Marketing and Communications Officer vacancy at IARS: application deadline 13 June
About the role
The Marketing and Communications Officer is an exciting new role within IARS and the successful candidate will enable IARS' messages, publications and services to reach new audiences.
The successful candidate's main tasks will be to: market IARS’ products and services; communicate its research and policy work and messages to the widest possible audience in the UK, Europe and beyond; increase IARS’ profile within print and broadcast media, and ensure we have maximum impact and can influence change.
New IARS Research on Restorative Justice & Riots: Presenting our findings in Canada
The role of Restorative Justice following riots will be the focus of the next Bruce and Lis Welch Community Dialogue. Honored guest Dr. Theo Gavrielides will provide insights into this new field of practice, including how Restorative Justice was proposed and implemented after Britain’s August 2011 riots, where 15,000 rioters caused an estimated £500 million in damages.
New IARS Publication: Restorative Justice & Child Sexual Abuse
IARS and its Restorative Justice Research Network (RJRN) are pleased to announce the publication of Gavrielides, T. (2012), "Clergy Child Sexual Abuse and the Restorative Justice Dialogue", Journal of Church and State; doi: 10.1093/jcs/css041
At a critical point in time, this groundbreaking publication presents new research findings on the use of restorative justice with child sexual abuse that has occurred, and continues to occurs, within faith institutions such as the Catholic Church.
New IARS Publication: Restorative practices & hate crime: Opening up the debate
IARS' Restorative Justice Research Network is pleased to offer to its members a new free publication by Dr. Theo Gavrielides titled "Restorative practices & hate crime: Opening up the debate". The paper reports on original research and was published in the Serbian speaking scientific journal Temida, 2011, vol. 14, br. 4, str. 7-20. The Journal is published by the Serbian Society of Victimology.
New IARS Publication: Human Rights in Health & Social Care
IARS is pleased to announce its new publication in the Journal Ethnicity & Inequalities in Health & Social Care. The paper titled "Human Rights in Health & Social Care was written by IARS Director, Dr. Theo Gavrielides and explores the potential of human rights in reforming and improving public services.
Europe meets on restorative justice in prisons
On 17th-19th January 2012, IARS joined the Foresee Research Group and its German/ Hungarian/ Belgian partners to launch the international findings of the 3-year Mediation and Restorative Justice in Prison Settings” (MEREPS) project funded by the European Commission.
New IARS Publication: Restorative Justice & Violence Against Women
IARS is pleased to announce its new research report "Restorative Justice & Violence Against Women: Comparing Greece and the United Kingdom". The publication is based on new research conducted by the two authors Dr. Theo Gavrielides and Prof. Vasso Artinopoulou.
Restorative Justice & the Riots: Call for Case Studies
Are you a restorative justice practitioner? Have you dealt with any cases relating to riots, group street violence and youth group disturbances? Then, be part of an international, groundbreaking research project.
Free IARS download: Handbook on using restorative justice in prisons
IARS is pleased to disseminate to its members the MEREPS' Handbook on the Applicability of Mediation and Restorative Justice in Prisons. The publication was produced by IARS' partners, Foresee Research Group and the Hungarian
Restorative Justice & Young People in Custody
On 1st December, Independent Academic Research Studies in partnership with the RJC held "Restorative Justice & the Secure Estate: Alternatives for Young People in Custody.











