María Rosa Salas Labayen

María Rosa Salas Labayen is a Professor at the Comillas Pontifical University within the Department of Education, Research Methods and Evaluation. She holds affiliations with the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences and has served in key leadership roles including Director of the Institute of Educational Sciences (2004-2013), Director of the Master's Degree in Secondary Education and Baccalaureate Teaching, and Deputy Director of the same institute. Her academic career spans over 60 years with extensive teaching in Educational Sciences, Psychology, and Special Education.

Education:

• PhD in Philosophy and Letters, Comillas Pontifical University
• Graduate in Philosophy and Educational Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid
• Diploma in Logotherapy (1986), Complutense University
• Therapeutic Pedagogy Diploma (1983), recognized by Spain's Ministry of Education

Research Focus: Her work centers on Attention to diversity, Special education, ICT integration in education, and gamification. She has pioneered projects like ICT and Diversity in the Classroom and contributed to national educational policy through award-winning research.

Awards:

• National First Prize for Doctoral Thesis in Educational Research (1998)
• Primer Premio a la Acción de Mejora for 'Proyecto Punto Omega'
• Runner-up National Educational Research Award (2006) for supervised doctoral thesis

Grants & Projects: Led the RED.es project on ICT training for educators and developed materials for special needs education. Served as evaluator for Psychopedagogy degree programs (1997–2010).

Labs/Teams: Core member of the Institute of Educational Sciences (ICE) and contributor to multidisciplinary educational technology initiatives.