Education
1996, master’s degree in education, Socialization and Developmental Psychology, University of Rome, Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
1996 – 1997, Professional Training in Social and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Rome, Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
1997, Professional Qualification, University of Rome, Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
1998 – 1999, Graduate Specialization Program on Cognitive Psychology and Neural Network, Faculty of Psychology, University of Rome, Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
1999 – 2000, Graduate Specialization Program on Psycho-pedagogy, Faculty of Psychology, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
2000 – 2003, Ph.D., Cognitive Developmental Psychology and Psychopathology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of LUMSA, Rome, Italy.
Academic Career and Current Position
2006 – 2011, Assistant Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Bicocca University, Milan.
2011 – 2019, Associate Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Rome Lumsa.
2019 – present, Full Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Rome Lumsa.
Recent Responsibility Roles
2012 – 2019, Director of the National Observatory of Teachers Well-Being (https://www.lumsa.it/osservatorio-nazionale-salute-benessere-insegnanti).
2012 – present, Member of the International Network of Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ, https://www.copsoq-network.org/) .2017, Member of the Technical Commission for developing Guideline for the School’s Well-being, nominated by the Italian Ministry of Instruction.
2014 – 2018, Coordinator of the bachelor’s degree in psychology, University of Rome Lumsa.
2019 – present, Rector’s Delegate on Students’ Orienting and Tutoring, University of Rome Lumsa.
Current position as Associate Editor and Special Issues’ Guest Editor:
Frontiers in Psychology, Educational Psychology (Associate Editor).
Frontiers in Psychology, Organizational Psychology (Guest Associate Editor).
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Guest Editor).
Journal of Clinical & Developmental Psychology (Editorial Board).
Psicologia dell’educazione (Scientific Committee).
Main research interests
Students and Teachers' Well-Being.
Teachers' Burnout and Professional Competences.
Children's Socio-Emotional Development.
Bibliometric parameters of publications
More than 100 papers, 63 indexed on Scopus. (I.F =26; numbers of cit. =1,800) (ORCID: 0000-0001-7284-7313).
Achievement of awards
2021 Best Article Award assigned by the Italian Association of Psychology for the paper: Romano, L., Tang, X., Hietajärvi, L., Salmela-Aro, K., & Fiorilli, C. (2020). Students’ trait emotional intelligence and perceived teacher emotional support in preventing burnout: the moderating role of academic anxiety. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(13), 4771.
Recent funded projects (as PI and co-investigator)
2025-2028 Teachers Haven Academy for Promoting Professional Versatility, Inner Equilibrium, and Networking - Teachers’ HAVEN; ERASMUS-EDU-2024-PEX-TEACH-ACA
2022 - 2025 Research Project of National Interest: “Promoting Teachers’ Health through an Interactive Web Portal” – CUP N. D53D2301265 0008 (as Principal Investigator).
2018 – 2019, Project: “Hope-Costruisci il tuo futuro: sviluppo personale e professionale per MSNA”. Funding by Intesa San Paolo Bank.
2019 – 2023, Project “Welfare and Well-Being”. Scholarship funding by the National Institute of Welfare (INPS, Istituto Nazionale di Previdenza Sociale).
Past funded projects (as Unit’s Member).
2008 – 2010, National Project 'PRIN,' funded by Italian Ministry of University and Research on 'Digital Learners and Virtual Community,' Department of Human Sciences, University of Milan Bicocca, Italy.
2005 – 2007, National Project 'PRIN,' funded by Italian Ministry of University and Research on 'Social and Psycho-pedagogy Models for Virtual Community Support,' Department of Human Sciences, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy.
2000 – 2002, National Project 'COFIN,' funded by Italian Ministry of University and Research on 'Teacher's Management of Pupils Errors', University of LUMSA, Rome, Italy.