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Dr. Valentina Piccoli is a fixed-term (Type A) researcher in Social Psychology at the Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste. She is a member of the departmental board, study program boards, and research group focused on intergroup relations and social cognition under Prof. Andrea Carnaghi.
Research Interests include intergroup relations, dehumanization, objectification of women, and bullying/cyberbullying in adolescents. Her work bridges social cognition, intergroup conflict, and applied interventions. She investigates how language cues influence social perception, the cognitive basis of prejudice, and the neural correlates of social group processing.
Publications highlight her contributions to understanding dehumanization dynamics, the impact of homophobic epithets on resource distribution, and the role of physical contact in reducing intergroup bias. Recent trends in her research emphasize cyberbullying and policy-relevant interventions.
Projects include the active regional initiative "Convenzione per l'attuazione della WP4 - Contrastare il fenomeno dell'antisemitismo" and collaborations with international networks like LAB-el (language and discrimination) and institutions in the UK, Portugal, and Germany.
