I am Clara Wisenfeld Paine and I am a PhD student at Edinburgh Napier University. My PhD is on preventing harmful sexual behaviour through restorative centred approaches in sex education in secondary schools in Scotland. I am currently in the third year of my PhD.
My research sets out to assess the potential for incorporating restorative approaches into sex education across secondary schools in Scotland. More specifically, my doctoral project investigates how delivering sex education in a way that incorporates restorative approaches could prevent harmful sexual behaviour by increasing student participation and engagement in class and creating an open environment for students to learn both from the teachers and each other. My research demonstrates how framing sex education in a restorative way can help to address and prevent harmful sexual behaviours with children and young adults.