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Gabriela Pavarini is a Wellcome Trust Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford, affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry and the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities. She holds a postdoctoral position in the Neuroscience, Ethics and Society Group, focusing on mental health ethics and moral psychology. Her work emphasizes engaging young people in ethical discussions, particularly in child psychiatry early intervention contexts.
Education:
- PhD in Social and Developmental Psychology (University of Cambridge)
Research Interests:
Her research explores the intersection of mental health ethics, moral psychology, and youth participation. Key areas include: moral development in children, ethical frameworks for mental health interventions, and the role of embodied cognition in moral judgments. She designs tools like digital games to involve young people in ethical decision-making processes.
Publications:
Her work bridges neuroscience, ethics, and social psychology. Recent studies include neuroimaging investigations of moral elevation and behavioral studies on reactions to virtue. Earlier research addressed emotion understanding in children and parental influences on theory of mind.
Awards:
- Wellcome Trust Postdoctoral Fellowship
Advising & Grants:
- Project: 'Becoming Good: Early Intervention and Moral Development in Child Psychiatry' (PI: Prof. Ilina Singh)
Labs & Teams:
Neuroscience, Ethics and Society Group at Oxford and the Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health (co-leads Young Leaders group).
