Advancing Human Security
This report inquires into the underlying norms and values that drive the resistance to the removal of public servants convicted
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CJL Program Co-Director, Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church, presented at a round-table event at the Ottawa-based Just Governance Group. With the overarching panel
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Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church, the CJL Program Co-Director, gave a presentation to the Swedish Embassy in Kampala in November 2019 about the
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When did the law and the legal profession start to dominate the international discourse on corruption – focusing on the supply-side and ignoring the reasons why corruption may occur in some contexts? The better route is more dialogue and teamwork across disciplines.
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Did you know social norms can act as a brake to sustainable behavior change? That there’s a body of research on how social norms influence behavior? We didn’t either – until now. Read our new Social Norms Reference Guide to see what we’ve learned.
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The CJL Co-Director, Diana Chigas presented at the USAID Systems Thinking Conference on how we have used causal loop methodology
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Scharbatke-Church and Chigas contributed this insightful analysis to a recent book: Corruption, Social Sciences, and the Law: Exploration Across the Disciplines. Pointing out a disappointing record on anti-corruption, this chapter outlines a new way of analyzing corruption using systems thinking tools which better capture its complexity.
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CJL Co-Director Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church was invited by Oxfam, America to present on the the CJL Program’s work on corruption and
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By Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church
When operating in fragile states, donors and implementers working in the police, justice and corrections space need to incorporate a complexity lens if programs are to effectively respond to the realities of the context. Moving from ‘simple’ or ‘complicated’ understandings of the issues, to one that accepts the complexity inherent to the process is best, particularly when these issues are exacerbated by systemic corruption.
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CJL Program Co-Director Cheyanne Scharbatke-Church presented on the use of causal loop mapping in understanding corrupt patterns of behavior at
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