B. (Brunilda) Pali
Faculteit der Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen
Programmagroep: Transnational Configurations, Conflict and Governance
Expertisegebied: Restorative justice and alternatives to punishment, Sexualised violence and harm, Security and crime control, Prison education, Criminalisation of solidarity and activism,
Environmental restorative justice, Arts and justice
Bezoekadres
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
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Postbus 15578
1001 NB Amsterdam
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Profile
Brunilda Pali is Assistant Professor of Conflict Dynamics and Resolution at the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam. She is affiliated with the Program Group Transnational Configurations, Conflict and Governance.
Dr. Pali has an interdisciplinary and intercultural background: she has studied Psychology at the University of Bosphorus in Istanbul (Turkey), Gender Studies at the Central European University in Budapest (Hungary), Cultural Studies at Bilgi University in Istanbul (Turkey), and Criminology at KU Leuven (Belgium).
After gaining her PhD at the Faculty of Law and Criminology at KU Leuven (Belgium), she worked as a senior researcher at the Leuven Institute of Criminology and at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the same university and as adjunct professor at the Vermont Law and Graduate School (USA). She serves as Vice-Chair of the European Forum for Restorative Justice Researcher at KU Leuven (Belgium), is co-founder of the multidisciplinary collective The Voice of Nature Kinstitute led by environmental artist Maria Lucia Cruz Correia, and founding member of the non-for-profit organisation Leuven Restorative City.
In her research and teaching, Brunilda Pali focuses on:
1. The development of restorative justice and alternative approaches to punishment
2. The application of restorative approaches to environmental and social conflicts and harms
3. Criminalisation of environmental activism and solidarity - Teaching
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Publicaties
2026
- Pali, B. (2026). The development and frontiers of restorative justice. In S. Snacken, G. Cliquennois, I. Durnescu, D. Humblet, & E. Larrauri (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of European Penology Routledge. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003367888-6
2025
- Barnekow Rasmussen, K., Fonseca Rosenblatt, F., Pali, B., & Zinsstag, E. (2025). Handbook on Methods in Restorative Justice Research. (Studies in Restorative Justice). Brill. Advance online publication. https://brill.com/display/title/72157
- De Witte, P., & Pali, B. (2025). Exploring Restorative Justice as a Political Practice with Hannah Arendt. In F. Reggio, & B. Pali (Eds.), Widening the Restorative Lens: Expanding Interdisciplinary, Historical, and Philosophical Perspectives in Restorative Justice Brill.
Fellegi, B., & Pali, B. (2025). Breaking the Silence: Reflections on the Restorative Justice Movement’s Role during an Unfolding Genocide. The International Journal of Restorative Justice, 8(1), 11-26. https://doi.org/10.1163/25890905-00801006 [details]- Maglione, G., & Pali, B. (2025). The Value of Researching Restorative Justice Policy through Discourse Analysis. In Handbook on Methods in Restorative Justice Research Brill. https://brill.com/display/title/72157
- Pali, B., & Pallister-Wilkins, P. E. (2025). From police violence to (self) censorship: Mapping the continuum of criminalization of student-led Palestine solidarity activism in the Netherlands. Criminological Encounters, 7(1). Advance online publication. https://www.criminologicalencounters.org/index.php/crimenc/article/view/178
