Sara Caviola
ORCID ID [0000-0002-4556-3179]
Scopus Author ID [36195553500]

ACADEMIC POSITIONS
From 11/2020: Assistant Professor, Department of Developmental and Social Psychology,
University of Padova, Italy; Visiting Research Fellow, School of Psychology, University of Leeds, UK.
2018-2020: Lecturer in Developmental Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Leeds, UK.
2016-2018: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Centre for Neuroscience in Education, Department of Psychology, Cambridge University, UK.
2012-2016: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Italy.

VISITING SCHOLAR
From 02/2022: Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Psychology, University of Leeds, UK.
2018: Centre for Neuroscience in Education, Department of Psychology, Cambridge University. Supervisor: Prof. Denés Szücs.
2011: Carleton University, Ottawa (ON, Canada). Research activity at the Math Lab, Institute of Cognitive Science. Supervisor: Prof Jo-Anne LeFevre.
2010: ICN-UCL, London (UK). Research activity at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (ICN-UCL), University College of London (UK). Supervisor: Prof Brian Butterworth.

Major Collaborations: Prof. Denés Szücs [Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK]; Prof Colin Hamilton [Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK], Prof Jo-Anne LeFevre [Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada], Prof Brian Butterworth [Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College of London, London, UK], Dr Ann Dowker [University of Oxford, UK], Dr Wei Wei [Department of Psychology, Zhejiang University]; Dr Krzysztof Cipora and Iro Xenidou-Dervou [Mathematics Education Centre, Loughborough University].

ADMIN ROLES – UNIVERSITY RESPONSIBILITIES
From 2021: Member of the Scientific Committee of the Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Italy [Rep. of researchers within the Dept.].
From 2021: Member of the Executive Committee of the PhD program in Psychological Science, University of Padova, Italy.
2018-2020: Deputy Director of Postgraduate Research Studies (PhD) with responsibility for Admissions - School of Psychology, University of Leeds, UK. Required attendance at School and Faculty meetings.

GRANTS – AWARDS – FELLOWSHIPS
(2021) SID-BIRD "Impact of background noise on distance and school learning in typical and atypical development"[10.000,00€]
(2016) Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Horizon 2020 – Individual fellowships [195.454,80€ - 164.247,72£]
(2013) G. Di Stefano Award for “The best Ph.D. dissertation” in Developmental Cognitive
Psychology, from the Italian Psychological Association.
(2009-2012) PhD studentships awarded for the Psychological Science program, University of Padova, Italy (~55.000 €).
(2012-2015) Post-doctoral fellowships awarded by the Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Italy (~95.000 €).

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
(2022) Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Current Research in Behavioural Sciences.

Ad-hod reviewer for many international: Learning and Instruction, Plos One, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Journal of Learning and Individual Differences, Metacognition & Learning, Child and Neuropsychology, Trends in Neuroscience and Education, Cognition and Emotion (among others).

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