Justice

This year, researchers are discussing justice. In six essays, they explore the conditions and challenges surrounding justice. The topics include fair punishment, resource distribution and peace, but also censorship, whether nature can have its own rights, and of course the possibly eternal question: despite all the problems, is the world becoming a little fairer in the long run?

Here, criminologist Magnus Hörnqvist writes about the dual justice of punishment, philosopher Lena Halldenius on respect, resources and relationships, and economist Andreas Bergh who addresses the question of whether the world is becoming fairer. Literary scholar Jon Helgason writes about censorship, political scientist Karin Aggestam on the possibilities of creating a just peace with a focus on Israel/Palestine, and finally legal scholar Yaffa Epstein reflects on whether a possible solution to environmental problems could be to grant nature its own rights.