Partners
Centre for Educational Research (zepf), University of Koblenz-Landau (Germany)
The Centre for Educational Research (Zentrum für empirische pädagogische Forschung, zepf) is a research institute of the University of Koblenz-Landau involved in basic-oriented as well as application-oriented research in a wide range of national and International projects. The zepf is divided in four Centres of Excellence: Education, teaching and learning, advancement and development, health and well-being. All Centres of Excellence build on the following competence and expertise: educational-psychological diagnostics, evaluation, and development of educational and psychological concepts and trainings.
The zepf has been involved in several national and EU-funded projects related to school bullying, ICT and numerous other topics. Amongst others, the zepf has coordinated the EU-projects VISIONARY 2 (a European web portal on school bullying and violence), VISIONARIES-NET 3(online conferences on school bullying and violence) as well as the recently approved projects CyberTraining (development of a research-based training manual on cyberbullying) and AVC@SL (the Anti-Violence-Campus at Second Life). Furthermore the zepf has been a partner in the EU-projects aVataR@school (virtual role plays in Second Life) and Comparative analysis on methods successfully applied in the fight against bullying’4
Web site: http://www.zepf.uni-landau.de/
Infoart, Plodiv (Bulgaria)
Since 1990 Infoart is successfully working in the field of Information Technologies implementing them in the everyday practice. Whenever Infoart develops projects in electronic publishing technologies, multimedia, e-learning or e-business systems the emphasize is to establish a productive collaboration with the partners in order to achieve the most effective results. For the past 18 years the company has proven to be an effective and reliable participant in research and applied projects of the EC programmes, international and national institutions, universities and private companies.
Website: http://www.infoart-bg.com
Department of Psychology, Cordoba University (Spain)
Backed by two centuries of history, the University of Cordoba was granted charter in 1972. Legal and Social Sciences to the Health Sciences and Science and Technology. Its roots lie in the Universidad Libre, active in the province at the end of the 19th century. Today, this young, mid-sized university with 21,000 students, more than 1200 teaching faculty and 700 employees is a dynamic institution, having successfully adapted to the 21st-century demand for excellence in teaching and proven scientific expertise. Research and teaching are the two building blocks upon which the University is founded and represent the driving force behind our institution: excellence. The University of Cordoba also plays a key role in the development of the European Higher Education Area. Teaching, Research, Quality and a European orientation are, therefore, the four principles that guide the University today.
Web site: http://www.uco.es/
Anti-Bullying Centre, School of Education,Trinity College Dublin (Ireland)
The Anti-Bullying Research & Resource Centre was set up by professor Mona O’Moore in the School of Education in Trinity College Dublin and was opened officially in January, 1996. The Centre opened on the heels of work done by Prof O’Moore and her team on the Nationwide Survey of Bullying at School in Ireland. The Anti-Bullying Centre was set up initially as an independent research body targeting the area of bullying, a course it continues to follow. . As researchers began to contact the centre about our work, a resource library was set up to aid them in their work. Word of the Centre spread, and the support line evolved, due to the demand of schools, organisations and individuals searching for information and options in regard to bullying. These organisations and individuals contacted us because they had a problem and, quite simply, had nowhere else to go.
Web site: http://www.abc.tcd.ie/
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey (United Kingdom)
The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences is the second largest in the University of Surrey, with nearly 4,000 students. Undergraduate programmes range from pure and applied bioscience and chemistry to professional programmes for the health and social care sectors, particularly in nursing and midwifery. The biosciences, chemistry and nursing programmes are all ranked in the top 10 in the UK (2007 Guardian university league tables). A key feature is the provision of professional or industrial placements on the majority of these courses. UniS graduates have a real understanding of the world of work and, for the last 10 years, the University of Surrey has the best graduate employment record of any UK university. At postgraduate level, the Faculty offers a wide range of taught courses, including Diplomas, Masters and continuing professional development programmes. These are for recent graduates, health and medical practitioners and industrialists looking to enhance their skills in specialist areas. The Faculty carries out world class research, being awarded the highest classification in the last Research Assessment Exercise for research in the allied health professions. Programmes are available leading to the award of either a PhD or an MD.
