Justice Happens Here
Justice Happens Here is the Justice Collaboratory’s blog written by its senior research team. The Justice Collaboratory’s mission is to bring the latest ideas in the social sciences to bear on current problems. Rooted in the tenets of procedural justice, we seek to improve both the criminal legal and social media governance systems.
JC Member Spotlight: Gideon Yaffe
Gideon Yaffe is Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld Professor of Jurisprudence, Professor of Philosophy, and Professor of Psychology at Yale. We spoke to Gideon about his fellowship at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford (CABS) where he has sought to understand the elusive concept of meaningfulness in life. Specifically: Under what conditions does a bad event nonetheless add to the meaningfulness of the life of which it is a part?
This blog is published by and reflects the personal views of the individual authors, in their individual capacities. It does not purport to represent Yale University's institutional views, if any. No representation is made about the accuracy of the information, which solely constitutes the authors’ personal views on issues discussed. The information contained in this blog is provided only as general information and personal opinions, and blog topics may be updated after being initially posted.