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Scientific evidence to tackle and eliminate bullying: educational contexts free of violence

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Bullying is a form of violence against children (VAC) that is prevalent in schools and educational contexts globally. Article 19 of the UN on the Rights of the Child (1989) states, "Children have the right to be protected from being mistreated, physically and mentally.” When children suffer any form of VAC, their physical and mental health is affected. This may impact their opportunities to obtain successful outcomes at school and their future wellbeing as fully active citizens.

Child victims of bullying experience trauma, poorer results, more significant health problems, and emotional and social adjustment difficulties. In the long run, victims of bullying can also experience social and psychological disorders that may affect their personal and professional lives.

Education can play a crucial role in supporting children who are victims of bullying to become more resilient and can guarantee safe environments where children may gain the strength to face aggression and violence. Educational actions and programs can offer opportunities for children to address violence and promote coordinated responses oriented to supporting children and protecting victims.

We welcome research and academic perspectives on all of the following themes and those adjacent:

  • Evidence on successful educational programs and actions tackling and eliminating bullying. What educational actions and programs successfully tackle and eliminate bullying among schools in different contexts?
  • Contributions from socio-neuroscientific research to overcoming bullying and its consequences in the short-medium and long term. How can neuroscience contribute to changing the personal memories of victims to eliminate their trauma and other social and psychological disorders caused by bullying?
  • Successful actions to tackle and eliminate bullying framed within the curriculum and instruction perspective. How can educational actions (strategies, methodologies, approaches, etc.) promote resiliency and safer environments from which to gain strength to face adversity through empowerment?
  • Educational models or perspectives on overcoming bullying episodes. What educational approaches provide scientific evidence for overcoming bullying situations and their consequences?
  • Successful community work actions to eliminate bullying. How can we successfully involve families and other educational community members to eliminate bullying?

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3 and SDG 4.

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Javier Díez-Palomar is an Associate Professor at the Department of Linguistic, Scientific and Mathematical Education, University of Barcelona, Spain. Dr Díez-Palomar has served as President of AMIE (Association of Multidisciplinary Educational Research) from 2019 to 2023, and he is currently the Vice-President (2023-27). Member of CREA, Community of Research for Excellence for All. PI of GRESUD (Research Group in Education to Overcome Inequalities), consolidated research centre recognised by the Catalan Government (AGAUR).

 

Ramon Flecha is Professor emeritus at the University of Barcelona; DAAD Gastprofessor at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg; and Doctor Honoris Causa by the Vest University of Timişoara. Dr Flecha is the first scientist in the world in the categories of Social Impact and Gender Violence (Google Scholar) and also the 1st Spanish sociologist. He is the only author to have directed four projects in SSH of the European Union's Research Framework Programmes, all with significant scientific, political and social impact.

 

Rocío García-Carrión is an Ikerbasque Associate at the Department of Education, University of Deusto, Spain. Dr García-Carrión has been Marie Sklodowska-Curie in Educational Psychology at University of Cambridge and visiting scholar at Harvard University and Wolfson College, Cambridge, UK. Her research includes, dialogic and interactive learning environments, inclusion of marginalised groups, family and community involvement. She leads a national research-funded project -CHILDPRO (2021-2024)- focused on preventing gender violence from early childhood.

 

Sandra Racionero-Plaza is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Barcelona. Her research focuses on the analysis of causes and effective solutions to child sexual abuse and gender violence among youth with an interdisciplinary approach which includes socioneuroscience. Dr Racionero-Plaza is currently on a research leave to scientifically advise the worldwide strategy of the Jesuits, named ‘Promotion of a Consistent Culture of Protection Project’, for the prevention of child sexual abuse and the abuse of vulnerable adults in all Jesuit works around the world.

 

Prospective authors may contact the Guest Editors via email:

Javier Díez-Palomar  jdiezpalomar@ub.edu

Ramon Flecha  ramon.flecha@ub.edu

Rocío García-Carrión  rocio.garcia@deusto.es

Sandra Racionero-Plaza  sandraracionero@ub.edu