CESPYD is pleased to welcome back Elena Guichot Bordons, who will be joining us over the next two years as a research support staff member. Elena holds a degree in Psychology and is currently completing her Master’s Degree in General Health Psychology. She has previously collaborated with CESPYD through the...
As part of her international research stay at the Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga (UNAB, Colombia), Tatiana Duque, a researcher at CESPYD, participated as an external evaluator in a joint academic event for the courses Communication and Digital Citizenship and Transmedia Narratives. Her contribution focused on assessing the social reach and...
On May 27, Blanca Vera, CESPYD researcher and PhD student in Psychology, participated in the 1st Conference on Gender, Teaching, and University: Building Knowledge from Feminism, from Theory to Practice, organized by the University of Seville. The conference brought together faculty members, researchers, and students to reflect on the incorporation...
CESPYD researcher and PhD student in Psychology, Blanca Vera, has been selected as a recipient of the IMFAHE Excellence Fellowship 2026, a distinction aimed at promoting international academic mobility and strengthening scientific collaboration networks. This fellowship will support her upcoming research stay abroad, where she will continue developing her work...
On May 5, the online conference “AUKERA: A Socioeducational Project between Young Immigrants and University Students through Service-Learning” was held within the framework of the Psychology Doctoral Program at the University of Seville and with the support of CESPYD. The session was delivered by Rubén Lasheras, Associate Professor in the...
Between March and May, Andrés Ruiz Sánchez, a CESPYD researcher and PhD candidate in Psychology at the University of Seville, is undertaking a research stay at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan, Italy). During this period, he is working under the supervision of Dr. Daniela Marzana in the Department...
CESPYD makes available the MadresUP Implementation Manual, a practical guide for developing community-based interventions aimed at enhancing psychosocial well-being and empowering mothers in culturally diverse contexts. The manual is based on the experience of the MadresUP programme and is tailored to different groups, including migrant, refugee and Roma mothers, allowing...
Between 24 and 28 November of last year, Blanca Vera Moreno and Rocío Garrido participated as lecturers in the course Critical Whiteness: Reflecting on Power and Taking Action in the University Context, a blended learning event organised within the framework of the ULYSSEUS programme and held at the University of...
The Department of Social Psychology of the University of Seville has awarded Elena Guichot Bordons the prize in the Bachelor’s Thesis (TFG) category as part of the First Award for Academic Excellence of Students, an initiative aimed at recognizing the academic, research, and social excellence of projects supervised by the...
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...
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...
On June 18th, 19th, and 20th, the Summer Course “Evaluation and Impact Measurement in Social Mentoring Projects” took place in Pamplona. The course was organized by the Social Mentoring Coordinator, the Public University of Navarre (UPNA), and the UNESCO Chair on Citizenship, Coexistence and Pluralism, with support from the Department...
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...
On April 4th, our colleague Daniela Miranda, researcher at CESPYD (Center for Community Research and Action), participated as a speaker at the XIV Professional Convention of the Official College of Psychology of Western Andalusia, a landmark event in the field of professional psychology. Under the theme “The Interrelationship Between Psychology...
CESPYD welcomes Míra Karas from Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary, where she earned her Master’s degree in psychology with a specialization in counselling and school psychology. Under the mentorship of Virginia Paloma, Míra begins a five-month internship with our MadresUP team, a project focused on promoting the resilience and psychosocial...
From August 19th to November 16th, our colleague Belén Soto-Ponce is conducting a research stay at the College of Applied Health Sciences, at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar. The UIC team develops participatory research initiatives focused on the intersection of...
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...
In the context of the Seminar on Mental Health, Human Rights and Minority Groups, on June 7, 2024, the Jesuit Migrant Service (SJM) and CESPYD held a public presentation of the report “An Approach to the Mental Health of Migrants in Spain’s Immigrant Detention Centers”. More specifically, Armando Agüero-Collins of...
On Friday, June 7, the seminar “Mental Health, Human Rights, and Minoritized Groups” was held successfully in the Salón de Actos at the Faculty of Psychology. This event was organized by the Center for Community Research and Action at the University of Seville as part of its projects MadresUP, AndaRomi...
CESPYD welcomes Douglas Tomácio, a PhD student from the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil. He is conducting his doctoral thesis project under the title “Politically Taken Vitality: University Teaching in the Context of Violence and Suicide”, which aims to explore violence and suffering as socio-political categories. His phd...
Blanca Vera, a PhD student in Social Psychology, was awarded under the category ” Proyecto Entre Márgenes e Intersecciones ” as the best communication of the congress presented and defended by Andalusian students. Proyecto Entre Márgenes e Intersecciones focuses on incorporating the African perspective in university studies, promoting in-depth research...
