Towards a European vision of Community Psychology: Theoretical references and applications

Authors

  • Caterina Arcidiacono Federico II University, Naples
  • Terri Mannarini University of Salento
  • Maria Vargas Moniz ISPA, Lisboa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1285/i24212113v5i1p1

Author Biography

Terri Mannarini, University of Salento

Terri Mannarini is Associate Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy.

On December 2013 she obtained the Italian National Licence for Full Professor of Social Psychology.
From 2012 to 2015 se has been appointed Coordinator of both the undergraduate and postgraduate Psychology programs at the University of Salento, and in 2016 was appointed Coordinator of the Ph.D Program in Human and Social Sciences at the same university.

In 2007-08 she spent 5 months as a Visiting Researcher at the Psychology Department of University of Maryland, Baltimore Country, USA

She is Editor-in-chief of the international journal 'Community Psychology in Global Perspective' and member of the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Community Psychology.

She is co-editor, along with Sergio Salvatore, Jaan Valsiner e Giuseppe Veltri, of the series "Culture in Policy Making: The Symbolic Universes of Social Action" for Springer International Publishing.

She is currently member of the Board of the European Community Psychology Association (ECPA) and of the Board of the Italian Community Psychology Society (SIPCO).

She is also affiiated to Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA, APA Division 27) and to the Italian Psychology Association (AIP). She serves as peer reviewer in many international journals (including Applied Psychology, Applied Research in Quality of Life, British Journal of Social Psychology, Current Psychology, Environment & Behavior, Environment and Planning, Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, Journal of Applied Social Psychology; Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology).

Her research interests focus on the analysis of a variety of psychosocial processes in the social and the political domains, specifically those related to protest movements, governance, public decision-making processes, active citizenship, community engagement and community development, intercultural relations, migration and acculturation processes. Her research is based on a social and community psychology background, yet with a strong interdisciplinary approach resulting from the integration of social psychology with social and political sciences.

In the last ten years she has participated in national (PRIN 2009-2001 “The quality of deliberation) and international projects (Horizon2020). Currently she is Research Coordinator for University of Salento in the European Horizon2020 three-year project (2015-2018) Re.Cri.Re. “Between the representation of the crisis and the crisis of representation. How crisis changed the symbolic background of European societies and identities. Implication for policies and policy making”.

Up to 2017, she has published 114 works, including research articles, monographs and chapters in edited books; 25 are listed in Scopus, and 38 have been included in international journals issues or international books.

Link to publications:

https://www.unisalento.it/scheda-utente/-/people/terri.mannarini/pubblicazioni

https://iris.unisalento.it/browse?type=author&order=DESC&rpp=20&authority=rp03435#.Wxe5rlOFNEI

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2019): Community Psychology in Global Perspective - Special Issue: Emerging challenges of European Community Psychology

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