- Pali, B., Fonseca Rosenblatt, F., Barnekow Rasmussen, K., & Zinsstag, E. (2025). Mapping the Path: Exploring Methods in Restorative Justice Research. In K. Barnekow Rasmussen, F. Fonseca Rosenblatt, B. Pali, & E. Zinsstag (Eds.), Handbook on Methods in Restorative Justice Research (Studies in Restorative Justice). Brill. https://brill.com/display/title/72157?srsltid=AfmBOorW-2bakrpUtPZNJAgvPf5quP3wnU9czvPuXKRoo0C8OA83Zi2O
- Reggio, F., & Pali, B. (Eds.) (2025). Widening the Restorative Lens: Expanding Interdisciplinary, Historical, and Philosophical Perspectives in Restorative Justice . (Studies in Restorative Justice; Vol. 6/M-4). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004729803
- Visser, B., & Pali, B. (2025). ‘We feel that warm breath in our necks’: experiences and impacts of criminalisation of environmental activism in Belgium. Justice, Power and Resistance, 8(1), 5-21. https://doi.org/10.1332/26352338Y2024D000000030 [details]
2024
- Maglione, G., Marder, I. D., & Pali, B. (2024). Crossroads and dilemmas. In G. Maglione, I. D. Marder, & B. Pali (Eds.), Restorative Justice at a Crossroads: Dilemmas of Institutionalisation (pp. 235-239). (Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003320647-12 [details]
- Maglione, G., Marder, I. D., & Pali, B. (Eds.) (2024). Restorative Justice at a Crossroads: Dilemmas of Institutionalisation. (Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003320647 [details]
- Malaj, D., & Pali, B. (2024). ‘We can no longer fill prisons with men and cemeteries with women’: exploring carceral and abolitionist feminist discourses on gendered violence in Albania and Kosovo through photo elicitation. Community Development Journal, 59(4), 716–736. Article bsae038. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsae038 [details]
- Malaj, D., & Pali, B. (2024). “We Will Persevere Until Justice Prevails”: Mapping Criminalised Environmental Resistance in Albania. In A. Di Ronco, & R. Selmini (Eds.), Criminalisation of Dissent in Times of Crisis (pp. 83-109). (Critical Criminological Perspectives). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-75376-3_5 [details]
- Marder, I. D., Maglione, G., & Pali, B. (2024). Contextualising the dilemmas of institutionalising restorative justice. In G. Maglione, I. D. Marder, & B. Pali (Eds.), Restorative Justice at a Crossroads: Dilemmas of Institutionalisation (pp. 1-10). (Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003320647-1 [details]
- Pali, B. (2024). Images of Alternative Justice: The Alternative of Restorative Justice. In H. Pontell (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice Article e-133 (Oxford Research Encyclopedias). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264079.013.133 [details]
- Pali, B. (2024). Oltre il sistema carcerario: Soluzioni femministe contro la violenza interpersonale e sessuale. DWF, 2024(3-4 (143-144)).
- Pali, B., & Malaj, D. (2024). 'Against the state that kills women’: using photo elicitation to explore grassroots feminist discourses on gendered violence in Albania and Kosovo. Justice, Power and Resistance, 7(1), 2-20. https://doi.org/10.1332/26352338Y2024D000000008 [details]
- Pali, B., & Marder, I. D. (2024). Genesi ed evoluzione della giustizia riparativa in Europa. In A. Ceretti, G. Mannozzi, & C. Mazzucato (Eds.), Riforma Cartabia: Le modifiche al sistema penale . - Volume 4: La disciplina organica della giustizia riparativa (pp. 3-22). Giappichelli. [details]
- Smaus, G., Feest, J. (Ed.), Pali, B. (Ed.), & Trenz, H.-J. (Ed.) (2024). Gerlinda Smaus. Io sono io: Per una criminologia critica femminista. Castelvecchi.
