Dr Ivelise Fortim holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (2013), a bachelor's degree in Psychology (1997), and a master's degree in Social Sciences (2003) from the same institution. Currently, she is a professor at the Faculty of Human and Health Sciences at PUC-SP, teaching undergraduate courses in Psychology and Digital Games. She is a specialist in Jungian psychology through COGEAE-PUC-SP and in Career Counseling from Sedes Sapientiae. She is the coordinator of Janus – Laboratory of Psychology and Information and Communication Technology Studies. She is a partner at Homo Ludens Innovation and Knowledge and the president of the Institute Criança em Jogo. Senior Visiting Senior Fellow at the Department of Media and Communication, LSE.
Her research focuses primarily on video games, digital game addiction, gender issues in digital games; Brazilian game industry; Japanese, Chinese, and Korean pop culture in Brazil; online psychological psicotherapy; analytical psychology, and mental health and social media.