Seminar: Promoting Social and Emotional Development in European Classrooms: Insights from the SEL4@ll Project

Promoting Social and Emotional Development in European Classrooms: Insights from the SEL4@ll Project
 

Konstanze Schoeps
Faculty of Psychology
University of Valencia, Spain
 

December 12, 2025 (Friday)
10:30 am – 11:45am
Room 204, Runme Shaw Building, HKU
Chair: Professor Jesus Alfonso Daep Datu
 

Abstract
This presentation introduces the European project SEL4@ll: Promoting well-being among European adolescents – an inclusive and digital programme to strengthen socio-emotional competencies. The initiative aims to foster students’ well-being and inclusion through the development of a serious game and complementary teaching materials available in multiple languages. Following a co-creation approach, SEL4@ll actively engages students- including those with fewer opportunities—in designing and shaping the digital learning experience.
In this talk, Dr. Schoeps will present an integrated overview of the project, combining theoretical, developmental, and empirical perspectives. The presentation will outline the socio-emotional education (SEE) framework underpinning SEL4@ll, describe the design and technical features of the serious game, and share key findings from the co-creation process with students across Europe. Quantitative and qualitative results will highlight the program’s effectiveness in enhancing adolescents’ socio-emotional skills, sense of belonging, and overall well-being. The session concludes by discussing implications for inclusive education and the use of digital tools to promote resilience and social competence among young people in diverse European classrooms and beyond.
Keywords
social and emotional education (SEE); adolescent well-being; inclusion; co-creation; digital education; serious games; European schools
 

About the speaker
Dr. Konstanze Schoeps is a General Health Psychologist and Associated Professor at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia. She holds a PhD in Psychological Research (2019), awarded with the Extraordinary Doctorate Award and International Distinction. She has completed research stays in Germany (Humboldt and Free University of Berlin) and the United States (University of Wisconsin-Madison), and has been a visiting professor in Hong Kong and Chile.
Her research focuses on socio-emotional development in children, adolescents, and young adults, particularly the use of digital tools—such as serious games and online programs—to promote psychological well-being. She is co-author of the MADEMO program on emotional education for teachers and principal investigator of several innovation and international cooperation projects, including the Erasmus+ project SEL4@ll: Promoting Well-being Among European Adolescents.
Dr. Schoeps has authored over 40 JCR-indexed publications and presented more than 100 conference contributions internationally.

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