Dr. Theo Gavrielides
Organisation
Independent Academic Research Studies
Role
Director & Founder
Biography
Dr. Gavrielides is the Founder and Director of the youth-led social policy think-tank Independent Academic Research Studies. He is also a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at Open University, a Visiting Scholar at Mount Royal University (Canada) and a Trustee of the Anne Frank Trust.
Previously, he was the Chief Executive of Race on the Agenda, a social policy think-tank focusing on race equality. He also worked at the Ministry of Justice as the Human Rights Advisor of the Strategy Directorate. There, he led on the Human Rights Insight Project, which aimed to identify strategies that will further implement the principles underlying the Human Rights Act and improve public services. He also advised on the Ministry's Education, Information and Advice strategy. During 2002-2004, he worked as a researcher at the Centre for the Study of Human Rights of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) alongside Professorial Research Fellow Francesca Klug OBE. He is also a legal counsel specialising in criminal law, human rights and EU law. He taught criminal law and common law reasoning and institutions at the University of London, and has acted as a human rights and criminal justice advisor for various Chambers and policy bodies such as the Community Involvement Panel of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Independent Advisory Group of the London Criminal Justice Partnership .
Dr. Gavrielides obtained a doctorate in law from the London School of Economics and Political Science (PhD, 2004) and a Masters in Human Rights Law from Nottingham University (LL.M in Human Rights Law, 2000). He graduated from the Faculty of Laws of the National University of Athens and practised law at Gavrielides & Co.
Dr. Gavrielides has published extensively in academic journals while his book “Restorative Justice theory and practice” has been published by the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control affiliated with the United Nations (HEUNI) and Criminal Justice Press (ISBN 978-952-5333-32-9). Currently, Dr. Gavrielides is working on a new book titled "Rights and Restoration within Youth Justice". The book is due to be published in 2012 by de Sitter Publications.
Publications
Books and chapters in books
Gavrielides T (2012) Rights and Restoration within youth justice, de Sitter Publications: Canada.
Gavrielides T (2010) “A comparative approach to equality and diversity: Lessons from the UK legal system” in Douglas King & John Winterdyk (ed) Inequality, diversity and Canadian Justice, de Sitter Publications: Canada.
Gavrielides T (2009) “Lessons from abroad: Equality and Diversity in the UK justice system” in Douglas King & John Winterdyk (ed) Inequality, diversity and Canadian justice, Nelson Education: Canada. ISBN-13 978-0-17-646623-7, ISBN-10: 0-17-646623-1
Gavrielides T (2007) Restorative Justice Theory and Practice: Addressing the Discrepancy, HEUNI: Helsinki, Also published as Gavrielides T (2007) Restorative Justice Theory and Practice: Addressing the Discrepancy, Criminal justice Press: New York. ISBN 978-952-5333-32-9, ISSN 1237-4741
Gavrielides T (2007) “Deconstructing ‘justice’ and reconstructing ‘fairness’ in a convergent European justice system: an Aristotelian approach to the question of representation of justice in Europe”, in Antoine Masson (ed), Representation of Justice in Europe, PIE Peter Lang: Brussels. ISBN 978-90-5201-349-7
Articles in peer-reviewed journals
Gavrielides, T and Artinopoulou, V (submitted) “Violence against women and restorative justice: a comparative model of social change”, European Journal of Criminology.
Gavrielides T (submitted) “Pushing the Barriers: The use of restorative justice with hate crimes”, Criminal Law Forum.
Gavrielides T (2008) “Human rights and customer satisfaction with public services: a relationship discovered”, 12:2 International Journal of Human Rights, pp. 187-202. ISSN 1364-2987 (print) 1744-053 (online)
Gavrielides T (2008) “Restorative justice: the perplexing concept. Conceptual fault lines and power battles within the restorative justice movement” 8:2 Criminology and Criminal Justice Journal, 165-183. ISSN 1748–8958;
Gavrielides Theo (2005) “Some Meta-theoretical Questions for Restorative Justice”, 18:1 Ratio Juris, pp. 84-106. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9337.2005.00287.x
Gavrielides Theo (2005) “Human Rights vs. Political Reality: The Case of Europe’s Harmonising Criminal Justice Systems”, 5:1 International Journal of Comparative Criminology, pp. 60-84. ISSN 1201-9607
Gavrielides Theo and Dale Coker (2005) “Restoring Faith: Resolving the Catholic Church’s Sexual Scandals through Restorative Justice: Working Paper I”, 8:4 Contemporary Justice Review, pp. 345-365. ISSN 1028–2580 (print) /ISSN 1477–2248 (online)
Gavrielides Theo (2004) “Global Restorative Justice: Averting the Middle Age Crisis. Looking into the Discrepancy Between the Restorative Theory and Practice”, 4:2 International Journal of Comparative Criminology, pp. 263-275. ISSN 1201-9607
Gavrielides Theo (2003) “Restorative Justice: Are we there yet? Responding to the Home Office’s Consultation Questions”, 14:4 Criminal Law Forum, pp. 385-419. 1046-8374 (Print) 1572-9850 (Online).
Government and other reports
Rea L and T Gavrielides (2009) “Restoring victims and communities” (16 May) Freedom From Fear Magazine, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute: Italy.
Gavrielides T et al (2008) The Human Rights Dimensions of Community Cohesion, Equality and Human Rights Commission: London
Gavrielides T (2007) The Human Rights of older people in healthcare, Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights: London.
Gavrielides T (2006) Mainstreaming Human Rights in Public Services and beyond: A health and social services approach, Department for Constitutional Affairs: London.
Gavrielides T (2006) Human Rights in Education, Department for Constitutional Affairs: London.
Gavrielides T (2005) A critical review of the audit and inspection system of health and social services in England: A human rights perspective, Department for Constitutional Affairs: London.
Gavrielides T (2005) Reviewing the evidence on human rights awareness and experiences of consumers of public services: Building a human rights culture, Department for Constitutional Affairs: London.
