Dr. Cristiano Inguglia

PRESENT POSITION

Department of Psychological, Educational and Training Sciences Università degli Studi di Palermo

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

  • 1996, Master’s degree in Psychology, specialization “Developmental and Educational Psychology”, Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy), 110/110 cum laude. Thesis: Social support as protective factor among children at risk.
  • 1998, Professional qualification as psychologist.
  • 2002, International Certificate of Facilitator for groups in conflict, School For Peace, Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salam (Israel).
  • 2003, Doctorate, Ph.D. in Public Relations, Department of Psychology, Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy). Thesis: The management of metropolitan ethnic conflicts as a tool to foster immigrant youth integration.
  • 2003, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Psychology, Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy).
  • 2015, Online training course “Erasmus+ Funding Opportunities for Youth” organized by SALTO-YOUTH Participation Resource Centre and National Agencies of Erasmus+ Youth in Action from Belgium, France, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Poland, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

  • 2017-present, Coordinator of the Second Level Academic Professional Master Program in Expert of the migrants’ reception processes and intercultural inclusion at the Università degli Studi di Palermo.
  • 2017-present, Component of the Scientific Committee of the International Doctorate in Health Promotion and Cognitive Sciences of the Dipartimento di Scienze Psicologiche, Pedagogiche e della Formazione of the Università degli Studi di Palermo.
  • 2017, National scientific qualification by the Italian Ministry of Education, universities and research (MIUR) to function as associate professor in Italian Universities with regard to Developmental and Educational Psychology.
  • 2015-present, Component of the Departmental Committee at the Dipartimento di Scienze Psicologiche, Pedagogiche e della Formazione of the Università degli Studi di Palermo.
  • Councillor of the International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) for the period January 1990 to December 1993.
  • 2015-present, Coordinator of the Master Degree in Psychology of Life Cycle (formerly Psychology of Life Span), Università degli Studi di Palermo.
  • 2009-2018, Component of the Scientific Committee of the Doctorate in Public Relations (until 2013) and Doctorate in Behavioral and Social Sciences (2013-present), Department of Psychology, Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy).
  • 2008-present, Assistant Professor in Developmental and Educational Psychology, Department of Psychological, Educational and Training Sciences, Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy).
  • Co-editor with Prof. Olavi Pelkonen, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Oulu, Finland, of the book: “Interindividual Variability in Human Drug Metabolism”. Taylor & Francis, London, UK (2001; ISBN 0-7484-0864-9; 2001).

TEACHING EXPERIENCES

  • 2011-present, Teacher of “Design of psychological and educational interventions”, Master Degree in Psychology of Life Cycle (formerly Psychology of Life Span), Università degli Studi di Palermo.
  • 2009-present, Teacher of Methods and techniques of intervention in multicultural contexts, Master Degree in Psychology of Life Cycle (formerly Psychology of Life Span), Università degli Studi di Palermo.
  • 2009-2011, Teacher of Guidance in multicultural contexts, Postgraduate Specialisation for Experts in Guidance and Counseling, Università degli Studi di Palermo.
  • 2008, Teacher of Intercultural Communication, International Summer School “Translation and Computer Tools”, Università degli Studi di Palermo.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2017-present, Scientific responsible of the Evaluation and monitoring action of the project “DAPPERTUTTO. Territori e Comunità per inventare il futuro” promoted by the Centro per lo Sviluppo Creativo Danilo Dolci, and funded by CON I BAMBINI Impresa Sociale, “Fondo per il Contrasto della Povertà Educativa Minorile” Legge 28 dicembre 2015 n. 208, articolo 1, comma 392. The project is aimed at foste ring psychosocial wellbeing and contrasting educational poverty in children aged from 0 to 6 years old in the city of Palermo.
  • 2017, Trainer in the project “Tunisia and Italy: Politics and Religious Integration in the Mediterranean” promoted by CESIE in collaboration with the World Learning. The Cristiano Inguglia, Ph.D., School for International Training di Brattleboro (USA). Topic: “Training practitioners in migrant’s reception and intercultural inclusion.
  • School for International Training di Brattleboro (USA). Topic: “Training practitioners in migrant’s reception and intercultural inclusion.
  • 2016-present, Scientific responsible for the Dipartimento di Scienze Psicologiche, Pedagogiche e della Formazione of the Università degli Studi di Palermo of Action 3 of the project “PRO.V.A.C.I. – Profili di volontari in apprendimento di competenze per l’inclusione”, promoted by Per Esempio onlus of Palermo and funded by Fondazione con il Sud (Bando Con il Sud che partecipa 2015). The activities are aimed at promoting soft skills in the volunteers working in the field of migrants’ social inclusion and prevention of educational poverty.
  • 2016-present, Responsible of the inter-institutional team of the project “Skills for Life: una ricerca-intervento per la promozione e la certificazione delle competenze dei giovani nel circuito penale minorile” promoted by the Dipartimento di Scienze Psicologiche, Pedagogiche e della Formazione of the Università degli Studi di Palermo and the Ufficio Servizi Sociali Minori (USSM) of Palermo. The project is aimed at enhancing the competences of USSM’s workers in performing interventions of promotion of Life Skills according to Positive Youth Development (PYD) approach.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • The investigation of psychosocial adjustment during childhood and adolescence with particular regard to the analysis of risk and protective factors (e.g., social support, self-esteem).
  • The study of the relationships between autonomy, relatedness, parenting dimensions (e.g., controlling parenting, autonomy granting parenting), and well-being in emerging adulthood.
  • The study of the relationships between ethnic and national belonging (e.g., ethnic identity, national identity, European identity, acculturation strategies, etc.), well-being and intercultural relations during the development.
  • The analysis of techniques for ethnic conflicts management, citizenship education, and intercultural education during the development.