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Physical violence, verbal harassment, social ostracism, rumour spreading and cyber bullying. In today’s school bullying comes in all shapes. What factors affect children’s different behaviour in bullying situations?

The project investigates LGBTIQ+ young people's experiences of homophobic bullying in school. The research can contribute with important knowledge on experiences, the associated effects on their wellbeing; and what might be protective factors.

Most pupils look forward to going back to school and seeing their classmates again. But not all of them do. According to Prof Thornberg, six to eight per cent of Swedish pupils are subject to some form of bullying in elementary school.

Barnafrid is a national knowledge center with the aim of assembling and disseminating knowledge about violence and other abuses against children. It is a government commission that was assigned Linköping University in 2015.

Bullying is less prevalent in classrooms where pupils perceive that their classmates believe that bullying is wrong without exception and that those who bully cannot blame someone else. These are findings from a study from Linköping University.

Professor Robert Thornberg is included on Expertscape’s list of experts on bullying.