Ian Marder

I conduct research and engage with policymakers and practitioners to encourage and support progressive, evidence-led and rights-based criminal justice reform. Currently, I work with researchers, NGOs, governments and justice agencies in several countries to develop the use of restorative justice and restorative practices in criminal justice. For example, following the adoption of Council of Europe Recommendation CM/Rec(2018)8 concerning restorative justice in criminal matters in October 2018, I co-instigated and coordinate Restorative Justice: Strategies for Change, a four-year project (2019-2023) to implement the Recommendation in ten European jurisdictions.

Previously, I have conducted research on the institutionalisation of restorative justice in the police, the use of restorative justice with young adults, burglary victims' experiences of restorative justice post-sentence, public attitudes towards restorative policing, and the development of restorative justice in universities. I also have a broader interest in practitioner discretion and decision-making in criminal justice, and I am currently participating in a research project which uses advanced quantitative methods and policy analysis to assess the impact of sentencing guidelines on judicial decision-making processes in different jurisdictions.

Beyond criminology, I am interested in the potential of social enterprise to promote socioeconomic rights, particularly within the financial sector. I have conducted research on high-cost credit, social finance, and the role of universities in promoting and supporting inclusive growth. I am also interested in issues around disarmament and have worked with the UNODA to explore the integration of stockpile management concerns into disaster risk reduction strategies.

Within the Department of Law, I coordinate four modules: LW269 Policing (2nd year BA/BCL), LW380 Victimology (3rd year BA/BCL), LW454 Introduction to Criminology (4th year LLB) and LW687 Restorative Justice (MA). I also supervise master's students on the LW653 Advocacy and LW690 Dissertation modules and have contributed lectures to PO224 Researching Criminology (2nd year BA/BCL) and LW631 Criminology and Criminal Justice (MA). I also give guest lectures on the Certificate in Restorative Practice and Mediation and the Diploma in Mediation, Negotiation and Conflict in the Edward Kennedy Institute for Conflict Intervention.

While at the University of Leeds (2013-2018), I taught on a wide range of modules, including penology, research methods, youth justice, victimology, criminal justice processes, transnational crime and justice, foundations of social science and introductory crime and justice courses.

I have given guest lectures at several universities (KU Leuven, Palacky University Olomouc, Belarusian State University, Mogilev State A. Kuleshov University, DeMontfort University and the Universities of Gloucestershire, Tirana, York and Limerick) and to trainee and serving justice practitioners (e.g. with West Yorkshire Police and the National College of Security Sciences in Estonia). I am always happy to speak to students and practitioners about criminology and criminal justice.