Research is my first love: I like to dig in and find the evidence that can be used to make justice systems fair and child-sensitive. With my thorough experience in both academic research and action-research I can give your project the evidence-basis you are looking for to have a meaningful impact.
While my research encompasses a diverse range of subjects, they can be categorized into three primary themes: child protection, child justice and restorative justice.
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Promise projects
Since 2023, I have been offering expert support in the research, drafting and dissemination of guidance, toolkit and knowledge materials on child trafficking, child protection policies and child sexual online abuse.
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PhD on diversion practices in child justice systems across Europe
My PhD research aims to explore in depth and systematically the gaps that exist between the normative ‘description’ of diversion and its reality in practice, shedding a light on what diversion is, as opposed to what it should be.
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UNODC – Global Programme to End Violence against Children
September 2022- ongoing | I provide support in the implementation of the EU-UNODC Strive Juvenile Project in Nigeria and carried out a technical assistance needs assessment on child justice in Punjab, Pakistan.
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MOSAIC: Monitoring safety of children in detention in the EU
2023 – I lead the European research and analysis activities aimed at mapping the current situation of data collection on violence against children (VAC) in criminal justice detention facilities for children in EU member states, identifying good practices as well as structural problems gaps, needs and barriers in existing data collection systems in light of international human rights standards…
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Enhancing youth crime and drug use prevention through education on legality and awareness campaigns addressing threats of organized crime and corruption
2023 | For the OSCE project “Enhancing youth crime and drug use prevention through education on legality and awareness campaigns addressing threats of organized crime and corruption”, I conducted a needs assessment study on youth crime prevention in Moldova, including development of the research methodology and data collection tools, desk review, data analysis, research drafting and presentation.
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CLEAR-RIGHTS: ENHANCING LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN IN CONFLICT WITH THE LAW IN EUROPE
As Terre des hommes in-house consultant, I provided technical guidance and quality assurance for methodology, review of practices of legal aids in Europe, and the development of a child-led digital legal assessment tool. T
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RE-JUSTICE: JUDICIAL TRAINING IN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
2019-2022 | With the European Forum for Restorative Justice, I co-designed the Manual for trainers on restorative justice for judges and public prosecutors with a rich training package with handouts, video materials and additional resources, and advocacy materials.
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FOCUS ON MY NEEDS: WORKING TOGETHER FOR CHILDREN IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
2020-2022 | As Terre des hommes in-house consultant, I supported the FOCUS core team of experts to provide technical guidance and quality assurance for the research and capacity building activities.
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PROGRAMME“ENFANCE SANS BARREAUX” (2018 – 2021) IN WESTERN AFRICA
December 2021 I provided expertise on restorative justice with children for the evaluation of the second phase of the programme“Enfance sans Barreaux” (2018 – 2021) in Western Africa and drafted an in-depth note to the technical evaluation report, on restorative justice with children with key recommendations for the next phase of the programme.
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I-RESTORE: PROTECTING CHILD VICTIMS THROUGH RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
2019-2021 | As independent consultant on child justice, I was member of the Restorative Justice Advisory Board, that provides feedback on the materials produced and ensure quality throughout. I provided feedback on the methodology used for the European research and on the training handbook and materials developed by the experts from the European Forum for Restorative Justice (EFRJ) and Restorative…
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TRAINING TRAINERS IN MEDIATION AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE – THE TOOLKIT OF THE ERASMUS+ PROJECT MEDIAREJ
I co-authored the article in the toolkit on “Restorative justice with children and young people in relation to criminal behaviour“. This toolkit is a collection of articles that focus on different areas of application for mediation and restorative justice and that present each area with practical implications and suggestions aimed at supporting trainers on restorative justice.
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PAN-AFRICAN RESEARCH ON RESTORATIVE JUSTICE WITH CHILDREN
2018-2020 | As lead consultant in a team of researchers, I harmonised and consolidated data on diversion and restorative justice with child offenders, collected from six African countries: Burundi, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda, Somalia and Kenya.
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UN GLOBAL STUDY ON CHILDREN DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY
2018- 2019 | I was part of the team leading the research and drafting of chapter 5 – Children deprived of liberty in the Administration of Justice for the UN Global Study on children deprived of liberty.
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AWAY: ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO ADDRESS YOUTH
2017 – 2019 | The EU funded project AWAY aimed to ensure that multidisciplinary professionals are more aware and better equipped concerning diversion for arrested/suspected children. As an independent consultant for Terre des hommes, I compiled and drafted the final report of the project.
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FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION/CUTTING IN SAMBURU COUNTY AND FOSTER CARE FOR CHILDREN IN NEED OF PROTECTION IN KENYA: FEASIBILITY STUDIES
2016-2017 | As an independent research consultant of the Italian NGO “Albero della Vita”, operating in Kenya, I conducted the research on the field and drafted the two feasibility studies, one on female genital mutilation (FGM) in Samburu County (Northern Kenya) and one on alternative care solutions for children in need of protection in Kenya, with a focus on foster…
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STRENGTHENING HUMAN RIGHTS IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES IN KENYA
2012-2016 I conducted research on human rights in the criminal justice and correctional system in Kenya using primary data – collected through direct observation and face to face semistructured interviews to inmates and prisons’ officers – and secondary data gathered from desk review of the legal framework, statistics, reports from state and non-state actors who work in the criminal justice system in Kenya, and…
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STOPPING VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILD DOMESTIC WORKERS THROUGH REGULATION AND EDUCATION
2014- 2016 | As an independent consultant for CEFA, I conducted a research in the context of the Kenyan survey, on child domestic work, and drafted the Legal and Policy assessment in the framework of child domestic work in Kenya.
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KEEPING YOUTH AWAY FROM CRIME: SEARCHING FOR BEST EUROPEAN PRACTICES
2013- 2015 | As independent research consultant for IJJO, I contributed to the European study of good practices collected from Austria, Belgium, England and Wales, Italy, Scotland, Sweden, in the Netherlands, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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PROJECT PRAESIDIUM
2014 – 2015 | As Monitoring Officer for Save the Children Italy, I was in charge of the monitoring the living conditions of unaccompanied migrant children in reception centres across Sicily. I visited and collected information from more than hundred reception centres spread across the 9 provinces in Sicily, interviewing children, centres’ managers and workers, and conducting thorough visits…
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Child friendly justice – Perspectives and experiences of children involved in judicial proceedings as victims, witnesses or parties in nine eU member states
2013 | As a research assistant in the Rights of the Child Team at the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, I had the privilege to support the research for the child-friendly Justice project and the report about the perspectives of professionals.
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RESEARCH ON SCHOOL BULLYING AND ON ORGANISED CRIME
2008-2010 | At the Transcrime Research Centre at the Università Cattolica, in Milan, as research assistant, I contributed to the research projects: “Bullying: between reality and social representation” and “Criminal geography of public contracts: the organised crime’s infiltrations in public tenders in Southern Italy”.
Silvia played a key role in the success of the UN Global Study […]. I experienced her as an outstanding researcher and consultant, and a great team player. It was a true pleasure and privilege to work with her.
Moritz Birk
Amnesty International Austria
With her profound knowledge on rights of the child and juvenile justice, Silvia has always been a great partner to work with. She strongly demonstrated her excellent participatory, methodological and analytical skills.
Astrid Podsiadlowski
Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union
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