| Academic Year | 2020-2021 |
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| Subject area | Humanistic Studies |
| Cycle | 36 |
| Coordinator | Prof. Maurizio Codispoti |
| Language | English |
| Duration | 3 years |
| Positions | 8 positions. More information in the PhD Programme Table. |
| Application deadline | May 21, 2020 at 01:00 PM (Expired) |
| Final ranking list | Final ranking list available on Studenti Online |
| Enrolment period | From Jul 08, 2020 to Jul 08, 2020 |
| Doctoral programme start date | Nov 01, 2020 |
- Operating centre
- Bologna
- Main Department
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Department of Psychology "Renzo Canestrari" - PSI
- Associated locations (agreements)
- Cesena Campus
- Mobility abroad
- See PhD Programme Table
- Research topics
Curriculum 1: Psychological Sciences
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General Psychology
- Emotions attention and learning
- Perception and decision making
- Body action and cognition
- Spatial cognition memory and individual differences
- Psychometric
- Psychometric methods in cognitive and clinical assessment
- Advanced inferential statistics
- Qualitative methods for psychological research
- Bayesian inference in inferential statistics
- Developmental and Education Psychology
- Typical and atypical development from early infancy to adulthood
- Risk and protective factors in development
- Lifespan development and information and communication technologies
- Teaching learning and social processes in educational contexts
- Social Psychology
- Gender inequalities and prejudice reduction
- Personal and social identity
- Psychosocial factors in risk and safety
- Equal opportunities and community participation
- Work and Organizational psychology
- Diversity management in organizations
- Organizational change and development
- Employability and new careers
- Psychosocial factors at work
- Psychodynamics
- Perinatal psychopathology
- Developmental psychopathology in childhood
- Child and parents psychotherapy research
- Emotional intelligence in clinical and educational settings
- Clinical psychology
- The use of new technologies in clinical psychology
- Clinical assessment of psychological distress/well-being/adjustment/attachment
- Psychosomatics
- Psychological interventions.
Curriculum 2: Joint PhD Program in Cognitive Neuroscience
- The neural bases of higher cognition processes including memory, cognition, time perception, self-projection, executive functions.
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- Job opportunities and potential areas of employment
- PhD graduates will be able to obtain research positions or jobs related to applied Psychology or Neuroscience in various domains: national and international Universities, national and regional health service, social services, rehabilitation centres, private organizations. In particular, the period spent abroad can facilitate the establishment and consolidation of international collaborations, facilitating the international mobility. Thanks to the PhD programme, PhDs will be able to apply for calls in national and international research projects, improving their own area of research. In addition, PhDs can collaborate with the Psychological Counselling Services which are located in the two sites of the Department, that is Bologna and Cesena in relation to their field and competence.
- Admission Board
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Surname Name University Role email Agostini Francesca Università di Bologna Member f.agostini@unibo.it Di Pellegrino Giuseppe Università di Bologna Member g.dipellegrino@unibo.it Grandi Silvana Università di Bologna Member silvana.grandi@unibo.it Mazzoni Elvis Università di Bologna Member elvis.mazzoni@unibo.it Pietrantoni Luca Università di Bologna Expert Member luca.pietrantoni@unibo.it Rubini Monica Università di Bologna Member monica.rubini@unibo.it Balducci Cristian Università di Bologna Substitute cristian.balducci3@unibo.it Ciaramelli Elisa Università di Bologna Substitute elisa.ciaramelli@unibo.it Crocetti Elisabetta Università di Bologna Substitute elisabetta.crocetti@unibo.it Ruini Chiara Università di Bologna Substitute chiara.ruini@unibo.it Sansavini Alessandra Università di Bologna Substitute alessandra.sansavini@unibo.it
- Learning outcomes
- The PhD programme aims at training students in innovative basic, field, applied, clinical and rehabilitative research in Psychology. This goal is achieved by training students in basic skills concerning comprehension of scientific texts, scientific writing, presentation skills, oral communication of scientific results in national and international conferences, and quantitative and qualitative data analysis. When basic research skills have been acquired, PhD students will be able to pursue their research goals in one of the fields of Psychological Sciences or Cognitive Neuroscience. They will then review the relevant scientific literature pertaining to their topic, formulate a clear research hypothesis, adopt a method fitting their research design, run the appropriate data analyses and provide discussion and interpretation of findings in the light of the relevant, available literature.
- Activities to be carried out by Doctoral candidates
- The PhD programme is based on the integration among courses, seminars and summer schools, individual study and research activities. The courses aim at training PhD students on basic research skills with particular attention to the main theoretical models of Psychological Sciences and Neuroscience, mastery of research methodologies and techniques of qualitative and quantitative data analysis. This knowledge will be completed by individual study on specific field of investigation, according to the tutor. The basic skills will be also integrated by a critical reading of specialized scientific articles during meeting among the PhD programme Committee and students. After the consolidation of basic research skills, PhD students will carry out an advanced and scientific study in a topic of Psychological Science or Cognitive Neuroscience with characteristics of innovation and originality both at a theoretical and methodological level. The curriculum in Cognitive Neuroscience emphasizes the "hypothesis driven" approach to scientific research. Lab activities form the main commitment of PhD students and imply training in neuroscientific methods, techniques data handling and theoretical reasoning.
