Environmental and Social Justice Research Group

Description

Members of the Environmental and Social Justice Research Group (ESJ) at Charles Sturt University are social researchers from a diverse range of academic, professional and research backgrounds.

We are passionate about working for social change, psychosocial wellbeing, community resilience and environmental justice.
We do this by

Co-creating research in partnership with community members, government and non-government organisations, and other researchers
Focusing on action-based outcomes and capacity-building
Using innovative strengths-based, decolonising approaches, and
Sharing our research to transform knowledge and practice.
Real world outcomes include:

Evaluations, needs analysis, surveys
Submission-writing, funding applications, reports
Service delivery models
Policy development
Community consultation, forums and events
Professional development workshops
Research publications and presentations.

Our social research explores

Wellbeing e.g. health, mental health, ability and disability
Gender equity
Cultural diversity and multicultural communities
Development across the lifespan e.g. healthy ageing, children, family and youth welfare
Regional and rural communities
Sustainability and the environment
Disaster resilience
Professional practice
And other focus areas.

We are guided by Charles Sturt University’s ethos:
Yindyamarra Winhanganha
The wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in
and Charles Sturt University’s motto:
For the public good

Period	01 Oct 2019
Held at	Environmental and Social Justice Research Group
Degree of Recognition	National