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Status Accademico

19 marzo 1996 - inizio della carriera accademica come ricercatore presso l'Università di Padova (Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale e successivamente Dipartimento dei processi di sviluppo e di socializzazione). Data di conferma 19 marzo 1999.

1 novembre 1999 - trasferimento alla Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione di Firenze,

31 dicembre 2002 - docente di II fascia presso la Facoltà di Psicologia dell'Università di Firenze - raggruppamento scientifico disciplinare M-PSI/04 (Psicologia dello sviluppo e dell'educazione).

23 dicembre 2011 - professore straordinario di Psicologia dello sviluppo e dell'educazione raggruppamento scientifico disciplinare M-PSI/04.

23 dicembre 2014 - professore ordinario di Psicologia dello sviluppo e dell'educazione - raggruppamento scientifico disciplinare M-PSI/04

Dal 1 marzo 2016 al 31 ottobre 2017  ha svolto il ruolo di  Presidente della Scuola di Psicologia –Università di Firenze.

Dal 1 novembre 2017 è direttrice del Dipartimento di Scienze della Formazione e Psicologia  - Università degli studi di Firenze.

Dal 1 settembre 2017 è presidente dell'European Association of Developmental Psychology.

Titoli di istruzione

Laurea: laurea in Pedagogia presso la Facoltà di Magistero - Università degli Studi di Firenze conseguita in data 26 giugno 1984 con la votazione 110 e lode /110
Formazione post-laurea: titolo di dottore di ricerca in Psicologia: Processi di Sviluppo e Socializzazione - Università degli studi di Firenze (VI ciclo), conseguito in data 22 giugno 1994.

Titoli di formazione e qualificazione professionale nel campo della ricerca

Nei primi anni della sua formazione scientifica ha partecipato ai seguenti corsi e seminari internazionali di studio:
- Corso di Psicologia dello sviluppo presso l'Università di Berkeley - California, giugno - agosto 1987;
- Seminario organizzato dai paesi membri della NATO sul tema: "Social Competence in Developmental Perspective", tenutosi a Les Arcs - Fran¬cia dal 13 al 17 luglio 1988;
- Scuola estiva organizzata dall'European Science Foundation su "Developmental Psychopathology" tenutasi a Champfer - Svizzera dal 10 al 23 agosto 1990.
- "2-days European Workshop on Bullying among school-children" tenuto dal prof. Dan Olweus dell'Università di Bergen in Norvegia e finanziato dalla Johann Jacobs Foundation (16-18 settembre 1994).

Nel 1991 ha vinto una borsa di studio indetta dall'European Science Foundation - network "Studi longitudinali" - per trascorrere un periodo di ricerca presso un'università europea. Tali fondi sono stati utilizzati per la realizzazione di un progetto di ricerca sulla relazione tra aggressività e comportamenti di lotta per gioco in età evolutiva; progetto condotto in collaborazione con il Professor P. K. Smith del Dipartimento di Psicologia dell'Università di Sheffield (GB).

Nel 2000 è stata visiting researcher presso l'Università del Surrey - Rohaemptom Institute (per circa due mesi).

Nel 2015-2016 è stata visiting professor presso l’Università degli studi di Sevilla (Spain) periodo ottobre-dicembre 2015; presso la University of Arizona (Tucson) (aprile- maggio 2016) e presso la UBC Toronto (maggio-giugno 2016).

Responsabilità scientifiche internazionali

Da giugno 2013 fa parte del Comitato di redazione del Giornale italiano di psicologia", Società editrice il Mulino.
Nel giugno 2011 è stata eletta membro del Council dell’European Association of Developmental Psychology.

Dal settembre 2017 è presidente dell’European Association of Developmental Psychology (https://www.eadp.info/ )

Gli interessi di ricerca attuali riguardano i fattori di rischio e di protezione nel ciclo di vita con particolare attenzione all’infanzia e adolescenza.

