Members of our lab
Mara Cadinu received her PhD in Social Psychology in 1996 at the University of Oregon. In 1996 she became Assistant Professor at the University of Padova, where in 2020 she became Full Professor. She has been Associate Editor for the EJSP (2002-2005) and Member of the Executive Committee of the EASP (2011-2017). Among her research interests are Economic Inequality, Self-anchoring and Self-stereotyping, Stereotype Threat, Objectification of Women and Men, Underrepresentation of women in politics.
Luciana Carraro is an Associate Professor at University of Padova where she teaches “Communication and Persuasion” and “Political Psychology". Her research mainly focuses on political psychology, implicit social cognition in general and on the role of morality in impression formation and persuasion.
Luigi Castelli is Full Professor at the University of Padova where he mainly teaches introductory social psychology courses. His main research interests focus on the development of intergroup attitudes in children, the interplay between basic attentional mechanisms and social cognition, and political psychology. He is currently the Head of the School of Psychology and Associate Editor of Social Cognition.
Anne Maass is professor of Social Psychology and member of the German Academy of the Sciences. She received the Allport Intergroup Relations Prize (2007), Tajfel Award (2011), Ostrom Award (2020). Her interests concern language & social cognition and the psychology of economic inequality.
Caterina Suitner is an Associate Professor at University of Padova where she teaches Persuasion and Social Influence, Work and Organizational Psychology, and Social Network Analysis. Her research focuses on the relation between social cognition and language, with particular attention to the role of para-semantic linguistic features and their role in attitude formation (e.g., trust in vaccines) and belief in fake news, social inequality, and gender issues. She is Editor in Chief of European Journal of Social Psychology.
Bruno Gabriel Salvador Casara is a XXXIV cycle PhD student (third year). His research activities deal with conspiracy beliefs, economic and gender inequalities, collective actions, and social media. Currently, his main research interests are related to the antecedents and consequences of conspiracy beliefs, and the use of network analysis in social psychology.
Carmen Cervone is a second-year doctoral student. Her main research interests are the psychology of economic inequality and language and social cognition. Her current thesis investigates the role of morality and outrage in collective action linked to inequality.
Alice Lucarini is a second-year PhD student in Psychological Sciences. Her main research interests are compassion and prosocial behavior. Specifically, her project focuses on compassion experienced toward positively and negatively portrayed targets. She is also interested in ideological and cognitive barriers that promote victim blaming.
Alessia Valmori is a XXXV° cycle PhD student. Her research activities deal with political psychology and implicit social cognition. Specifically, her main interest is gender differences related to political orientation in moral behaviors.
Silvia Filippi is a first-year PhD student in Psychological Sciences. Her main research interests are Economic Inequality and wealth redistribution. Specifically, her project focuses on the role of linguistic frames in shaping people attitudes towards progressive taxation and tax compliance. She is also interested in topics related to work-life balance.
Matilde Tumino is XXXVI cycle PhD Student at University of Padova where her research topics are focused on social and political psychology. Specifically, she investigates the effect of a perceived threat both on implicit and explicit attitudes. During her M.Sc in "Psicologia di Comunità", she had the opportunity to carry out studies on Social Mindfulness and political ideology, in collaboration with the University of Surrey
Daniela Di Michele is a first-year doctoral student. She is interested in gender inequality, sexual objectification, masculinity, and feminism. Her current PhD project investigates men's involvement in feminism and ways to enhance men's engagement in gender-based collective action.