Speaker
Description
Robert Thornberg, PhD, is a professor at Linköping University. He holds a doctoral degree in Educational Research from Linköping University. His research focuses on school bullying and bystander behaviors related to bullying and peer victimization, particularly in terms of moral and social processes. He is currently involved in several funded research projects covering topics such as peer defending, sexual harassment in schools, hate speech, school safety, and the links between class climate, teacher support, bullying, and student engagement. Thornberg received the BRNET-WABF Award for Outstanding Contributions to Bullying Research in 2021.
This keynote speech presents research on how involvement in bullying is associated with individual and classroom-level moral disengagement, student-teacher relationship quality, classroom-level authoritative teaching, class climate, and classroom collective efficacy. The findings underscore the importance of considering classroom-level characteristics in the bullying process. Bullying prevention efforts should not only aim to reduce individual moral disengagement but also address classroom-level social and moral dynamics.
