Detailed Program: Thursday June 12

08:30-09:15

Keynote: Teacher bullying
Dagmar Strohmeier (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria)

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09:15-09:45

Working together for an inclusive, safe and positive upbringing environment
Partnership Against Bullying

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09:45-10:00

Break

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10:00-11:30

Symposia

LYSEFJORDEN A:

Bridging intentions and practice: unleashing the power of partnerships in community-building/ inclusive practices

Chair: Kathinka Blichfeldt, Centre for Lifelong Learning, Faculty of Education, Inland Norway University
Discussant: Frode Restad

1. Lasse Dahl & Charlotte Duesund – A Whole School Approach Through Learning Network
2. Morten Corneliussen Rustad – Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Foster Inclusive School Practices
3. Charlotte Duesund & Ingrid Jacobsen – Free-Play as a Pathway to Build Inclusive Learning Communities in Schools
4. Vegar Baadstø & Vegard Meland – From intentions to practice change: how can digital resources support translating the framework plan and national policy documents into action

LYSEFJORDEN B:

Strength in Connection: Exploring Factors to Empower Youth Experiencing Identity-Based Bullying

Chair: Kyla Mayne (Queen’s University)

1. A Social Safety Shield: Exploring the Buffering Role of Social Safety on the Physical and Mental Health of Gender Diverse Adolescents Experiencing Bullying
Kyla Mayne (Queen’s University)
2. Perceived Effectiveness of School Policies: Associations with Identity-Based Bullying, Mental Health, Physical Health, and Stress
Ann Farrell (Brock University)
3. How Does Theory of Mind Shape Bystander Judgments and Responses to Social Exclusion of Refugees Through Justice Sensitivity
Seçil Gönültas (Bilkent University)
4. Bias-based bullying, social support and student outcomes
Irene Vitoroulis (University of Ottawa)
5. Experiences of Identity-Based Bullying: Intersections Across Weight, Racialization, and Gender Identity
Deinera Exner-Cortens (University of Calgary)

UBUREN:

Teacher Responses to Identity-based bullying

Chair: Natalie Spadafora

1. Examining Factors that Influence Preservice and In-service Teachers’ Intention to Intervene in Gender and Sexual Minority Identity-based Harassment
Natalie Spadafora
2. Effects of teacher responses to gender-based bullying on pupils’ cognitions
Manon Deryckere
3. How social inequality, identity and diversity at teacher and school level affect teacher responses to identity-based bullying in the UK
Anke Görzig
4. Teachers’ perceptions and likelihood of intervening in identity-based bullying: Examining the effects of teacher ethnicity
Wendy Craig (Queens University)
5. Key predictors of intention to intervene against bias-based bullying: A comparison between primary and secondary school teachers
Giulia Prestera

SNØNUTEN:

Who holds the power? Using innovative studies to challenge thinking about bullying prevention

Chair: Deborah Green
Discussant: Barbara Spears (University of South Australia)

1. The development of the bystander: A socialization oversight?
Vanessa Green
2. Loneliness and bullying in school: A co-designed investigation of socio-emotional space
Ben Lohmeyer
3. School-based bullying and cyberbullying: Understanding the australian context
Deborah Green
4. Addressing the Harms of ‘Power Over’: A Consideration of the Effects of Colonialism on Indigenous Peoples
Debra Pepler

KALDEFJELL:

Systematic approaches to understanding cyberbullying from different angles: contexts, consequences, and moderators

Chair: Serap Keles

1. Exploring Children’s Rights in the Digital Age with the Context of Parental Mediation Styles: A Scoping Review
Meghmala Mukherjee
2. Cyberbullying related to ethnicity or Indigeneity among children and adolescents: a systematic scoping review
Luisa Morello (Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education)
3. The connection between children becoming peer bullying perpetrators and experiencing or witnessing violence/bullying by adults: a scoping review
Luca Laszlo
4. Meta-regression analysis to investigate atypical moderators: The role of school and family factors in moderating cyberbullying victimization outcomes
Ebru Ozbek (Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education)

JÆREN:

How socio-moral mechanisms impact on bullying and cyberbullying: keys for practical implications

Chair: Eva María Romera Félix (University of Cordoba)
Discussant: Simona Carla Silvia Caravita (Università Cattolica/ Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education)

