MARIA LAURA BETTINSOLI

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5860-2675

CURRENT POSITION

•       01/09/2022 –present: Researcher Tenure Track (RTT)
Interdepartmental, Department of Developmental and Socialization Psychology (DPSS) and Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies (SPGI), University of Padua
•       01/02/2022 –present: Affiliated as Visiting Scholar at NYU-Abu Dhabi
(official letter available)

NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC QUALIFICATION

25/05/2022 - 25/05/2033: Qualification as Associate Professor (ID
3412) for sector 11/E3, Social Psychology, Work and Organisations

EDUCATION

2016 - PhD, in Psychological Sciences, University of Padua [16/03/2016] with
honours
2011 - Master's Degree in Social Psychology, Work and Organisations, University of Padua [110 cum laude/110]
2009 - Bachelor's Degree in Social Psychological Sciences, Work, and Organisations, University of Padua [109/110]

PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2022-2025, Fixed-term Researcher (type A) interdepartmental
at DPSS and SPGI, University of Padua
2021-2022, ULAM Fellowship, Senior Researcher at SWSP, Warsaw (Poland)
2018-2021, Post-doctoral Associate, New York University, Abu Dhabi (UAE)
2016–2018, Post-doc, Social Psychology, University of Padua

RESEARCH INTERESTS

•       Psychology of gender and sexual orientation
stereotypes; categorisation; prejudice; objectification; dehumanisation
•       Intergroup Perception
dehumanisation; objectification; agency&communion
•       Cross-cultural Psychology
Cultural and linguistic differences; social cognition; embodiment
•       System Justification studies
Ideological palliative functions; denial of discrimination towards women; LGBT and
social minorities
•       Language & Social Cognition
Spatial biases; categorisation; memory; causal attribution; social
influence; stereotypes.

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LABORATORIES

•       2013 –present
Specolab (University of Padova) https://specolab.psy.unipd.it/
•       2018 –present
Jaime Napier Lab (NYU-Abu Dhabi)
https://www.researchgate.net/lab/Jaime-Napier-Lab
•       2018 –present
Psychological Research in the Arab Middle East group
•       2023 –present The Grammar of Social Relations lab,
https://gsr-lab.com/

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS

Jaime Napier, NYU Abu Dhabi; Alexandra Suppes, NYU Abu Dhabi; Anne Maass, NYU
Abu Dhabi; Caterina Suitner, University of Padua; Yoshihisa Kashima,
University of Melbourne, Australia; Minoru Karasawa, Nagoya University;
Andrea Carnaghi, University of Trieste; Lorenzo Moretti, Medical Sciences,
University of Bari; Magdalena Formanowicz, SWPS–University of Warsaw;
Daniela Di Riso, University of Padua

SCIENTIFIC AND TEACHING TRAINING

Workshops

• September, 2024. International Workshop “Teaching 4 Learning”.
University of Padua

• June, 2019. International Workshop “Building an LGBT European Social
Psychology”. Organised by EASP, at ISCTE-Lisbon University Institute,
Portugal

• February, 2019. International Workshop “Beyond p<.05: Modern
Statistical Approaches in Psychological Science”. DPSS, University of
Padua

Research Placements

• January 2011- March 2011. Research in Social and Cognitive Psychology.
Supervisor: Anne Maass, University of Padua.

• May 2012-May 2013. Research in Social and Cognitive Psychology.
Supervisor: Anne Maass, University of Padua.

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING EXPERIENCES

•       December 2019- January 2020
Department of Psychology, University of Trieste (Prof. Andrea Carnaghi)
•       November 2017
Department of Psychology, The New School, New York, USA
•       October 2017
Department of Psychology, NYU – Abu Dhabi (Prof. Jaime Napier)
•       September 2015- December 2015
Department of Psychology, UCSD, San Diego, USA (Prof. Lera Boroditsky)
•       September 2013- June 2014
•       Department of Psychology, Melbourne School of Psychology, Australia
(Prof. Yoshihisa Kashima)

TEACHING AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY SKILLS

•       Experimental software
Eye-tracking Methodology; E-prime; Inquisit; Mouse Tracker; Qualtrics.
•       Statistical software and analysis
SPSS; R; JMP15; JASP; JAMOVI – Bayesian Statistics, Mixed Models, Linear
Models, Structural Equation Models, Multi-Level (Mixed) Models,
Meta-analyses.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Courses

