Caterina Arcidiacono
"Federico II" University of Naples, Italy
Caterina Arcidiacono is Psychologist, Psychoanalyst, Full Professor of Community Psychology, Department of Humanities , Federico II University of Naples (Italy).
Founder of ENCP (European Network of Community Psychologists) and ECPA (European Community Psychology Association).
ECPA PRESIDENT 2011-2013; ECPA TREASURER 2014-2017; 2017-2019.
Member of the EFPA standing Committee on Community Psychology. Former member of the EFPA task force on community psychology (2011-2013).
Member of the Campania Region core committee of Italian Association of Psychology (2010-2020); former President (1994-1999) of the Italian Association of Community Psychology SIPCO.
Director of the Community Psychology Lab at Federico II University , Naples; www.communitypsychology.eu
Editor in Chief of the international online journal on gender studies: La Camera Blu http://www.tema.unina.it/index.php/camerablu/index
Co-Director of the online international journal Community Psychology in Global Perspective (CPGP) www.siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/cpgp
Her on-line master course in Community psychology is available at www.federica.unina.it/corsi/psicologia-sociale-comunita/
She is former Coordinator of the Phd Course in Gender Studies, of Federico II University of Naples. Cofounder and former Deputy President (1996-2010) of Fondazione Mediterraneo
Director of the Biannual Post-graduate Master Course in “Theories in Community Complexity and Development” on behalf of the Mediterranean Laboratory Foundation appointed by the Ministry for University and Scientific Research.(2000-2002).
Since 2003 she teaches community psychology, for the undergraduate degree in Psychology and from 2005 Theories and models of community psychology for the graduate degree in Psychology of the University Federico II of Naples. In the same years she was also giving courses in Health Psychology and Social Psychology at graduate and undergraduate level in Psychology; she gave courses on Social psychology, Psychology of tourism and Community Psychology for the degree of Social Workers and Science of Tourism.
From 1980 to 2001, Psychologist, Family Centre, Naples Health Authority; 1996-2000 Director in Charge of the Family Centre, a structure integrated with Naples Municipality Social Services.
Director ot the following research projects:
1) Grant 220.000 EU- Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme: Project 2018-2020. (VIDACS) Violent dads in child shoes.
2) Grant 200.000 euros: Beldì 2; Family-work balancing project. P.O.R. Campania FSE 2016-2018 Asse II Obiettivo Operativo: “Promuovere azioni di supporto, studi, analisi nonché la predisposizione esperimentazione di modelli che migliorino la condizione femminile nel mercato del lavoro”.
3) Grant 15.000 euros. Work related stress. An empirical research in a national research organization (2015).
4) Grant 200.000 euros: Beldì, Family-work balancing project. P.O.R. Campania FSE 2007-2013 Asse II Obiettivo Operativo: “Promuovere azioni di supporto, studi, analisi nonché la predisposizione esperimentazione di modelli che migliorino la condizione femminile nel mercato del lavoro”
5) “W@W – Women at work” I edition(2011/2012) and II edition(2012/2013)
Grant 100.000 euros: Presidency Consiglio dei Ministri – Equal opportunity Department
6) “VioVIOL (Viole non violenza) – Presa in carico e supporto delle donne e minori vittime di violenza sessuale” Grant:130.000 euros; Presidency Consiglio dei Ministri – Equal opportunity Department
7) Vio e SPEC Violenza e fattori di sicurezza e cambiamento sociale
Grant 18.000 euros; Polo delle Scienze Umane e Sociali, University Federico II,Naples
She organized and participates to international conferences on women issues and organizes in Naples the first Italian scientific workshop on Women and gender Identity in the 1990.
She has published over 100 articles and books.
Her research interests concern community psychology competencies, qualitative research methodologies, the woman-man relationship with special reference to gender asymmetry, migration and intercultural dialogue.
Link to publications:
https://www.docenti.unina.it/caterina.arcidiacono