The people of the CERISVICO Centre

Full Professor in Social and Community Psychology at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milano-Brescia, where she is also Director of CERISVICO Research Centre. Her research interests lie in the field of community and applied social psychology, with a focus on social relationship of adolescents and young adults, NEET, volunteerism and risk behaviors, community development and Participatory Action Research.

Full professor of Pedagogy at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, director of CESVOPAS (Centre of Studies on Volunteering and Social Participation) - Catholic University of Brescia. Her research focuses on the training processes of professionals in education, voluntary work and social participation, with narrative approaches and qualitative methodologies.

Professor of Educational Psychology at Stavanger University (Norway). Her research activities regard bullying, cyberbullying and moral development. Recently, she was principal investigator of a project on ethnic bullying, funded by the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research; currently coordinates part of the activities of the project PARTICIPATE, on cyberbullying, funded by the European Union.

Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Faculty of Psychology at the Catholic University of Brescia, where she teaches Question Analysis and Diagnosis and Intervention. She collaborates with the Juvenile and Ordinary Court of Brescia as Technical Consultant. She is a clinical and team functioning supervisor at Counselling Centres and Cooperatives in the region area. Main research interests are in clinical interventions with adolescents, couples and families, with particular attention to migration aspects and marital separation and divorce.

Full professor. She coordinates the Master’s degree in “Psychology of clinical interventions in social settings”. Her work focuses on organisational quality of life, conflict, and healthcare service, as well as sport psychology with athletes and managers.

Associate Professor of Social Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan and Brescia, where she teaches Social Psychology. She conducts research and interventions on the topics of civic engagement in its many declinations, social representations and family business.

Professor of Contemporary history at the undergraduate degree programme in Political Sciences and International Relations of the Faculty of Political and social sciences (Brescia campus - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore). He is coordinator of the development strategies of Brescia Campus, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

Daniela Marzana is Associate Professor of Social and Community Psychology at the Department of Psychology of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. She is psychologist and individual and group psychotherapist. She deals with social and community psychology with particular interest in research-action, NEET, community development and issues of civic engagement of young people and immigrants.

Giovanni Aresi is researcher and professor of Social and Community Health Psychology at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. His research focuses on the determinants of health behaviors and positive youth development as well as on participatory intervention evaluation.

Sara Martinez-Damia is a community psychologist. She completed her PhD at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and the Universidad de Sevilla. She does research on empowerment, well-being and participation of migrant communities. She works on designing and evaluating programs in the field of migration.

Adriano Mauro Ellena is Research fellow in Social and Community Psychology at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. His research interests concern young people, NEETs and labour market, social representations, social identity, and political psychology. He teaches Social Psychology and is member in different national and international projects.

Carlo Pistoni has a PhD in Social Psychology and collaborates with the Faculty of Psychology of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. He works in the field of social and community psychology with a specific interest in social participation, in the forms of volunteering and collective action, civic engagement and participatory methodologies.

Valentina Ferrari is a psychologist and PhD student at the Faculty of Psychology at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Her research focuses on outdoor sports activity and the connection with nature and community. She is also involved in project management with several no-profit organizations to promote well-being.

Daniela Poli Martinelli is a PhD student in social psychology at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Her main areas of interest include qualitative research, family businesses, social representations, identity, and social phenomena within groups and communities.