Welcome.
The XII International Congress of Psychology and Education (CIPE2025), promoted by the ACIPE, aspires to be a scientific forum for the continuation and deepening of the topics then discussed and which have had the motto “Psychological Well-being and Digitalization: the great challenge of psychology today”. In the previous congress, an attempt was made to reflect on the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and young people who have experienced these circumstances under conditions of imperative digitalization.
This last decade, including the pandemic, has taught us some lessons. One of them is that, to advance our aspirations in education and lifelong learning, we must harness the strengths of digital technology. In principle, in recent years, digital innovation has demonstrated its ability to complement, enrich and transform education, and has the potential to accelerate progress in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 for the education, as well as to transform modes of universal access to learning. It can also strengthen the quality and relevance of learning, strengthen inclusion, and improve the management of education.
Digital technologies have become a societal necessity to ensure education as a basic human right, especially in the world that must cope with increasingly frequent crises and conflicts. During the COVID-19 pandemic, countries that did not have sufficient ICT infrastructure and adequate digital learning systems suffered the greatest educational disruptions and learning losses. The disruptions to education due to the COVID-19 pandemic clearly exposed the urgent need to ally technologies and human resources to transform school models and build inclusive, open, and resilient learning systems.
However, behind the advantages that these platforms offer, there are a multitude of dangers for both the development and mental health of users. An obvious case is the good or bad use of social networks. During the last couple of decades, we have witnessed the exponential growth of social networks and their immersion in human daily life. It is estimated that by the end of 2024 there will be about 5.5 billion users on platforms such as Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube (almost 70% of the world’s population). Thus, social networks have become a fundamental ally in our lives, transforming the way we communicate and interact with the world around us.
Social media has had several effects on human development, such as communication (it has facilitated distance communication, allowing us to stay in touch with friends, family, and colleagues anytime, anywhere), social interaction (it has changed the way we relate to others), and access to information (it provides instant access to a large amount of information). Social networks can provide human beings with a safe and supportive space, where they integrate and adapt to social processes and practices. However, the abuse of social networks can cause negative consequences, both physical (anatomical changes in the brain similar to those related to other addictions, such as substances and gambling) and psychological (low self-esteem and alteration of self-perception, anxiety and FOMO -Fear of Missing Out-, dependency and addiction, social isolation and disconnection, exhaustion and mental fatigue).
CIPE2025, which motto is “Development, learning and education in the digital age”, offers itself as a scientific space in which to provide information, discuss strategies and develop proposals for the proper use of all these digital tools and the prevention of the increasingly abundant health problems of teachers, students, and families.
The Principality of Asturias, the City of Oviedo and the University of Oviedo have understood the importance of the topic that we are going to discuss in this event and for this reason they have put at our service everything necessary so that we can carry out a good congress, with an attractive academic program and an exciting social program.
We hope to enjoy your proposals.