Academic year 2025/2026
•       Applied Social Psychology
(2 CFU—SPGI, University of Padua)
•       Social Marginality and Discrimination
(6 CFU—SPGI, University of Padua)
IT skills
(4 CFU, DPSS courses L4 and L5, University of Padua)

Academic year 2024/2025
•       Applied Social Psychology
(45 hours—SPGI, University of Padua)
•       Social Marginality and Discrimination
(45 hours—SPGI, University of Padua)

Academic year 2023/2024

•       Applied Social Psychology
(45 hours—SPGI, University of Padua); student evaluations: >8.5/10
•       Intergroup, intragroup and system relations
(45 hours—SPGI, University of Padua); student evaluation: >9/10

Academic year 2022/2023

•       Applied Social Psychology
(45 hours—SPGI, University of Padua); student evaluations: >8.6/10
•       Intergroup, intragroup and system relations
(45 hours—SPGI, University of Padua); student evaluations: >8.9/10

Academic year 2021/2022

•       Social Cognition (Elective Course: Psychology in English)
(30 hours— SWPS, Warsaw); student evaluations: >4.5/5

Laboratories and teaching support (subject tutor)

•       2013-2016: Research laboratory activities and teaching support
in the course Persuasion and Social Influence (Prof. Suitner)
•       2013-2016: Research laboratory activities and teaching support
in the course Social Psychology (Prof. Maass)

Supplementary teaching activities

•       October 2019 : supplementary teaching in the course “Advanced Statistics”.
(8 hours-- Prof. Jaime Napier, New York University Abu Dhabi).

Supervision of bachelor's and master's dissertations

•       2022- Present. Supervision of 13 bachelor's dissertations and 18 master's dissertations
(University of Padua; DPSS and SPGI)
•       2013-2021. Co-supervision of bachelor's and master's dissertations (University of
Padua), capstones (NYU-Abu Dhabi), and trainees (University of Padua)

Recognition as subject tutor
•       2014-2017
-       Social Psychology (Prof. Anne Maass)
-       Persuasion and Social Influence (Prof. Caterina Suitner)

INSTITUTIONAL ROLES

•       2024-Present. Member of the Scientific Committee (as researchers’ representative)
of the DPSS, University of Padua

•       2024-Present. Member of “De-Genere”, thematic and research
group of the University of Padua focused on gender discrimination,
violence, and sexual harassment

•       2023-Present. DPSS representative on the University Equal Opportunities Committee of the
University of Padua

•       2024-Present. Full member of the examining board for the State exams
qualifying for the profession of PSYCHOLOGIST (SECOND
COMMITTEE) A.Y. 2023/2024 (1st session 2024), School of Psychology,
University of Padua

•       2022- Present. Full member of bachelor's degree examination boards
(preparatory and graduation boards), School of Psychology and
SPGI Department, University of Padua

•       2022- Present. Full member of master's degree examination boards,
School of Psychology, University of Padua

•       2016-2018. Representative of DPSS post-docs, University of Padua

•       2015-2016. Representative of PhD students of the PhD School in
Psychological Sciences, University of Padua

COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT ROLES IN NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH GROUPS

•       2020- 2024. Administrator of the ListServ  “LGBTQI+ Studies”
(sponsored by EASP-European Association of Social Psychology) –
https://lists.easp.eu/mailman/listinfo/lgbtqi

•       2013-2017. Lab Manager of SPeCoLa Lab (Social Perception, Conduct and
Language).

ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC EVENTS

•       2025. Member of the Scientific Committee to evaluate proposals for
oral contributions and symposia for the EASP General Meeting held in Luxembourg
in 2026.

•       2022. Member of the Scientific Committee to evaluate proposals for
oral contributions and symposia for the EASP General Meeting held in Krakow
in 2023.

•       2020/2021. Organiser of the conference “LGBTQI+ Studies”
(funded by EASP- European Association Social Psychology)
–Conference held online in June 2021.

•       2020/2021. Member of the scientific committee to evaluate proposals
for oral contributions to the conference “LGBTQI+ Studies”

AWARDS and GRANTS

Awards
•       2025. Merit award for fixed-term researchers for
significant results achieved in teaching activity 2024/2025).
University of Padua.

