PARTICIPATE Spotlight is a series of short, accessible issues presenting the essential points of the doctoral research projects at the heart of PARTICIPATE. Each issue offers a concise introduction to one researcher’s work, highlighting its main questions, key findings, and practical relevance for understanding and addressing cyberbullying. Together, the series provides a clear and engaging overview of the research shaping the project.

Issue 1

Two-page PARTICIPATE Spotlight Issue 1 infographic featuring Ebru Ozbek’s research on cyberbullying and psychological adjustment outcomes, with key findings on internalizing problems, environmental sensitivity, parental monitoring, and the role of personal, family, and school factors.

Developing knowledge about consequences of cyberbullying experiences and schools’ action, also involving parents

by Ebru Ozbek

PARTICIPATE Spotlight Issue 1: Ebru Ozbek on cyberbullying and psychological adjustment

Issue 2

Two-page PARTICIPATE Spotlight Issue 2 infographic featuring Deniz Celikoglu’s research on pathways into the manosphere, exploring how boys and parents interpret and respond to male-supremacist ideologies online, with findings on emotional labour, digital literacy, and everyday patriarchy.

Understanding Pathways into the Manosphere: Boys’ and Parents’ Perspectives

by Deniz Celikoglu

PARTICIPATE Spotlight Issue 2 : Deniz Celikoglu on understanding pathways into the manosphere

Issue 3

Two-page PARTICIPATE Spotlight Issue 3 infographic featuring Shan Hu’s research on how measurement choices affect reported prevalence rates of bullying and cyberbullying across international large-scale surveys, with findings on country context, survey conditions, and cross-national comparisons.

The Importance of Measurement Issues on Prevalence Rates of (Cyber)bullying in International Large-Scale Assessments

by Shan Hu

PARTICIPATE Spotlight 3: Shan Hu on the Importance of Measurement Issues on Prevalence Rates of (Cyber)bullying in International Large-Scale Assessment

Issue 4

PDF version of PARTICIPATE Spotlight Issue 4 presenting Kainaat Maqbool’s research on racial (cyber)bullying in Greece, including research summary, study overview, key result, findings, and final conclusions.

Growing up as an Afrodescendant in Greece: Young People’s Experiences of Racial (Cyber)Bullying

by Kainaat Maqbool

PARTICIPATE Spotlight 4: Kainaat Maqbool on Growing up as an Afrodescendant in Greece: Young People’s Experiences of Racial (Cyber)Bullying

Issue 5

Two-page PARTICIPATE Spotlight Issue 5 infographic featuring Meghmala Mukherjee’s research on children’s digital rights, parental mediation, and online safety, with findings on trust, autonomy, rule-setting, and young people’s participation rights in digital environments.

Navigating digital childhood: Balancing children’s rights and parental mediation for online safety and inclusion

by Meghmala Murkhejee

Participate Spotlight 5: Navigating digital childhood: Balancing children’s rights and parental mediation for online safety and inclusion

Issue 6

Two-page PARTICIPATE Spotlight Issue 6 infographic featuring Luisa Morello’s research on ethnicity, Indigeneity, and cyberbullying among youth, with findings on ethnic identity, belonging, protective factors, intersectionality, and Sámi youth perspectives.

Cyberbullying involving ethnic minority pupils and the role of parents for prevention and intervention

by Luisa Morello

Participate Spotlight 6: Cyberbullying involving ethnic minority pupils and the role of parents for prevention and intervention

Issue 7

Two-page PARTICIPATE Spotlight Issue 7 infographic featuring Isabel Machado Da Silva’s research on family-school partnerships and the prevention of bullying and cyberbullying, with findings on online tools, structural inequality, anti-bullying procedures, and shared responsibility among students, parents, and schools.

Enhancing Family-School Partnerships to Address and Prevent (Cyber)Bullying

by Isabel Machado da Silva

Participate Spotlight 7: Enhancing Family-School Partnerships to Address and Prevent (Cyber)Bullying

Issue 8

Two-page PARTICIPATE Spotlight Issue 8 infographic featuring Luca Janka László’s research on bullying by adults in family and school contexts, with findings on teacher bullying, family bullying, peer bullying, and the links between adult-to-child bullying and children’s own bullying behaviour.

The Impact of Adult Bullying on Children Becoming Bullies

by Luca László

Participate Spotlight 8: The Impact of Adult Bullying on Children Becoming Bullies

Issue 9

 

Two-page PARTICIPATE Spotlight Issue 9 infographic featuring Anastasiia Petrova’s research on parents’ advice in bullying and cyberbullying situations, with findings on help-seeking, school collaboration, supportive responses, and the risks of minimising bullying.

Gender, Diversity and Parental involvement in (Cyber)bullying Interventions

by Anastasiia Petrova

Participate Spotlight 9: Gender, Diversity and Parental involvement in (Cyber)bullying Interventions