About This Event
A new generation of scholars is developing the field of Grounded and Engaged Normative Theory. This event celebrated the launch of the new Oxford Handbook of Grounded and Engaged Normative Theory.
On June 2026, authors from this 46-chapter volume came together to share their contributions to the handbook and to celebrate the directions for the field that they see on the horizon.
Participants
Brooke Ackerly – HIAS Alumna 2024/2025, Vanderbilt University
Mujibul Anam – Griffith University
Paul Apostolidis – The London School of Economics and Political Science
Hans Asenbaum – University of Canberra
Natasha Behl – Arizona State University
Matteo Bonotti – Monash University
Heidi Brooks – Yale University
Monique Deveaux – University of Guelph
Fonna Forman – University of California, San Diego
Richard Foster – University of Oxford
Aidan McGarry – Loughborough University London
Farah Godrej – University of California, Riverside
Lisa Herzog – University of Groningen
Maren Hofius – University of Potsdam
Cricket Keating – University of Washington
Sungmoon Kim – City University of Hong Kong
Raquel Madrigal – Hunter College, New York
John Parkinson – Maastricht University
Katerina Traut – Gettysburg College
Sarah Marie Wiebe – University of Victoria
Antje Wiener – University of Hamburg
Jan Wilkens – University of Hamburg
Steven Zech – Monash University
Program
Monday, June 22
Session 1
09:15 – 10:15 (UTC/GMT+2)
Challenging Norms
Chair: Antje Wiener
Paul Apostolidis
Fonna Forman
Maren Hofius
Sungmoon Kim
Session 2
10:30 – 11:30 (UTC/GMT+2)
Deliberation and Participation
Chair: Monique Deveaux
Richard Foster
John Parkinson
Jan Wilkens
Session 3
17:00 – 18:15 (UTC/GMT+2)
Decoloniality and Transgression
Chair: Brooke Ackerly
Natasha Behl
Farah Godrej
Cricket Keating
Raquel Madrigal
Katerina Traut
Session 4
18:30 – 19:30 (UTC/GMT+2)
Regrounding Theory
Chair: Fonna Forman
Lisa Herzog
Sarah Marie Wiebe
Brooke Ackerly
Tuesday, June 23
Session 5
09:00 – 10:15 (UTC/GMT+2)
Rethinking Our World(s)
Chair: Luis Cabrera
Hans Asenbaum
Matteo Bonotti
Heidi Brooks
Aidan McGarry
Steven Zech
Funding Justice: a human rights theory of climate justice and injustice itself.
One challenge occasionally leveled at Grounded and Engaged Normative Theory is that the normative lessons gleaned from empirical work with one group of people, on one issue, or in one place cannot be the basis for a normative theory that applies beyond the context of study.
The Handbook launch was followed by a day and a half workshop on the manuscript of Brooke Ackerly and Mujibul Anam.
This was an intimate workshop. Upon request, the authors are happy to open it up to scholars interested in thinking about the methods of Grounded and Engaged Normative Theory and the challenges of theorizing about climate change and justice in a way that takes on the epistemic politics of climate justice.
During this workshop, we have discussed the manuscript Funding Justice: a human rights theory of climate justice and injustice itself which Brooke Ackerly (Vanderbilt University, US) and Mujibul Anam (University of Griffith, Australia) are currently completing.