2025–
University of Pavia
Associate Professor of Social Psychology
Biography
About
I am a psychologist and, since October 2025, Associate Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Pavia, where I have also chaired the Equal Opportunities Committee (Comitato Unico di Garanzia, CUG) since November 2025.
My research and teaching focus on the cognitive approach to social psychology, particularly social inference and impression formation.
Education and clinical training
I received a combined BSc and MSc in Psychology in 2005 and a PhD in Social, Cognitive and Clinical Psychology in 2011, both from the University of Milano-Bicocca.
I am currently a psychotherapist in training at the School of Psychotherapy Integration (Scuola di Specializzazione in Psicoterapia Integrata, SSPI) in Milan.
Before entering academia, I worked for several years as a freelance journalist on the sports desk of a local weekly newspaper in Lecco.
Academic appointments
2021–2025
University of Messina
Tenure-track Assistant Professor, then Associate Professor
2013–2021
University of Surrey
Lecturer in Psychology
Affiliations, memberships and professional standing
Academic and research affiliations
External affiliate↗Institutional profile↗Member · working group↗
Social Perception and Cognition Lab
University of Milano-Bicocca
OSA · University of Pavia
University roles and academic profile
Building Internodes · Italian Reproducibility Network
Open Science and FAIR data practices · Current affiliation: University of Pavia
Scientific society memberships
Leadership and service
Chair · since November 2025↗Co-convenor · AIP subgroup↗
Equal Opportunities Committee (CUG)
University of Pavia
Azioni collettive per contrastare le disparità di genere e di orientamento sessuale
With Valeria De Cristofaro · Gender Differences and Disparities Group (GdG)
Working groupCollective action subgroup · membersCurrent membership list ↗Professional standing
Registered Psychologist · Section A
Ordine degli Psicologi della Lombardia · Registration no. 24242
Public engagement
Selected public-facing writing and independent or institutional coverage of my research.
Public-facing writing
Media coverage
2022Research coverage
How researchers in a simulated moon habitat survived extreme isolation
Popular Science
2022Research coverage
Moon mission simulation explores how isolation affects astronauts’ wellbeing
BPS Research Digest
2018Research coverage
Smokers in denial over risk of severe illness
The Times
2018Research coverage
This Could Be Why Your Loved One Refuses To Try And Quit Smoking
HuffPost UK
2018Research coverage
Fumo, i tabagisti hanno scarsa percezione dei rischi
la Repubblica
2018Research coverage
I fumatori hanno una percezione distorta dei rischi che corrono
Focus
Institutional coverage
Academic path
A geographic and chronological view of my education and academic appointments.
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