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Alessandro Musetti

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Fixed-term researcher
Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries
Psychological and Social Studies Unit
SSD: Dynamic Psychology (PSIC-04/A)

About

 

Senior Researcher (RTD-B) in Dynamic Psychology (M-PSI/07) with National Scientific Qualification as Associate and Full Professor.

Member of the Italian Board of Professors and Researchers in Dynamic Psychology.

2024 Top Scholar in the ScholarGPS ranking (scholars who rank in the top 0.05% globally).

Top Italian Scientist in Neurosciences & Psychology.

Winner of the University of Parma Outstanding Junior Researcher Award (SH Macro-area), 2024 Edition.

Institutional Roles

  • Member and Vice President of the Research Ethics Board (REB) of the University of Parma 
  • Member of the integrated internship committee between the Order of Psychologists of Emilia-Romagna and the University of Parma.
  • Member of the Scientific Committee for Area 11 – Historical, Philosophical, Educational and Psychological Sciences
  • Faculty advisor for curricular internships in the Master’s Degree Program in Clinical and Social Intervention Psychology.
  • Delegate for career guidance (outgoing orientation) for the Master’s Degree Program in Clinical and Social Intervention Psychology.
  • Safety delegate for the Psychological-Social Unit (psychological wing).
  • Member of the PhD faculty board in Psychology.

Memberships

  • Associate Member of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society (SPI) and the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA).
  • Full Member of the Italian Association of Psychology – Section of Clinical and Dynamic Psychology.

Scientific Activity

  • Author of over 160 indexed scientific publications.
    https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55337418500

  • Supervisor of the research project “AloneTOGETHER: the hidden sociality of hikikomori” submitted to the Horizon Europe: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions call and included in the reserve list.

  • Principal Investigator of the research project “Development and Validation of the Parental Reverie Scale”, winner of the competitive call “2025 Research Grant Application” of the International Psychoanalytic Association.

  • Principal Investigator of the research project “The parental rêverie scale: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Early Caregiving Assessment” which was awarded the prize in the competitive call for proposals 2025 UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CALL of the University of Parma.

  • Supervisor of the research project “Share and Care: understanding the biopsychosocial mechanisms of sharenting to outline good practices for parents and internet users”, submitted to Horizon Europe: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions call 2023, awarded the Seal of Excellence.

  • Principal Investigator of the research project “The relation between mood and the spatial representation of time from adolescence to adulthood. A new sight on the reciprocal influence of psychopathological and cognitive processes with common treatment perspectives”, winner of the competitive PRIN 2022 call.

  • Co-investigator of the research project “Learning environments and school success for the citizens of tomorrow: the role of student-centred teaching practices in preventing school dropout”, winner of the competitive 2021 University of Parma Research Call.

  • Co-investigator of the research project “The function of free association and free floating attention in the analytic process: A new empirical tool from the analyst's perspective”, winner of the competitive 2021 Research Grant Application by the International Psychoanalytic Association.

  • Principal Investigator of the research project “The spatial representation of time in individuals with obsessive-compulsive symptoms”, winner of the competitive 2020 University of Parma Research Call.

  • Supervisor of 8 PhD students and 1 postdoctoral research fellow.

Teaching Activity

  • Lecturer in courses and workshops in the field of Dynamic Psychology since 2008.
  • Supervisor of over 200 thesis projects.
  • Lecturer in Psychotherapy at several postgraduate Schools of Psychotherapy legally recognized by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR).

 

Curriculum Vitae

Alessandro Musetti graduated in Behavioural Sciences and Interpersonal and Social Relations (Bachelor Degree, mark: 110/110 cum laude) and in Developmental Psychology: Educational, Social and Clinical Processes and Contexts (Master Degree, mark: 110/110 cum laude). He is a psychologist, specialising in psychotherapy with a group-analytic orientation (grade: 40/40 cum laude), a PhD in Psychology and a psychoanalyst of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society (SPI), certified Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) therapist.

He has acquired the National Scientific Qualification as Full and Associate Professor in Dynamic Psychology.

His main research topics currently concern the psychodynamic assessment of problematic internet use and the relationship between trauma, attachment and psychopathology. In 2023, he obtained funding for a PRIN project as principal investigator (PRIN2022LR399B).

He is a Board member and Editor at numerous Italian and international journals. 

He has carried out university teaching activities since the academic year 2008/2009 and currently holds the professorships of Fundamentals and Methods of Psychological Intervention, Clinical Dynamic Models of Intervention and Dynamic Psychology (M-PSI/07).


 

Teaching

Research

Research areas

Main research topics concern psychodynamics of addictions and the relationship between traumatic experiences, attachment patterns and psychopathology. SSD M-PSI / 07

Publications

Full list of publications

Research projects

  • Development and validation of the Parental Reverie Scale

    Manager: Musetti Alessandro

    Sponsor: International Psychoanalytical Association – IPA

    Start date: 02/12/2025 End date: 01/12/2026

  • The relation between mood and the spatial representation of time from adolescence to adulthood. A new sight on the reciprocal influence of psychopathological and cognitive processes with common treatment perspectives.

    Manager: Musetti Alessandro

    Sponsor: Ministero dell'università e della ricerca

    Start date: 05/10/2023 End date: 28/02/2026

Public Engagement Initiatives

  • Presentazione del libro "Le competenze psicoterapeutiche". Incontro con le autrici

    Webinar organizzato in colloborazione con l'Osservatorio degli psicologi parmensi.

    Date: 20/04/2021

  • VIDEOGIOCHI E ALTRI CONTESTI DIGITALI. USO PROBLEMATICO O OPPORTUNITÀ?

    Contributo divulgativo nel magazine UNIPR Ricerca, giugno 2021

    Date: 01/03/2021

  • "Le nuove dipendenze Web mediate"

    Docenza nell'ambito dell'evento "Le nuove dipendenze Web mediate" organizzato dalla Ausl di Parma

    Date: 02/12/2019

  • Le riviste di psicoterapia come attori culturali del XXI secolo

    Partecipazione al seminario organizzato dalla Sipre. ll seminario vuole essere un’occasione di confronto fra esperienze di presenza culturale da parte di alcune delle principali riviste di area psicoanalitica/psicoterapeutica del nostro paese che vogliono oggi aprirsi al dialogo con i principali interlocutori e destinatari, dunque i lettori professionisti del settore, gli autori, gli editori, il mondo accademico e della ricerca, il mondo della formazione e dei servizi. L’obiettivo è quello di produrre interazioni riflessive sulle reciproche esigenze e prospettive nel sistema della salute mentale ed oltre.

    Date: 30/11/2019