Web site: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/fhms/
The German team
Thomas Jäger, psychologist and researcher the Centre for Educational Research (zepf), coordinates the VISTOP project. He has coordinated and participated in several European projects on school bullying and violence such as VISIONARY5, VISIONARIES-NET6, avatar@school 7, ‘Comparative analysis on methods successfully applied in the fight against bullying’8 and the recently funded projects CyberTraining and AVC@SL. Apart from school bullying and violence his research focus is on recent developments of the Internet such as Web 2.0 and virtual worlds. Thomas Jäger is currently working on his PhD on the role the Internet plays as a resource for tackling and coping with school bullying and violence.
E-mail: jaegerth@zepf.uni-landau.de
Urban Lissmann, is a researcher at the Centre for Educational Research (zepf) of the University of Koblenz-Landau. He is the head of section of the competence group “education” at zepf. Amongst his research interests are diagnostics, bullying, violence, and prevention. He has published a book, and articles about violence in school (1995, 1996, 1997), and an expert system software (1997) to solve teacher-student-conflicts. Moreover Urban Lissmann has been involved in several EU-funded projects on school bullying such as the VISIONARY project, VISIONARIES-NET, VISTOP and ‘Comparative analysis on methods successfully applied in the fight against bullying’.
E-mail: lissmann@zepf.uni-landau.de
Julia Riebel, psychologist and researcher at the Centre for Educational Research (zepf), has recently completed her thesis on cyberbullying among German students. Her research focus is on diagnostics as well as on bullying in schools.
E-mail: riebel@zepf.uni-landau.de
The Bulgarian team
Tinko Stoyanov is a lecturer in the Technical University – Sofia, branch Plovdiv, Department of Computer Systems and Technologies, and managing director of Infoart, Plovdiv. He is a graduate of The Moscow Polygraph University, (MSc in Automation in Publishing Industry, 1972). In the last ten years he participated in various national and international projects related to e-Learning and e-Training focusing on efficient learning and has numerous publications on the matter.
E-mail: info@infoart-bg.com
Dimitar Nikolov holds a MA in Computer Sysytems and Control from Techical university, Sofia. He pursues a carrier in IT and poseses extensive experience in programming PHP, JavaScript, XML, Database development.
E-mail: dim_nic@abv.bg
Borislav Stoyanov graduated from National Academy of Art, Sofia, in 2000 holding a MA in Illustration and Graphic design. He has worked for the three major educational publishing houses in Bulgaria and has participated in the production of more than twenty textbooks for elementary and high school. Currently his work is focused on user interface design and development.
E-mail: b.stoyanov@infoart-bg.com
The Spanish team
Rosario Ortega is full professor of Psychology at the University of Cordoba, principal of the Laboratorio de Convivencia y Prevención de la Violencia (Lab for Coexistence and Prevention of Violence). She has supervised and supervises national and international investigation projects related to school violence and bullying. Her contributions connected to the psycho-educational prevention and intervention to cope with such problem are internationally renowned. She has attended, t and participated as an expert in, numerous scientific congresses and meetings and has a enormous variety of publications in the fields of school violence and bullying. For more information, please visit www.rosarioortega.com E-mail: ortegaruiz@uco.es.
Rosario Del Rey is a lecturer in Instructional Psychology in the Department of Evolutionary and Educational Psychology at the University of Seville and member of the Laboratorio de Convivencia y Prevención de la Violencia (Lab for Coexistence and Prevention of Violence). She participates in national and international investigation projects related to school violence and bullying, specially focusing in the study and development of psycho-educational prevention and intervention projects and programs. She has participated in numerous scientific congresses and meetings and has a lot of publications about such matter. For more information, please visit www.rosarioortega.com.
E-mail: delrey@us.es.
