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He is a full professor at the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, University of Padova. He has conducted extensive research in the field of career counseling, disability and rehabilitation. He is the Editor of the Giornale Italiano di Psicologia dell’Orientamento (Italian Journal of Vocational Psychology) and the Director of the series Percorsi di Orientamento (Vocational Guidance Pathways) (Giunti-OS, Firenze).
He is member of the Life Design International Research Group, of the Career Adaptability International Collaborative Group. He is member of the Sterring Commettee in the European project University Network for Innovation in Guidance - Lifelong Learning Programme (2009-2012/2013-2015). He is member of the Special Task Group 'Globalization' of Division 17 - American Psychological Association (from 2011- present) and the founder of the International Hope Research Team - IHRT.
He is the author of about two hundred and fifty publications, more than twenty books, and a number of important assessment instruments, among which the portfolios Optimist and Clipper, and the Magellano Project (Giunti-OS, Firenze). The latter has received the High patronage of the President of the Italian Republic. In 2008 he received an award for his "Distinguished Contribution to the International Advancement of the Counseling Profession" from the Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17 of the American Psychological Association), and in 2013 from the ESVDC for his envisioning work in career field.
Research areas
Research activities concern the fields of school-career counseling and psychology of disability and rehabilitation.
- As regards school-career counseling, research efforts are directed toward the setting up of instruments for the analysis of specific dimensions affecting school-career choice, the in-depth study of the relationship between variables such as self-efficacy, indecision, decisional strategies, perceived barriers, and the planning of interventions aiming at increasing choice abilities.
- As regards the field of psychology of disability and rehabilitation, research efforts are directed toward the study of the problems associated to the development of social abilities and the issues raised by school, work and social inclusion of individuals with disability.
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