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
Publications
2026
Hussain, Sajjad 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1802-9728, Butorova, Hana, Zhang, Hongmei, Hossain, Md Jakir and Hussain, Sajjad
(2026)
Student engagement in transnational engineering higher education: an evaluation of four active learning approaches.
Frontiers in Education, 11,
1863267.
(doi: 10.3389/feduc.2026.1863267)
Articles
Hussain, Sajjad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1802-9728, Butorova, Hana, Zhang, Hongmei, Hossain, Md Jakir and Hussain, Sajjad
(2026)
Student engagement in transnational engineering higher education: an evaluation of four active learning approaches.
Frontiers in Education, 11,
1863267.
(doi: 10.3389/feduc.2026.1863267)
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.