Renata Galatolo

Renata Galatolo is an Associate Professor in the Department of the Arts at the University of Bologna. Her research focuses on communication dynamics in healthcare, disability inclusion, and social interaction, with a particular emphasis on multimodal interaction, clinical communication, and collaborative learning. She explores how touch, language, and instructional frameworks facilitate navigation and decision-making for visually impaired individuals in medical and sports contexts.

Her work bridges psychology, linguistics, and sociology, analyzing dialogues in settings like prosthetic clinics, guide-dog training, and family interactions. Recent studies examine the role of repetition, prosody, and gesture in guiding visually impaired athletes, as well as strategies for reducing asymmetry in doctor-patient communication.

Galatolo’s publications span over two decades, with key contributions to understanding morality construction in family dinners, the modality-switch effect in language processing, and the role of apologies in legal discourse. She collaborates with medical teams, sports organizations, and educational institutions to advance inclusive communication practices.

Her research has been supported by grants focused on disability studies and healthcare communication, though specific funding details are not provided here. She advises no listed students but actively engages in training programs for visually impaired athletes and clinicians.

Galatolo’s office is located at Via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna, where she holds weekly appointments for consultations. She is a member of interdisciplinary research networks addressing interactional sociolinguistics and embodied cognition.