Laura Menabo is a developmental psychologist specializing in bullying and peer relationships. She obtained a joint Ph.D. from the University of Bologna (Italy) and Flinders University (South Australia). She is currently a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education at the University of Stavanger (Norway).

Her research focuses on how individuals perceive and interpret bullying situations, with particular attention to visual attention and cognitive processing. Using innovative methodologies such as eye-tracking, she investigates how adolescents and adults observe bullying interactions and recognize the roles involved (e.g., bully, victim, bystander, defender). Her work also integrates questionnaires, focus groups, and the analysis of students' drawings to better understand bystander behavior and inform prevention strategies in schools. She has authored several peer-reviewed publications on bullying and cyberbullying.