- Talavera, C., & Pali, B. (2024). Justice in Extractivism Related Socio-environmental Conflicts from a Decolonial and Restorative Lens: The Agua Zarca case in Honduras. Revista de victimología = Journal of victimology, 17, 85-110. https://doi.org/10.12827/RVJV.17.04 [details]
2023
- Konaté, S., & Pali, B. (2023). “You have to talk with us, not about us”: Exploring the harms of wrongful accusation on those affected in the case of the Dutch ‘childcare-benefit scandal’. Revista de victimología = Journal of victimology, 16, 139-164. https://www.huygens.es/journals/index.php/revista-de-victimologia/article/view/276/115 [details]
- Pali, B. (2023). A Criminology of Dis/Obedience? Critical Criminology, 31, 3-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-022-09664-7
- Pali, B. (2023). [Review of: J. Braithwaite (2022) Macrocriminology and Freedom]. Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 12(2), 150-152. https://doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.2746 [details]
- Pali, B., & Maglione, G. (2023). Discursive Representations of Restorative Justice in International Policies. European Journal of Criminology, 20(2), 507-527. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/14773708211013025
- Zingg, M., & Pali, B. (2023). Adapting Mediation Practice for Climate Change-Related Conflicts: Challenges, Opportunities and Dilemmas. Mediares: Journal on Conflict Resolution, Restorative Culture and Mediation, 2, 24-52. https://www.mediaresrivista.it/rivista.php?l=it&annata=2023-2 [details]
- de Nardin Budó, M., & Pali, B. (2023). Restorative responses to harms caused by asbestos companies. Revista de victimología = Journal of victimology, 15, 171-204. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/368243326_Restorative_responses_to_harms_caused_by_asbestos_companies [details]
2022
- Forsyth, M., Pali, B., & Tepper, F. (2022). Environmental Restorative Justice: An Introduction and Invitation. In B. Pali, M. Forsyth, & F. Tepper (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Environmental Restorative Justice (pp. 1-23). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04223-2_1
- Musliu, V., & Pali, B. (2022). Archive. Justice. Memory. Time: Reflections on Esat Shala’s mal d’archive. Art Studies, 20, 9-31. http://iaksa.edu.al/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Art-Studies-20.pdf
- Pali, B. (2022). A Talk with Howard Zehr. The International Journal of Restorative Justice, 5(1), 107-117. https://doi.org/10.5553/TIJRJ.000092
- Pali, B., & Canning, V. (2022). Challenging co-optive criminalisation: Feminist-centered decarceration strategies for interpersonal and sexualised violence. The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, 61(1), 68-86. https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12463
- Pali, B., Cruz Correia, M. L., Calmet, M., & Jones, V. (2022). Designing an Art-Based Repair Process for River Zenne. The International Journal of Restorative Justice, 5(3), 468-475. https://doi.org/10.5553/TIJRJ.000135
- Pali, B., Cruz Correia, M. L., Calmet, M., Jones, V., Vranken, L., Mendes, M., Nowak, E., & Pozlep, M. (2022). The Art of Repair: Bridging Artistic and Restorative Responses to Environmental Harm and Ecocide. In B. Pali, M. Forsyth, & F. Tepper (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Environmental Restorative Justice (1 ed., pp. 385-419). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04223-2_16
- Pali, B., Di Ronco, A., & Bombardi, L. (2022). Editorial for the special issue: Critical Green Criminology Goes Rural: Environmental Crimes, Harms and Conflicts in Rural Areas And Communities. Criminological Encounters, 5(1), 9-17. https://doi.org/10.26395/CE22050102
- Pali, B., Forsyth, M., & Tepper, F. (Eds.) (2022). The Palgrave Handbook of Environmental Restorative Justice. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04223-2
- Pointer, L., & Pali, B. (2022). Advancing Restorative Justice Through Art. The International Journal of Restorative Justice, 5(3), 315-322. https://doi.org/10.5553/TIJRJ.000129
2021
- Doorman, S., & Pali, B. (2021). Underneath the Promise of Safety and Security in a ‘‘Smart City’’: An Ethnographic Study of Eindhoven’s Living Lab Stratumseind. Journal of Extreme Anthropology, 5(1), 78-110. https://doi.org/10.5617/jea.8466 [details]
