ISOTIS researchers Sofia Guichard, Gil Nata & Joana Cadima published the paper Elementary school children’s perspectives on distributive justice in trade in The Journal of Educational Research. The paper demonstrates that as global topics are being increasingly introduced into elementary schools' curricula, children's developmental perspectives on justice can inform social justice and global education. Similarly, developmental literature on distributive justice can extend its focus and study children's perspectives on current social issues of global education.

Quoting the authors "Yes, it is possible to get children thinking about complex global justice issues like economic distribution in global trade. Yes, it is important to hear how they think and what they have to say about social justice issues to inform citizenship education practices