Maria Sophia Heering

Research Fellow for the PRIN 2022 project titled “Detrimental and Beneficial Social Factors Leading to Inclusive Societies,” conducts research in the field of social psychology. Her main interests and research lines focus on the study of intra- and inter-group dynamics, belief systems, social identification processes, and the study of forms of political protest. The most recent line of research pertains to the study of inter-group dynamics regarding the management of multiculturalism and discrimination, with particular reference to processes of solidarity and social integration. An author of various publications, she obtained her PhD (2021) from the University of Kent, UK, and has conducted research projects for the Universities of Kent, Greenwich, York, and Padua.