•       2024. Merit award for fixed-term researchers for
significant results achieved in teaching activity 2023/2024).
University of Padua.

•       2021. Award for research work on gender identity
and sexual orientation aimed at combating discrimination -
2021 edition awarded by the CUG (Single Guarantee Committee) for the
scientific contribution Bettinsoli, M.L., Napier, J., Carnaghi, A. The “gay
agenda:” How the myth of gay affluence impedes progress toward equality.
European Journal of Social Psychology.

•       2021/22 & 2022/23. Most Cited Papers  (Wiley certificate available):
Bettinsoli, M.L., Napier, J., Carnaghi, A. The “gay agenda:” How the myth
of gay affluence impedes progress toward equality. European Journal of Social
Psychology

•       2020/21. Most Cited Papers  (Wiley certificate available): Napier, J.
L., Suppes, A., & Bettinsoli, M. L. (2020). Denial of gender discrimination
is associated with better subjective well‐being among women: A system
justification account. European Journal of Social Psychology

•       2020/21. Most Cited Papers  (Wiley certificate available): Bettinsoli,
M. L., Di Riso, D., Napier, J. L., Moretti, L., Bettinsoli, P., Delmedico,
M., & Moretti, B. (2020). Mental Health Conditions of Italian Healthcare
Professionals during the COVID‐19 Disease Outbreak. Applied Psychology:
Health and Well-Being

•       2019. Award for “best scientific article” conferred by
AIP—social section Paper: Salvador Casara, B. G., Suitner, C., &
Bettinsoli, M. L. (2019). Viral suspicions: Vaccine hesitancy in the Web 2.0.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied.

•       2016.  Award “Best PhD thesis 2016” conferred by AIP

Grants
•       2021. Senior research fellowship ULAM fellow (non-tenure track) at
SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw (Poland),
obtained from NAWA, Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange.  Two-year
project September 2021-2023

•       2021. Research collaboration grant (Research collaboration
non-travel award) obtained from New York University Abu Dhabi for a
scientific collaboration with Magdalena Formanowicz on a
cross-cultural project (Arabic/English) relating to spatial asymmetries and
dehumanisation.

•       2019. Scholarship obtained from the University of Padova to
participate in the international workshop “Beyond p<.05: Modern Statistical
Approaches in Psychological Science” Winter School.

•       2017.  “Travel support scheme” obtained from EASP (European Association
of Social Psychology) to participate in the EASP General Meeting of 2017.

•       2017. “Travel Grant” obtained from APS (Association for Psychological
Science) to participate in the International Convention of Psychological
Sciences, ICPS 2017.

•       2016. “Internationalisation scholarship” obtained from AIP (Italian
Association of Psychology) to participate in the ESCON 2016 conference.

MEDIA COVERAGE

1.      Il MONDO, Italian illustrated magazine of politics, economics, culture,
society  –
“TikTok challenge, nulla di nuovo. Anzi, sì”. 12 November, 2024.
https://ilmondo-rivista.it/tiktok-challenge-nulla-di-nuovo-anzi-si/

2.      Character & Context Blog- Society for Personality and Social Psychology
(SPSP) –
“Understanding The Link Between Beliefs About Gender And Attitudes Toward
Homosexuality”, 16 November, 2020.
https://spsp.org/news-center/character-context-blog/understanding-link-between-beliefs-about-gender-and-attitudes

3.      Society for Personality and Social Psychology press–
“Not Just the West Gender Norms Affect Attitudes Towards Gay Men and
Lesbian Women Globally”, 23 December, 2019
https://spsp.org/news-center/press-release/not-just-west-gender-norms-affect-attitudes-towards-gay-men-and-lesbian

4.      PHYS ORG–
“Gender norms affect attitudes towards gay men and lesbian women
globally”, 26 December,  2019
https://phys.org/news/2019-12-gender-norms-affect-attitudes-gay.html

5.      Psychology Today–
"Homo-Negativity" Is a Worldwide Phenomenon”, 13 January 2020.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/social-instincts/202001/homo-negativity-is-a-worldwide-phenomenon

6.      LGBTQ NATION¬–“American women are more prejudiced than men against
lesbians”, January 15th 2020.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/01/american-women-prejudiced-men-lesbians/

