Design + Restorative Justice research and practice

Design + Restorative Justice



Co-creating change and transition

“Working with Clair has been a real, rare pleasure ...

With her craft she opens our world to discover in us things we don't know about ourselves and about the others that are with us - sometimes even if we don't see them or if we apparently don't care about them”



- Prof. Gema Varona Martínez, Basque Institute of Criminology

Services

Research

Multi-disciplinary research using design and social science research methods.

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Service design

Utilising restorative + participatory design and design thinking approaches to promote change.

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Design commissions

Design commissions related to restorative justice, peacebuilding and the promotion of dialogue between differing stakeholders.

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Restorative Justice

Restorative justice case facilitation, consultancy, supervision, mentoring and training.

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Hello, I am Clair

I am a researcher and practitioner, designer and maker in design + restorative justice. I am also an islander and interested in how the perspective of the islander alters the research and practice view.

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Watch my presentation

  for the 2020 RJ World e-conference

by invitation of the European Forum for Restorative Justice


Recent posts

by Clair Aldington 07 Dec, 2023
The co-created handmade thing as a 'conversation starter' within restorative justice processes 
by Clair Aldington 30 Nov, 2023
Handmade and relational
by Clair Aldington 06 Apr, 2023
Victimology and violence: Connecting with victims This new book arrived in the post today from Spain, recently published by Aranzadi and edited by Gema Varona Martínez. Exciting! It's a selection of some of the presentations made during the plenary and other sessions of the 17th International Symposium of the World Society of Victimology held in Donostia-San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain, during June 2022. There were 460 delegates of more than 50 nationalities. During the symposium I was humbled by the stories of victims, survivors and people harmed through crime. It also left me full of hope and challenged by research, questions and conversations - still true several months on. As stated of the collection in the foreword to the book, 'With reference to the humanist values of Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu, this outcome of our gathering in Donostia/San Sebastián expresses the very essence of being human in that our own sense of humanity is inextricably bound up in the sharing of a greater whole and universal personhood. When others are tortured or treated as if they are less than we are, our own sense of humanity is diminished. With this scholarly body of work, I am confident that the principles of communality, reciprocity and inclusivity will continue to re-emphasise the essential unity of all of humanity, also challenging orthodoxies in victimisation, healing and justice in order to give the world a more humane face.' PROF. DR. ROBERT PEACOCK PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD SOCIETY OF VICTIMOLOGY This was my first time at a victimology conference and it was positive to hear that 'Restorative justice has evolved from a controversial topic in victimology to a well-established research theme' (see Stephan Parmentier and Jo-Anne Wemmers, p. 133 of the same book). This coincides with the rhetoric around restorative justice itself becoming more victim, survivor and person harmed centred over the last 20 years. It needs to be, whilst at the same time remembering the oft links between victimisation and offending. I was touched and honoured to be asked to speak at the conference. My plenary paper is included in this collection.
by Clair Aldington 13 Jan, 2023
Keeper of the winds; An exploration of the space between the harmed and the harmer in restorative justice encounters A paper I delivered as a part of the plenary session on 8 June 2022 at the 17 th International Symposium of the World Society of Victimology 2022 has been accepted for publication. This is expected in the Spring of 2023 and is a peer reviewed book of a selection of papers presented at the conference by the plenary speakers and raconteurs. The symposium was hosted in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain and their hospitality was incredible - Eskerrik Asko.
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A language of convergence; the co-created handmade thing as a 'conversation starter' within restorative justice processes is my latest peer reviewed article published in a special issue of The International Journal of Restorative Justice 2022 Vol. 5(3).

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