The Restorative Justice for All (RJ4All) International Institute is honoured to announce that Dr Howard Williamson CVO CBE FRSA FHEA has joined the organisation as a Board member.
Dr Howard Williamson CVO CBE FRSA FHEA
Dr Howard Williamson is a Professor of European Youth Policy at the University of South Wales. Previously he worked at the Universities of Oxford, Cardiff and Copenhagen and has held visiting positions at universities and research institutes in Hong Kong, Malta, Croatia, China, France, Australia and Iran.
He is a nationally qualified youth worker and ran a youth centre for 25 years in parallel with his academic research that spanned issues such as youth crime, youth unemployment, vocational training, enterprise and entrepreneurship, substance misuse, homelessness, school circuits and youth work.
Dr Williamson has also advised many levels of governance on youth policy issues, from the Welsh and UK governments, the European Commission, the Council of Europe and the United Nations.
In 2002, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and, in 2016, a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO). In 2019, he was presented with an 'Outstanding Contribution to Youth Work' Excellence Award by the First Minister of Wales.
Dr Theo Gavrielides, Founder and Director of RJ4All said:
“I am delighted with Prof. Williamson’s appointment. As one of the world’s leading youth policy experts, his strategic input could not be more timely when our young users have increased by 300% since the pandemic”.