- Research training activities compliant with the Doctoral programme's learning outcomes
- During the first year, it is mandatory that students attend courses and seminars aimed at developing and strengthening the basic skills which underlie the ability of setting and pursuing a research project, i.e. Scientific Communication Skills, Methodology of Research and Information Technology, Statistics.
During the second and third year, advanced courses will be offered, i.e. Research Methods and Information Technology and Advanced Statistics. During the second and third year, the PhD programme offers also Journal Club and article reviewing and writing seminars, critical interpretation of research papers. In addition, seminars and workshops by national and international experts will be proposed. Students will have also the opportunity to attend international summer schools and seminars in other universities. Moreover, PhD students will present to the PhD programme Committee and to the Department of Psychology their research during the three years, implementing oral and written communication skills of their research activities.
The curriculum of Cognitive Neuroscience offers training in Journal Club, Article reviewing, Programming Language, Statistics in Neuroscience, Theoretical neuroscience, training in Neuroscientific techniques (such as recording of EEG signals, psycho-physiological indices eye movements, transcranial stimulation, damage mapping). - Internationalization features
- During the period abroad PhD students will be able to consolidate international collaborations, integrating their training with theoretical insights, new research methods and procedures of data analysis, in order to formulate theoretical and practical implications of obtained research results. Moreover, the PhD programme includes seminars and courses taught by internationally experts. The PhD programme is visible in the Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window program. The PhD programme is also sent to several national and international Psychological Associations to promote the attractiveness of PhD students from other Italian and international Universities. The curriculum of Psychological Sciences which relies on colleagues belonging to seven area of psychology offers the possibility to spend visiting periods abroad in prestigious academic sites where scientific collaboration among colleagues are productive. Moreover there are agreements of co-tutorships among the programme and international Universities.
The Cognitive Neuroscience curriculum is held in collaboration with 2 prestigious Universities, namely University College of London (UCL) and Bangor University, which have signed an official agreement for jointly conferring doctoral title recognized both in Italy and UK.
The programme shows a high degree of internationalization:
- English is the official language and it characterizes all the activities of the curriculum.
- Students complete their doctoral thesis at 2 institutions (typically, 2 years at UNIBO and 1 year at UCL or Bangor) discussing potential projects and selecting an advisor at the 2 institutions.
- Members of the curriculum include experienced Italian and UK academics who have conducted research at International institutes, are supported by International funding agencies, and can provide students with an International environment for conducting scientific activities. - Expected research results and products
- At the end of the programme Phd students are expected to have acquired evaluative and critical capacities in regard to the research topics addressed, communication skills of scientific findings, mastery of research methodologies in the field of Psychological Sciences or Cognitive Neuroscience. During the three years programme the advance of each student is systematically assessed. At the beginning of the programme a tutor is assigned to each student. Every three months the student will be evaluated by his/her tutor in regard to his/her participation to the proposed activities and on the progress in the research project. Moreover, the PhD coordinator meets the students to monitor their progresses every three months. During the first half of the first year, the PhD student will submit a brief review and a research project (“research paper”) to the PhD programme committee for evaluation. The research paper will be orally presented to the PhD programme committee, to the fellow PhD students and to the members of the Department , and it will be evaluated by two reviewers who will provide the student with a written evaluation and guidance in revising the research paper.
During the second year the preliminary results will be presented to the PhD programme Committee and to all other PhD students. The PhD programme Committee will give an evaluation of the proposed project. During the first half of the third year, a draft of the PhD dissertation must be submitted to the tutor for evaluation. PhD students of the Psychological Science curriculum are required to submit at least one article to an ISI-WOS outlet during the Phd programme and to make two presentations to conferences. As far as the curriculum in Cognitive Neuroscience is concerned at the end of the third year students should have two publications on high level international outlets.
- Doctoral programme Academic Board
Surname Name University/Institution Qualification Agostini Francesca Università di Bologna Professore Associato Avenanti Alessio Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario Balducci Cristian Università di Bologna Professore Associato Ciaramelli Elisa Università di Bologna Professore Associato Cicognani Elvira Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario Codispoti Maurizio Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario Crocetti Elisabetta Università di Bologna Professore Associato De Cesarei Andrea Università di Bologna Professore Associato Di Pellegrino Giuseppe Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario Downing Paul Bangor University (Great Britain) Professore Ordinario Frassinetti Francesca Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario Guarini Annalisa Università di Bologna Professore Associato Guidi Jenny Università di Bologna Professore Associato Haggard Patrick University College of London (Great Britain) Professore Ordinario Mazzoni Elvis Università di Bologna Professore Associato Nori Raffaella Università di Bologna Professore Associato Pietrantoni Luca Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario Rafanelli Chiara Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario Rubini Monica Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario Ruini Chiara Università di Bologna Professore Associato Sansavini Alessandra Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario Tessari Alessia Università di Bologna Professore Associato Tomasetto Carlo Università di Bologna Professore Associato Tomba Elena Università di Bologna Professore Associato Trombini Elena Università di Bologna Professore Ordinario Zaniboni Sara Università di Bologna Professore Associato
See also
- AMS phD thesis (in Italian) Published