Tim Hayward

Just World InstituteUniversity of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh: a good place to start

(With a track record of influence!)

Projecting to the world

Projecting to the world

Projecting to the world

Global academies harness capacity from across the entire university.

Just World Institute’s focus on global ethics serves them all.

We are part of steering group for Global Justice Academy.

A responsive adminstration

A social conscience

A commitment to ‘high ethical standards’

University of EdinburghUniversity of Edinburgh

Global Academies

Global Academies

EthicsCommunity

EthicsCommunity

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The Just World Institute (JWI)

Impact Strategy

Harnessing enlightened institutional interest in addressing Global Challenges – for a more Just World

JWI IMPACT

On the University as a corporate actor

Via:Advising Director of Social Responsibility and Sustainability.Advising Director of Procurement.Convening Fair Trade Academic Network.Hosting Ethics Forum.

JWI IMPACT

On Public Understanding of global ethical issues

Via:Ethics Forum meetingsEthics Forum blogJWI BlogTwitter @EthicsEdinburghFair Trade eventsRoundtables

JWI IMPACT

Through engagement with practictioners

Via:Workshops & Seminars with government, NGOs and business representatives (e.g. on climate justice, responsibility to protect, ethics of philanthropic giving, peace & reconstruction)

JWI IMPACT

Through engagement with students

Via:Global Justice & Human Rights ProgramsFair Trade Dissertation PrizeProposed Ethics and +Ethics ProgramsLiaison with Students’ Association

JWI IMPACT

Through the University’s global academies

Via:JWI Directors on steering group of Global Justice AcademyExploring ‘deep responsibility’ with Global Development AcademyResearch & teaching climate ethics & justice for Global Environment & Soc Academy

JWI IMPACT

Through engagement with colleagues

Via:Participation in climate change networkLeading fair trade academic networkCollaborating on Global ConstitutionalismColloborating across governance, peace, security and political economy issues

JWI IMPACT

Through scholarly networking

ViaGlobal Justice & Human Rights Specialist Group (PSA, UK)

And we’d like to build further collaboration with those here today!

Our distinctive contribution

2015 Development Goals have to be seen in conjunction with 2015 Climate Summit.Ethical goals have to be aligned with what works (for development, health, environment, peace).Practical ethics has to be based on robust explanatory theory and critical empirical research.Its touchstone is the ‘morality of the depths’.

Envisioning Goals

“With 2015 set as the deadline for both a new climate agreement and the post-2015 development agenda, we are at the point in human development when we need to act to protect,” Mary Robinson.

“The rights of the most vulnerable in society are already undermined by climate change … it is our duty, as citizens of the world, to realise a new model of sustainable growth and development that is supported by strong legal frameworks.”

Core engaged research

Framing understanding of poverty & injustice: key role of natural environment & resources (ecological marginalization; resource capture).

Analyzing international norms & institutions.

Engaging in support of fair trade, local sustainability & responsible investment.

Promoting understanding of land & livelihood rights as human rights vs property rights.

Next?

Having had some success in supporting engagement of our own university in promoting global justice, we are keen to play a greater part in a global network.

We are keen to extend public understanding of how rights in relation to environment and resources address a constitutive part of the problem of global poverty.