Scientific Activity
2025 – present: Associate Professor at the Department of Education Studies “G. M. Bertin”, University of Bologna.
2022 – 2025: Senior fixed-term Researcher at the Department of Education Studies “G. M. Bertin”, University of Bologna.
2017 – 2022: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Psychology, University of Bologna.
Participation in National and International Funded Projects
2024 – present: SINCRONY: InterSectIonal iNClusion in delibeRation and participatiON with Youth, funded under the Horizon Europe programme.
2024 – 2026: E-CLIC: (Citizen) Engagement for climate change and environmental sustainability: (how does it work/change) online, offline or onsite?, in collaboration with the Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, funded under the PRIN 2022 programme.
2021 – 2022: E-DEMOCRACY in the time of COVID-19: Elements for the development of a digital platform for “virtuous” decision-making processes, funded under the FISR 2020-COVID programme of the Italian Ministry of University and Research.
2019 – 2020: SEIMICA – Social exclusion and inclusion of migrants as forms of collective action, funded by the Italian Association of Psychology, Social Psychology Section.
2019 – 2020: A proposito di genere: Essere umani, vivere insieme [On Gender: Being Human, Living Together], funded by the Emilia-Romagna Region.
2018 – 2019: EHVE – Être Humain, Vivre Ensemble, funded under the European Erasmus+ programme.
2015 – 2018: CATCH-EyoU – Constructing AcTive CitizensHip with European Youth: Policies, Practices and Solutions, funded under the European Horizon 2020 programme.
Affiliations
Member of the European Community Psychology Association (ECPA) – since 2023.
Full member of the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA) – since 2022.
Member of the Italian Association of Psychology (AIP), Social Psychology Section – since 2016.
Teaching Activity
Course coordinator and lecturer for “Psychological Processes of Social Exclusion and Mediation”, Master’s Degree Programme in Planning and Management of Educational Intervention in Social Distress, Rimini Campus; academic year 2022/23 – present.
Course coordinator and lecturer for “Group Psychology, Module 2”, Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Social and Cultural Education, Rimini Campus; academic year 2022/23 – present.
Adjunct lecturer for “Community Interventions with Adolescents, Module 2”, Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Psychological Sciences and Techniques; academic years 2021/22 and 2022/23; Department of Psychology “Renzo Canestrari”, University of Bologna.
Adjunct lecturer for “Social Psychology and Deviance, Module 2”, Master’s Degree Programme in Criminological Sciences for Investigation and Security; academic years 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22; Department of Sociology and Business Law, University of Bologna.
Adjunct lecturer for “Practical Training in Psychology: Literature Searches, Writing Scientific Articles, Final Report”, Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Psychological Sciences and Techniques; academic years 2018/19, 2020/21 and 2021/22; Department of Psychology “Renzo Canestrari”, University of Bologna.
Lecturer and tutor in the Professional Development Course “Promoting Active Citizenship among Adolescents: Methodologies and Tools”, Fondazione Alma Mater, Bologna.
Education
2018: PhD in Psychological Sciences, University of Bologna, awarded with distinction.
2012: Master’s Degree in Social, Work and Communication Psychology, University of Padua, graduated with full marks and honours, 110/110 cum laude.