I filoni di ricerca sono:
1. Fattori di rischio psico-sociale nel contesto scolastico con particolare attenzione al problema del bullismo e della vittimizzazione.
2. Bullismo e nuove tecnologie
3. Modelli di intervento evidence based per la prevenzione del bullismo e del cyberbullismo nel contesto scolastico.
4. Adozione dell’approccio evidence-based per la valutazione dei cambiamenti psicologici a seguito di sperimentazioni e percorsi di intervento.
5. Relazioni sentimentali, violenza nelle prime relazioni sentimentali e comportamenti a rischio in adolescenza
6. Lo sviluppo delle emozioni, dei valori e della sensibilità morale.
7. Comportamenti sociali a rischio e qualità del contesto familiare

Period : 1983 –  1996
Primary school teacher  - Ministry of Education

From 1996 - October 31 1999

Researcher at the Faculty of Psychology - Departments of Psychology - University of Padua

From 1999- to December 30 2002
Senior Researcher at the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Psychology
Main activities and responsibilities Research, lectures in developmental psychology, responsible of Erasmus projects for the degree of Primary education Science.

Dates January, 1 2003 – December 22, 2011
Associate professor – Faculty of Psychology
Main activities and responsibilities Research, lectures, responsible of Erasmus project for the degree of Developmental Psychology, coordinator of the Degree in Developmental and Educational Psychology for 3 years (2004-2007).

Dates December 23, 2011 –onwards
Full professor of Developmental Psychology – Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology
Main activities and responsibilities Research, University teaching. Coordinator of the master degree of Psychology recently transformed in Psychology of life cycle and contexts, vice-director of the Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology.
Responsible for the evaluation of research and lecturing in the department.

From march 1st 2016 - to october 31th 2017  - President of the School of Psychology

From november 1st 2017  onwards - Head of the Department of Educational Sciences and Pscyhology - University of Florence.

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Curriculum Vitae
ERSILIA MENESINI
Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology - Unit of Psychology - Via S. Salvi, 12 50135 FIRENZE
Telephone(s) 39 055 2755019
Fax(es) 39 055-6236047
E-mail ersilia.menesini@unifi.it

Nationality Italian
Date of birth 12.07.1958

Occupational field:  University Full Professor

Work experience
Dates September, 1st 1983 – to March, 18th 1996
Primary school teacher  - Ministry of Education

Dates March, 19 1996 - October 31 1999

Researcher at the Faculty of Psychology - Departments of Psychology - University of Padua

Dates Novembre 1 1999- December 30 2002
Senior Researcher at the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Psychology
Main activities and responsibilities Research, lectures in developmental psychology, responsible of Erasmus projects for the degree of Primary education Science.

Dates January, 1 2003 – December 22, 2011
Associate professor – Faculty of Psychology
Main activities and responsibilities Research, lectures, responsible of Erasmus project for the degree of Developmental Psychology, coordinator of the Degree in Developmental and Educational Psychology for 3 years (2004-2007).

Dates December 23, 2011 –onwards
Full professor of Developmental Psychology – Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology
Main activities and responsibilities Research, University teaching. Coordinator of the master degree of Psychology recently transformed in Psychology of life cycle and contexts, vice-director of the Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology.
Responsible for the evaluation of research and lecturing in the department.

Education and training
Dates 1991- 1994
Ph.D Course in “Psychology” – University of Florence – 6th Cicle
Title of dissertation: Social competence and self evaluation in school age children
Name and type of organisation providing education and training University of Florence – P.zza San Marco, 4 50121 – Firenze
Level in national or international classification Ph.D.

Dates 1977-1984 -M.A. studies
M.A. in Educational Sciences with major in Psychology with the score of 110 /110 cum laude.
Principal subjects/occupational skills covered Pedagogy and Developmental Psychology
Title of dissertation: Spatial behaviours in preschool children: the meaning of contact
and distance among peers

Special international training in research activity:

- Course of Developmental Psychology and English as second language at UC Berkeley, June-August 1987;
- Workshop of NATO countries on "Social Competence in Developmental Perspective", Les Arcs - Fran¬ce July 13 -17 1988;
- Summer school of the European Science Foundation on "Developmental Psychopathology" Champfer – Swisse – August 10-23, 1990.
- "2-days European Workshop on Bullying among school-children" Bergen September, 16-18, may 1994, funded by Johann Jacobs Foundation.
- Scholarship by the European Science Foundation - network on "Longitudinal studies " – to spend a period of study and research in a European university. This scholarship was used at the University of Sheffield (GB) for a collaborative project with Professor P. K. Smith.
In 1999 she was visiting researcher at the University of Surrey – Rohaemptom Institute for two months within the European TMR exchanges.
- She had a contract of “Developmental Psychology” at New York University of Florence – a.y. 2008-2009
- She was part of the Steering Committee and a faculty member of the Cost training school in Australia organized within the COST Action IS0801 – 11-16 April 2010.
- In 2015 – she attended the training for KiVa official trainer at the University of Turku - Finland
She is spending frequent period abroad as visiting professor .

