Funded Projects

For the 2023-24 academic year, preference will be given to projects that focus on countries or geographic areas that have not been examined by previous Justice and Asia projects.  Read the full guidelines and application requirements. 

2022-23

“Un(ful)filled Hopes: Ward-level Empty Electoral Quota Seats for Women and Marginalised Communities in Nepal”
Benjamin Francis, Peace Studies and Political Science PhD student and Shana Scogin, Political Science PhD student

“Environmental Activism and Legal Action: Holistic Climate Justice in the Philippines”
Diane Desierto, Professor of Law and Global Affairs, and Garrett Pacholl, History and Global Affairs undergraduate student

“Learning from the Struggle for Wage Justice in Bangladesh”
Daniel Graff, Director, Higgins Labor Program; Clemens Sedmak, Professor of Social Ethics; and William Purcell, Director of Catholic Social Tradition, Center for Social Concerns

“Narrative Justice: When All is Lost” (Hong Kong)
Victoria Tin-bor Hui, Associate Professor of History

“Embodied Justice: Mediating Asian Trauma and Memory through Performance” (Multiple regions)
Anton Juan, Professor of Theatre, and Tarryn Chun, Assistant Professor of Theatre

“Decent Work, Environmental Justice, & Fukushima”
Jessica McManus Warnell, Teaching Professor, Management and Organization; Noriko Hanabusa, Teaching Professor, Japanese; Anna Geltzer, Associate Director, Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values; and Sisi Meng, Assistant Teaching Professor, Economics and Technology for Development

“Internal Democratization: Explaining the 2018 Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Merger in Pakistan”
Susan Ostermann, Assistant Professor of Global Affairs, and Isa Sheikh, History and Political Science undergraduate student

 “Voices of ‘Comfort Women" in China
Xian Wang, Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures

2021-22

“Law, Justice, and Empire in Comparative Perspective” (China)
Liang Cai, Associate Professor, History

“The Racialization of African Migrants in South Korea”
Sharon Yoon, Assistant Professor of Korean Studies

2019-20

“Theatre for Justice in Asia: Past, Present, Future” (Multiple regions)
Anton Juan, Professor of Theatre, and Tarryn Chun, Assistant Professor of Theatre

 “Energy, Justice & Fukushima: A Multidisciplinary, Multi-sector Collaboration”
Jessica McManus Warnell, Teaching Professor, Management and Organization; Noriko Hanabusa, Teaching Professor, Japanese; Kevin Walsh, Associate Teaching Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences; and Anna Geltzer, Associate Director, Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values

2018-19

“‘Comfort Women’ and Their Right of Recognition: Remedial Responsibility of the South Korean Political Community”
Jeong Hwan Bae and Minju Kwon, Political Science PhD students

“Energy, Justice & Fukushima: A Multidisciplinary Faculty Collaboration”
Jessica McManus Warnell, Teaching Professor, Management and Organization; Noriko Hanabusa, Teaching Professor, Japanese; Kevin Walsh, Associate Teaching Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences