Giulia Balboni

Associate Professor at the University of Bologna since 2024, she conducts her research in the field of psychometrics. Her research interests include the construction and validation of instruments for measuring human behavior and the development of formal models for studying the relationships between psychological constructs and contextual factors in individuals with typical development and neurodevelopmental disorders. She is interested in how valid and advanced methods and data analysis strategies can improve the study of developmental disabilities. She is a fellow of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) and was the recipient of the AAIDD 2018 International Award. She serves as associate editor of the journal Research in Developmental Disabilities and as a member of the editorial board of the journal Psicothema.