The Faculty of Psychology of the University of Seville has awarded the Second Prize for Best Scientific Publication in Psychology with the participation of early-career researchers (2025) to Julia Jiménez-Ceballos, a member of CESPYD. The award decision was announced on December 5, 2025, following the evaluation of the twelve quarterly...
On Friday, December 12, 2025, the II Seminar on Mental Health, Human Rights and Minoritized Groups was successfully held at the Assembly Hall of the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Seville. The event was organized by the Center for Research and Community Action of the University of Seville,...
Reference: Duque, T., Zavala-Angulo, Z., Pavón-Fernández, A., Rivero-Domínguez, M., & Paloma, V. (2025). Cuerpos, Fronteras y Violencias Basadas en el Género: Voces de Mujeres Migrantes Llegadas a Andalucía por Costa (1.0). Federación Andaluacía Acoge; Centro de Investigación y Acción Comunitaria de la Universidad de Sevilla. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17900765 This report presents the...
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...
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...
On Thursday, October 9, the event “Promoting Active Compassion towards Migrant Realities through the Multisensory Method” will take place at the Centro de Iniciativas Culturales of the University of Seville (CICUS) and at the Faculty of Psychology. The event seeks to promote active compassion towards diverse migratory realities through the...
The 23rd Annual Report of the Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid (CEAR) analyzes the situation of refugees around the world, in the European Union, and primarily in Spain. This Annual Report was presented in Seville on June 17 at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Seville. During the...
Virginia Paloma participated in February 2025 as a guest lecturer in the Official Master’s Program “Migration Movements in the 21st Century: Concepts, Realities, and Actions” at the University of Girona.During her stay, Virginia was invited to take part in the MOVi-MENTs Podcast, where she spoke about the challenges and interventions...
Responsible: Virginia Paloma Abstract: The presence of migrants is generating new uncertainties among citizens, who sometimes react with feelings of insecurity, fear, and rejection. This project aims to increase the level of compassion toward migrant realities shown by the university community of the University of Seville (US). Compassion involves both...
Referencia: Paloma, V., Jiménez‐ Ceballos, J., Duque, T., & Miranda, D. E. (2025). The Experience of Migrant Mothers of African Origin in Spain: A Human Rights‐based Approach to Mental Health. American Journal of Community Psychology, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12798 Abstract: Migrant mothers of African origin (MMAO) face multiple situations of vulnerability in...
Reference: Cubero, A., Mildenberger, L., & Garrido, R. (2024). Photovoice for promoting empowerment with migrant and refugee communities: A scoping review. Action Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/14767503241269750 Abstract: Policymakers and researchers carry a significant responsibility to foster environments and opportunities that authentically enhance migrants’ sociopolitical involvement in host societies. Incorporating participatory action research...
The Alliance for Migration Research is an international initiative led by the SAMU Foundation (Spain) and the SAMU Foundation (USA) through its SAMU Institute for Scientific Research. Its objective is to facilitate an international collaborative environment that fosters the development of studies on migration and its impacts. The Founding Meeting...
The intervention program “Promotion of Post-traumatic Growth in Migrant and Refugee Population”, developed by CESPYD in collaboration with CEAR and the Cepaim Foundation, has been recognized as a good practice by the European Website on Integration (EWSI). The program has demonstrated its effectiveness in increasing mental health indicators among the...
Reference: Rochira, A., Verbena, S., Briozzo, E., De Simone, E., Esposito, F., Garrido, R., García-Ramírez, M., Paloma, V., Vargas-Moniz, M., & Mannarini, T. (2024). Multiculturalism in dominant ethnic populations: A transnational profile analysis. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 103, 102051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102051 Abstract: Following a person-centered approach, the present study investigates support...
Coordinator: Virginia Paloma. Duration: 2023-2026. Abstract: Latina, African migrant and Roma mothers in situations of social vulnerability have been relevant agents in our societies. However, they have often been relegated to the margins and trapped in a cycle of vulnerability during their experience of motherhood. Although the life stories of...
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...
Coordinator: Rocío Garrido Muñoz de Arenillas. Duration: 2024 Summary: CESPYD has been designated to lead the investigation of the project “THE MIGRATORY EXPERIENCE OF WOMEN IN THE US.” The University of Seville (US) has launched this initiative in response to the growing awareness of double discrimination and inequality faced by...
This article from ElDiario.es summarizes the actions carried out by CESPYD in the first phase of MadresUp project. During this stage, interviews and group sessions were conducted with African mothers who were being assisted by the Red Cross women’s shelter in Seville. Additionally, the fundamental objectives of the project are...
