Hana Butorova

h.butorova.1@research.gla.ac.uk

Research title: Exploring mentoring as a means of facilitating PYD

Research Summary

My research interests are:

  • Positive Youth Development
  • Character education 
  • Social-emotional learning
  • Youth mentoring
  • Youth mental health and wellbeing
  • Development of youth resilience
  • Youth digital skills and digital resilience

Supervisors

Conferences

British Psychological Society Developmental Section Conference, September 2024; University of Glasgow: How do adult mentors in a youth character-focused mentoring programme perceive their experiences and the development of their mentees?

Children and Inequality Conference, April 2022; University of Warwick. Character Mentoring Programme: Mentoring and character development in an unequal world.

Hazelwood Seminar Series, May 2022; Hazelwood House, Glasgow: The role of mentoring and character development in youth education.

Greater Good Science Center Parenting Convening, March 2021; University of California. Purposeful Parenting: Helping parents nurture character strengths in their children.

Teaching

MSc Psychological Science (conversion) course: Supporting teaching and learning on Developmental Psychology, Applied Qualitative Methods (AQM), Psychology of Adult Learning, Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Health Psychology, and Educational Psychology

Student Learning Development: Lecture courses, seminars, workshops, and 1:1 appointments for students across the Colleges of Social Sciences and Humanities focused on academic writing, critical thinking, planning, structuring, and editing dissertations, professional skills, research, and study skills.