DrJuliet Bennett

Juliet’s research is motivated to understand and mitigate thecauses of social and ecological injustice. That is, examining the aspects of political, economic and social systems and cultures that bring harm to people’s lives, and how these can shift to support people to live healthy lives on a healthy planet.

In peace and conflict studies terms this is referred to as “structural violence” and “cultural violence”, the latter referring to aspects of a culture that makes structural and direct violence seem acceptable, such as (mis)use of religion, ideology and media.

Juliet’s focus has been onthe intertwining crises of climate change and global inequality. Inspired by the work of process philosophers including Alfred North Whitehead, Arran Gare and Alan Watts, Juliet’s doctoral research developed and applied a framework to map a systemic transformation guided by an encompassing process thinking that nests static thinking within process contexts.

Juliet is interested in the different theoretical expressions of these shifts including critical sociology, contextual economics, process theology, spiritual ecology, multi-species justice, integral theory, political economy, and participatory methods of research and policymaking. She is interested in how these theories and methods can be applied to address urgent issues of global warming, the care crisis, and food systems.