In 2003, she received her PhD in Social and Personality Psychology from the University of Padua. Her research interests concern: prejudice, dehumanization and their reduction; social identity and intergroup relations. Since 2015 she is Associate Professor at the FISPPA Department, Section of Applied Psychology, of the University of Padua. She teaches Groups, Conflict and Cooperation and Social Relations in Care Contexts at the School of Psychology (University of Padua). He is member of several international scientific societies and he is member of the Ethics Committee of the Scientific Psychology Area (University of Padova).