2026
Sexual Orientation Stereotyping of Race Categories Referring to Men, and Vice Versa: An Intersectional Analysis in the Italian Context
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
Social psychology · University of Pavia
Patrice Rusconi
I am a psychologist and an Associate Professor of Social Psychology.
My work sits at the intersection of social and cognitive psychology, with a particular focus on social asymmetries.
Before joining Pavia, I held academic positions at the Universities of Surrey and Messina.
Since November 2025, I have chaired the Equal Opportunities Committee (CUG).
I am currently a psychotherapist in training at SSPI in Milan.
Academic path
Explore map & timeline →2005 · 2011 Combined BSc/MSc · PhD, Milano-Bicocca2013–2021 University of Surrey2021–2025 University of Messina2025– University of Pavia
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Latest research
2026
Marginalizing Black Gay Men in Anti-Racism and Anti-Homophobia Leadership
Social Psychological and Personality Science
Research
Social cognition and impression formation
How people seek, interpret, and weigh information when forming impressions of others.
Morality and social judgment
The role of moral information in person perception and social evaluation.
Prejudice, language, and intersectionality
How language and combinations of marginalized social identities shape prejudice.
Judgment and reasoning
Information search, hypothesis testing, uncertainty, and judgment in social and applied contexts.
Selected first-author contributions
2025
Accurate in presence and inefficient in absence: how the presence of criminal evidence affects legal judgements
Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 37(3), 197–214
2020
Being honest and acting consistently: Boundary conditions of the negativity effect in the attribution of morality
Social Cognition, 38(2), 146–178
2017
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Public engagement & media
Public-facing writing and independent or institutional coverage of selected research.
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