LUIGI ALESSANDRO CASTELLI

As a rule, requests for supervision are given preference for projects that also include an empirical research component

Below are some possible topics for research theses:
- The development of prejudice in preschool age
- Adults’ theories regarding children’s social life
- Differences between conservatives and progressives in relation to basic cognitive processes
- The measurement of implicit attitudes
- The perception of relationships between different minority groups

Those who wish to propose alternative topics are advised to submit detailed requests, including any articles and/or books from which they developed their interest.

Please note that, since I am not registered with the Order of Psychologists, I am not able to act as a supervisor for professional training placements


Research lines for PhD candidates:

1- The development of intergroup attitudes among children.

The project focuses on the study of children’s intergroup attitudes from the first year of life until age 7-8. Both explicit and implicit attitude measures are employed. The goal is to assess when the first embryonic forms of discrimination emerge, how they develop and how they can be prevented.

2 - How majority group members perceive the relationships between members of different minority groups (e.g., immigrants from different countries)