Biography:Theo Gavrielides

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Short description: Cyprus-born legal philosopher

thumb Theo Gavrielides (born Cyprus) is a legal philosopher and a restorative justice leader.[1][2][3][4][5] He is the founder and director of the Restorative Justice for All International Institute (RJ4All).[6][7]

His writings have influenced criminal justice and human rights scholars,[8][9] while his theory on "restorative justice pain"[10][11] introduced a new philosophy for punishment.[12][13][14][15]

Early life and education

Gavrielides was born in Cyprus and migrated to the UK during his teenage years.[16] He defines as "Greek Londoner",[17] and is the single parent of one boy. In 2005, Gavrielides received a PhD in Law (Restorative Justice) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. His doctoral thesis "Restorative Justice Theory and Practice: Addressing the Discrepancy" was published in 2007[18] by The European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control affiliated with the United Nations (HEUNI)[19] and its second edition by RJ4All Publications.[20] In 2000, he received a Masters in Human Rights Law from Nottingham University. He graduated from the Faculty of Laws of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Gavrielides was admitted to the Bar by the Bar Standards Board of England and Wales and called to the Bar (Middle Temple Inn) in 2023.[21][22]

Career

As a criminologist, he is interested in the role of Restorative Justice[23][24][25] and how it can work alongside the criminal justice[26][27] and youth justice systems.[28][29][30]

Currently, he works as the Director of the Restorative Justice for All International Institute.[31][32] Gavrielides is also the Editor-in-Chief of RJ4ALL publications.[33] He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the peer reviewed publications Internet Journal of Restorative Justice (IJRJ)[34][35] and the Youth Voice Journal (YVJ).[36][37] Gavrielides is currently a visiting professor at Buckinghamshire New University.[38]

In 2001, he founded The IARS International Institute,[39] an international NGO promoting and protecting human rights for young people.[40] After 20 years of running it as its director, he stepped down. In 2013, he created the Restorative Justice for All International Institute (RJ4All),[41] a community-led NGO addressing power abuse through restorative justice.[42][43] He is also the founder of RJ4All Sports[44] and RJ4All Publications.[45]

In the past, he served as a visiting professor at the School of Psychology of the University of East London,[46] Distinguished Policy Fellow at the School of Regulation and Global Governance (REGNet), Australian National University and as an adjunct professor at the Centre for Restorative Justice of the School of Criminology of Simon Fraser University (Canada).[47]

Previously, he was the Human Rights Advisor of the UK Ministry of Justice[48] and the Chief Executive of Race on the Agenda (ROTA).[49][50] He has served on boards including organisations such as the Anne Frank Trust, and the Community Scrutiny Panel of the Crown Prosecution Service.[51][52] He was also the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare for 11 years.[53]

Selected works

  • Gavrielides, T. (2025), Addressing Violent Radicalisation and Extremism: A Restorative Justice & Psychosocial Approach, New York: Springer.[54] ISBN 978-3-031-84031-9 | 978-3-031-84034-0 | 978-3-031-84032-6.
  • Gavrielides, T. (2022). Introduction to Restorative Justice Art: four steps towards healing, London: RJ4All Publications. ISBN 978-1-911634-52-2. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.29019.23848.
  • Valez, G. and Gavrielides, T. (2022). Restorative Justice: Promoting Peace and Wellbeing, New York: Springer.
  • Gavrielides, T. (2021). Comparative Restorative Justice, New York: Springer.[55]
  • Gavrielides, T. (2021). Power, Race & Justice: The restorative dialogue we won't have. Abingdon: Routledge.[56] ISBN 978-1-4724-8835-0
  • Gavrielides, T. (2020). Restorative Justice Theory and Practice: Addressing the Discrepancy, 2nd Edition London: RJ4All Publications, ISBN 978-1-911634-17-1.
  • Gavrielides, T. (2018). "Victims and the restorative justice ambition: A London case study of potentials, assumptions and realities". Contemporary Justice Review: Issues in Criminal, Social, and Restorative Justice, pp. 1–22.[57] https://doi.org/10.1080/10282580.2018.1488129
  • Gavrielides, T. (2019). Collapsing the criminal labels of domestic violence: A social and restorative justice approach, London: RJ4All Publications.
  • Gavrielides, T. (2016). “The death of democracy and the forces of power and control: The case of Europe”, Vol 5. Issue 3, Social Sciences Journal, Special Issue: Backlash: Contemporary Obstructions to Social Justice. p. 42.[58] https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci5030042
  • Gavrielides, T. (2016). “Repositioning Restorative Justice in Europe: The Victims’ Directive”, Victims & Offenders Vol. 11, Iss. 1, pp. 71–86.[59] https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2015.1105342
  • Gavrielides, T. (2013). Reconstructing restorative justice philosophy. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate. ISBN 978-1-4094-7073-1.[60]
  • Gavrielides, T. (2012). Rights and Restoration Within Youth Justice. de Sitter Publications. ISBN 978-1-897160-62-6.[61]
  • Gavrielides, T. (2007) Restorative Justice Theory & Practice: Addressing the Discrepancy, HEUNI: Helsinki. ISBN 978-952-5333-32-9.[62]

