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Alaitz Aizpurua Sanz

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Academic data

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<li>Social education (UPV/EHU, 1998)</li>

<li>Psychology in Academic Data (UPV/EHU, 2001)</li>

<li>PhD in Psychology (UPV/EHU, 2006)</li>

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CV summary

She is an associate professor in the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology (2017) and teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the Faculty of Psychology and the Faculty of Education, Philosophy and Anthropology. She worked as a social educator and as a psychologist in several gerontological centers (1998-2008), and currently teaches training courses and gives informative talks in educational centers.

She made a research stay of 11 months (2008) at the University of Minnesota, funded through a postdoctoral fellowship from the Basque Government (GV/EJ). She has been principal investigator of 4 research projects (1 GV/EJ, 3 UPV/EHU) and member of the research team in other 6 projects (2 Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, 2 GV/EJ, 2 UPV/EHU). She is currently a member of the consolidated research group of the GV/EJ (IT21/70). He has published 33 scientific articles, 1 full book and 4 book chapters, has 58 contributions in congresses and has received 3 research awards (Spanish Society of Experimental Psychology, Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Basque Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology). In 2022, the National Center for the Evaluation of Research Activity (CENAI) approved his second six-year research period.

Since 2019/20 she is Vice-Dean of Alumni and Communication of the Faculty of Psychology (UPV/EHU) and since 2021/22 she is a member of the Academic Commission of the Diploma of Technical Teacher Training in Vocational Training (UPV/EHU). She has obtained the level of excellence in the Docentiaz program (2021), which evaluates the teaching activity of the teaching staff of the UPV/EHU.

Research lines

Her main line of research has been the analysis of processes related to memory and cognitive flexibility from an evolutionary perspective, analyzing the differences between young and older adults; she has also done research on autobiographical memory and witness memory in young and older adults and on learning strategies in Higher Education. Her most recent research interests focus on prospective memory in young, middle-aged and older adults, as well as on socioemotional competencies in educational contexts.

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Degree

  • Educational Psychology
  • Prevention and Intervention in Educational Contexts

Post degree

  • Master's Degree in Educational Psychology and Specific Didactics.

Subject: Psychological Variables and Learning (UPV/EHU)

  • Master's Degree in Psychology, Individual, Group, Organization and Culture.

Subject: Memory (UPV/EHU).

  • University Extension Diploma in Pedagogical and Didactic Training for Vocational Training Technical Teachers.

Subject: Learning and personality development (UPV/EHU)

External teaching

2022

  • Teacher training workshop to promote the socio-emotional well-being of students (Donostia, 6 hours, September 5 and November 16). Training course.
  • Motivation for studies and decision-making process (2 hours, November 9). Informative talk.

2021

  • Emotional well-being and personal growth of students: Training workshop (Usurbil, 8 hours, November 13-30). Training course

  • Motivation for studies and decision-making process (Oiarzun, 2 hours, November 9). Informative talk.

  • What psychological strategies do we have to face Covid19? (Lizartza, 2 hours, May 8). Informative talk.

2020

  • Motivation for studies (Zarauz, 2 hours, March 11). Informative talk.

2019

  • Where will I travel now? Motivation for studies (Oiarzun, 2 hours, October 21). Informative talk.