Belén Mesurado
Vice-Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Research in Mathematical and Experimental Psychology
HRF Publication: People, Care and Work in the Home
Working Paper | Caring for the home in Iberoamerica: A crosscountry comparison
Policy Project: Global Home Index
In her doctoral thesis, Dr Mesurado, who gained a PhD in Psychology from the National University of San Luis, Argentina (2010), studied the
influence of parenting styles and personality traits in promoting optimal experience (flow) in children and adolescents, obtaining a Doctorate with top marks and a Degree in Psychology from St. Thomas Aquinas North University (UNSTA), Tucumán, Argentina.
Dr Mesurado currently serves as Vice-Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Research in Mathematical and Experimental Psychology (CIIPME). She is an Associate Researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET). She is a university lecturer at Austral University (UA) and has taught several postgraduate courses at the Buenos Aires University (UBA) and Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA).
Dr Mesurado has obtained National Doctorate and Post-doctoral Scholarships from CONICET, as well as Scholarships from international organisations such as the Carolina Foundation, the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) and the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPSyS). She has conducted research at the University of Valencia, Spain on different occasions: 2012, 2014 and 2016, as well as at De La Salle University, Philippines and the University of Nottingham, Malaysia in 2013. She has published several articles and book chapters on subjects related to positive psychology, family and pro-social behaviours.