References

  1. ↑ Topical |. "Rehabilitation and restorative justice: friends or foes?" (in en-GB). https://staging.middletemplar.org.uk/rehabilitation-and-restorative-justice-friends-or-foes/. 
  2. ↑ "Theo Gavrielides | Our team" (in en-GB). https://skillsforjustice.org.uk/team/theo-gavrielides. 
  3. ↑ Gavrielides, Theo (2021). Comparative Restorative Justice. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG. ISBN 978-3-030-74873-9. 
  4. ↑ "Books by Theo Gavrielides (Author of Restorative Justice and the Secure Estate)". https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/4214940.Theo_Gavrielides. 
  5. ↑ "Zehr Institute Blog Post". https://zehr-institute.org/resources/is-restorative-justice-a-compass-without-a-needle.html. 
  6. ↑ "Some victims 'not told' of offenders' early prison release, charity warns" (in en-GB). 2024-09-10. https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/news/some-victims-not-told-of-offenders-early-prison-release-charity-warns/. 
  7. ↑ Hong, Eunseo (2025-11-06). "Judges slap fine on Latvia after mentally ill woman left languishing in prison" (in en-us). https://www.courthousenews.com/judges-slap-fine-on-latvia-after-mentally-ill-woman-left-languishing-in-prison. 
  8. ↑ Glick, MaryJean (19 May 2023). "Theo Gavrielides (ed.), Comparative restorative justice. London: Routledge, 2021, 343 pp., ISBN 978-3030748739 (hbk); 978-3030748760". https://brill.com/view/journals/tij/6/1/article-p172_14.xml. 
  9. ↑ Wachtel, Joshua (2013-08-23). "Book review: Rights & Restoration within Youth Justice by Theo Gavrielides" (in en-gb). https://www.iirp.edu/news/book-review-rights-restoration-within-youth-justice-by-theo-gavrielides. 
  10. ↑ Gavrielides, Theo (2025), Gavrielides, Theo, ed., "Rehabilitation and Restorative Justice Reconstructed: A New Vision and Practice of Punishment as Cathartic Pain" (in en), Addressing Violent Radicalisation and Extremism: A Restorative Justice & Psychosocial Approach (Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland): pp. 27–39, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-84032-6_2, ISBN 978-3-031-84032-6, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-84032-6_2, retrieved 2025-10-17 
  11. ↑ Topical |. "Rehabilitation and restorative justice: friends or foes?" (in en-GB). https://staging.middletemplar.org.uk/rehabilitation-and-restorative-justice-friends-or-foes/. 
  12. ↑ Gavrielides, Theo (2013), Gavrielides, Theo; Artinopoulou, Vasso, eds., "Restorative Pain: A New Vision of Punishment", Epilogue: Reconstructing Restorative Justice Philosophy (Ashgate Publishing): pp. 311–337, https://philarchive.org/rec/GAVRPA-3, retrieved 2025-10-17 
  13. ↑ Gavrielides, Theo (2014-12-01). "Reconciling the Notions of Restorative Justice and Imprisonment" (in EN). The Prison Journal 94 (4): 479–505. doi:10.1177/0032885514548010. ISSN 0032-8855. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032885514548010. 
  14. ↑ Gavrielides, Theo (2016), "Restorative pain: A new vision of punishment", Reconstructing restorative justice philosophy (Routledge): pp. 311–336, https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315604053-18/restorative-pain-new-vision-punishment-theo-gavrielides, retrieved 2025-12-05 
  15. ↑ "Reconstructing Restorative Justice Philosophy" (in en-US). 2014-07-01. https://clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/reconstructing-restorative-justice-philosophy/. 
  16. ↑ yianniszezos (2025-06-19). "UCLan Cyprus Hosts Opening Day of the 4th International Symposium on Restorative Justice" (in en-US). https://www.uclancyprus.ac.cy/uclan-cyprus-hosts-opening-day-of-the-4th-international-symposium-on-restorative-justice/. 
  17. ↑ "Theo Gavrielides biography" (in en). https://www.theogavrielides.com/bio. 
  18. ↑ "Report series № 52. Restorative Justice Theory and Practice: Addressing the Discrepancy" (in en-US). 2024-06-18. https://heuni.fi/-/report-series-52. 
  19. ↑ "European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI)" (in en). https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/commissions/CCPCJ/PNI/institutes-HEUNI.html. 
  20. ↑ "Restorative Justice Theory and Practice: Addressing the Discrepancy - RJ4ALL PUBLICATIONS" (in en-US). 2020-04-02. https://www.rj4allpublications.com/product/rj2edition/. 
