Roberta Fida

Professor Roberta Fida is the Head of the Leadership and Management Department at Aston Business School, part of Aston University in the UK. She holds a Professorship in Organisational Behaviour and Organisational Psychology, with prior roles including Professor of Work Psychology at the University of East Anglia and Chair of the Ethics Committee there. A Chartered Occupational Psychologist with the British Psychological Society, her research focuses on unethical workplace behaviors, moral disengagement, and workplace stress, particularly in healthcare contexts. She specializes in advanced data analytics like structural equation modeling and has led major grants including EDI initiatives and studies on workplace aggression policy mapping. Her work bridges academic research with practical applications to foster ethical and inclusive organizational cultures.

Education:

• Laurea (5-year degree in Work and Organizational Psychology) from Sapienza University of Rome (2002)
• MA in Organizational Training (2004–2005)
• PhD in Psychology from Sapienza University (2006)
• Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Practice (UEA, 2017)
• Italian National Qualifications as Full Professor (2017) and Associate Professor (2013)

Research Interests: Her core areas include moral disengagement, counterproductive workplace behaviors, stress resilience, healthcare leadership, and EDI. She has published over 60 articles and is listed in Stanford's Top 2% Scientists globally.

Awards & Grants:

• NIHR Work & Health Development Award (2023–2024) for EDI Smart-Dash (£95,855)
• INAIL grants totaling over €1.1 million for psychosocial risk studies and work-related stress analyses
• ESRC funding for workplace wellbeing research (£659,540)
• Research Council of Canada grant for nurse leadership studies ($202,852)

Teaching & Supervision: She has taught across undergraduate to postgraduate levels, including modules on organizational psychology, multivariate analysis, and conflict management. She supervises PhD students and has led course design for programs focusing on organizational wellbeing and research methods.