1. Schadenfreude, moral disengagement and aggressive behaviour in the phenomenon of bullying
Antonio Cabrera (Universidad de Córdoba)
2. Moral Disengagement Mechanisms as Predictors of Indirect and Direct Bullying Among Swedish Elementary Students: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study
Björn Sjögren (Linköping University)
3. University students’ moral beliefs and (dis)engagement with cyberbullying and its perceived harm
Paula Ferreira (University of Lisbon)
4. Narrative Heroes: Playing to Rewrite the Bullying and Cyberbullying Script
Elena Serritella (University of Florence)

SYNESVARDEN:

Evaluating the Be-Prox program. An effectiveness study of a bullying intervention in Norwegian Early Childhood and Educational Care Centers

Chair: Ingrid Kvestad (Regional Centre for Child Mental Health, West)
Co-Chair: Kyrre Breivik (Regional Centre for Child Mental Health, West)

1. The Be-Prox program to prevent and handle negative behavior and bullying amongpeers in an Early Childhood Educational and Care context
Morten Haaland (Regional Centre for Child Mental Health, West)
2. The effect of the Be-Prox program to prevent and handle negative behavior among peers in Norwegian Early Childhood and Educational Care Centers
Ingrid Kvestad (Regional Centre for Child Mental Health, West, NORCE)
3. Authoritative climate in a Norwegian Early Childhood Education and Care setting
Renira Corinne Angeles (Regional Centre for Child Mental Health, West)
4. Successful intervention implementation - compliance to the Be-Prox program when delivered to Norwegian Early Childhood and Educational Care Centers
Merete Aasheim (Regional Centre for Child Mental Health, North)
5. Practical experiences of personnel working with the Be-Prox program in Norwegian Early Childhood Education and Care Centers – A qualitative study
Josefine Jonsson (Regional Centre for Child Mental Health)

VINDAFJORDEN:

Fostering Safe and Inclusive Environments in Early Childhood Education: Addressing Bullying, Harassment, and Exclusion

Chair: Tone Rove Nilsen (Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education)
Discussant: Thomas Moser (Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education)

1. Bullying in Norwegian Early Childhood Education and Care and new regulations in the Kindergarten Act
Tone Rove Nilsen (Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education)
2. Teachers’ Perspectives on Exclusion Among Toddlers
Silje Vignes Flesjå, Janken Camilla Sæbø (Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education)
3. Staffs Role in Negative Actions Between Toddlers in Norwegian ECEC
Ingrid Midteide Løkken (Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education)
4. Children’s well-being in ECEC as a measure to prevent bullying
Ragnhild Lenes (Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education)

PREIKESTOLEN:

Methodological Innovations in Bullying Research: Capturing the Complexities of Group Interactions

Chair: Jingu Kim Busan (National University of Education) Co-Chair: Takuya Yanagida (University of Vienna)
Discussant: Naomi Andrews (Brock University)

1. Longitudinal Patterns of Popularity Motivation in Adolescence and Bullying: A Latent Transition Analysis
Tessa Lansu (Radboud University)
2. Using Longitudinal Social Network Analysis to Assess Negative Peer Experiences: Can We Reliably Analyze Disliking and Bullying?
Haining Ren (Arizona State University)
3. A blessing or a curse? The link between status hierarchies within friendship-cliques and bullying victimization
Jelle J. Sijtsema (University of Groningen)
4. Perceptions of Popular Peers’ Bullying Behavior in Early Adolescence: The Effects of Victimization Experience and Classroom Status Hierarchy
Bin Pan (Shandong Normal University)
5. Effectiveness of an Evaluative Conditioning Field Experiment to Change Peers’Explicit and Implicit Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Victimized Classmates
Tessa Lansu (Radboud University)

KJERAG:

Proactive and Comprehensive Approaches to Anti-Bullying in Schools: Strategies, Implementation, and Outcomes

Chair: Gørild Eltervåg (Advisor to the School Superintendent Sandnes Municipality)
Discussant: Tor Kristian Ervik

1. Establishing the Center for Good Psychosocial Learning Environments: Background and Rationale
Hege Røen (School Superintendent Sandnes municipality)
2. Theoretical Foundations and Operationalization of the Anti-Bullying Mandate
Tor Kristian Ervik (Business Manager TGL)
3. Proactive and Holistic Strategies for Preventing Bullying
Britt Eva Gunvordal (Guidance Counselor), Cecilie Heskestad (Subject Manager TGL)
4. Case Study: Implementing Anti-Bullying Strategies in Schools
Lone Lunde (Principal at Lura Elementary School)

VÅRLIVARDEN:

