Intergenerational Restorative Justice: Expanding the Dialogue of the Encounter of Restorative Encounters (EofEs)

Gema Varona is a lecturer in Victimology and Criminal Policy at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and senior researcher at the Basque Institute of Criminology (Donostia/San Sebastian, Spain). In 1998 she was honoured with the Junior Scholar Competition Award of the International Society of Criminology for her research comparing restorative justice in Romani and non Romani communities. Former coordinator of the degree in criminology (2013-2017), current coordinator of the UPV/EHU MOOC on Victimology (2016-), and co-director of the Master in Victimology of that University (2014-), she is also the co-editor of the Journal of Victimology/Revista de Victimología. She has authored books on migration and human rights, restorative justice, juries and the construction of the forensic truth, women’s local safety audits, victims of terrorism, and victims of sexual abuse.

Doctora en Derecho Penal por la Universidad del País Vasco. Amplia experiencia profesional en la atención a víctimas de delitos y a la facilitación de procesos restaurativos, como jurista de los Servicios de Cooperación con la Justicia del Gobierno Vasco durante más de dos décadas. En la actualidad profesora del Departamento de Derecho Penal de la UPV/EHU y miembro del Laboratorio de Teoría y Práctica de Justicia Restaurativa.