Center on Global Justice, UCSD

A group of young people participates in an outdoor educational activity, with one person kneeling and pointing toward a white mesh panel while another reaches to touch it. Several participants and mentors observe in the sunny, grassy setting.
A group of three teenagers stands with an adult outdoors in a lush garden, examining printed materials and discussing plants beside a tree covered in clusters of small yellow flowers.
Name
Center on Global Justice, UCSD
Description
Interdisciplinary research on poverty and global development, with an emphasis on community-scale collective action, has been the focus of this UC San Diego center since 2012. Most of its initiatives are local, carried out with nonprofits, government agencies, and civic partners.
Type
en Research Center
Founded
2012
Founder
Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman
Climate & Ecology Themes
Labor and Livelihoods
Methods & Approaches
Community-Based Practice
Participatory Research
Discipline / Field
Social Sciences
Interdisciplinary
Audience / Engagement
Community
Government / Policy
Academic / Research
Geographic Scope
City / Municipality
Location
San Diego, California
Website
https://cgjustice.ucsd.edu/about/index.html
Rights
Rights held by institution
Current Status
Active
Item sets
California Art & Climate Archive
UC San Diego
Media
A group of young people participates in an outdoor educational activity, with one person kneeling and pointing toward a white mesh panel while another reaches to touch it. Several participants and mentors observe in the sunny, grassy setting.Center on Global Justice, UCSD 1
A group of three teenagers stands with an adult outdoors in a lush garden, examining printed materials and discussing plants beside a tree covered in clusters of small yellow flowers.Center on Global Justice, UCSD 2