Social Justice Matters

207. SJI Interviews Ep.126: Integration through Arts and Culture with Dr. Mamobo Ogoro

Dr. Mamobo Ogoro is a Social Psychologist, Scholar, Broadcaster and multi-award winning social entrepreneur. Mamobo’s PhD research focused on migrant identity and how systems of inclusion and exclusion impact belonging for migrant communities. As a result, she founded, and acts as the CEO of GORM, an award winning social enterprise on a mission to unify across differences and advance belonging for marginalised communities through intercultural media and education. Mamobo is an avid conversationalist and sits as the youngest presenter on NewstalkFM, hosting the show ‘Younified’. Mamobo has been heralded for her work with GORM on countless occasions. In 2024 she was listed as the first Echoing Green Fellow in Ireland (Previous fellows include Michelle Obama and Van Jones), and most recently won “Female Entrepreneur of the Year” Award in the South Dublin Local Enterprise Office Award 2025. 

Mamobo spends most of her time working with organisations around the world, helping them develop intercultural leaders. She chats with us about belonging, culture, integration, community, story, journeying from tolerance to acceptance and explains peach and coconut countries!

https://www.gormmedia.com/unified-business-programme 

 

https://www.gormmedia.com/programmes/the-wideshot 

206. SJI Seminars Ep.53: Launch of National Social Monitor - Putting Fairness First: Delivering the Programme for Government

The Programme for Government (PfG)- Securing Our Future, published in January 2025, outlines a series of commitments made by Government across a range of policy areas. Social Justice Ireland welcomed the PfG and believes that it contains several policies and proposals that, if resourced and implemented, would represent a significant step to creating a fairer and more just Ireland. These policies would make a positive difference to society, to our wellbeing and to our communities. However, the programme also contains several causes for concern with a lack of real ambition around poverty and income adequacy and a lack of policy coherence in other areas.

Read the publication and watch the full webinar HERE.

Our podcast is featured as a Best Social Justice podcast on MillionPodcasts - a hand-curated database of amazing podcasts. 

205. SJI Interviews Ep.125: William Welser IV - Can AI close the wealth gap?

William Welser IV is Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder of Lotic.ai.

As a passionate, curious, and creative technologist, he is dedicated to generating visions for the future that are big, bold, and fearless. In his roles at Lotic, he directs innovation, technology infrastructure, and user experiences.

William has tackled, communicated, and solved complex problems throughout his career using storytelling, multidisciplinary teams of experts, and state of the art methods and technologies. He has a rich history with organizations like the RAND Corporation, where he tackled some of society’s tough challenges, like bias in AI and the evolution of tech landscapes. His efforts have consistently been about bridging tech with social justice, crafting a future where initially impossible ideas become realities and grounded in economic fairness. 

William chats with us about wealth, wealth inequality and using data and AI to ultimately create value and make positive change. 

TEDxManhattanBeach - Bill Welser - How to ensure Al is a force for good

TEDxPaloAlto - William (Bill) Welser IV - Self-tracking and storytelling to make sense of your world

Our podcast is featured as a Best Social Justice podcast on MillionPodcasts - a hand-curated database of amazing podcasts. 

 

 

204. SJI Seminars Ep 52: Transition performance and capacity: A comparison between Ireland, Austria and Sweden with Paul Goldrick Kelly

Paul Goldrick Kelly is an economist with the Nevin Economic Research Institute. Paul is a graduate of University College Dublin with a HDIP and MA in Economic Science, Paul's work has examined issues related to healthcare, housing, tax and revenue sufficiency as well as productivity performance in the Republic of Ireland.
Paul's current research interests relate to ecological sustainability and political economy, incorporating issues
related to Just Transition.

Paul presented a paper at our 2023 Annual Social Policy Conference on the theme of A Just Transition. 

Watch the conference HERE. 

Our podcast is featured as a Best Social Justice podcast on MillionPodcasts - a hand-curated database of amazing podcasts. 