Languages:

Mother tongue(s) Italian
Other language(s) English and Spanish
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Organisational skills and competences

Several responsibility roles at the University of Florence (Erasmus coordinator, innovation in education) and coordinator of course degrees on “Developmental and Educational psychology” from 2004 to 2007 and of Psychology from 2012- onwards.

In March  2016 elected President of the SChool of Psychology

In September 2017 undertook the role of President of the European Asociation of Developmental Psychology.

International teaching
Teaching responsibility abroad
In the years 1999-2003, she was appointed as co-supervisor for the Student Stefania Ferrazzuolo by the Roehampton Institute – University of Surrey, (UK) for the master/Ph.d. courses.
In 2003 she was appointed member of the Defence Committee from Vrije Universiteit di Amsterdam (NL) to evaluate the PH. D. dissertation of Marina Camodeca.
In the years 2006-2008 she was appointed the role of external supervisor from Cordoba University (directora externa) - for Virginia Sanchez Jemenez who got her Ph.D. title on April 8th 2009.
From 2008 until now she has been member of the teaching committee of the European master in “Psychology intervention and investigation in Justice, Health and Social Welfare, promoted by the University of Cordoba – Spain.
She was appointed member of the Ph. D. committees of the University of Cordoba for dissertation discussion of Beatriz Munoz Maya (14.12.2010) , Carmen Viejo Almanzor (July 4th 2012) , Olga Gomez Ortiz (December 4th, 2015).
She was appointed member of the Doctoral Examination Board for the discussion of the Ph. D. dissertation of Matteo Giletta at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (NL) (October 2nd 2012).
From January 2015 she is member of the Teaching commitee of ““Programa de Doctorado en Psicologìa de la Universidad de Sevilla (España)”.
She was appointed external member of the evaluation committee of Antewerp University (Belgium) for the discussion of Sara Pabian Dissertation (May 8th 2015).

Editorial and international activity:
From March 2008 to 2012 she has been member of the Editorial Board of the “European Journal of Developmental Psychology”.
In June 2011 until now she was elected Council member of the European Association of Developmental Psychology.
In May 2012 she was appointed as associate editor of the European Journal of Developmental Psychology.
From June 2013 she is member of the editorial board of “ Giornale italiano di psicologia", Società editrice il Mulino.
From Semptember 2015 she is President elected of the European Association of Developmental Psychology.

