to fairly distribute the costs of responding to climate change. The project will examine current philosophical accounts of how to distribute the burdens of climate change between and within nations, and develop a new account of who should pay for the costs of responding to climate change. The project will offer a philosophically defensible version of climate justice, assess impacts of climate change on the disadvantaged and, provide a framework to guide institutional and policy developments on a national and global level.
The project will offer significant insights into the effects of climate change and adaptation policy on the key area of rural well being and energy use. The project will be able to gauge whether current and proposed carbon trading schemes are just and how in particular, Australia’s climate policy interacts with the Pacific region. In addition, the project will also consider the important political issue of whether democratic participation in the formation of climate policy is required and in what ways.
Collaborating partners include: Oxford University, McGill and UNESCO.
2009 : $ 76,198
2010 : $ 151,190
2011 : $ 151,190
2012 : $ 151,190
2013 $ 74,992
The Social Justice Initiative is part of a venture that has been awarded $155,000 for 2009 to establish a project on Energy and Poverty. The project will research the likely social justice impact of the introduction of smart meters and the associated pricing innovations on low-income households in four Australian states.
New Projects! Supported by the SJI Funding Initiative
- Media Treatment and Communication Needs of African-Australians
- Climate Change and International Intervention: Examining the Implications of Donor Based Organisations and Ecological Service Provisions
- Mainstreaming Disability in International Develop Projects: Harnessing Practical Lessons From Gender
- Precarious Employment and housing as Determinants of Health in Australia: Bringing Ideas Together
- The Economics of Equality
If you are interested in seeking Social Justice Initiative funding, please read these guidelines: SJI funding guidelines
An application form for Social Justice Initiative funding can be found here: SJI grant application
For more information, contact SJI Director, Dr Jeremy Moss.