The best solutions are found where industry experts and technologists come together.
Restorativ has combined academic knowledge with technology to create a tool that brings restorative justice into the 21st century. Restorativ allows its users to move away from punitive approaches and towards rebuilding relationships and communities
Restorativ Team
Dr Anamika Twyman Ghoshal
Anamika is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Gloucestershire and holds and holds a Ph.D. in Criminology and Justice Policy from Northeastern University. She is also a volunteer facilitator with a Massachusetts restorative justice organization.
Chris Twyman
Chris is a technology marketer who has worked in both large software businesses and on the founding team of tech start-ups. He holds an MBA and a Degree in Quantity Surveying.
Dr. Sarah Smith Robbins
Sarah is a faculty member at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University where her focus is learning technologies.
Jon Edwards
Jon is an award winning User Experience (UX) expert who has developed mobile and desktop apps for education, talent management, and financial industries.
Raul Radu
Raul is a back-end developer and the architect of the Restorativ App.
Jeff Upton
Jeff is US Lawyer and a Commercial Strategist. Jeff graduated from Brown University and is also part-time actor.
Loreley Petroiu
Loreley provides our interactive capability on the apps and website. She is our lead front-end developer.
Ian Garland
Ian is a UX strategist and award-winning designer of branding approaches, websites, desktop applications and mobile apps.
Dr Jonathan Hobson
Dr Jonathan Hobson is a an Associate Professor of Social Sciences and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He is a political sociologist by training and has worked extensively across the social sciences including in criminology and criminal justice.
Kalyani Twyman - PHD Candidate
Kalyani is researching Evolutionary Biology at the University of St. Andrews. She is responsible for Restorativ's positioning to our younger users.
Pablo Romero Seseña - PHD
With a background in Criminology and Human Rights, Pablo holds a PhD from Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, and is an active researcher in the consolidated research group "Empirical and Applied Victimology" (VICRIM), as well as an assistant professor in the Criminology Degree program at the same university. His research has focused on the impact and implications of using technology in the Restorative Justice field, and other victimological issues such as the response of the criminal justice system to victims of sexual violence. He has been a visiting researcher at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium, and has published several papers in impactful journals nationally and internationally.
Restorativ and the RJC partner to provide the next generation of Restorative Solutions
The Restorative Justice Council (RJC) is the independent third sector membership body for the field of restorative practice. It provides quality assurance and a national voice advocating the widespread use of all forms of restorative practice, including restorative justice. The RJC’s vision is of a society where high quality restorative practice is available to all.
The RJC's role is to set and champion clear standards for restorative practice. It ensures quality and supports those in the field to build on their capacity and accessibility. At the same time, the RJC raises public awareness and confidence in restorative processes. The ultimate aim of the RJC is to drive take-up and to enable safe, high quality restorative practice to develop and thrive.
