Addressing Violent Radicalisation and Extremism

Professor Theo Gavrielides, PhD, is a legal philosopher and an international expert in restorative justice and human rights.He is the Founder and Director of the Restorative Justice for All (RJ4All) International Institute, which aims to advance community cohesion and redistribute power through the values of restorative justice. He is also the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of RJ4All Publications, which is the publishing arm of RJ4All. He founded RJ4All Sports, the fitness arm of RJ4All and runs the RJ4All Rotherhithe Community Centre.In 2021, Professor Gavrielides received The Liberty of the Old Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey award as part of the Southwark Civic Awards 2020 for his contribution to the community during difficult times.Dr. Gavrielides is also a Barrister and a Visiting Professor at the University of East London as well as a Visiting Professor at Buckinghamshire New University (UK). He is the Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journals: International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Youth Voice Journal , and Internet Journal of Restorative Justice.

• Part 1. Setting and reviewing the foundations.- Chapter 1. New wine in old wineskins and a new way forward.- Chapter 2. Positive Psychology and Restorative Justice for violent radicalisation and extremism.- Chapter 3. The RJiNEAR model of resilience – theory and practice.- Chapter 4. Power, inequality and injustice – finding the terrorist from within.- Part 2. Evidence-driven practice: Case studies.- Chapter 5. The Youth Empowerment and Innovation Project: Comparative findings from the pilots in the UK, Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Sweden, Romania and Portugal..- Chapter 6. Comparative findings from the Human Rights and Prevention of Violent Extremism project in Indonesia.- Chapter 7. The My Voice, My Future Project: Findings from the pilots in the UK, Southwark – London..- Chapter 8. Findings from the RJ4All Youth Clubs+ programme.- Chapter 9. The Restorative Dialogue against Violent Radicalisation (RADEX) project: Comparative findings from the pilots in Turkey, Spain, the UK, Romania, Ireland and Italy..- Chapter 10. The Mobilising against Extremism through countering and diverting radicalisation of young people project (RDaVR): Comparative findings from Germany, Cyprus, the UK, Greece, Belgium and France..- Part 3. New directions in research, policy & practice.- Chapter 11. Gaps, next steps and a guide for research.- Chapter 12. Gaps, next steps and a guide for policy and practice.

“The work of Theo Gavrielides, Addressing Violent Radicalisation and Extremism: A Restorative Justice & Psychological Approach, offers an ambitious and conceptually rich exploration of violent radicalisation and extremism from a restorative justice perspective. … the volume stands out for its unprecedented empirical engagement with restorative justice and radicalisation, as well as for the central role of the philosophical, psychological, and criminological frameworks informing the case studies.” (Alice Angelini, Internet Journal of Restorative Justice, March, 2026)