Graham Goulden is a retired Scottish officer. For the last 8 years of his career he was a chief inspector with the Scottish violence reduction unit. It was during this time he became passionate about the role bystanders can play to reduce harm. He now works across the UK and internationally supporting organisations to build...
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Field notes from the PFI Learning Hub webinar with Claudia Christen-Schneider Martin Howard · 22 May 2026 I sat in on a PFI Learning Hub webinar with Claudia Christen-Schneider — our paths first crossed years back through Sycamore Tree Project networks. She’s now president of the Swiss RJ Forum, on the board of the European...
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RPI Board Member Christine Thomas discusses her work on this landmark report Since sharing our research at the Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Conference on Kaurna Country, the response has been humbling and the urgency has not diminished.Today we share the full story of Holding Hope: Preventing Suicide among Aboriginal...
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For practitioners who want their work grounded in current scholarship without the institutional access that academia takes for granted, the RJ4All e-library is one of the more genuinely useful free resources in our field. Run by the Restorative Justice for All International Institute under Theo Gavrielides, it now houses around 1,300 documents and continues to...
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And why goodwill is not enough. Luke Roberts works at the intersection of restorative practice, systems change, and complexity. He supports schools, justice organisations, charities, and public sector leaders to navigate conflict, harm, and culture change in complex environments. For more on Complex Systems Luke’s book – Leading Schools and Sustaining Innovation: How to Think Big...
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Juliette McAleer is a former public sector leader and PhD candidate living with disability arising from the physical and psychosocial consequences of preventable healthcare harm. Based in regional Queensland, Australia, Juliette writes from her lived perspective of harm and its aftermath, focusing on post-harm responses and how they shape safety, trust, and the possibility of...
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Juliette McAleer is a former public sector leader and PhD candidate living with disability arising from the physical and psychosocial consequences of preventable healthcare harm. Based in regional Queensland, Australia, Juliette writes from her lived perspective of harm and its aftermath, focusing on post-harm responses and how they shape safety, trust, and the possibility of...
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As the former Principal of Fairholme College, Dr. Linda Evans was a cornerstone of the school’s restorative journey for over two decades. Since 2004, she championed Restorative Practices (RP) as the primary framework for navigating the daily relationship complexities of the school community, believing there was no better alternative for fostering authentic connection. During her...
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Dr William Wood, Senior Lecturer in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University. Forgiveness is a complex and deeply human response to being wronged. While most people think of it simply as the act of forgiving someone else for their wrongs, researchers have shown that forgiveness is better understood as a multidimensional...
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Martin Howard and Marg Thorsborne OAM (Co-author) This article is part of Restorative Practices International's ongoing exploration of emerging forgiveness research and its implications for restorative practice. As the field of restorative practices matures, researchers are increasingly examining the psychological processes that underpin successful restoration and healing. Forgiveness has emerged as a critical yet often...
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