Reference: Paloma, V., Martínez-Damia, S., de la Morena, I., López-Torres, C., & Berbel, I. (2023). A Community-based intervention to enhance posttraumatic growth among refugees in receiving societies. In R. Berger (Ed.), The Routledge International Handbook on Posttraumatic Growth (pp. 542-555). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032208688 Abstract: This chapter discusses a community-based intervention aimed...
Our colleague Virginia Paloma participated on 10 November 2022 as a speaker at the round table “Building Alliances between Universities and NGDOs” at the “I International Congress: Andalusian University Development Cooperation Committed to the SDGs”. This congress was organised by the University of Malaga in consortium with the rest of...
Reference: Garrido, R., Paloma, V., Benítez, I., Skovdal, M., Verelest, A. & Derluyn, I. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological well-being of migrants and refugees settled in Spain. Ethnicity & Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2022.2035692. Abstract: Objectives. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated health inequalities worldwide, having a disproportionately harsh impact on...
Reference: Paloma, V., de la Morena, I. & Busche, V. (2021). Posttraumatic Growth Intervention for Refugees: Implementation Manual. Center for Community Research and Action at the Universidad de Sevilla. Abstract: Este manual ha sido elaborado para facilitar la puesta en funcionamiento del programa de intervención diseñado al amparo del proyecto...
En el informativo de 7 TV Andalucía han entrevistado a Virginia Paloma la coordinadora de CESPYD acerca del estudio Apart Together y sus resultados a nivel internacional. Os dejamos el fragmento del informativo en el que podéis ver la entrevista que le hizo Moisés Ruz a nuestra compañera Virginia Paloma. Pinchad...
En Onda Local de Andalucía, en el programa De este a oeste, han entrevistado a Virginia Paloma la coordinadora de CESPYD acerca del estudio Apart Together y sus resultados a nivel internacional. Os dejamos el fragmento del programa en el que podéis escuchar la entrevista que le hizo Paco Aguaza...
More information: https://www.cope.es/actualidad/sociedad/noticias/cvirus-un-estudio-senala-que-covid-amplifica-las-desigualdades-migrantes-refugiados-nivel-mundial-20210112_1082177
Reference: Spiritus-Beerden, E., Verelst, A., Devlieger, I., Langer-Primdahl, N., Botelho-Guedes, F., Chiarenza, A., De Maesschalck, S., Durbeej, N., Garrido, R., Gaspar de Matos, M., Ioannidi, E., Murphy, R., Oulahal, R., Osman, F., Padilla, B., Paloma, V., Shehadeh, A., Sturm, G., van den Muijsenbergh, M., Vasilikou, K., Watters, C., Willems, S.,...
Reference: Paloma, V. & Garrido, R. (2021). ApartTogether: Estudio sobre el impacto psicosocial de la COVID-19 en población migrante y refugiada en España y el mundo. Dosier RECI 3. RECI – Red de Ciudades Interculturales. Abstract: El objetivo de la contribución en este dosier es ofrecer de manera divulgativa los principales...
Reference: Iglesias-Pascual, R., Paloma, V., & Benítez, I. (2021). The role of contextual factors in the electoral resurgence of extreme right-wing parties in Spain: The case of Andalusia. Political Geography, 86. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102356 Abstract: Up until the end of 2018, extreme right-wing parties and their anti-immigration discourse, now a common...
Reference: World Health Organization. (2020). ApartTogether survey: Preliminary overview of refugees and migrants self-reported impact of COVID-19. Geneva: World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY‐NC‐SA 3.0 IGO. Abstract: ApartTogether is a collaboration between World Health Organization and a consortium of research centres led by Prof. Ilse Derluyn and Dr. An Verelst...
Coordinator: Virginia Paloma. Duration: August-december 2018. Abstract: The cause of migration from the countries of origin to Andalusia is very varied, although immigrants tend to have the goal of improving their well-being conditions. Well-being is defined as the life satisfaction manifested by immigrants when their physical and psychological needs are met...
Coordinator: Fátima León Larios. Duration: May 2017. Abstract: In accordance with Article 36 of the Constitution of the Saharawi Democratic Arab Republic, Saharawi citizens have the right to health protection and health care; the current situation in refugee camps is conditioned by health resources based on cooperation and organized among the...
Coordinator: Virginia Paloma. Abstract: The project has aimed to strengthen resilience processes among the refugee population based in Seville. Together with the Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid, this proposal has generated the following products: Printed products: This project has developed a “Community Resource Guide and Map for Refugees in the City...
A la opinión pública: El final del verano y el comienzo del otoño, que en muchos espacios se considera comienzo de nuevos proyectos y procesos, se presenta nefasto en general y especialmente denigrante para el colectivo de personas migrantes en España y Europa. Y aunque podemos seguir pensando que es...