On 29, 30 November and 1 December 2023, the 1st International Conference on African and Decolonial Studies: contributions to the deconstruction of academic thought was held at the Faculty of Psychology, where members of the CESPYD team participated as the organising committee and made scientific contributions. To overcome the...
Rocío Garrido and Blanca Vera, members of CESPYD, participants in the YOU.TH Project: “Tools for Inclusive” within the Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027) funded by the European Union. This project aims to promote the use of digital and creative tools (mainly theatre) for promoting social justice and developing advocacy with...
La Casa de los Sueños is a sample of the heart of the women of Polígono Sur, in which they invite everyone, especially Roma girls, to dream, wish, and imagine their future goals. It is located in Factoría Cultural, in a space converted into a Roma house, whose routes are...
CESPYD welcomes Monica Paradise, a PhD student in Educational Sciences and Psychology at the University of Florence (Italy). She is doing a six-month stay with our team, with Virginia Paloma as her tutor. In particular, Monica is going to research the sense of matter as a factor that promotes psychological...
CESPYD welcomes Cambri Driskell, a graduate student from the Department of Human Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University (USA). She is doing a 6-month internship with our team, with Daniela Miranda as internship mentor. In particular, Cambri will support the implementation of the Power2romi project as part of her training while...
On 19 December, the last session of the facilitators’ training course was held at the El Esqueleto civic centre in Seville. The process came to an end with a snack and a very enriching conversation among the participants. The participants will remain in contact with the project for various events....
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...
We share the following information from the online discussion in which, in conjunction with EPHA, CESPYD participates within the 2022 Romani Week: Dear Roma Health Network members, With the 2022 Romani Week around the corner, we would like to officially invite you to take part in our event ‘Capacity Building...
“El texto que he escrito se debe a que un profesor de mi Erasmus, que se jubiló este año, quería tener un detalle compartiendo en su fiesta de jubilación cómo su alumnado ha acabado dedicándose a campos relacionados con los que él enseñaba. Compartir las historias de su alumnado le...
CESPYD asiste al Fundamental Rights Forum 2021 para hablar del rol de las niñas gitanas en la abogacía y la participación política el día 12 de octubre a las 14.30 horas (CET). Para más información, os dejamos el enlace de la sesión: https://epha.org/investing-in-roma-youth-for-advancing-fairer-and-healthier-european-societies/ Welcome to the Fundamental Rights Forum 2021...
More information: https://sevilla.abc.es/sevilla/sevi-investigadores-concluyen-ricos-votan-mas-202102251345_noticia.html
Nuestras compañeras de CESPYD, Virginia Paloma y Rocío Garrido, participaron en la Jornada Técnica “El impacto social de la pandemia en la población migrante” organizada por la Concejalía de Bienestar Social del Ayuntamiento de Fuenlabrada (Madrid). Esta tuvo lugar el 24 de marzo de 10 a 12 horas de la mañana...
More information: https://www.communitypsychology.com/photovoice-as-a-community-building-tool/
Comienzan el proyecto “LIBERARTE II: Creando espacios para la diversidad a través del arte y la psicología comunitaria”, financiado con los Presupuestos Participativos de la Facultad de Psicología US, coordinado por Rocío Garrido (CESPYD) y liderado por un grupo de estudiantes de la Fac. de Psicología. La primera actividad será...
Congratulations to our colleague Virginia Paloma for her incorporation to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Community Practice! More information in: https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=wcom20#board
The contribution of our colleagues Guariso, Paloma, Arias, Garrido y García-Ramírez titled “Photovoice as a Research-Intervention Tool for Youth Neighborhood Activism in Societally Vulnerable Contexts” published in the Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice, has been highlighted in the SCRA’s website Community Psychology. More information in: https://www.communitypsychology.com/using-photovoice-as-a-community-building-tool/
La tesis doctoral “Diseño de un programa de alfabetización en salud para mejorar el acceso y utilización de los servicios sanitarios a población inmigrante” presentada por Martina Fernández Gutiérrez (Universidad de Cádiz) y co-dirigida por nuestra compañera M.ª Jesús Albar Marín y Pilar Bas Sarmiento (Universidad de Cádiz), ha obtenido...
Desde el 21 de agosto y hasta el 16 de noviembre, nuestra compañera Rocío Garrido se encuentra realizando una estancia de investigación en el Center for Capacity Building on Minorities with Disabilities Research de la University of Illinois at Chicago (EEUU). Este centro y CESPYD mantienen una larga tradición de...
