The World Anti Bullying Forum 2021 took place on November 1– 3 2021 at Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre in Stockholm, Sweden. WABF 2021 was a hybrid event which meant that delegates could attend in a digital conference platform as well as at the venue. The conference was organized by Friends together with Partnership against bullying and UNESCO.

The Forum was attended by 717 delegates from 40 different countries. 389 of the delegates attended on-site in Stockholm and the remaining 328 attended on-line in the conference platform.

The program consisted of 2 pre-conferences, 14 Keynote Speakers, 150 Oral Presentations, 65 Poster Presentations, 6 special sessions and 39 Workshops.

The Opening Ceremony was attended by Anna Ekström, Swedish Minister of Education. The Closing Ceremony was attended by Stefania Giannini, Assistant-Director General for Education, UNESCO.

• Rami Benbenishty
  Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Bar Ilan University, Israel
  Topic: School Violence and Climate in Evolving Contexts
• Ji-Kang Chen
  Associate Professor of Social Work, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
  Topic: School violence and cyberbullying among adolescents in Chinese societies
• Julie Inman Grant
  Australia’s eSafety Commissioner
  Topic: Keeping Children Safer in their Digital Playgrounds
• Dewey Cornell
  Professor of Education, University of Virginia, USA
  Topic: School Threat Assessment to Help Distressed Students and Prevent Violence
• Sameer Hinduja
  Professor at Florida Atlantic University & Co-Director of the Cyberbullying Research Center
  Topic: Cyberbullying: An Update, and a Renewed Call to Action
• Wendy Craig
  Professor of Psychology, Queen’s University, Canada
  Topic: What We Know About Peer Defending And How The Research Can Inform Prevention Efforts

• Najat Maalla M’jid
  UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on Violence Against Children
  Topic: Children as part of the Solution
• Chiki Ogiue
  Founder and Director of “Stop Bullying! Navi”
  Topic: Bullying prevention measures in Japan: Practices and Realities
• Rosario Ortega Ruiz
  Professor of Psychology at University of Cordoba
  Topic: The fourth criterion: bullying as an immoral phenomenon
• Riddhi & Vasundhara Oswal
  Founders, #StopTheB
  Topic: How Gen Z Can Be Motivated to Adopt an Active Bystander Attitude
• Sebastian Wachs
  Deputy Professor for Education and Socialization Theory at the University of Potsdam
  Topic: Bullying and Hate Speech: Two sides of the same coin?
• Hsi-Sheng Wei
  Professor at National Taipei University, Taiwan
  Topic: Bullying in an East Asian Context: The Taiwan Experience

• Donna Cross
  Professor, University of Western Australia
• Dorothy Espelage
  Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Frida Warg
  Managing director WABF & Expert, Friends
• Jun Sung Hong
  Associate Professor, Wayne State University
• Magnus Loftsson
  Chair of the Scientific Committee, WABF & Head of research, Friends

• Michelle Demaray
  Professor, Northern Illinois University
• Peter Smith
  Professor Emeritus, Goldsmiths University of London
• Robert Thornberg
  Professor, Linköping University
• Shelley Hymel
  Professor, University of British Columbia
• Shoko Yoneyama
  Senior Lecturer, University of Adelaide