School Bullying and The Legacy of Dan Olweus

VASILIKI ARTINOPOULOU is Professor of Criminology at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences in Athens, Greece, where she previously served as Vice Rector. She currently leads the Greek Prime Minister’s Expert Committee on Youth Violence and is a member of the UN Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture. Her work centers on justice, human rights, and crime prevention in Europe and beyond.

PETER K. SMITH is Research Fellow at University of Greenwich, UK. He has led extensive research on bullying in schools, including a COST Action on Cyberbullying. Smith has published widely on the topic and co-edited The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Bullying: A Comprehensive and International Review of Research and Intervention, a landmark reference in the field of bullying research.

SUSAN P. LIMBER is Dan Olweus Professor at Clemson University, where she also is Associate Director of the Institute on Family & Neighborhood Life. A developmental psychologist and expert in legal issues related to bullying, Limber has consulted for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and co-authored key works such as Cyberbullying: Bullying in the Digital Age.

KYRRE BREIVIK is Senior Researcher at the Regional Centre for Child and Youth (RKBU) at NORCE Norwegian Research Centre. He has published extensively in leading journals such as Frontiers in Psychology, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Journal of School Psychology. Breivik’s work focuses on developmental issues, bullying, and interventions for improving well-being among children and adolescents.