Diego Romaioli, Ph. D., is an Associate Professor of Social Psychology at the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education, and Applied Psychology (FISPPA). He teaches Psychological Processes and the Social Construction of Knowledge and Qualitative Psychology at the School of Psychology, Social Psychology at the School of Human Sciences, and Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology at the Doctoral School of Social Sciences at the University of Padua. He is also a psychotherapist at the University Psychological Clinical Services (SCUP) and director of the Master of Contemplative Studies.
In the past, he has taught at the Universities of Verona and Milan Bicocca, worked as a technical consultant for the Courts of Brescia, served as a trainer at various psychotherapy specialization schools, and practiced as a therapist, consultant, and supervisor in private practice.
He furthered his study of social constructionism in the United States with Kenneth J. Gergen. In Italy, he worked within the traditions of social representations with Alberta Contarello and interactionism with Alessandro Salvini.
His research expertise includes qualitative research methods (interviews, focus groups, etc.) and textual analysis (narrative, discourse, thematic analysis, etc.). He has explored topics such as multiplicity and relational processes in self-construction, motivated irrationality, age-related prejudice, prosocial behaviors, models of change, and other themes related to social psychology.
In clinical and psychosocial intervention, he has deepened his understanding of various therapeutic practices, including narrative therapy (White), dialogical therapy (Hermans), collaborative therapy (Anderson), constructivist therapy (Kelly), interactional-strategic therapy (Watzlawick), solution-focused therapy (De Shazer), and systemic therapy (Tomm), within a constructionist metatheory framework.
His most significant contributions span several areas: a) Theoretical: the development of relational theory and the understanding of phenomena such as akrasia; b) Methodological: the definition of research-intervention methods that implement constructionist assumptions; c) Empirical: the articulation of research projects aimed at countering dysfunctional dominant narratives and promoting more harmonious ones; d) Clinical and social intervention: developing innovative practices centered on the relational self.

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