Last call

COST Action A21

RESTORATIVE JUSTICE DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE

Final Conference:

Restorative Justice Research in Europe: Outcomes and Challenges

22-24 November 2006, University of Warsaw

Programme

Introduction

The conference is structured along the four domains on which the COST Action has worked during four years:

Ø Evaluative research on restorative justice practices
Ø Policy oriented research on restorative justice
Ø Restorative justice theory
Ø Restorative justice, violent conflicts and mass victimization.

These domains will successively be discussed in blocks of each half a day on Thursday and Friday. In the first part of each block, the respective Working Groups of the COST Action will present their findings centered around the sub-domains they dealt with.

The second part of each block gives room to paper presentations on related restorative justice research by non COST- members.

Each block will be concluded by an external speaker.


Wednesday 22 November

15.00-16.00: Conference registration

16.00-18.00
Opening
Plenary Session
- Prof. Dr. Irena Rzeplińska, Vice-President of the Polish Society of Criminology: Official welcome and opening of the conference.
- Prof. Dr. Ivo Aertsen, Catholic University of Leuven and Chair of COST Action A21: The scientific programme and implementation of COST Action A21.
- Ms. Veronica Beneitez Pinero, European Commission Directorate General for Research: The 7th Framework Programme and other research opportunities within the EU.
- Dr. David Gronbaek, Science Officer, COST Office, European Science Foundation: The COST Framework and ESF funding opportunities.

Thursday 23 November

9.30-10.00
Plenary Session
Evaluative research on restorative justice practices: introduction to the findings of Working Group 1, by Dr. Ida Hydle, Agder University College, Norway

10.00-11.00
Workshop 1:Research methodology
Workshop 2:Data recording systems
Workshop 3:Specific topics of evaluation

11.00-11.30
Coffee break

11.30-12.30
Workshop 1:External papers on evaluative research
Workshop 2:External papers on evaluative research

12.30-13.15
Plenary Session
Prof. Dr. Joanna ShaplandDirector of the Centre for Criminological Research, University of Sheffield, UK

14.30-15.00
Plenary Session
Policy oriented research on restorative justice: Introduction to the findings of Working Group 2, by Dr. Michael Kilchling, Max-Planck-Institut für ausländischen und internationales Strafrecht, Freiburg, Germany

15.00-16.00
Workshop 1:Legislation on restorative justice
Workshop 2:Referral procedures
Workshop 3:Training of legal professionals
Workshop 4:New restorative justice applications

16.00-16.30
Coffee break

16.30-17.30
Workshop 1:External papers on policy oriented research
Workshop 2:External papers on policy oriented research

17.30-18.15
Plenary Session
Prof. Gerry Johnstone, Director of the Law School, University of Hull, UK

20.00
Conference dinner

Friday 24 November

9.30-10.00
Plenary Session
Restorative justice theory: Introduction to the findings of Working Group 3, by Mr. Rob Mackay, Perth and Kinross Council, Perth, UK

10.00-11.00
Workshop 1:Restorative justice and the law
Workshop 2:Restorative justice and society
Workshop 3:The internal dynamics of restorative justice

11.00-11.30
Coffee break

11.30-12.30
Workshop 1:External papers on theoretical research
Workshop 2:External papers on theoretical research

12.30-13.15
Plenary Session
Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Kerner, Director of the Institute of Criminology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany

14.30-15.00
Plenary Session
Restorative justice, violent conflicts and mass victimization: Introduction to the findings of Working Group 4, by Ms Jana Arsovska, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium

15.00-16.00
Workshop 1:The Kosovo conflict
Workshop 2:The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Workshop 3:The conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Workshop 4:The conflict in Northern Ireland

16.00-16.30
Coffee break

16.30-17.30
Workshop 1:External papers
Workshop 2:External papers

17.30-18.15
Plenary Session
Dr. Laura Stovel, St. Paul University Ottawa, Canada

18.15-19.00
Concluding Plenary Session


A conferência final de uma Acção de Investigação que foi, para mim, onde o destino fez sentido!

Não será, espero, o final de uma cooperação de altíssimo nível.

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