Giuseppe Maglione is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Director of the Restorative Justice Clinic at the University of Kent (United Kingdom). His work lies at the intersection of restorative justice, critical conflict studies, criminology, and political theory. His research has notably contributed to developing a political reading of restorative justice, questioning its genealogies, institutionalization processes, and transformative potential. His work has appeared in journals such as
Critical Criminology,
European Journal of Criminology,
Criminology & Criminal Justice, and
Social & Legal Studies, among others.
He is the author of
Restorative Justice and Contemporary Political Theory: Critical Encounters and the co-editor, with Ian Marder and Brunilda Pali, of
Restorative Justice at a Crossroads: Dilemmas of Institutionalisation, both published by
Routledge in 2024. He has been a visiting researcher at the Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme in Paris, the University of Cambridge, the University of Oslo, KU Leuven, and the Max Planck Institute in Freiburg. From 2020 to 2022, he was a member of the Research Committee of the European Forum for Restorative Justice.
He currently leads the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)-funded project
Scaling Restorative Micro-Practices: Strategic Engagement for Developing Cross-Sector Models of Everyday Democratic Conflict Transformation, which focuses on developing models for the democratic transformation of conflicts through restorative practices. He is also a Co-Investigator for the British Academy-funded project
Innovative Approaches to Justice in Brazil: An Inclusive Writing Workshop Series, an international initiative dedicated to developing and promoting innovative perspectives on justice in Brazil.
His academic activity is closely intertwined with practice. He has worked as a victim-offender mediator and community mediator, and he designs and conducts training programs on restorative justice, conflict transformation, and harm management for public and private organizations. He has collaborated with police forces, social services, healthcare professionals, and other organizations in Italy, Norway, and the United Kingdom. His work thus combines critical research, training, and the practice of conflict transformation, exploring alternative responses to harm and violence that move beyond punitive and coercive frameworks