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Georgina Guilera is a University Professor at the Department of Social Psychology and Quantitative Psychology, part of the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Barcelona. Her primary research focuses on methodology of behavioral sciences, victimology, and mental health assessment. She leads the GEIMAC research group (Studies of Invariance of Measurement and Analysis of Change) and participates in the GReVIA group (Child and Adolescent Victim Research).
She has coordinated multiple projects including 'STEPS: Simulation-based training to avoid secondary victimization in child sexual abuse cases' (2020-2022) and 'Integrating people with schizophrenia: Valid assessment across cultures' (2017-2021). Her teaching spans research methodology, psychometrics, and multivariate analysis in organizational psychology.
Key contributions include innovations in measurement invariance, validation of assessment tools for mental disorders, and collaborative work on victimization detection in schools. She has been principal investigator on EU-funded projects (e.g., REDICE18-2222) and Catalan government grants (AGAUR).
Her work bridges academic research with practical applications in clinical settings and educational policies, emphasizing cross-cultural validity and stakeholder involvement in mental health assessment systems.