  21. ↑ "Call to the Bar: Gray's Inn and Middle Temple" (in en). 2023-07-27. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/call-to-the-bar-grays-inn-and-middle-temple-87v9f66dz. 
  22. ↑ Topical |. "Rehabilitation and restorative justice: friends or foes?" (in en-GB). https://staging.middletemplar.org.uk/rehabilitation-and-restorative-justice-friends-or-foes/. 
  23. ↑ "Restorative Justice Theory and Practice: Addressing the Discrepancy | Office of Justice Programs". https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/restorative-justice-theory-and-practice-addressing-discrepancy. 
  24. ↑ Hickman, Keith (2024-05-19). "Theo Gavrielides, Power, race, and justice: the restorative dialogue we will not have. New York: Routledge, 2022, ISBN 978-1-472-48835-0 (hbk), 978-1-032-04763-8 (pbk), 978-1-003-19457-6 (ebk).". The International Journal of Restorative Justice 7 (1): 180–183. doi:10.5553/TIJRJ.000206. ISSN 2589-0891. https://brill.com/view/journals/tij/7/1/article-p180_13.xml. 
  25. ↑ "Challenging power dynamics in restorative justice. In T. Gavrielides (ed.), The psychology of restorative justice: managing the power within (pp# – ScienceOpen". https://www.scienceopen.com/book?vid=04806f6a-eded-45ad-abd9-10aee5b4e719. 
  26. ↑ "Bringing Race Relations Into the Restorative Justice Debate" (in uk-UA). https://ouci.dntb.gov.ua/en/works/7WMDzwZl/. 
  27. ↑ Gavrielides, Theo (2014-12-01). "Reconciling the Notions of Restorative Justice and Imprisonment" (in EN). The Prison Journal 94 (4): 479–505. doi:10.1177/0032885514548010. ISSN 0032-8855. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032885514548010. 
  28. ↑ Gavrielides, Theo (2011-08-12). "We need to listen to disenchanted young people to break the cycle" (in en-GB). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/public-leaders-network/blog/2011/aug/12/listen-young-people-break-cycle. 
  29. ↑ "Needles in haystacks - Finding a way forward for cross-sectoral youth policy (Youth Knowledge 21)" (in en). https://book.coe.int/en/youth-other-publications/7524-needles-in-haystacks-finding-a-way-forward-for-cross-sectoral-youth-policy-youth-knowledge-no-21.html. 
  30. ↑ "Access Restricted". https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/11157329/Warehousing-children-in-massive-prisons-is-wrong.html. 
  31. ↑ "Peaceful Czechs grapple with youth violence" (in en). 2025-03-14. https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250314-peaceful-czechs-grapple-with-youth-violence. 
  32. ↑ "Team" (in en-US). https://rj4all.org/rj4all-team/. 
  33. ↑ "RJ4All Publications Editor-in-Chief - RJ4ALL PUBLICATIONS" (in en-US). 2016-06-09. https://www.rj4allpublications.com/profile/theo-gavrielides/. 
  34. ↑ "Internet Journal of Restorative Justice". https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=21101017736&tip=sid&clean=0. 
  35. ↑ "Internet Journal of Restorative Justice (IJRJ®) - RJ4ALL PUBLICATIONS" (in en-US). 2020-03-24. https://www.rj4allpublications.com/ijrj/. 
  36. ↑ "Youth Voice Journal". https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=21100433805&tip=sid. 
  37. ↑ "YOUTH VOICE JOURNAL - RJ4ALL PUBLICATIONS" (in en-US). 2020-03-24. https://www.rj4allpublications.com/yvj/. 
  38. ↑ "Appointments" (in en). 2012-07-12. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/appointments/420507.article. 
  39. ↑ Bywater, Pip (2014-10-17). "PRT letters in the press" (in en-GB). https://prisonreformtrust.org.uk/prt-letters-in-the-press/. 
  40. ↑ "Bucks lecturers contribute to 'groundbreaking research' on youth radicalisation across Europe". Buckinghamshire New University. https://www.bucks.ac.uk/news/bucks-lecturers-contribute-groundbreaking-research-youth-radicalisation-across-europe. 
  41. ↑ "New free gym opening in Rotherhithe this month" (in en-GB). 2022-05-12. https://southwarknews.co.uk/news/community/new-free-gym-opening-in-rotherhithe-this-month/. 
  42. ↑ Atkins, Paul (21 June 2023). "World's first 'restorative justice postcode' is revealed - and it's in London" (in en). https://www.mylondon.news/special-features/worlds-first-restorative-justice-postcode-27161429. 
  43. ↑ Zawicki, Neil (28 August 2019). "A new approach to misbehavior: Restorative Practices to become policy" (in en). https://www.miltonindependent.com/news/a-new-approach-to-misbehavior-restorative-practices-to-become-policy/article_7180211a-b8b4-59fa-bf98-e0296586e0a4.html. 