203. SJI Interviews Ep.124: Independent Living Day 2025 with Dr.James Casey

James Casey is a disability rights activist from the west of Ireland. He previously worked for the disabled person’s organisation ILMI as a policy advisor and prior to this role he worked on the transformative EU Onside Project. He holds a PhD in Critical Disability Studies from the University of Galway, where he was the recipient of a Doctoral Teaching Fellowship and he has presented at UN conferences on behalf of civil society. James, a disabled person, has worked as a lecturer, disability equality consultant and communications advisor in addition to his continued role as a peer reviewer with several international journals. 

Prompted by Independent Living Day 2025, Susanne and James discuss what that means in reality and what needs to be delivered by policy makers and Government.  

Eurofound - Paths towards independent living and social inclusion in Europe

Sage Advocacy - Older Persons in Receipt of Care: Five Human Rights Concerns in Ireland. A Scoping Document

 

 

202. SJI Seminars Ep.51: Launch presentation of Social Justice Matters: a 2025 guide to a fairer Irish Society

We launched our socio-economic review for 2025 on Thursday, 3rd April 2025. This annual publication is where we present a detailed analysis of a range of key matters which are central to social justice; a vision of Ireland’s future as a just and sustainable society, and a framework for a new Social Contract to move consistently and coherently towards becoming a just society. It also sets out detailed policy proposals grounded in the common good that will deliver improved wellbeing for everyone in society as we manage demographic, climate, digital and geopolitical changes.

In this episode, you can listen back to the presentations from this launch. The full publication is also available to download from our website here.

201. SJI Interviews Ep.123: Marc Ó Cathasaigh on a Commission for Future Generations in Ireland.

Marc Ó Cathasaigh is an Educator and SDGs advocate. He was the Green Party T.D. for Waterford in the 33rd Dáil. 

Marc chats about his work progressing a Future Generations Commission for Ireland, wellbeing, sustainable development and sufficiency.  

Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023

OECD Measuring well-being and progress

Understanding Life in Ireland: The Well-Being Framework 2024

CSO Well-being Information Hub

200. SJI Seminars Ep.50: Opening Address given by President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins at The Social Justice Movement–A Fifty Year View conference 2024

On the 31st January 2024, Social Justice Ireland hosted The Social Justice Movement–A Fifty Year View conference to mark the retirement of Dr Seán Healy and Sr Brigid Reynolds of Social Justice Ireland and to celebrate their more than fifty years of public service in Ireland and Africa.

The Opening Address was given by President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins. 

More on that event can be found here. 
 

We are delighted that Social Justice Matters has been recognised by Feedspot as one of the 35 social justice podcasts you should be following in 2025. Check out the list here. 

199. SJI Interviews Ep 122: The Shared Island Youth Forum Vision and Values Statement

The Shared Island Youth Forum was launched as part of the Government’s Shared Island initiative, in September 2023. The Forum brought together 80 young people aged 18 to 25 from across the island, who met over the next year to develop a statement of their vision and values for a shared future on the island of Ireland.

Four members of the Shared Island Youth Forum, Eden Byrne, Tiarnan Moss from Co-Operation Ireland,  Alannah Wrynn and Charlie Beaudelot generously took time out to chat with Susanne Rogers about their experiences in the Youth Form and their work on the Statement. 

Read the Vision and Values Statement HERE. 

We are delighted that Social Justice Matters has been recognised by Feedspot as one of the 35 social justice podcasts you should be following in 2025. Check out the list here. 

198. SJI Seminars Ep.49: The 4 day week with Joe O'Connor

Our 2023 Annual Social Policy Conference was on the theme of 'A Just Transition'. The fundamental principle of a Just Transition is to leave no people, communities, economic sectors or regions behind as we transition to a low carbon future. Such a transition means changing how we travel, communicate, work, what we eat, wear and even the entertainment we consume. 

Joe presented his paper at our 2023 Annual Social Policy Conference. 

All videos, papers and presentations for the 2023 Annual Social Policy conference are available for download HERE.

We are delighted that Social Justice Matters has been recognised by Feedspot as one of the 35 social justice podcasts you should be following in 2025. Check out the list here.