World Anti-Bullying Forum 2025

The World Anti-Bullying Forum (WABF) 2025 took place on June 11- 13, 2025, in Stavanger, Norway. The host was The Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment under the leadership of Professor Hildegunn Fandrem.

747 delegates from 55 different countries attended the Forum. The program consisted of 6 Keynote Speakers, 116 Oral Presentations, 78 Poster Presentations, 36 Symposium, and 36 Workshops.

• Anthony Peguero
  Foundation Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Arizona State University, US.
  Topic: School Safety and Security: Violence and Victimization Implications for Racially Minoritized Youth in the United States
• Tracy Vaillancourt
  Professor in Counselling Psychology at University of Ottawa
  Topic: The neurobiology of bullying victimization: Implications for mental health
• Insoo Oh
  Professor in the Department of Education at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea. Topic: Effective response to the ever-evolving challenges of cyberbullying in Korea
• Dagmar Strohmeier
  Professor at University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Linz, Austria
  Topic: Teacher bullying
• Ingunn Størksen
  Professor at the Centre for Learning Environment at the University of Stavanger, Norway. Topic: Prevention of Bullying in Early Childhood Education and Care
• Robert Thornberg
  Professor at Linköping University, Sweden
  Topic: Social and Moral Processes of School Bullying

• Magnus Loftsson (chair) Research Manager, Friends, Sweden
• Hildegunn Fandrem, Professor, University of Stavanger, Norway
• Carmel Cefai, Professor, University of Malta, Malta
• Dewey Cornell, Professor, University of Virginia, US
• Christopher Donoghue, Professor, Montclair State University, US
• Eveline Gutzwiller-Helfenfinger, Professor, Schwyz University of Teacher Education, Switzerland
• Janne Stöen, Associate Professor, University of Stavanger, Norway

• Paul Horton, Associate Professor, Linköping University, Sweden
• Ersilia Menesini, Professor, University of Florence, Italy
• Robert Thornberg, Professor, Linköping University, Sweden
• Yuichi Toda, Professor, Osaka Kyoiku University, Japan
• Tracy Vaillancourt – Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada
• Frida Warg, Head of Research and Development, Friends, Sweden