MadresUP: Empowering Resilient Motherhood of Migrant, Refugee and Roma Women for their Psychosocial Wellbeing
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ACTIVITY
Virginia Paloma Speaks at the Final Seminar of the European JeS Project
Virginia Paloma participated as a speaker in the final seminar of the “Joint Stories: Journeys from Fear to Fair (JeS)” project, co-funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme and led in Spain by INCOMA. The event was held in a hybrid format on 2 December 2025 in Helsinki, Finland. This...
8 de December de 2025 - noticias
Visit of Dr. Òscar Prieto-Flores as Part of the PhD Program in Psychology
Between October 28 and 30, 2025, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Òscar Prieto-Flores from the Department of Pedagogy at the University of Girona, within the framework of the PhD Program in Psychology. As part of his visit, he delivered a hybrid conference titled “The Role of Social Mentoring...
7 de November de 2025 - noticias
Visit of Professor Dr. Daniela Marzana as a Part of the PhD Program in Psychology
Between October 22 and 24, we had the pleasure of welcoming Professor Dr. Daniela Marzana from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, as part of the PhD Program in Psychology at the University of Seville. During her visit, she delivered the hybrid lecture “Participatory Methods as Tools for...
27 de October de 2025 - noticias
FEATURED
Perceived Detention Environment and Mental Health of Detainees in Immigration Detention Centers in Spain
Reference: Paloma, V., Benítez, I., Agüero-Collins, A., López-Núñez, C., & Saavedra-Macías, F.J. (2024). Perceived detention environment and mental health of detainees in immigration detention centers in Spain. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-024-01977-3 Abstract: The increase in migratory flows worldwide has led to the creation of detention centers as...
1 de April de 2024
Once Upon a Time there was a Place We Learned to Listen: The Other Front Line_Voices for Social Justice
Reference: Ruiz-Azarola, A., Miranda D.E., Aguilera-Cruz, J., García, E. M. G., Hernán García, M., Pereira Iglesia, A., Román Mora Barrios, J. Popay, J. (2023). Había una vez un lugar donde aprendimos a escuchar. The Other Front line_voces por la justicia social. Rev Esp Salud Pública, 97, 22. Abstract: Government responses to...
22 de January de 2024
Community participation and subjective wellbeing among the immigrant population in Northern Italy: An analysis of mediators
Reference: Martinez-Damia, S., Paloma, V., Luesia, J. F., Marta, E., & Marzana, D. (2023). Community participation and subjective wellbeing among the immigrant population in Northern Italy: An analysis of mediators. American Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12652 Abstract: Community participation can be a potential strategy to increase the degree of the subjective wellbeing of immigrants within receiving societies....
21 de January de 2023
Activism among female migrant domestic workers: a qualitative study in southern Spain
Reference: Aceros, J.C., Duque, T. & Paloma, V. (2023). El activismo en las migrantes trabajadoras del hogar: Estudio cualitativo en el sur de España. Estudios Fronterizos, 24, e116. https://doi.org/10.21670/ref.2305116 Abstract: Domestic work is an oppressive occupational niche for migrant women. The strategies domestic workers employ to resist this situation have...
5 de May de 2023