About us – GROP

ABOUT US

Who we are

It is a research group created in 1997, at the Faculty of Education of the University of Barcelona. It was founded by Dr. Rafael Bisquerra Alzina, who led the group in its first stage. In 2008 it was Dr. Nuria Pérez-Escoda who continued the coordination and, at present, the group is interuniversity and is led by Dr. Èlia López-Cassà at the University of Barcelona, while at the University of Lleida, the group is led by Dr. Gemma Filella Guiu since 2001.

Among our most outstanding achievements are numerous and diverse research projects and publications related to the application and evaluation of emotional education programs, validation of emotional competence assessment instruments, design of educational programs for prevention and personal and social development, and decision-making, among others. Likewise, the creation of the Postgraduate and Master’s Degrees in Emotional Education and Wellbeing, the Postgraduate Degree in Emotional Intelligence in Organisations, and the Emotional Education Conferences.

Lines of research

The research group focuses on two main research lines: Emotional Education and Educational Guidance.

Emotional education

We understand emotional education as an educational process aimed at developing emotional competencies in order to improve personal and social well-being (Bisquerra, 2000). Research in this line includes:

Development of emotional competencies across all educational stages.
Analysis of the relationship between emotional education, academic achievement, and school climate.
Study of the impact of emotional education in educational, professional, and community contexts.
Design and evaluation of emotional education programs in schools and institutions.
Creation and development of interactive digital materials for emotional promotion.
Study and promotion of well-being to foster inclusion and critically address the management of diversity within the educational community.
Design and analysis of strategies for conflict prevention and resolution in educational contexts.

Educational Guidance

We understand educational guidance as a continuous process of support for students, teachers, and families in all aspects of development. Research in this line includes:

Analysis and improvement of teaching-learning processes from a guidance perspective.
Attention to diversity and promotion of inclusive education, with special attention to equity and to transforming inequalities present in educational environments.
Development of academic and career guidance processes.
Design and evaluation of strategies for prevention and personal and educational development.

As well as the study of variables involved in personal and educational success, with special attention to the development of guidance and tutoring practices, and to the analysis of educational inequalities from an intersectional and anti-racist perspective.