The Centre for Transformative and Global Justice (CTaGJ) has an international reputation for conducting high-quality research, analysis and activism on human rights, governance, environmental challenges and criminal justice systems. Further, we provide training and capacity building to public bodies, government agencies and civil society organisations. Our mission is to highlight access to rights and to transform systems to ensure justice is achieved from the global to the local. We do this through interdisciplinary research and close collaboration with external partners.
We aim to:
- Promote human rights, encourage good governance, ensure environmental protection and drive criminal justice reform, through support for responsive, inclusive, representative, participatory and transparent institutions.
- Bring together diverse projects under the overarching theme of accessibility to justice across a range of dimensions and scales.
- Actively engage with policymakers, government officials, affected communities, marginalized groups and other relevant stakeholders, facilitating dialogue, collaboration and coordination towards common goals.
- Develop monitoring and evaluation frameworks to track the progress and impact of programmes and initiatives.
- Publish reports, policy briefs, and research papers to disseminate findings and contribute to public discourse on human rights, governance, environment, and criminal justice.
- Build a supportive environment for researchers at every stage of their academic careers, including a training and mentoring programme to upskill researchers and inclusive, centre-wide activities.
An interdisciplinary approach
The Centre for Transformative and Global Justice is inherently interdisciplinary in research practice and epistemological approach, enabling us to attack the complex challenges we face from multiple perspectives. We draw upon expertise from across the Schools of Law and Criminology, and History, Politics and Social Sciences, with emphases on international, human rights and financial law, and international relations. we also collaborate with colleagues in other Research Centres at the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, as well as with external organisations. Regardless of background, training and methodological tradition, however, all our researchers share a deep commitment to promoting rights, justice, and ultimately, peaceful societies.