Dr. Anna Vilaregut. Professor at the FPCEE. Expert in systemic therapy. Coordinator of the project on elder abuse for the Barcelona City Council.
Dr. Lourdes Artigas. Professor at the FPCEE. Expert in therapy focused on sexuality and couple therapy.
Dr. Julieta Piastro. Professor at the FPCEE. Expert in feminist theory and perspective.
Dr. Alessandra Pauncz. Executive Director of the European Network for the Work With Perpetrators of Domestic Violence – WWP EN. Founder of CAM, the first intervention program for perpetrators of gender-based violence in Italy, and of the National Network of Experts in Intervention with Perpetrators of Gender-Based Violence in Italy.
Dr. Dean Ajdukovic. Professor at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. Psychologist and researcher expert in gender-based violence intervention. Expert in primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention actions.
Dr. Juha Holma Professor at the University of Jyväskylä (JYU), Finland. Expert in research and intervention with perpetrators. Coordinator of the perpetrator intervention program for gender-based violence at JYU.
Dr. Marianne Hester. Professor at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom. Expert in research on victims and perpetrators of gender-based violence from a gender perspective.
Sandra Jovanovic. Coordinator of the training and professional development area at the European Network for the Work With Perpetrators of Domestic Violence – WWP EN. Founder of the National Network of Experts in Intervention with Perpetrators of Gender-Based Violence in Serbia.
Kate Iwi. Director of Pact at Pact, consultancy and training on partner abuse. Has worked in the field of domestic violence for 30 years. In addition to working with perpetrators of violence both individually and in groups, she has facilitated parenting groups, support groups for women, and therapeutic work with children.
Dr. Marisol Lila. Full Professor of Social Psychology. Her research focuses on the social visibility of intimate partner violence and the justice system’s response to intimate partner violence (police responses and court-mandated perpetrator programs). Director of an intervention program for perpetrators of violence (Programa Contexto) at the University of Valencia.
Dimitra Mintsidis. Coordinator of the finance and projects area at the European Network for the Work With Perpetrators of Domestic Violence – WWP EN. Expert in communication and fundraising.
Dr. Kieran McCartan. Professor at the University of the West of England (UWE), where he leads the Social Science Research Group (2013 – ongoing). Joint Coordinator of the Sexual Violence Research Network (2014 – ongoing) at UWE. Professor at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom. Expert in sexual offenders, with research focused on improving intervention to reduce recidivism and enhance primary prevention. Expert consultant for the European Commission and the Joint Research Center.
Dr. Chris Newman. Director and Clinical Supervisor at DVACTPAI. Practice supervisor and consultant for organizations working with perpetrators of domestic violence. He worked as a research psychologist before specializing in violence prevention and parenting work with those who have used violence in the family.
Camelia Proca. Founder and director of A.L.E.G., a civil society organisation active for gender equality in Romania and Eastern Europe. Former board member of Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE), currently on the advisory board of the Global Fund for Children.
Dr. Jonathan Fowler. Currently facilitator on the Reprovide perpetrator programme, DVPP trainer and external supervisor, mental health advisor for the Drive programme, and collaborator with specialised complex needs services.
Dr. Ioan Durnescu. Professor at the University of Bucharest. Research and teaching in probation, prison and deradicalization, with special interest in comparative probation and reentry. Co-editor of the European Journal of Probation.
Dr. Martín Hernán Di Marco. Sociologist and Assistant Professor in the Violence and Violence Prevention research programme at Leiden University and researcher in the CRI.M.L.A project at the University of Oslo. His research focuses on interpretative patterns and life trajectories of femicide perpetrators.
Dra. Nicole Westmarland. She is a Doctor and Professor at Durham University and Director of the Durham Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse (CRiVA). Her research has focused on men’s violence against women, particularly rape, domestic violence, and prostitution.