7.      Business Standard, largest English-language newspaper in India–
“Study Finds link between gender norms and people’s perception towards
Homosexuals”, 28th December 2019
https://www.aninews.in/news/health/study-finds-link-between-gender-norms-and-peoples-perception-towards-homosexuals20191228171107/

8.      The Free Press Journal, Indian English-language daily newspaper–
“A ‘happy’ land for homosexuals”, 26 Dec 2019.

9.      Business Insider, Indian edition–
“India’s Outlook towards the third gender is changing” , 26 December
2019.

10.     Outlook, weekly general interest magazine–
“Indians more friendly towards gays”, 26 December, 2019.
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/lifestyle/indians-more-friendly-towards-gays-lesbians-17765/

11.     Corriere della Sera- Brescia edition–
“Vaccini e Web: così il web malato alimenta la sfiducia”. 13th March
2019.
https://brescia.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/19_marzo_13/vaccini-internet-cosi-web-malato-alimenta-sfiducia-08b501c4-45ab-11e9-84eb-0118ce37142a.shtml

12.     Giornale di Brescia–
“Se la rete diffonde la sfiducia nei vaccini”. 15th March 2019.

SCIENCE COMMUNICATION and THIRD MISSION

•       Association and advocacy activities

1.      2024-2025. Member of the two-year UniRe project
(https://www.sostenibile.unipd.it/news/il-progetto-unire-per-combattere-molestie-e-discriminazioni/).
The project funded by the University of Padua includes seminars and
training interventions from a psychological perspective within
the university and for the public on issues relating to
gender discrimination, violence and sexual harassment in private and
public settings.
-       2 public engagement seminars (at DSB and Liceo Tito Livio, Padova)
-       4 training courses for Unipd governance staff

2.      Since 2024. Member of the QIR (Queer Identities Research) Hub of DPSS,
University of Padua. The group brings together researchers and professors from
DPSS from different psychological disciplines (clinical, social, dynamic) whose research
interests focus on areas such as gender and sexual identity.
The aim of the group is to organise round tables and interventions
primarily for the public, involving local,
national and international organisations on issues of gender identity and sexual
orientation.

•       Public engagement publications

3.      2023/2024/2025. “Social-mente: i misteri del pensiero sociale” at
SCIENCE 4 ALL, University of Padua 2023, 2024, 2025, Padova
https://science4all.it/attivita/social-mente-i-misteri-del-pensiero-sociale/

4.      “Potere e Pregiudizio. Le donne nella stanza dei bottoni” ; September
9th, 2024
https://ilbolive.unipd.it/it/news/scienza-ricerca/potere-pregiudizio-donne-stanza-bottoni

•       Seminar activities

5.      December 2024 –Module in the Global Citizenship Programme for international
students, University of Padua: “Unpacking Prejudice: Understanding
and Overcoming Gender Bias”.

6.      June 2024 –Department of Biomedical Sciences (DSB), University of
Padua
(UniRe Project): “From Pink Bows to Femicides: The Social ConstR/Uction
of Gender Roles”

7.      May 2024 –Student assembly at Liceo Tito Livio, Padova in memory
of Giulia Cecchettin. (UniRe Project): “The Personal is Social: the
constR/Uction of gender and group roles in couples and in
society”

8.      September 2023. Contribution at the third meeting of “Sapere FA la
differenza”, an event organised by Famiglie Arcobaleno, Associazione
Genitori Omossesuali del Veneto e Friuli Venezia Giulia, at Casetta
Zebrina, Padova.

9.      March 2023. Contribution at the event “Donne Leader. Traiettorie per una
leadership consapevole” organised by International Women Day--
University of Padua. Webinar link
https://www.youtube.com/live/aKM7rhRBdas?feature=share

10.     May 2017. Contribution to the webinar organised by the Single Guarantee Committee of the
University of Padua on the occasion of the day against
homobitransphobia. The “gay agenda:” How the myth of gay affluence
impedes progress toward equality. Webinar link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se1uqdt8nWY

•       Training activities

11.     September 2024 –present. 5 training courses for staff of
the University of Padua (DEI department, department directors,
PTA staff, Vice-Rectors, staff retraining)
within the framework of the UniRe university project.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
h-index (updated on 16/12/2025): Scopus =10; Google Scholar = 12

1.      Napier, J.; Bettinsoli, M.L., Coladonato, R., Formanowicz, M., Carnaghi,
A. (2026) Folk Devils? Perceived Lack of Traditional Values Explains
Youth-Related Stereotypes of Sexual Minorities and Black Men. Journal of
Experimental Social Psychology

2.      Cervone, C., Bettinsoli, M. L., & Suitner, C. (2026). (Not) mine to show:
Boosting self-determination to reduce body concealment. Body Image, 56,
102016.

