The Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science has several active research projects that are funded by both private and public institutions

Active funded research projects

Trentino Autism Initiative - TRAIN

Duration: 2022 - 2027

Principal investigator: Paola Venuti

Link: Progetto TRAIN

Il ruolo delle emozioni nell’apprendimento di lettura, scrittura e calcolo The role of emotions in learning to read, write and calculate

Principal investigator: Laura Franchin

Duration: 2022 - 2024

Link: Project The role of emotions in learning to read, write and calculate

European Partnership for Clean Sport in Tertiary Education, Erasmus+

Principal investigator: Ornella Corazza

Duration: 2023-2025

Link: Project EPCS-TE

Multimedia Prevention Campaign on Performance Enhancement Drugs use in Sport

Principal investigator: Ornella Corazza

Duration: 2024-2025

Funded by: Italian Board of Health (Ministero della Salute)

Link:Project Multimedia Prevention Campaign on Performance Enhancement Drugs use in Sport

Boosting Societal Adaptation and Mental Health in a Rapidly Digitalising, Post-Pandemic Europe, Horizon Grant, European Commission - BootStRaP Project

Principal investigator: Ornella Corazza

Duration: 2023-2028

Link: BootStRaP Project

Understanding the relationship between stigma and gambling-related harm, UK Research and Innovation Fund - REPHRAIN

Principal investigator: Ornella Corazza

Duration: 2023-2024

Link: REPHRAIN Project

Protective Factors against Doping in Elite Sport in the PAN-RADO Region: An Investigation of Self-Compassion and Mindfulness - WADA Social Science Grant

Principal investigator: Ornella Corazza

Duration: 2024-2025

Link: Prpject Protective Factors against Doping in Elite Sport in the PAN-RADO Region

Functional characterization of decisional components in motor responses for young and older adults (PRIN 2022 PRNN )

Principal investigator: Michele Scaltritti

Duration: dicembre 2023 - dicembre 2025

Finanziato da: Next Generation EU

Loneliness, non-cognitive skills, and academic achievement in Junior High School: Assessment and intervention based on Big Data, longitudinal, and intensive methods (PRIN 2022 PRNN)

Principal investigator: Enrico Perinelli

Duration: 30/11/2023 - 29/11/2025

Using Foreign Language to Promote Inclusivity in the Labor Market (PRIN 2022 PRNN)

Principal investigator: Luca Surian

Duration: 2024-2026

Non-response and drop-out in psychotherapy of borderline personality disorder: identification of psychological, neural and relational predictors (PRIN 2022 PRNN)

Principal investigator:  Alessandro Grecucci

Duration: 2023-2025

Neurocognitive mechanisms of emotion-based interpersonal distance regulation in healthy participants and individuals with Autism: a machine learning approach (PRIN 2022)

Principal investigator: Alessandro Grecucci

Duration: 2023-2025

Where is it? Ask to my hand! Examining the role of proprioceptive cues in perception and action (PRIN 2022)

Principal investigator: Irene Sperandio

Duration: 05/10/2023 - 04/10/2025

Learning design for flexible education - Project Fled

Principal investigator:  Anna Serbati

Duration: April 2022- April 2025

Link: Project Fled

Rethinking Inclusion and Gender Empowerment – ReIncluGen

Principal investigator: Martina Cvajner

Duration: 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2025

Link: Project ReIncluGen

In-Situ: Social Interaction and Territorial Use. The Relevance of Public Space in Building Social Cohesion

Principal investigator: Martina Cvajner

Duration: 01.12.2023 - 31.10.2025

The children of immigrants have grown up

Principal investigator: Martian Cvajner

Duration: 2023 - 2025

In-Green Sustainability and Green Transition among fragile populations

Principal investigator:  Martina Cvajner

Duration: 2022 - 2025

Concluded funded research projects

Sentirsi Forti (Feeling Strong)- Overcoming the difficulties in restarting the school

Duration: 2020 -

Principal investigator: Franco Fraccaroli

Digital platforms used for distance learning for students with Special Educational Needscon - BESt DaD

Duration: 2020 -

Principal investigator: Paola Venuti

Constructions of parenting on insecure grounds. What role for social work - CoPInG

Duration:

Principal investigator: Silvia Nicoletta Fargion

Link: Progetto CoPInG (in Italian)

Reversing Age and Resilience in the Elderly Net -  The RARE Net

Duration: 2018 -

Principal investigator: Veronica Mazza

Link: RARE-NET (in Italian)

Redefining the boundaries between cognition and action through the psychophysiological investigation of binary decisions

Principal investigator: Michele Scaltritti

Duration: Gennaio 2022 - Luglio 2023

Funded by: BIAL Foundation