Technical skills and competences in research project :
She has been involved in several European projects and specifically:
1. task-coordinator in the working group: Bullying and moral emotions In the European project: (TMR 1997-2001- IV Framework DG XII – Title of the project “The causes and nature of bullying and social exclusion in schools, and ways of preventing them” European coordinator Prof. P. K. Smith (Goldsmith College, University of London) (grant: : 119.250 ecu);
2. responsible for the Unit of Padua of the Project “Pupil power”. This project aimed to develop intervention against bulying at the European level, consisted of 6 countries and received financial support in the years 1998/99 within the “Violence in Schools Initiative” UE, DG XXII.
3. responsible of the Italian unit for the European project “Connect “Tackling Violence in schools on a European –wide basis – period 2000- March 2002 - (European coordinator Prof. P. K. Smith ) (grant: 7.500 euro)
4. From 2002 to 2005, responsible of a research project on “Violence and risk factors in adolescence” funded by the Local Community of Lucca (grant: 19.832 (2002-2003) - 23.000 (2003-2004) - 18.681 (2004-2005)).
5. responsible of the research contract between the Department of Psychology and the local government of Leghorn for a study on the : “The development of social competence in middle school students (grant: 5000 euro).
6. Responsible of the project “Sexual Harassment and violence in peer relations: action and evaluation (MURST "Italian-Spanish Bilateral actions “ (2006-2008) (grant: 9.770 euro).
7. scientific responsible of the Project “The transition to adulthood in a cohort of young people from Tuscany: adaptive and maladaptive trajectories” funded by Monte dei Paschi di Siena Fundation –November 2006 (grant: 20.000 euro).
8. Scientific responsible of the research contract between the department of Psychology and the city of Lucca to carry on a study on: “Cyberbullying and other types of bullying : effective actions of interventions” period 2007-2009 (grant: 22.000 euro).
9. scientific responsible for the psychological aspects of the study: “Whether and childrens’ wellbeing” - Agreement between Florence city, day.care centers, department of psychology and Bioclimatology Center (march, 2008).
10. scientific responsible for Florence Unit of the PRIN 2007 project with the title: Aggressive behavior and peer relations: school and personal adaptation: continuity and discontinuity – national coordinator Elena Cattelino - Università della Valle d’Aosta - title of the national project: “Peer relations from infancy to adolescence. Adaptive and maladaptive factors” (grant: 22.744 euro).
11. scientific responsible of the research contract between the Department of psychology and Leghorn city to carry on a study on: “Developing with difficulties: from knowledge to intervention” November 2008 (grant: 15.000 euro).
12. Member of the Management Committee of the European Project COST “Action IS0801 - Cyberbullying coping with negative and enhancing positive uses of new technologies in relationships in educational settings” and coordinator of the Working group n.1 “Definition, measurement of cyber-bullying” (2008-2012).
13. Scientific responsible of the contract between the Department of Psychology and Lucca’s Province to carry on a study : The prevention of cyberbullying: real and virtual networks .” (December, 2009) (grant: 10.000 euro).
14. Scientific responsible of the agreement between the Department of Psychology and Tuscany Region on the area “Need analysis and efficacy evalution social services towards old people in Tuscany” (grant: 20.000 euro).
15. Scientific responsible of the contract between the Psychology department and CEIS – to carry out a research on “The drugs don’t work. Percorsi di prevenzione nei preadolescenti” (2009-2010) (entità del contributo: 8000 euro).
16. Scientific coordinator of the project QUA.FA.S.I. (Quartiere, famiglie e scuola insieme) (neighborhoods , family and school together) granted by the Tuscnay Region D.D. 5206 della Regione Toscana. Length of the project 2011-2013. (entità del finanziamento 240000 euro).
17. Responsible of the contract between University of Florence and Comune di Scandicci for a project ” Lab for integrated actions to prevent uneasiness and promote leaving together at school”. (entità dei contributi: 12000 euro; 14000, 15000 e 12000 per gli a.a. 2011-2012; 2012-2013; 2013-2014 e 2014-2015).
18. Responsible for the research unit of Florence University of the project “CyberMentors Europe” granted by Daphne 2012-2014 (European coordinator: Beatbullying Limited) (38000 euros).
19. Responsible for the University of Florence of the project: “VALIDAZIONE DEL MODELLO KIVA NELLE SCUOLE TOSCANE”, (adaptation of KiVa intervention in Tuscany schools) carried out in collaboration with the Ministry of Education– Regional Office of Tuscany (entità del finanziamento 30000 euro) and the involvement of schools from Lucca, Siena and Firenze (2013-2014 e 2014-2015).
20. Responsible of the contract between University of Florence and the Caltanissetta Schools Network to carry out the project on “experimental trial fo KiVa in Caltanissetta schools” (grant: 8000 euro) (a.s. 2014-2015).
21. Responsible of the project “PREVENZIONE DEL BULLISMO E DEL CYBERBULLISMO E PROMOZIONE DEL SENSO CIVICO NEI GIOVANI” (prevention of bullying and cyberbullying and civic engagement promotion in youngs) granted by the Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca Foundation (grant: 15000 euro for 2 years).
22. Partner of SIC ITALY II, (Safer Internet Centre) – Generazioni Connesse- Led by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Reasearch (MIUR Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca) co-founded European Commission – Program “The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) - Safer Internet”

23. Responsible of the project “Prevenzione del bullismo e del cyberbullismo: adattamento e sperimentazione del modello “Noncadiamointrappola!” granted by Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze ( a.s. 2015-2016).

24. Responsible of Florence University unit “B.I.C. “Bullying in Istitutional Care” granted by Daphne 2015 (coordinato: AiBi Associazione italiana amici dei bambini) (grant: 26000).

25. Partner of SIC ITALY III  (Safer Internet Centre) – Generazioni Connesse- Led by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Reasearch (MIUR Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca) co-founded European Commission – Program “The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) - Safer Internet”

Main areas of research:
1. psycho-social risk factors in the school context: peer rejection, isolation, bullying and cyber bullying;
2. bullying, cyberbullying  and new technologies
3.designing and evaluation of school interventions against bullying

4. romantic relationships, couple aggression and risk behaviours in adolescence;
5. the development of moral emotions and moral sensibility;
6. risk behaviours and family context;

7. temperament, emotion regulation and social behavior in childhood and adolescence