3.      Suppes, A., Bettinsoli, M.L ; Napier, J. (2025)  Love the sinner, hate the
sin: The role of prejudice and system justification on attitudes towards
gender and sexual minorities. Frontiers in Social Psychology, 3,

4.      Cervone, C.; Lucarini, A.; Salvador Casara, B.; Filippi, S.; Scatolon, A.;
Bettinsoli, M. L. (2024) The Words of (non-) Humanity: Sexist Slurs Elicit
Self-dehumanization in Women. Journal of Language and Social Psychology

5.      Formanowicz, M.*; Bettinsoli M.L.*; Pietraszkiewicz, A.; Saguy, T. (2023)
The role of agency and communion in humanness conceptualization- a
multi-measure and method approach. Current Research in Ecological and Social
Psychology
*Formanowicz and Bettinsoli share first authorship

6.      Formanowicz, M.; Witkowska M.; Bettinsoli M.L.; Jurek, P. (2023)
Successful Groups Are Seen as More Agentic and Therefore More
Human—Consequences for Group Perception. Journal of Experimental Social
Psychology

7.      Zlobina, A.*; Bettinsoli, M.L. *, Mirana, M.M. *; Formanowicz, M. * (2023)
Back to basics: human rights violations and dehumanization. Current Opinion
in Behavioral Sciences *All authors share first authorship

8.      Bettinsoli, M.L., Formanowicz, M. (2022) A cross-cultural replication on
humanness attribution: the role of agency and communion ascriptions. Journal
of Social Psychology

9.      Bettinsoli, M.L.; Suitner, C (2022). BeCause of the Effect: A
cross-cultural evidence for the role of word order in health messages.
Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

10.     Moretti, L., Vitale, E., Bettinsoli, M.L., Bizzoca, D., Delmedico, M.,
Papalia, R., Solarino, G., Moretti, B. (2021). The psychological and clinical
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orthopedic patients: an Italian
gender-specific analysis. Orthopedic Reviews

11.     Bettinsoli, M.L., Napier, J., Carnaghi, A. The “gay agenda:” How the
myth of gay affluence impedes progress toward equality. European Journal of
Social Psychology

12.     Bettinsoli, M.L., Suitner, C., Maass, A., Finco, L., Salvador Casara, B.
G., Sherman, S.J. (2021). The Spatial Ingroup Bias: own sport teams follow
script direction. Personality and Social Psychology Bullettin

13.     Bettinsoli, M. L., Di Riso, D., Napier, J. L., Moretti, L., Bettinsoli,
P., Delmedico, M., & Moretti, B. (2020). Mental Health Conditions of Italian
Healthcare Professionals during the COVID‐19 Disease Outbreak. Applied
Psychology: Health and Well-Being

14.     Napier, J. L., Suppes, A., & Bettinsoli, M. L. (2020). Denial of gender
discrimination is associated with better subjective well‐being among women:
A system justification account. European Journal of Social Psychology

15.     Napier, J., Bettinsoli, M.L., Suppes, A. (2020). The Palliative Function
of system-justifying ideologies. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

16.     Bettinsoli, M.L., Suitner, C., Maass, A. (2019). The distinct
contributions of cause-effect order and reasoning type in judgments of
causality. Journal of Cognitive Psychology

17.     Bettinsoli, M.L., Suppes, A., Napier, J. (2019). Predictors of attitudes
toward gay men and lesbian women in 23 countries. Social Psychological and
Personality Science

18.     Salvador Casara, B. G., Suitner, C., & Bettinsoli, M. L. (2019). Viral
suspicions: Vaccine hesitancy in the Web 2.0. Journal of Experimental
Psychology: Applied *Best Paper Award from AIP Sezione Sociale -- Association
Italian Psychology

19.     Bettinsoli, M. L., Maass, A., & Suitner, C. (2018). The first, the least
and the last: Spatial asymmetries in memory and their relation to script
trajectory. Memory & Cognition.

