Professor of Evolutionary Psychology and Education at the University of Córdoba, Spain. She is the coordinator of the PhD program in Psychology
Applied -2008-2017- with a Quality Award granted by the ANECA in 2008. She is Principal Investigator of the PAIDI Group on Coexistence and Prevention
of school and youth violence ( www.uco.es/laecovi ).
She has been a principal researcher in projects of the National R & D Plan of the Board of
Andalusia and National Coordinator in ten Projects of the European Union, of the Framework Programs, COMENIUS, VISTA, DAPHNE, COST, among others. Has
published more than 100 scientific articles, most of them in journals collected in the JCR, several of them with high and medium impact index, such
as Aggressive Behavior, Computer in Human Behavior, International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, British Journal of Educational
Psychology, Psicothema, or Spanish Journal of Psychology.
He has directed 15 doctoral theses in the last five years. He has 4 years of research
evaluated by the CNEAI. He is a member of the Panel of the European Research Commission - European Union - on Social Sciences and Humanities. Is
Vice-President of the International Observatory on School Violence. He has been a member of evaluation committees of ANEP and ANECA, and
Coordinator of the Commission for the Evaluation of the FPU Scholarships, Juan de la Cierva and Ramón y Cajal -España-. Belongs to the Editorial Committee of the
Journals European Journal of School Psychology, Journal of Education, Culture and Education, Childhood and Learning, International Journal of Clinical
and Health Psychology and Psychology, Society and Education (Co-director).
He has been awarded the Honorary Distinction of the Junta de Andalucía for his
merits on Educational Innovation and its participation in teacher training networks.