Dr. Sandra Rubio holds a Ph.D. in Occupational Health Sciences, a Master’s degree in Human Development, and a Bachelor’s degree in Administration. She is a professor and researcher in occupational health and currently teaches in both graduate programs in occupational health and undergraduate programs in administration.

Her research and publications focus on topics such as emotional salary, job satisfaction and motivation, psychosocial factors at work, positive occupational mental health, and decent intercultural work.

Dr. Rubio has also held key administrative and institutional roles. She served as administrative manager of the Voluntary Isolation Center during the COVID-19 pandemic in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. She participated in the implementation of the Institutional System for Safety, Health, and Environment at the University of Guadalajara, designed the Training Model for Workers, and currently serves as Coordinator for University Personnel Development at the same institution.

She is a member of the Occupational Health Commission and the Interleader Network for Research and Practice in Educational Leadership, and belongs to the National System of Researchers of Mexico.

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Hena Boukachabia is a third-year Phd student in occupational and organizational psychology at the Badji Mokhtar – Annaba University, Algeria, where she is preparing a thesis on the mechanisms for dealing with abused workers in service institutions. She holds a master’s degree in social psychology from the Université 8 may 1945 Guelma, with a thesis entitled ” Emotional intelligence and its relationship to academic excellence in university students “. Ms. Boukachabia worked as a substitute teacher in the Department of Psychology and Speech Therapy at Badji Mokhtar University – Annaba during the first semester of the academic year (2023/2024). As a mental arithmetic trainer, she holds several certificates and qualifications. Ms. Boukachabia Boukachabia published an article in a scientific journal with Algerian researchers entitled: “L’impact des activités économiques informelles dans les quartiers spontanés sur la ville algérienne” (The impact of informal economic activities in informal settlements on the Algerian city) as part of the 5th International Symposium on Cities and Housing: “Problématique de l’extension urbaine et de l’habitat spontané”, Université Batna 1, October 20-21, 2024, as well as a scientific article entitled: ‘Obstacles to the psychological and organizational care of employees who are victims of violence in Algerian schools, from the point of view of school guidance counselors’. She is also the author of the chapter entitled: “Le rôle des campagnes de sensibilisation dans la lutte contre la violence professionnelle en Algérie” (“The role of awareness-raising campaigns in combating workplace violence in Algeria”) in a book entitled “Les risques psychosociaux : diagnostic et traitement” (“Psychosocial risks: diagnosis and treatment”) published by the Centre de veille pédagogique de l’Université Mohamed Boudiaf de Msila in January 2025.

More recently, she has contributed to two new publications: a chapter entitled « L’importance de la prise en charge des travailleurs exposés à la violence dans les établissements hospitaliers algériens » in the volume « L’ergonomie hospitalière en Algérie (état des lieux et perspectives futures) », and a chapter in the collective work « Les nouveaux médias : Lecture des principales caractéristiques et des approches théoriques majeures »

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Dr Ursula Connolly is a lecturer at the School of Law, University of Galway. Her research centres on the application of tort law principles to contemporary legal challenges, with particular emphasis on liability for mental injury, liability for internet wrongs, and damages in personal injury actions. Much of her work is comparative in nature, drawing on developments across common law jurisdictions. She has published extensively on stress-related injury and liability for suicide, and contributes to the Common Core of European Private Law project, having worked on topics including causation, mass harms, and damages.

Ursula’s research has also explored the intersection of law and mental health, establishing links with Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE) and organising a national conference on law and mental health. She has held visiting research positions at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Otago, New Zealand, and the University of Brescia, Italy. In addition, she has contributed to European projects on disability discrimination and European private law. Ursula was awarded a PhD from the University of Bristol for her thesis on the regulation of workplace bullying in Ireland.

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