Iraia Salterain

Iraia Salterain serves as a Professor in the Faculty of Communication and Social Sciences, teaching Early Childhood and Primary Education degree programs. She holds a PhD in Education and earned her Licentiate degree from the University of Deusto, Bilbao.

Her academic qualifications include:

• PhD in Education
• Licentiate degree from the University of Deusto, Bilbao

Her research program centers on Educational Psychology and Emotional Intelligence, with significant contributions to Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Competence Development, and Advanced Pedagogical Methodologies. She has investigated service-learning institutionalization through participatory diagnostic processes and developed frameworks for entrepreneurial competence training, conducting field research at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David during 2023.

Dr. Salterain actively participates in national and international conferences on Service-Learning and maintains a research collaboration with the Latin American Center for Service-Learning and Service (CLAYS), co-presenting at the Global Uniservitate Symposium on Service-Learning, Integral Education, and Transformative Spirituality.

No information is available regarding student supervision or research grant funding.

Her primary research affiliation is with the Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio (CLAYS), where she contributes to international service-learning initiatives and symposia.