20.     Suitner, C., Maass, A., Bettinsoli, M. L., Carraro, L., & Kumar, S.
(2016). Left-handers’ struggle in a rightward wor (l) d: The relation
between horizontal spatial bias and effort in directed movements. Laterality:
Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition.

21.     Bettinsoli, M. L., Maass, A., Kashima, Y., & Suitner, C. (2015).
Word-order and causal inference: The temporal attribution bias. Journal of
Experimental Social Psychology.

Reports/Other Publications (e.g., PhD dissertation)

1.      Bettinsoli, M. L. (2016). .. a Time upon Once: the role of word order in
social cognition. PhD Dissertation

2.      Maass, A.; Bettinsoli, M.L.(2012)  Psychological Science growing up: Are
publications becoming more culturally and disciplinary diverse? (Internal
Report APS)

Books

1.      Bettinsoli M.L. & Suitner C. (2025) Wandering in Social Cognition: a
Journey into Shared Realities and Intergroup Dynamics. Eds, Open Access in
publication with Padova University Press

Chapters

1.      Bettinsoli, M. L., Suitner, C., & Maass, A. (2021). Take a Walk on the
Cultural Side: A Journey into Embodied Social Cognition. Handbook of Embodied
Psychology, 423-450. Ed. Springer.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-78471-3_19

2.      Bettinsoli, M.L. (2025). Let’s Make Some Order—The Role of (W)ordering
in Social Cognition. Wandering in Social Cognition: a Journey into Shared
Realities and Intergroup Dynamics, 125-142. Ed. Padova University Press

In preparation/under review

1.      Bettinsoli, M.L. & Napier, J. Mapping gender stereotypes onto
intersectional categories.

2.      Bettinsoli, M.L., Suitner, C., Formanowicz, M. An incompetent enemy and a
warm ally—social perception varies depending on intergroup functions and
goals.

3.      Salvador Casara, B.G, Bettinsoli, ML, Suitner C. Prejudice towards
conspiracies believers and distrustful communication

CONTRIBUTIONS TO NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

Selection of first-author oral presentations

1.      Bettinsoli, M.L.; Discussant of the Symposium: Words beyond their sum. the
18th International Conference on Language and Social Psychology
(ICLASP18:2024) June, 2024.

2.      Bettinsoli, M.L.; Napier, J.; Coladonato, R., Formanowicz, M., Carnaghi,
A. Folk Devils? Perceived Lack of Traditional Values Explains Youth-Related
Stereotypes of Sexual Minorities and Black Men. EASP General Meeting 2023,
Krakow, Poland June, 2023

3.      Bettinsoli ML., Formanowicz, M., Napier, J. “The Stereotypical
Attribution of Agency and Communion ascriptions to Intersectional
Categories”, AIP, Padova, September 2022

4.      Bettinsoli, M.L.; Suitner, C.  “BeCause of the Effect: the role of
wordering in causal reasoning.“, Interdisciplinary Small Group Meeting on
Language and Social Cognition, Sopot (Poland) – June 2022.

5.      Bettinsoli ML., Formanowicz, M., Napier, J. “Stereotypical Attribution
of Humanness to Intersectional Categories”, EASP Dehumanization Meeting,
Tenerife, April 2022

6.      Bettinsoli, M.L.,; Napier J.; Carnaghi, A. “Beliefs in a ‘gay
agenda’ might impede progress toward Lesbians and Gays workplace
inclusion”. LGBTQI+ Workplace Inclusion Conference, May, 21st 2021 and
organised by Leiden University in collaboration with the Workplace Pride
Foundation.

7.      Bettinsoli, M.L., Suppes, A.; Napier J. “Predictors of attitudes toward
gay men and lesbian women in Western vs. non-Western countries”. National
conference of AIP, Rome – September 2019.

8.      Bettinsoli, M.L., Suppes, A.; Napier J. “Cross-cultural attitudes
towards sexual minorities and trans people as a function of gender role
rigidity”. ISPP Annual Meeting, Lisbon – July 2019.

9.      Bettinsoli, M.L., Suitner, C, Maass, A. “The Spatial Ingroup Bias: own
sport teams follow script direction”. European Association Social
Psychology Meeting. Intergroup Communication, Bologna, Italy – June, 2019.

10.     *Bettinsoli, M.L., Napier, J., Newman, G., Suppes, A. “Like Grandma
used to make: The relationship between perception of social change and
preferences for natural products and practices”. 3rd World Conference on
Personality (WAPP 2019), Hanoi, Vietnam – April, 2019. * CHAIR OF THE PANEL

11.     *Bettinsoli, M.L.; Suppes, A.; Napier, J. “Taking Solace in Nature:
Naturalistic Explanations for Inequality buffer Subjective Wellbeing in the
Face of Low Control”, Italian Psychological conference of AIP, Bari –
September 2018 *CHAIR OF THE PANEL

12.     Bettinsoli, M.L.; Maass, A.; Suitner, C. “A cross-cultural perspective
on comparisons: Choosing the starting point is a matter of script
direction”, 17th General Meeting of European Association Social Psychology,
Granada – July 2017.

13.     Bettinsoli, M.L.; Suitner, C.; Maass, A.  “Today is yesterday’s
effect and tomorrow’s cause”: the role of cause and effect order in
causal reasoning.“, The Self-Regulation of Health,  European Association
Social Psychology pre-conference, Granada – July 2017.

14.     Bettinsoli, M.L.; Maass, A. Suitner, C.; “Cultural Lateralization:
Scanning Habits Drive Spatial Asymmetry in Attention Allocation and
Memory”, International Convention of Psychological Sciences,ICPS,  Wien –
March 2017.

15.     Bettinsoli, M.L.; Suitner, C.; Maass, A.  “I primi fan più effetto. Il
ruolo dell’ordine delle parole nel ragionamento causale.”, National
conference of Associazione Italiana Psicologia, Napoli – September 2016.

16.     Bettinsoli, M.L., Maass, A.; Suitner, C. “What is the link between
smoking and cancer? Shifting risk perception through word ordering ”.
European Social Cognition Network, ESCON; University of Lisbon – August
2016.

17.     Bettinsoli, M.L., Maass, A., Suitner, C.“Risk Perception and Management
in Word(er)ing”. International Workshop “Language and Social
Cognition”; DPSS, University of Padua – 23rd April 2015.

18.     Bettinsoli, M.L., Maass, A., Kashima, Y., Suitner, C. “The Importance
of Being the First”. European Association Social Psychology, General
Meeting.  Amsterdam, 9-12 July 2014.

19.     Bettinsoli, M.L., Timeo, S. “Memory and Recognition: A Sinister
Bias”. Workshop “Spatial Asymmetries: implication for Social and
Cognitive Processes”; Rovereto – May 2013.

20.     Bettinsoli, M.L.; Kumar, S.; Suitner, C.; Maass, A.  “Il ruolo di
esperienze intense e contingenti nello Spatial Agency Bias”. National
conference of AIP, Chieti – September 2012.

INVITED TALK

•       May 2020—SWPS, University of Warsaw, Social Psychology Journal Club:
“Spatial Asymmetries and Social Cognitive Processes”
•       January 2020 –Liceo Scientifico Moretti, Brescia: “Glimpses of
Embodied Social Cognition”
•       November 2017 –Group Seminar, Department of Psychology of the New
School for Social Research, New York: “First things First: The role of Word
Order in Social Cognition”
•       November 2017—Social Cognition (Prof. Anne Maass) New School for Social
Research, New York: “Language and Social Cognition”
•       March 2017 –Social and Health Psychology (Prof. Natale Canale),
DPSS, University of Padua: “What the link between smoking and cancer?
Shifting likelihood perception through cause and effect ordering”

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

•       Referee for the international journals: Psychological Science; British
Journal of Social Psychology; Journal of Personality and Social Psychology;
Social Psychological and Personality Science; Journal of Cultural Cognitive
Science; Journal of Experimental Social Psychology; European Journal of
Social Psychology; Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health; Journal of
Homosexuality; Sex Roles; LATERALITY: Asymmetries of Brain, Behaviour, and
Cognition

•       Consulting Editor: European Journal of Social Psychology (since March 2021)

SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATIONS

•       Since 2014-- Full Member of European Association of Social Psychology (EASP)
•       Since 2013-- Full Member of Italian Association of Psychology (AIP)