Joaquín Mora-Merchán is a lecturer in Instructional Psychology at the Department of Evolutionary and Educational Psychology at the University of Seville and member of the Laboratorio de Convivencia y Prevención de la Violencia (Lab for Coexistence and Prevention of Violence). He continues to participate in national and international investigation projects related to school violence and bullying. He has participated in numerous scientific congresses and meetings and has a lot of publications about such matter. For more information, please visit www.rosarioortega.com
E-mail: merchan@us.es.
The Irish team
Prof Mona O’Moore, graduated from Trinity College, Dublin gaining her M.A in Child and Educational Psychology from the University of Nottingham and her Ph.D from Edinburgh University, and is a Fellow of Trinity College. She is also the founder and co-ordinator of the Anti-Bullying Research and Resource Unit. She has served on ministerial working parties which have drawn up guidelines on countering bullying in schools and in the workplace .She is a member of seven European Research Partnerships and is currently a member of the British-Irish Anti-Bullying Forum.. She has published widely, in particular in the area of school bullying.
E-mail:momoore@tcd.ie
Dr. Stephen James Minton, is a lecturer in the Psychology of Education, and Co-Ordinator of the division of Continuing Professional Development at the School of Education, Trinity College Dublin. He is a graduate of the University of Glasgow (B.Sc (Hons)) and Trinity College Dublin (M.Sc (Couns.Psych) Ph.D) . Dr. Minton was the director of training of the Nationwide Intervention Programme against Bullying Behavior in Irish Schools, which ran from 2003 until 2006, and is the co-author (with Professor Mona O’ |Moore) of Dealing with Bullying in Schools: A Training Manual for Teachers, Parents and Other Professionals.
E-mail: mintonst@tcd.ie
Niall Crowley graduated from Limerick Institute of Technology, Ireland, in 2001 holding a BSc in Software Engineering. Niall spent three years working with Hewlett Packard’s outsourced IT division and spent 1 year working as a Software Consultant with SAP Ireland Ltd. Niall undertook a career change in 2007 and is currently halfway through a BA in Psychology. Niall has been working with the Anti-Bullying Research & Resource Centre since May 08 in Trinity College Dublin as a research assistant and provides technical support for the VISTOP project on behalf of the Irish team.
E-mail: niall_crowley@hotmail.com
The UK team
Professor Helen Cowie: Director of the UK Observatory which promotes research into the phenomenon of school bullying. Has published widely in the field. Her latest books, co-authored with Dr Dawn Jennifer, are: Managing Violence in Schools: a Whole-School Approach to Best Practice, published by Sage, and New Perspectives on Bullying, published by the Open University.
E-mail: H.cowie@surrey.ac.uk
Dr Ozhan Oztug: After working as a research associate in the UK Observatory he is now employed as a lecturer and researcher in the Institute of Educational Sciences of the Near East University in Northern Cyprus. His interests include development and evaluation of strategies for the prevention of violence in schools, developing efficient e-learning tools, and peer-support training.
E-mail: ooztug@neu.edu.tr
Mike O’Driscoll: Research Officer in the Centre for Research in Nursing and Midwifery Education, Division of Health and Social Care, University of Surrey
Mike’s principal research interests are in widening participation in nurse / health professional education, the experiences of non-traditional nursing students, the use of I.T. both in social research and teaching and learning (particularly with regard to e-learning and e-portfolios). Mike has considerable experience of programme evaluation using quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods approaches and has particular expertise in survey design and analysis. Recent projects (in collaboration with others) include designing an online survey as part of a multi-site project commissioned by the U.K. General Nursing Council examining a range of issues including student nurses’ learning experiences in placements, and the evaluation of an e-learning intervention in programmes for student nurses (‘Project Mercury’) at the University of Surrey.
E-mail: m.o’driscoll@surrey.ac.uk
2 http://bullying-in-school.info/
3 http://www.bullying-in-school.info/en/content/european-projects/visionaries-net.html
4 http://www.maristakbullying.com/
5 http://bullying-in-school.info/
6 http://www.bullying-in-school.info/en/content/european-projects/visionaries-net.html
7 http://www.avataratschool.eu
8 http://www.maristakbullying.com/