Research Roundtable

Do you want to learn more about transformative justice through research?

Do you work on topics related to:

• sexual & partner violence
• racism & state violence (policing, border regimes, prison)
• social movements against violence
• sex work
• carceral feminism/femonationalism/instrumentalization of queer-feminism for neoliberal & right-wing politics
• critique of punishment & criminology
• disability justice & critique of psychiatry
• restorative and transformative justice alternatives to punishment
• conflict mediation

Are you interested in using a transformative, abolitionist lens to research these topics?

The What Really Makes Us Safe? Project hosts annual roundtables for people who do research related to transformative justice. We understand research broadly as any activity of focused learning, not limited to academia or journalism or any professional field. Our goal is to build a transnational network of researchers (currently from Australia, Canada, UK, Germany, and the U.S.). For examples of our roundtables, check out the “Transnational” section of this site.

At the roundtable, we share our research (it’s fine if you don’t have any yet!), workshop our shared questions, and develop a framework for how and why to do abolitionist research. To join us, please email whatreallymakesussafe@riseup.net with a description of your current or future research interests, and what you’d like to get out of the roundtable.