  44. ↑ "RJ4ALL Rotherhithe Community Centre | OneHub Southwark". https://www.onehubsouthwark.co.uk/services/rj4all-rotherhithe-community-centre. 
  45. ↑ "RJ4ALL: Building the World's First Restorative Justice Po..." (in en). 2024-02-14. https://politicsuk.com/the-worlds-first-restorative-justice-postcode/. 
  46. ↑ "UEL study warns of predicting youth radicalisation" (in en). 27 January 2020. https://uel.ac.uk/about-uel/news/2020/january/uel-study-warns-predicting-youth-radicalisation. 
  47. ↑ "Riots and Restorative Justice with Dr. Theo Gavrielides" (in en). https://www.sfu.ca/dialogue/what-we-do/signature-events/welch-dialogue/riots-restorative-justice.html. 
  48. ↑ Townsend, Mark (26 January 2020). "Priti Patel's plan to tackle radicalised youth is so flawed it's mad, says study". https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/26/priti-patel-radicalised-youth-plan-so-flawed-its-mad. 
  49. ↑ "Theo Gavrielides, acting chief executive, Race on the Agenda" (in en). 2008-07-29. https://www.cypnow.co.uk/content/other/theo-gavrielides-acting-chief-executive-race-on-the-agenda/. 
  50. ↑ "ROTA no longer to host the HEAR Network - Race on the Agenda" (in en-GB). 2011-03-04. https://www.rota.org.uk/2011/03/04/rota-no-longer-to-host-the-hear-network/. 
  51. ↑ "Westminster as it happened: 19 April 2016" (in en-gb). 19 April 2016. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-politics-parliaments-36072747/page/6. 
  52. ↑ https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/69612/pdf/
  53. ↑ "Editor in chief". https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/2056-4902. 
  54. ↑ Gavrielides, Theo (2025). "Addressing Violent Radicalisation and Extremism" (in en). SpringerLink. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-84032-6. ISBN 978-3-031-84031-9. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-84032-6. 
  55. ↑ Glick, MaryJean (April 2023). "Theo Gavrielides (ed.), Comparative restorative justice". The International Journal of Restorative Justice 6 (1): 172–175. doi:10.5553/TIJRJ.000152. 
  56. ↑ Hickman, Keith (2024-04-01). "Theo Gavrielides, Power, race, and justice: the restorative dialogue we will not have" (in en). The International Journal of Restorative Justice 7: 180–183. doi:10.5553/TIJRJ.000206. https://www.scienceopen.com/document?vid=4a9a0dce-50c4-425c-a36c-3465441d057a. 
  57. ↑ Gavrielides, Theo (2018-07-03). "Victims and the restorative justice ambition: a London case study of potentials, assumptions and realities". Contemporary Justice Review 21 (3): 254–275. doi:10.1080/10282580.2018.1488129. ISSN 1028-2580. https://doi.org/10.1080/10282580.2018.1488129. 
  58. ↑ Theo, Gavrielides (September 2016). "The Death of Democracy and the Forces of Power and Control: The Case of Europe" (in en). Social Sciences 5 (3). ISSN 2076-0760. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/5/3/42. 
  59. ↑ Gavrielides, Theo (2016-01-02). "Repositioning Restorative Justice in Europe". Victims & Offenders 11 (1): 71–86. doi:10.1080/15564886.2015.1105342. ISSN 1556-4886. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2015.1105342. 
  60. ↑ "Reconstructing Restorative Justice Philosophy". 1 July 2014. https://clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/books/reconstructing-restorative-justice-philosophy/. 
  61. ↑ Wachtel, Joshua (23 August 2013). "Book review: Rights & Restoration within Youth Justice by Theo Gavrielides". International Institute for Restorative Practices. https://www.iirp.edu/news/book-review-rights-restoration-within-youth-justice-by-theo-gavrielides. 
  62. ↑ Pepinsky, Hal (March 2009). "Book Review: Gavrielides, T. (2007). Restorative Justice Theory and Practice: Addressing the Discrepancy. Helsinki, Finland: European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control, 301 pp. Wright, M. (2008). Restoring Respect for Justice (2nd ed.). Hampshire, UK: Waterside Press, x, 249 pp" (in en). International Criminal Justice Review 19 (1): 64–65. doi:10.1177/1057567708328803. ISSN 1057-5677. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1057567708328803. 



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