Reference: Marco Gemignani & Massimo Giliberto (2021) Constructions of burnout, identity, and self-care in professionals working toward the psychosocial care of refugees and asylum seekers in Italy, Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 34:1, 56-78. doi: 10.1080/10720537.2019.1700853 Abstract: Professionals who provide psychosocial services to refugees and asylum seekers in Italy are a population at high-risk of job stress...
Reference: Paloma, V., de la Morena, I., Sladkova, J., & López‐Torres, C. (2020). A peer support and peer mentoring approach to enhancing resilience and empowerment among refugees settled in southern Spain. Journal of Community Psychology, 48 (5), 1438-1451. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22338 Abstract: This study aims to analyze the processes of resilience and empowerment...
Reference: Paloma, V., de la Morena, I., & López‐Torres, C. (2020). Promoting posttraumatic growth among therefugee population in Spain: A community‐based pilot intervention. Health & Social Care in the Community, 28 (1), 127-136. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12847 Abstract: Various international organisations have identified the development of programmes that mitigate the negative impact that forced...
Desde CESPYD nos complace invitaros a la Jornada que hemos organizado junto con INCOMA y la Plataforma Somos Migrantes de Sevilla para conmemorar la celebración del Día del Refugiad@, en el marco del proyecto europeo Erasmus+ RE.INCLUSION. Tendrá lugar el próximo martes 18 de Junio por la mañana en el Aula de Grados de la Facultad de...
Reference: Jordão, N. M., Freitas, C. D., & García Ramírez, M. (2018). Effects of the economic crisis and austerity policies on health and health care access of migrant population in southern European countries: scoping review. REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, 26(54), 213-230. Abstract: The aim of this article is to gather...
“Guide to community resources for refugees in the city of Seville” See guide in Spanish See guide in English See guide in French See guide in Arabic See guide in Russian “Map of community resources for refugees in the city of Seville” See map Result of the project “Strengthening Resilient...
Our colleague Virginia Paloma visited Stockholm University (Sweden) last week thanks to the invitation of Prof. Sirkku Männikkö Barbutiu, from the Dept. of Computer and Systems Sciences at this University. During her visit, Virginia presented her current research in the seminar organized by the above department with the work “Constructing Useful...
Desde CESPYD reconocemos y apoyamos públicamente la labor de PROEMAID, especialmente la realizada por los voluntarios Manuel Blanco, José Enrique Rodríguez y Julio Latorre, a quienes se les acusa injustamente de tráfico de personas. El próximo 7 de mayo se enfrentan en Grecia a una pena de cárcel de 10...
Referencia: Suarez-Balcazar, Y., Mirza, M. P., & García-Ramírez, M. (2017). Health disparities: Understanding and promoting healthy communities. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 46, 1-6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2018.1386761 Resumen: This themed issue focuses on understanding and addressing several public health issues affecting communities today nationally and internationally. Health disparities, and global health in...
Reference: Paloma, V. (Coord.) (2017). Experimentos virtuales de intervenciones sociales para la mejora del bienestar inmigrante en Andalucía. Sevilla: Centro de Estudios Andaluces. Abstract: El presente informe recoge los resultados del proyecto de investigación financiado por el Centro de Estudios Andaluces en la convocatoria 2014 denominado ‘Bienestar Inmigrante y Justicia...
Reference: Garrido, R., & Delgado, A. (2017). La Voz y la Mirada de Jóvenes Refugiados/as en Grecia: Photovoice como Herramienta de Investigación-Acción Comunitaria. Papeles de Trabajo sobre Cultura, Educación y Desarrollo Humano / Working Papers on Culture, Education and Human Development. Número monográfico “5th International Health Humanities Conference”. Abstract: In April 2016, a photovoice workshop was held...
Activity carried out in the Faculty of Psychology of the US, proclaimed Faculty Refuge. Photographs by Rocío Valerous.
La Asociación Claver-Servicio Jesuita a Migrantes presentará su informe anual CIE 2016, titulado: “25,66 Media Diaria de Repatriaciones Forzadas” este martes 13 de junio a las 20:00 horas en la sede de Sevilla localizada en el Centro Arrupe (Avda. Eduardo Dato 20). Este informe aborda la situación en la que se encuentran las personas inmigrantes...
Reference: García-Ramírez, M., Lizana, T., & La Parra, D. (2017). Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) Health Strand. Country Report Spain. IOM MHD RO Brussels. Full text: https://cespyd.es/a/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/SPAIN_MIPEX_Health.pdf
Ayer, 16 de febrero, CESPYD asistió al acto organizado por Médicos del Mundo Andalucía, titulado “Crisis humanitaria en el Mediterráneo: Intervención con población refugiada”. Intervinieron Teresa González Galiana, médico y experta en acción humanitaria; Manuel Blanco Fernández, Sargento de bomberos y voluntario de PROEM-AID en Lesbos; y Pablo Simón Lorda, médico y...
