Rocío Herrero Romero (Law and International Relations, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas; Social Work, UNED; PhD in Social Intervention, University of Oxford, 2019). Currently, Rocío is a PhD Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Psychology and Methodology (UAM). Her research interests are the design and evaluation of social interventions, the prevention of violence against children and adolescents, the adaptation and evaluation of parenting programs and the psychosocial well-being of children and adolescents. As a member of the Parenting for Lifelong Health team (Oxford University) he has worked on several ERC-funded research projects, as well as being a technical advisor on parenting interventions and school-based violence prevention for WHO, UNICEF, Save the Children and PAHO.  

Cristina del Barrio (Psychology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; PhD in Psychology, UAM, 1987). Professor in Developmental and Educational Psychology (UAM). She has investigated on children’s understanding of societal functioning -war/peace, nationality, rights-; the understanding of illness; manual dexterity in early years; school bullying (national incidence, and representations among diverse age-groups and populations), identity in adolescence and school and community roles in immigrant adolescents’ wellbeing. She lead the UAM team in the EU-funded Project Nature and prevention of peer bullying and social exclusion in schools, and co-lead the two National Ombudsman’s Reports on school violence. She collaborates in improving school climate through students’ agency. She co-coordinates the research group INEXE (Children’s, adolescents and youth’s social and educational inclusion).

Kevin van der Meulen (Psychology, Nijmegen; PhD in Psychology, UAM, 2003). Associate Professor at the Dept. of Developmental and Educational Psychology (UAM). His research focuses on peer relations, school climate and representations of school bullying; moral and identity development in adolescence, and development and implementation of programmes aimed at improving children and adolescents’ wellbeing in school, and their autonomous functioning, e.g. EQUIP for Educators, and Peer Support Systems. Kevin co-coordinates the research group INEXE. He collaborates with schools in training teachers and students to improve the school climate. 

Laura Granizo (Psychology, UAM; PhD in Psychology, UAM, 2011). Laura is PhD Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Developmental and Educational Psychology (UAM). Her research interest focuses on the study of children and adolescents’ conceptions of their participation in school, peer relations among Asperger Syndrome, as well as the implementation of programmes to promote a better social-emotional climate in schools and help to overcome barriers to inclusion. Member of the research groups INEXE (UAM), and ProEduTec (UDIMA, focused on the impact of technological tools on the welfare of students and teachers). She participates in parenting education, and lifelong learning programs for teachers’ training.   

Laura Lara (Psychology, University of Seville; PhD in Psychology, Univ. of Seville, 2012). Laura is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Developmental and Educational Psychology (Univ. of Seville). Her research developed in Chilean and Spanish teams focuses on adolescents and emerging adults, covering different areas, such as immigration, dating violence and school engagement.

Ioanna Bibou-Nakou (Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; PhD in Psychology, Univ. of Thessaloniki & King’s College, London, 1992). Ioanna is Professor of Clinical and School Psychology, Dept. of Social and Cultural Studies, in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Her research interests include parental mental health/ill and children’s well-being; teacher education in children’s mental health and wellbeing; film studies and youth psychosocial identities; clinical supervision of trainees in psychotherapy; youth’s mental health; migration and youth well-being.  

Olga L. Hoyos (Psychology, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia; PhD in Psychology, UAM, 2003). Associate Professor at Universidad del Norte. Her research interests include the development of national identity among different populations including ethnic minority groups; peer bullying in school and college; self-regulation and mental health. She is a member of the research group GIDHUM [Grupo de Investigación en Desarrollo HUMano, (Research Group in Human Development) UniNorte]

Koldo Casla (Law, University of the Basque Country; PhD in European and International Studies, King’s College London, 2017). Koldo is a Lecturer in Law and the Director of the Clinic of Human Rights Centre (Univ. of Essex. He has researched or worked on economic, social, and cultural rights; social policies in Spain and UK; international relations and human rights. He has been a staff member in various organizations, e.g., the Human Rights Commissioner of the Basque Country (“Ararteko”), and Amnesty International, authoring four reports on the rights to health, education, and housing in Spain. He is a member of the advisory committee of Gentium, a law firm specialized in strategic human rights litigation. 

Yulia Shenderovich (Political Sciences and International Relations & Journalism and Mass Communication, American University in Bulgaria; PhD in Criminology, University of Cambridge, 2018). Yulia is a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University, focusing on implementation research, process evaluations, and scale-up of programmes and policies for adolescent health. https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/2511505-shenderovich-yulia  

Ruzhen Zhang (Early Education, Yulin University; MA in Education, Univ. Southern China, Guangzhou, 2019). Ruzhen is a PhD student in Psychology. Her research interests are: Early Childhood Education, Children Social Development, Cross-Cultural Comparative Study, Family Education. She participated in previous cross-cultural research projects. 

Pablo Puyol (Psychology, UAM; MA in Psycho-Social and Community Intervention, UAM, 2021). Pablo is a PhD candidate in Psychology at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. His research focuses on educational needs and demands among migrant and refugee adolescent students in the Community of Madrid. He is also interested in other research topics such as young refugees’ mental health, school-based programmes for migrant families, and the defense of migrant and refugee’s rights.  

Miruna Bivol (Psychology, UAM; MA in Educational Psychology, UAM, 2021). Currently Miruna is working on her Master thesis in Psychology Research at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). She aims to systematically review intervention programs to improve migrant and refugee adolescents' psycho-social and emotional wellbeing. She has delivered workshops for improving school climate, addressed to teachers and adolescents, some related to Peer Support and the EQUIP for Educators programmes.  

Kappa Grealy (European Studies, Trinity College, Dublin, 2020). Kappa is a postgraduate student working on her Master thesis in Psycho-Social and Community Intervention (UAM). Her research interests include the lived experience of immigrants and refugees and in particular, migrant grief, factors that affect well-being and the creation of social supports. She is also very interested in the interplay between history, language and culture, and how they inform identity.