Thomas Cavanagh

I am a social scientist. My research is focused in the areas of restorative justice and restorative practices in schools. Primarily I work as a cultural anthropologist. My research is grounded in ethnography as the holistic study of organizations and schools as systems. My passion is exploring how we can create peaceful and caring relationships.

Currently my research and professional development interests focus on how schools can use restorative practices to respond to student wrongdoing and conflict in conjunction with a culturally appropriate pedagogy of relations in classrooms, under the umbrella of a culture of care, to create safe schools. In this environment students experience freedom from harm and the threat of harm and freedom to be who and what they are.