- Mackay, R., & Pali, B. (2021). Imaginings and Reproductions of Bloodfeud: Sir Walter Scott’s The Fair Maid of Perth. Mediares: Journal on Conflict Resolution, Restorative Culture and Mediation, 1(21), 103-127. https://www.mediaresrivista.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/imaginings-mackaypali.pdf
- Pali, B. (2021). Verkenning van herstelrecht: De mediadocumentaire Inside the Distance. Tijdschrift voor Herstelrecht, 21(3), 28-35. https://doi.org/10.5553/TvH/1568654X2021021003005 [details]
- Pali, B., & Aertsen, I. (2021). Inhabiting a Vulnerable and Wounded Earth: Restoring Response-Ability. The International Journal of Restorative Justice, 4(1), 3-16. https://doi.org/10.5553/TIJRJ.000065
- Pali, B., & Mackay, R. (2021). Bloodfeud through the Historical Imagination of Ismail Kadare: An Analysis of Broken April. Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 11(6S), S164-S186. https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1215
2020
- Feest, J., & Pali, B. (Eds.) (2020). Gerlinda Smaus: "Ich bin ich": Beiträge zur feministischen Kriminologie. (Schriftenreihe des Strafvollzugsarchivs). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-31723-2
- Maruna, S., & Pali, B. (2020). From Victim Blaming to Reintegrative Shaming: The Continuing Relevance of Crime, Shame and Reintegration in the Era of #MeToo. The International Journal of Restorative Justice, 3(1), 38-44. https://doi.org/10.5553/TIJRJ/258908912020003001005
- Pali, B. (2020). Nourishing the Restorative Imagination. In G. Varona Martínez (Ed.), Arte en prisión: Justicia restaurativa a través de proyectos artísticos y narrativo (pp. 23-40). Tirant lo Blanch. https://editorial.tirant.com/es/libro/arte-en-prision-justicia-restaurativa-a-traves-de-proyectos-artisticos-y-narrativos-gema-varona-martinez-9788413368269
- Pali, B. (2020). Panoramica sull’evoluzione della giustizia riparativa in Europa. Rivista Ticinese di Diritto, 2020(1), 367-384. https://www.swissrjforum.ch/Giustizia%20riparativa_estratto_RtiD%20I-2020.pdf
- Schuilenburg, M., & Pali, B. (2020). Smart City Imaginaries: Looking Beyond the Techno-Utopian Vision. In M. Schuilenburg, & R. Peeters (Eds.), The Algorithmic Society: Technology, Power, and Knowledge (1 ed., pp. 137-153). (Routledge Studies in Crime, Security and Justice). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429261404
- Talay, M., & Pali, B. (2020). Encountering the C Wing: The Relationship Between Prisoner Self-Governance and “Pains of Imprisonment”. Criminological Encounters, 3(1), 106-120. https://doi.org/10.26395/CE20030109
2019
- Pali, B. (2019). Aligning Action Research and Restorative Justice: Highlighting Epistemological Tensions. Journal of Extreme Anthropology, 3(1), 7-29. https://doi.org/10.5617/jea.6688
- Pali, B. (2019). Conflict Narratives and Conflict Handling Strategies in Intercultural Contexts: Reflections from an Action Research Project Based on Restorative Praxis. Tijdschrift over Cultuur & Criminaliteit, 9(3), 8-29. https://doi.org/10.5553/TCC/221195072019009003002
- Pali, B. (2019). Immaginare un’Altra Giustizia. In P. Patrizi (Ed.), La Giustizia Riparativa: Per il Benessere di Persone e Communità (pp. 111-126). Carocci Editore. http://www.carocci.it/index.php?option=com_carocci&task=schedalibro&Itemid=72&isbn=9788843096725
- Pali, B. (2019). La Diferencia de la Justicia Restaurativa: Una Concepcion de Quatro Caracteristicas. Revista de Derecho y Procesal Penal, 1(14), 287-329. https://www.rubinzal.com.ar/libros/revista-de-derecho-procesal-penal-nuevas-dimensiones-del-principio-de-legalidad-en-el-proceso-penal-justicia-restaurativa-i/4195/index.php
- Pali, B. (2019). Restorative Justice and Conviviality in Intercultural Contexts. Verifiche, 48(2), 155-177. http://www.verificheonline.net/articoli/restorative-justice-and-conviviality-in-intercultural-contexts/
- Pali, B., & Schuilenburg, M. (2019). Fear and Fantasy in the “Smart City”. Critical Criminology, 28, 775-788. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-019-09447-7
2018
- Foss, E. M., & Pali, B. (2018). Restorative Justice in Societies of Control. In B. Pali, & I. Aertsen (Eds.), Restoring Justice and Security in Intercultural Europe (pp. 182-198). (Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice; Vol. 48). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315651439-12
