On December 17, 2025, at 12:45 p.m., the videoconference “Brain imagery in contemplative science: goals and challenges” will take place. The talk will be delivered online by Dr. Ivana Buric, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Bio: Dr. Ivana Buric is an interdisciplinary researcher with eleven years of experience investigating mind–body interventions, combining approaches from psychology, neuroscience, and molecular biology. Her research focuses on three fundamental questions: Which interventions work (effects)? For whom do they work best (individual differences)? And how do they work (mechanisms)? Ivana currently works as a Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Psychology at the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands). She holds a dual PhD from Coventry University (England) and the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour at Radboud University (The Netherlands), awarded for her research on the psychobiology of mind–body interventions. In 2021, she received a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship to further develop an independent line of research, with an emphasis on mechanisms of mindfulness and cross-disciplinary research training. In 2024, she was awarded a Varela Grant to establish a Mindfulness Consortium and develop a shared database of existing studies to support future mindfulness research. Ivana is also a certified project manager (AgilePM®) and the founder of the Mindfulness Centre Split (Croatia), where she contributes to teaching mindfulness across clinical and non-clinical populations.

This conference is part of the Internationalization at Home Program of the Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy and is open to all UV students and faculty, subject to prior registration at the following link: https://go.uv.es/interpsi/charlaspsico