Jesús Palacios, University of Seville, Spain

Jesús Palacios, Ph.D. in Psychology, is a Full Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology at the University of Seville. His teaching and research activities are related to child protection, particularly in the field of foster care and adoption. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Minnesota and Massachusetts in the United States, as well as at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. He has worked and continues to work with authorities in different countries on the development of child protection policies, especially regarding alternatives to institutionalisation: foster care and adoption. He initiated the ongoing Longitudinal Adoption and Institutionalisation Study at the University of Seville (LAIS.US) and coordinates the international network for the study of instability and disruptions in foster care and adoption. His latest book on adoption, The Adopted Child, was co-authored with Professor David Brodzinsky and published in 2023 by Cambridge University Press.