- Pali, B. (2018). Mapping the Cultural Turn in (In)Security Discourses: Highlighting the Path for Restorative Justice. In B. Pali, & I. Aertsen (Eds.), Restoring Justice and Security in Intercultural Europe (pp. 23-37). (Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice; Vol. 48). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315651439-3
- Pali, B., & Aertsen, I. (Eds.) (2018). Restoring Justice and Security in Intercultural Europe. (Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice; Vol. 48). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315651439
- Pali, B., Kremmel, K., & Pontin, F. (2018). Sem “Direito a ter Direitos”? Lendo os Protestos de Refugiados Enquanto Autonomia Política. Diálogo, 39, 133-142. https://doi.org/10.18316/dialogo.v0i39.5327
2017
- Aertsen, I., & Pali, B. (Eds.) (2017). Critical Restorative Justice. Hart Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781509906659
- Pali, B. (2017). Towards Integrative Frameworks for Addressing Sexual Violence: Feminist, Abolitionist, Social Harm and Restorative Perspectives. In E. Zinsstag, & M. Keenan (Eds.), Restorative Responses to Sexual Violence: Legal, Social and Therapeutic Dimensions (pp. 28-43). (Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice). Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Restorative-Responses-to-Sexual-Violence-Legal-Social-and-Therapeutic/Zinsstag-Keenan/p/book/9780367226480
- Pali, B. (2017). ‘Cultural’ Problematisations in the Restorative Justice Discourse. In I. Aertsen, & B. Pali (Eds.), Critical Restorative Justice (pp. 175-191). Hart Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781509906659.ch-011
- Pali, B., & Vocaj, X. (2017). Tracing the Impact of CPT and Other Monitoring Bodies on Albania’s Prison System. In T. Daems, & L. Roberts (Eds.), Europe in Prisons : Assessing the Impact of European Institutions on National Prison Systems (pp. 103-134). (Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62250-7
2015
- Kremmel, K., & Pali, B. (2015). Refugee Protests and Political Agency: Framing Dissensus through Precarity. In R. A. Sollund (Ed.), Green Harms and Crimes (pp. 256-272). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137456267_13
2018
- Pali, B., & Randazzo, S. (2018). Practical Guide on Implementing Restorative Justice With Children. International Juvenile Justice Observatory.
2016
- Pali, B. (2016). Briefing Paper about the Regulation of Restorative Justice in the Directive 2012/ 29/ EU. European Forum for Restorative Justice.
2024
- Bouris, D., Boussaid, F., Bracke, S., Fontana, S., Pallister-Wilkins, P., Bala, S., de Cesari, C., Dekker, M., De Keere, K., Ferrari Braun, A., Gaddam, S., Hamdan, A., Hegazy, M., Jansen, Y., Işleyen, B., Korkmaz, A., Loken, M., Moors, A., Pali, B., ... Vertommen, S. (2024). De ondraaglijke lichtheid van UvA’s neutraliteit. Web publication or website, Folia. https://www.folia.nl/opinie/161096/de-ondraaglijke-lichtheid-van-uvas-neutraliteit
- Pallister-Wilkins, P. E., & Pali, B. (2024). What is the point…?. Web publication or website, Security Praxis. https://www.securitypraxis.eu/what-is-the-point/
Lidmaatschap / relevante positie
- Pali, B. (2023-). Chair, European Forum for Restorative Justice.
Spreker
- Pali, B. (speaker) (6-12-2024). Annual Lecture Scottish Center for Crime and Justice Research on Environmental Restorative Justice, Environmental Restorative Justice.
- Pali, B. (speaker) (7-11-2024). Emotional Democracy, Emotional Democracy.
- Pali, B. (speaker) (22-10-2024). International Conference on Environmental Restorative Justice, International Conference on Environmental Restorative Justice.
- Pali, B. (speaker) (4-7-2024). International Workshop on Criminalisation of Activism, International Workshop on Criminalisation of Activism.
- Pali, B. (speaker) (6-6-2024). Policing gender-based violence: beyond penal populism, Policing gender-based violence: beyond penal populism.
Andere
- Pali, B. (participant) (23-5-2024 - 24-5-2024). International Workshop on Criminalisation of Dissent and Activism (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Pali, B. (participant) (25-5-2023). Green Crimes and Ecojustice Conference, Utrecht (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
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Fellegi, B., & Pali, B. (2025). Breaking the Silence: Reflections on the Restorative Justice Movement’s Role during an Unfolding Genocide. The International Journal of Restorative Justice, 8(1), 11-26.