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Currently enrolled in the Doctoral Program in Psychology at Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon, my research delves into the role of perceived discrimination, particularly microaggressions, in the psychological acculturation process of immigrant women. I am involved in several academic activities, including co-coordination of the PsyChange research group at CIS-Iscte and membership in the LaEuMIDi and IACCP E.D.U.C.A.T.E. Committees. I hold a Master's degree in Psychology of Intercultural Relations, and my academic journey is complemented by a robust background in intercultural competence, communication, and diversity training. Previous engagements, including activities as a certified diversity trainer in Portugal with a CCP (Certificado de Competencias Pedagogicas) and work at the International Organization for Migration (IOM), underscore my commitment to addressing challenges related to culture, (in)equality, diversity, and migration.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Elena Piccinelli

Citation names

  • Piccinelli, Elena

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
CA11-7A75-CC5E
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4441-2125

Email addresses

  • Elena_Piccinelli@iscte-iul.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Psychology
  • Social Sciences - Media and Communications - Media and Socio-cultural Communication

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Italian (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
French Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/11/07 - 2025/02/25
Ongoing
 International Mobility (Outros)
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
2020/09/01 - 2024/07/01
Concluded
 Doctoral Program in Psychology (Doutoramento)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/06 - 2020/07
Concluded
 Certificado de Competências Pedagógicas, CCP (Outros)
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal

Ph+ Desenvolvimento de Potencial Humano, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2019/11/06
Concluded
 Psychology of Intercultural Relations (MSc) (Mestrado)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2014/09/01 - 2017/07/20
Concluded
 Bachelor in Digital and Communication Cultures (Bachelor)
Major in Sociology
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
"In the context of culture. Definitions, theories, models and applications of the intercultural training" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 110/100 cum laude
2014/09/01 - 2017/07/20
Concluded
 Culture Digitali e della Comunicazione (Bacharelato)
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/10 - Current Ph.D. Student ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/04 Internship (paid) International Organization for Migration (IOM), Belgium
2018/09 - 2018/12 Internship (Erasmus+ scholarship) International Organization for Migration (IOM), Belgium
2016/12 - 2017/06 Internship LESS, Impresa Sociale Onlus, Italy
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/10/20 - Current Subtle, but not innocuous. How discrimination affects the psychological acculturation of immigrant women in Portugal.
N/A
PhD Student Fellow
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Escola de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
 ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
Ongoing

Other

Designation Funders
2022/09 - 2023/08 Simulating acculturation: A mixed-method assessment of a role play-based intervention to decrease prejudice and increase empathy towards refugees.
Kwok Leung Memorial Research Award
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, United States
 International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology
Concluded
2022/09 - 2023/06 Collective narcissism and a concept of a just war: Cross-cultural perspective
N/D
Researcher
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal

CSWU Cross-Cultural Psychology Centre, Poland
Ongoing
2021/02 - 2021/06 Predictors of love, partner preferences, and behaviors aimed at increasing one's physical attractiveness: Cross-cultural investigation
N/A
Researcher
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal

Uniwersytet Wroclawski, Poland
Concluded
2020/09 - 2020/10 Projecção Endogrupal e Relevância da Categoria Supra-Ordenada
N/A
Researcher
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/09 Universal health Coverage and Right to Health between international Standards and Italian Health Care System
N/A
Researcher
Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli Dipartimento di Medicina di Precisione, Italy

Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli // Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche "Jean Monnet", Italy
Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Vauclair, C.- M.; Piccinelli, Elena. "The Power of Subtle Messages: Examining Microaggressions in the Psychological Acculturation Process of Immigrant Women.". Paper presented in XXVII International Congress of International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology 2024, Bali, 2024.
  2. Piccinelli, Elena; Vauclair, C.- M.. "Unveiling Layers: The Role of Perceived Discrimination on Identity Processes among Immigrant Women in a Post-Colonial Context". Paper presented in 2024 IMISCOE Conference, Lisbon, 2024.
  3. Piccinelli, Elena; Pollock, R,. "Simulating Migration: Implementation and Outcomes of a Role-Play-Based Intervention about Migration Processes Within Academic vs. Non-Academic Settings". Paper presented in 2024 SIETAR Europa Congress, Lille, 2024.
    Published
  4. Piccinelli, Elena; Vauclair, C.- M.. "Immigrant Women’s Experiences of Subtle Gendered Xenophobia in Portugal: Adaptation of an Intersectional Scale for the Assessment of Microaggressions". Paper presented in XIX Ph.D. Meeting in Psychology, Lisbon, 2024.
    Published
  5. Piccinelli, E.; Vauclair, C.- M.. "Unveiling intersectional microaggressions: Experiences of immigrant women in Portugal". Paper presented in LaEuMiDI International Forum 2023, Online, 2023.
    Published
  6. Pollock, R,; Piccinelli, E.. "Simulating Acculturation: Applying the experiential learning cycle to explain outcomes of a role-play-based intervention to teach about migration and acculturation". Paper presented in LaEuMiDI International Forum 2023, Online, 2023.
    Published
  7. Piccinelli, E.; Pollock, R,. "Simulating acculturation: A mixed-method assessment of a role-play-based intervention to foster empathy and positive attitudes towards migrants and refugees". Paper presented in 27th Regional European Conference of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP), Limerick, 2023.
    Published
  8. Piccinelli, E.; Vauclair, C.- M.. "Microaggressions Towards Immigrant Women in Portugal: A Qualitative Study". Paper presented in 27th Regional European Conference of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP), Limerick, 2023.
    Published
  9. Piccinelli, E.; Vauclair, C.- M.. "Microaggressions at the Intersection of Immigrant Status, Gender, and Colonialism: A Qualitative Investigation of the Experiences of Immigrant Women in Portugal". Paper presented in IMISCOE International Conference, 2023.
    Published
  10. Piccinelli, E.; Vauclair, C.- M.. "Was it discrimination? Disentangling the conceptualization and operationalization of subtle vs. blatant perceived discrimination in the context of psychological acculturation". Paper presented in XVIII Ph.D. Meeting in Psychology, Lisbon, 2023.
    Published
  11. Piccinelli, Elena; Christin-Melanie Vauclair. "Foreign-born migrants, perceived discrimination, and psychological acculturation: A scoping review". Paper presented in 26th International Congress of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2022.
    Published
  12. Piccinelli, Elena; Christin-Melanie Vauclair. "The manifestation of gendered xenophobic microaggressions: A qualitative study". Paper presented in XVII PhD Meeting in Psychology, Lisbon, 2022.
    Published
  13. Regis, Lais S. Vitoria; Vauclair, C.-M.; Piccinelli, E.; Mazurowka, Karolina. "Is ignorance indeed bliss? How does raising awareness about racial microaggressions in everyday life affect wellbeing outcomes". Paper presented in 25th International Congress of International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Prague, 2021.
    Published
  14. Piccinelli, E.; Vauclair, C.-M.. "Subtle, but not innocuous. Examining how discrimination experiences affect immigrant women by using an acculturation framework.". Paper presented in XVI Ph.D. Meeting in Psychology, Lisbon, 2021.
    Published
  15. Piccinelli, E.; Vauclair, C.-M.. "Discrimination towards immigrants in the context of acculturation: a scoping review". Paper presented in Social Psychology Conference 2021, Helskinki, 2021.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Piccinelli, Elena; Vauclair, C.- M.. "The Manifestation of Gendered Xenophobic Microaggressions: Contributions from Social Psychology". Paper presented in 2023 International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS), 2023.
Journal article
  1. Piccinelli, Elena; Vauclair, Christin-Melanie; Madeira, Filipa. "Contextualizing the Manifestation of Gendered Colonialist Microaggressions: A Qualitative Study on Post-Colonial Migration Experiences Among Immigrant Women". Psychology of Women Quarterly (2024): https://doi.org/10.1177/03616843241286822.
    Open access • Published • 10.1177/03616843241286822
  2. Elena Piccinelli; Christin-Melanie Vauclair; Claudia Dollner Moreira. "The Role of Perceived Forms of Discrimination Within the Psychological Acculturation Process of First-Generation Immigrants: A Scoping Review". Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (2024): https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221241255615.
    10.1177/00220221241255615
  3. Sawicki, Artur J.; Zemojtel-Piotrowska, Magdalena; Balcerowska, Julia M.; Sawicka, Monika J.; Piotrowski, Jaroslaw; Sedikides, Constantine; Jonason, Peter K.; et al. "The fear of COVID-19 scale: Its structure and measurement invariance across 48 countries.". Psychological Assessment (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pas0001102.
    10.1037/pas0001102
  4. Piccinelli, Elena; Chrisitin-Melanie Vauclair. Corresponding author: Chrisitin-Melanie Vauclair. "A Serial Mediation Model Predicting Covid-19 Vaccines Acceptance in Portugal: The Critical Role of Conspiracy Theories in the Wake of Perceived Quality of Government Communication and National Stereotypes.". International Journal Of Communication 16 17 (2022): https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/19304.
    Published
  5. Piccinelli, Elena; Martinho, Sara; Vauclair, Christin. "What kinds of microaggressions do women experience in the health care setting?". La Camera Blu. Rivista di Studi di Genere 22 (2020): 147-171. http://www.rth.unina.it/index.php/camerablu/article/view/6706/8039.
    Open access • Published • https://doi.org/10.6092/1827-9198/6706
  6. Piccinelli, E.; Martinho, S.; Vauclair, C.- M.. "Expressions of microaggressions against women in the healthcare context: a critical incident approach". Psique 16 1 (2020): 44-64. https://cip.autonoma.pt/revista-psique/.
    Published • 10.26619/2183-4806.XVI.1.3
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Piccinelli, E.. "Microaggressive incidents towards women in the healthcare context: a qualitative and intersectional perspective". Master, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/19022.
  2. "In the context of culture. Definitions, theories, models and applications of the intercultural training.". Degree, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 2017.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/10/31 Introduction of an intervention for promoting the inclusion of migrants through increasing knowledge, empathy, and positive feelings among majority members. Migration and Diversity Lab
University of Limerick (Limerick, Ireland)
2023/09/19 Cultura, migração e diversidade no contexto no sistema de saúde. Seminar in Medical Anthropology, Faculty of Medicine
Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/03/28 Is that discrimination? Disentangling the conceptualization and operationalization of subtle vs. blatant perceived discrimination in the context of psychological acculturation. PsyChange Plenary Session
Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/12/15 Subtle, but not innocuous. Examining how perceived discrimination affects immigrant women by using an acculturation framework.
Hagen University (Hagen, Germany)
2022/02/22 Migration, culture and diversity in the context of healthcare. Lecture in Medical Anthropology
Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/05/26 Subtle, but not innocuous. Examining how discrimination experiences affect immigrant women by using an acculturation framework (2) PsyChange Plenary Session
Iscte-IUL (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021/04/26 Subtle, but not innocuous. Examining how discrimination experiences affect immigrant women by using an acculturation framework. Health for All Plenary Session
Iscte-IUL (Lisbon, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/01 - 2024/10 LaEUMiDI International Forum 2024 (2024/09/26 - 2024/09/28)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 LaEUMiDI (Latino-European Social Psychological Network focused on Migration, Displacement and Inclusion), Ireland
2024/05 - 2024/07 IMISCOE 2024 Conference (2024/07/02 - 2024/07/05) IMISCOE , