My research mostly focuses on intergroup relations, with a special interest on prejudice reduction, social identity, social injustice, and social change. Specifically, I work on social and cognitive strategies to reduce prejudice (i.e., multiple categorization, social identity complexity, intergroup contact), considering the most heinous forms of prejudice (i.e., dehumanization) and their role in promoting social change (i.e., collective action, intergroup solidarity) also from the perspective of disadvantaged and discriminated groups (i.e., immigrants; physically disabled people; LGBTQIA+ people). I also study individual orientations that buffer social change (i.e., social dominance orientation, system justification). Moreover, I am interested in the predictors of and reactions to pro-social behaviours at the intergroup level.
