Tuğçe Aral is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Potsdam and a non-resident research fellow at the College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research (CIDER) by Leibniz Education Research Network in Germany. As a developmental psychologist trained in social, cultural and educational psychology, she seeks to understand how children and adolescents from all backgrounds (immigrant descent, racialised, gender diverse) develop embedded in social contexts (family, school, broader society). She also co-hosts the (Re)searching Diversity Podcast, which expands the stories of who can be a researcher by increasing the visibility of inspiring social scientists and research on migration-related diversity.

Lysanne te Brinke is an Assistant Professor at the Clinical Psychology section of Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Her research focuses on the impact of societal challenges (e.g., performance pressure, social inequality, climate change) on adolescents’ mental wellbeing. She recently received a prestigious VENI grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research to examine how adolescents can become ‘agents of change’ by actively contributing to societal challenges. As lead of the transdisciplinary Healthy Start ambition youth participation and involvement, she involves the perspective of multiple stakeholders in her work (i.e., Living Lab approaches). Lysanne is also co-leader of the YoungXperts platform for youth participation in research. This platform uses a transdisciplinary perspective to integrate voices and opinions of youth in research.

Ana Bravo is a Lecturer at the University of Cordoba (Spain). In 2024 she obtained her PhD

Cum laude on March 15th, 2024. She is member of the Laboratory of Studies on Convivencia

and Violence Prevention (LAECOVI) and take part of different international and national

research project. Her research activity is aimed at the study of individual and group characteristics associated with interpersonal relationships, such as social and moral competence, social status, friendship dynamics, class norms, and their relationship with the type of behavior adopted during situations of interpersonal violence in the classroom.

Chiara Ceccon is a psychologist and post-doctoral researcher at the University of Padova, Italy. Her research focuses on the role played by individual, contextual and cultural factors in relation to mental health and social inclusion of culturally diverse youth. She is currently involved in the adaptation and implementation of an intervention designed to promote adolescents’ cultural identity formation. She is also interested in investigating the role of environmental sensitivity in shaping adolescents’ responses to psychosocial interventions, and the correlates of psychological adjustment in young adult asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors.

Savannah Boele is a postdoctoral researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam, the

Netherlands. Her research examines how adolescents’ emotional well-being is shaped by their

social and digital environments, using longitudinal designs and advanced statistical methods.

She earned her PhD cum laude in 2024; her dissertation demonstrated that parenting

processes in adolescence unfold differently across families and timescales. In her current postdoctoral work, she investigates how parental (over)involvement and protection influence adolescents’ well-being in everyday life. She also collaborates internationally on projects exploring the impact of peer relationships and gaming on adolescent development.

Maria Chiara Basilici holds a Phd in Psychology in 2023 with the additional title of Doctor Europeaus, from the University of Florence, Italy, where she is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher. Her research focuses on adolescents. In particular, she analyzes ethnic bullying in schools and the interactions between native and students with an immigrant background. Her research interests also include development, evidence-based anti-bullying interventions, the impact of macro-social events on adolescent well-being, and quantitative methods and data analysis.

Rita Pinto is a researcher at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences at the

University of Porto, and she is part of the Development and Education Research Group of the

Center for Psychology at the University of Porto. Her Ph.D. project focused on the implementation and sustainability of an evidence-based parenting program in community-based settings with families engaged in the Child Protection System. Her research interests are related to the protection of children and young people in situations of psychosocial risk, mainly through family and community-centered approaches, based on the best research evidence.