Research groups
Consult the various research teams and their respective areas of activity (by opening the tabs).
Director
José Gutiérrez Maldonado
Activity
The research group presented on this webpage is part of the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology. Our group is called “Applications of new technologies in clinical psychology” and is located in the Virtual Reality (VR) laboratory, on the third floor of the Faculty of Psychology on the Mundet Campus, c/ Vall Hebron, 171, Barcelona (08035).
- Director
David Gallardo-Pujol
- Activity
We aim to understand why we behave in one way or another, in a variety of settings, with a focus on catching human diversity and individual differences.
Director
Santiago Redondo Illescas
- Activity
The Group of Advanced Studies on Violence (GEAV) is a research team established by professors Antonio Andrés Pueyo and Santiago Redondo Illescas in 2003. They both, as well as the other members of the group, combine research and university teaching. GEAV is also made up by associated researchers, PhD students and other collaborators. The Group of Advanced Studies on Violence has been recognized as a consolidated research group by the Catalan Govenrment (from 2009 until now).
The GEAV develops its research activity in the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology
at the University of Barcelona. Its main purpose is the scientific analysis of violent and criminal behavior, in its various forms and social manifestations. The Group also collaborates with other research teams, national and international, stakeholders in the scientific study of violence and crime. At the same time it holds a close relationship with public institutions involved in criminal research, justice, corrections and prevention of crime. Until now, the GEAV has developed research projects about juvenile delinquency, adult crime, risk assessmnet, sex offending, partner violence, psychological treatment of offenders, prevention and desistance of crime. These projects have been funded by different Catalan, Spanish and European institutions.
In addition to its main research task, the GEAV carries out also activities related to social services and justice consulting, professional specialized training and technical advice concerning to the analysis, management and prevention of violence and crime.
- Link: www.ub.edu/geav
- Director
Noemí Pereda Beltran
- Activity
The Research Group on Child and Adolescent Victimization (GReVIA) advises, guides and provides training to organizations (such as associations, foundations, companies, child protection centres and schools) that want to address the problem of violence against children and adolescents via training, awareness-raising campaigns, activities aimed at prevention, strategies, protocols and/or types of intervention. GReVIA is associated with the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology of the UB Faculty of Psychology. However, the members of the group comprise a diverse team in terms of experience and academic background as they come from knowledge areas such as psychology, criminology and education. This ensures that each project has a multidisciplinary focus and maintains the objective of fighting to protect children and adolescents against violence.
- Director
Mel Slater
- Activity
The Event Lab is at the interface between computer science, psychology and neuroscience. We carry out technical research on virtual environments, with applications to research questions in cognitive neuroscience and psychology. Our special interest is the brain's body representation and the consequences of body ownership.
- Director
Guillem Feixas Viaplana
- Activity
The aim of our research group in Intervention in Clinical and Health Psychology (recognized by the Government of Catalonia) is to advance knowledge and increase the quality of psychological interventions in the areas of mental and psychical health.
