DECATUR -- Millikin University Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice will hold a panel discussion titled “Restorative Justice in Action: What Comes After Victory in Ukraine?” on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Oberhelman Center for Leadership Performance in the University Commons.
The discussion is also co-sponsored by Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI), located in Kyiv, Ukraine, and will feature, via Zoom, several practitioners, teachers and scholars of restorative justice, conflict resolution and mediation programs to discuss potential post-war restorative justice strategies that might be used in Ukraine.
“Restorative justice is a way to achieve meaningful peace and resolution between victims, offenders and the community through various forms of mediation and conflict resolution,” Millikin Department of Sociology Associate Professor Dr. Ken Laundra said. “As in the case of wartime atrocities in such places as South Africa and Rwanda, this approach offers the means to repair relationships on a mass scale while affording a greater sense of justice and reconciliation for victims.”
The keynote address will be given by Dr. Pavlo Fedorchenko-Kutuev, Chair of the Department of Sociology & Law at KPI, who researches modernization, the historical sociology of the developmental state and the comparative politics of post-communist states.
Also participating in the discussion are:
- Dr. Laura Dean, Associate Professor of Political Science at Millikin
- Keyria Rodgers, Director of Criminal Justice at Millikin
- Dr. Andrei Baginsky, Associate Political Science Professor at KPI
- Dr. Tetiana Kyselova, Senior Fellow at Swisspeace, a research institute dedicated to advancing effective peacebuilding
- Dr. Maria Tyshchenko, Executive Director of Poruch International, a non-governmental organization in Ukraine
- Olia Voropay, Project Manager of Poruch International
About Millikin University
Millikin University is a private, comprehensive university with a diverse student population of approximately 1,800 undergraduate and graduate students. A Millikin education features Performance Learning, a unique learning approach offered only at Millikin that gives students the chance to build the confidence and skills to succeed before and after graduation. Millikin graduates enter the job market armed with experience and ready for success. In 2022, 99% of graduates gained employment or entry to graduate or professional schools within six months of graduation, compared to the 71% national average. Millikin offers more than 50 majors in the College of Fine Arts, College of Arts & Sciences, College of Professional Studies and Tabor School of Business, and is located on a 75-acre residential campus in Decatur, Ill.
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