Our Initiatives

Our Research Pillars

Our research is organised around four core thematic areas. These are not silos but interconnected fields that speak to one another, reflecting the complex, overlapping nature of injustice in the contemporary world.

Victimology, Zemiology and Survivor Justice

Traditional victimology has struggled to account for the experiences of those whose suffering goes unrecognised by law, the state, or formal institutions. ThinkJustice Foundation draws on zemiology, the study of social harm, to go beyond the limits of legal categories and attend to the full range of harms experienced by survivors. This includes stateless populations, trafficking survivors, and communities subject to structural violence. Our work in this area is theoretically innovative and grounded in qualitative, narrative-centred research.

Southern Criminology and Decolonising Criminology

Mainstream criminology has been shaped overwhelmingly by knowledge produced in the Global North. ThinkJustice Foundation draws on Southern criminology and the decolonising criminology movement to challenge this, working towards a discipline in which scholars and communities from the Global South are not merely subjects of inquiry but producers of theory, method, and policy. Our work engages with postcolonial critique, comparative justice, and decolonial thought to build a criminology that is more equitable, representative, and honest about the world it seeks to understand.

Green and Environmental Justice

Environmental harm disproportionately affects the poorest and most marginalised communities, yet it remains peripheral in much criminological thinking. ThinkJustice Foundation engages with green criminology and environmental justice frameworks to examine corporate and state responsibility for ecological harm, the criminalisation of environmental defenders, and the intersections between environmental degradation and social inequality, particularly in the Global South.

Trafficking, Organised Crime and Exploitation

Human trafficking and organised criminal networks remain among the most severe and underexamined justice issues of our time. ThinkJustice Foundation brings together criminological analysis, geospatial methods, and policy engagement to understand how trafficking networks operate, how survivors experience harm, and how funding ecosystems shape the anti-trafficking response. Our work draws on direct fieldwork experience and collaboration with law enforcement, NGOs, and survivor communities across South and Southeast Asia.

ThinkJustice Foundation believes that research must translate into action. Alongside our scholarly work, we are developing a suite of community-facing programmes in India that put justice into practice. These initiatives are being built from the ground up, shaped by local realities and grounded in evidence.

Community Programmes

Solution-Oriented Policing

ThinkJustice Foundation is engaged in an ongoing collaboration with Prof. Ruwan and Prof. John of the Solution-Oriented Policing Group at De Montfort University to develop and implement a solution-oriented policing approach in India. Moving beyond reactive, enforcement-led models, this approach focuses on identifying the root causes of crime and disorder and working with communities, institutions, and local stakeholders to address them in practical, sustainable ways. Drawing on international evidence and adapted thoughtfully to the Indian context, this is an ongoing and evolving body of work with the aim of building a policing model that is both effective and just.

Victim Counselling Services

Access to meaningful support for victims of crime remains deeply unequal, particularly in communities where formal justice systems are remote, distrusted, or simply unavailable. ThinkJustice Foundation is developing a victim counselling programme in India that provides direct, compassionate, and culturally informed support to individuals and families affected by crime. Rooted in the principles of survivor justice and trauma-informed practice, this programme aims to fill a critical gap in the support landscape and ensure that those who have experienced harm are heard, believed, and helped.

This programme is currently in development. Further details will be announced soon.

Crime Awareness and Community Safety

Informed communities are safer communities. ThinkJustice Foundation is developing a crime awareness programme that equips individuals, families, and local organisations with the knowledge and tools to recognise, respond to, and prevent crime. Rather than positioning communities as passive recipients of safety messaging, our approach is participatory and locally led, drawing on community strengths and building long-term resilience.

This programme is currently in development. Further details will be announced soon.

Collaborate With Us

We are always open to collaboration. If you are a researcher, practitioner, institution, or organisation that shares our commitment to justice and would like to explore working with ThinkJustice Foundation, we would love to hear from you.

Get in touch at info@thinkjusticefoundation.org