Perspectives on Bullying Perpetration and Targeted Teacher Interventions to Stop Bullying

Chair: Tiina Turunen (University of Turku)

1. Developing and Applying Short-Form Measures of Adolescents’ Rage, Revenge Reward and Recreational Aggression Across Offline and Online Contexts
Daniel Graf (University of Turku)
2. From Genes to Bullying: The Mediating Role of Neurodevelopmental Symptoms
Marie-Pier Larose (University of Turku)
3. Popular, Liked, and Bully?
Daniela Cháves (University of Turku)
4. Longitudinal Investigation of Elementary School Bullies’, Middle School Bullies’, and Persistent Bullies’ Adjustment
Tiina Turunen (University of Turku)
5. Teachers’ targeted interventions to stop bullying: Guilt, shame, and sadness as potential mediators
Eerika Johander (University of Turku)

MASTRAFJORDEN A:

Prevention and management of bullying, violence, and threats - From strategy to practice from a district level perspective

Chair: Kirsten Riise (Oslo Municipality)

1. Oslo municipality’s and the Education Agency’s superior plans and Overarching Guidelines
Kirsten Riise (Oslo Municipality)
2. The district levels support to Ensure Effective Systems and Increased Action Competence in Schools
Jens André Hansen (Oslo Municipality)
3. The Principle of Powerlessness
Håvar Brekkhus (Oslo Municipality)
4. Perspectives from the Anti-bullying Ombudsman in Oslo
Henrik Raustøl (Oslo Municipality)
5. The district level “The School environment team”
Håvar Brekkhus (Oslo Municipality)

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11:30-11:45

Break

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11:45-12:45

Workshops

LYSEFJORDEN A:

What do schools need to support students dealing with cyberviolence?

Nicholas Carlisle (Power of Zero), Yong Feng Liu (UNESCO), Tae Seob Shin (Ewha Womans University), Benjamin Horta (Abrace Programas Preventivos), Viraj Doshi (Platform Safety Lead, Snap)

LYSEFJORDEN B:

Voices from the Ground: Real-World Approaches to Preventing Bullying

Fred van de Perre (Bikers Against Bullies Worldwide), Ipek Isik (McGill Anti-Bullying Program), Janet Grima (Bully Zero), Julia Milad (McGill Anti-Bullying Program), Katie Govic (Bully Zero)

UBUREN:

The need for a new (and) ontological understanding of bullying and anti-bullying

Bjørn Olav Larssen, Eirin Anita Annamo (Innland Norway University)

SNØNUTEN:

The peer-to-peer mindset, Building safe relations in the classroom using students as an asset

Sigrid Houg

KALDEFJELL:

respectme, Scotland’s Anti-Bullying Service - the ‘respectme reward’ programme

Lorraine Glass

JÆREN:
Transforming a national tradition “The Norwegian Russefeiring”, through dialogue and collaboration

Henrikke Bugdø-Aarseth (Ombudet for barn og unge i Akershus, Buskerud og Østfold)

SYNESVARDEN:
Hector’s World: Empowering Tamariki (Children) with a Technology-Positive Approach to Digital Challenges

Jennifer Anna Huddleston, Karla Sanders (Sticks ‘n Stones/Netsafe)

VINDAFJORDEN:

Nothing About Us, Without Us - A World Café approach to elicit children’s views on solutions to bullying behaviour

Darran Heaney

PREIKESTOLEN:

Trust-building work in the classroom – to create, maintain, and repair relationships

Gunhild Solem

KJERAG

SForce: Combatting Bullying and Promoting Safe, Inclusive Learning Environments

Marycollete Kekong, Joan Agbude, Adeyelu Olamide Enoch, Idowu Olorunoshewa Deborah (SForce)

VÅRLIVARDEN:

Breaking the Bullying Cycle

Craig Mathieson, Lorna Craig (The Polar Academy)

MASTRAFJORDEN A:
Talking About Kids – Live Podcast with Brad Snyder: What you need to know about Norway’s bullying ombudsmen (“mobbeombud”) and why you might want to have one in your community

Brad Snyder (New Amsterdam Consulting)

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12:45-13:45

Lunch

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13:45-14:30

Keynote: Effective response to the ever-evolving challenges of cyberbullying in Korea
Insoo Oh (Ewha Womans University)

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14:30-14:45

Break

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14:45-16:15

Individual Oral Presentations (Thematic Sessions)

LYSEFJORDEN A:

1. School Bullying and Geographies of Generational Insecurity
Paul Horton (Linköping University)

2. Go to the Office! The Interactions among Bullying Participant Roles, Teacher-Student Relationships (TSR), and Office Discipline Referrals (ODRs)
Emily Skiba, Lillian Hucke, Victoria Naue, Raven Stepter, Sarah Warriner

3. Bullying in Comparative Perspective: How PISA Could Expand Its Data Collection
Daniel Salinas (OECD)

4. ‘Nothing I had was left in peace’ - Indirect Physical Bullying in Narratives on Bullying
Anna Eriksson (Linköping University)

5. Strengthening Collaboration to Combat Bullying in the Nordic-Baltic Region
Frida Warg (Friends), Trygve Beyer Olsen (Partnership Against Bullying)

LYSEFJORDEN B:

1. “The heartbreak of social rejection” Young children’s exprssion’s about how they experience rejection from peers in ECEC
Kari Nergaard (Early Childhood education)

2. An Eye-Tracking Study on the Impact of Developmental Stages in Physical and Relational Bullying Scenarios
Laura Menabò

3. Testing the social validity of the CATZ cross-age teaching zone anti-bullying intervention among school students
Peter Macaulay (University of Derby)

4. Giving the voice to children: Children’s perceptions on the role of the practitioners in dialogues in ECEC
Kari Nergaard (Early Childhood education)

5. The Role of Attachment and Coping in Relational Victimization among Elementary School Students
Nafsika Antoniadou (University of Ioannina)

UBUREN:

1. Classroom ethnic diversity as a factor of bullying involvement: The role of student’s minority status and classroom climate
Ana Lampret (University of Maribor)

2. Children’s experiences and reactions to racist bullying in The Netherlands
Karen Sieben-Aduful

3. Characteristics and outcomes of image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) by peers coming to the attention of police
Lisa M. Jones (University of New Hampshire)

4. Preventing Online Racism in Ireland: A Participatory Design Approach
Darragh McCashin (DCU Anti-Bullying Centre)

5. Enacted Stigma, Suicidal Outcomes, and Protective Factors Among Sexual Minority South Asian Youth in Canada: Findings from BC Adolescent Health Survey, 2023
Monica Rana (University of British Columbia)

SNØNUTEN:

1. Social and emotional competencies as a protective factor against cyberbullying in adolescence
Mariano Núñez-Florez (University of Cordoba)

2. Individual and Contextual Factors Shaping Bystander Roles in High School Bullying
Concetta Esposito (University of Naples “Federico II”)

3. Continuity of Bullying Perpetration from Middle to High School: Moral Cognitive Distortions and Violence Exposure as Risk Factors
Dario Bacchini (University of Naples “Federico II”)

4. Adolescents’ Digital Escapism: Maladaptive Daydreaming Predicts Cybervictimization via Social Media and Game Addictions
Sofia Mastrokoukou (University of Salerno)

5. Associations between teachers’ moral disengagement toward bullying, students’ perceptions of teacher’s behaviors and attitudes, and bullying and victimization
Chloé Tolmatcheff (Radboud University)

KALDEFJELL:

1. Safer school environments: Students’ suggestions for what adults in school can do
Joakim Strindberg (Linnaeus University)

2. Using Targeted Social and Communication Skill Instruction to Reduce Bullying Involvement and Increase Belonging Among At-Risk Youth
Chad Rose (University of Missouri - Columbia)

3. Urban Minority Children’s Lived Experiences in Violence-embedded Community
Caleb Kim (Loyola University Chicago)

4. Autistic pupils’ experiences of bullying in schools in Ireland
Sinéad McNally (Dublin City University)

5. The Impact of a Bullying Prevention Teacher Professional Development on Youth with Disabilities’ Perceptions of Bullying Involvement and Prosocial Behavior
Chad Rose (University of Missouri - Columbia)

JÆREN:

1. Bullying&You: Development and evaluation of a new anti-bullying program and the challenges of school-based prevention work
Franziska Neumayer

2. The role of friendship quality and reciprocity in children’s bullying roles: defending friends and aggressing with friends
Claire Monks, Rachel Maunder (University of Northampton)

3. Social-ecological theory and bullying prevention in Schools
Aleš Bučar Ručman (University of Maribor)

4. The Role of Social Dominance Orientation in Bullying Behaviour: A Systematic Review
Megan Reynolds, Dylan Pidgeon (Dublin City University)

