Role
Full Professor of Social Psychology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan
Bio
Her primary scientific research interests include the psychosocial study of individual identity processes and the social and relational factors that promote effective identity construction. She has given particular attention to the role of the family and, more recently, to the role of stereotypes and discrimination (ethnic, gender, religious, etc.).
She collaborates with various national and international companies and non-profit organizations that coordinate projects aimed at improving well-being, social inclusion, and diversity management, with a particular focus on gender equality in the workplace and the inclusion of adolescents from minority groups.
She is the coordinator of the "Diversity and Gender Inequality" Working Group of the Italian Psychology Association and an elected member of the Executive Committee of the European Association of Social Psychology.
She directs several research programs of national interest such as " FORWOMEN- FOsteRing WOMen's necessity Entrepreneurship " (PRIN) and "Working women during the Covid19 emergency: How to contain the growing gender gap" (FISR) and is part of the "Age-it" research team (PNRR).