Social Justice

General Overview

Justice is an important foundation for interpersonal and inter-group relations.  It tempers self-interest, promotes the emergence of social norms, and can generate cooperative and altruistic behavior.  But justice is often in “the eye of the beholder,” and this subjectivity can serve to intensify rather than mitigate conflict under some circumstances.  This research area focuses on the basic dynamics of conflict and justice motives as well as on the creation of violence prevention and conflict resolution models. It employs experimental and non-experimental methodologies, including Participatory Action Research (PAR).

Practice