5. Was it My Fault? A Case Study on the Role of Attributions in Chinese American Bully Victims
Meg Stomski (University of California Berkeley)

SYNESVARDEN:

1. Racialized bullying and mental health: Results from a representative Canadian study
Irene Vitoroulis (University of Ottawa)

2. The role of attributions for cause and cognitive appraisals in the relationship between being bullied and adolescent mental health
Katelynn Wilson (University Of York)

3. Teacher Working Conditions and their Ability to Handle Bullying
Jennifer Maeng

4. “The application of the Reciprocal Maieutic Method to strengthen social skills with the aim of inclusion, non- violent communication and democratic culture.”
Efstathia Pantazi (EPof Ionion Islands, Greek Ministry of Education)

5. The current reality of school violence experienced by children and adolescents
Rebecca Pelayo

VINDAFJORDEN:

1. Developing new methods of student participation in anti-bullying research
Frode Restad, Sara Berge Lorenzen (Oslo Metropolitan University)

2. The Brave and the Kind: How Bullying Roles Influence Youth Prosocial Behaviors
Susan Swearer (University of Nebraska - Lincoln)

3. On the conceptualization of bullying among school staff and students: A multi-method synthesis
Patrik Söderberg (Åbo Akademi University)

4. Support Group; A Model for Social Inclusion and Bullying Reduction in Schools
Tora Ween (Voksne for barn)

PREIKESTOLEN:

1. Bullying or counter-connecting? Inclusive definitions for SEND Schools
Julia Badger (University of Oxford)

2. Experiences with the 3:2 model after two years of operation at Lenden School and Resource Centre’s alternative education arena «Skoletilbudet»
Sven Fandrem (Lenden School and Resource Centre), Trude Havik (Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education)

3. Bullying as a Traumatic Experience: Evaluating the impact of a counselling intervention to support children who have been chronically bullied in school
Nathalie Noret (University Of York)

4. Shifting Gender Dynamics in Peer Exclusion: The Role of Social Media
Christian Wendelborg (NTNU Social Research)

5. The Power of Peers - Empowering Students in Bullying Prevention
Anna-Kaisa Hiedanniemi (Mannerheim League for Child Welfair)

KJERAG:

1. Longitudinal Associations Among School Climate and Mental Health Risk: Peer Victimization as a Moderator
Lyndsay Jenkins, Stephanie Fredrick, Catherine Young

2. (En)Acting the complex findings from a Participatory Action Research (PAR) study on gender school bullying
Niamh O’Brien, Audrey Doyle

3. Exploring UK teachers’ perceptions of banter versus bullying
Lucy Betts

4. What do adults pass by? What is it we do not see? What is it we do not act upon? A survey of practices in kindergarden and school to ensure that children are beeing looked after.
Geir Mosand

5. The Role of Cybervictimization and Past Bullying Experiences on Mental Health among Jordanian Youth
Ghada Shahrour

VÅRLIVARDEN:

1. The 6 Ds Model of Cyberbullying strategies
Fernando Domínguez-Hernández, Ana Toledo del Cerro (CSEU La Salle)

2. Cyberbullying Podcasts: A new methodology for fostering Empathy and Reducing Moral Disengagement
Pedro Gamito, Sofia Francisco (Lusófona University)

3. Prevention and intervention against cyberbullying - An explorative study of collaborative partners inside and outside school
Klara Øverland (Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education)

4. Students’ Perspectives on Cooperation among Stakeholders to Overcome Cyberbullying in Norwegian Schools. Preliminary Results
Martyna Bell (Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education)

5. Different professionals opinions on the phenomenon cyberbullying
Ida Sjursø (Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education)

MASTRAFJORDEN A:

1. Strategies for Survival: Bullying in Schools vs. Mafia-Formation in Failed States
Ole Martin Moen (Oslo Metropolitan University)

2. Whole-education-approach – Making scientific results available in School practice and provide a model for systematic approach on education for democracy
Hugo Wester

3. The Power and Love Project
Cathrine Lanne (Viking), Johannes Nilsson Finne (Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education), Birgitte Ruud Kosberg (SLB)

4. The Leader in me
Ann-Kristin Lepsøe (Hoppensprett Barne- og ungdomsskole Brårud)

5. Spekter, a non-anonymous survey to systematically monitor and investigate bullying
Gulset Ungdomsskole, Henrik Gulland (Viedu), Johannes Nilsson Finne (Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education)
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16:30/17:30

Transfer from Stavanger Forum to boat – Conference dinner at Flor & Fjære