Education
Janury 2011-
Post-doctoral position at the University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy), under the supervision of Prof. Maria Elena Magrin
Janury 2009-December 2010
Post-doctoral position at the University of Macerata (Italy), under the supervision of Prof. Barbara Pojaghi
22 February 2008
PhD in Educational Sciences (November 2004-December 2007), received from the University of Macerata (evaluation excellent). Title of the dissertation: Processes of Identity Formation in Adolescence. Models and measurements in various age and ethnic groups. Promotores: Prof. Wim Meeus (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) and Prof. Barbara Pojaghi (University of Macerata). Dissertation studies have been partly conducted in The Netherlands and partly in Italy.
8 July 2004
Master degree in Clinical and Community Psychology (110/110 cum laude), University of Bologna (Italy). Title of the thesis: Identity processes in adolescents and emerging adults. Advisors Prof. Augusto Palmonari (University of Bologna) and Prof. Wim Meeus (Utrecht University)
July 1999
Graduated from the Scientific Lyceum “G. Galileo”, Macerata. Final mark 100/100.
Education and scientific activity in foreign universities
July 2010
Research activity at the Research Centre Adolescent Development, Utrecht University (The Netherlands), under the supervision of Prof. Wim Meeus.
July 2009
Research activity at the Research Centre Adolescent Development, Utrecht University, under the supervision of Prof. Wim Meeus.
September 2008
Research activity at the Research Centre Adolescent Development, Utrecht University (The Netherlands), under the supervision of Prof. Wim Meeus.
June 2007
Research activity at the Research Centre Adolescent Development, Utrecht University (The Netherlands), under the supervision of Prof. Wim Meeus.
November 2006
Research activity at the Research Centre Adolescent Development, Utrecht University, under the supervision of Prof. Wim Meeus.
September 2005
Post graduate Research Fellow (received from the University of Bologna) at the Research Centre of Adolescent Development, Utrecht University. Research activity under the supervision of Prof. Wim Meeus.
February- April 2004
Awarded with grant from Faculty of Psychology, University of Bologna, to complete the Master’s thesis at the Research Centre Adolescent Development, Utrecht University, under the supervision of Prof. Wim Meeus.
Participation in national and international courses
February 2010
Participation in the course Qualitative research with Atlas.ti, Dr. Eugenio de Gregorio (University of Genoa), held at the University of Macerata, Italy.
December 2009 – January 2010
Participation in the online course Meta Analysis. Instructor: Dr. Michael Borenstein (Biostat, New Jersey, USA).
September 2009
Participation in the course Text analysis and Text mining with TaLTaC2, Dr. Michelangelo Misuraca (University of Calabria), held at the University of Macerata, Italy.
September 2007
Participation in the Workshop on Latent Variable Modeling with Mplus, Prof. Linda and Bengt Muthén (University of Los Angeles), held at the University of Florence, Italy.
March 2007
Participation in the course How to become a mentor, organized by the Foundation Giacomo Brodolini (Roma), within the Equal Project “The value of difference – The feminine resource in creating enterprises”, held at Ancona, Italy.
April-May 2006
Partecipation in the Summer School organized by the European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA), held at Belek-Antalya, Turkey.
September 2005
Participation in the course Theory constructing and Statistical Modelling with AMOS. Prof. G.J.L.M Lensvelt-Mulders and M. Moerbeek (Department of Methodology and Statistics, Utrecht University), held at the Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
May 2005
Participation in the Excellence Course Social Representations of Human Rights, Prof. Willem Doise (University of Geneva), held at the University of Macerata, Italy.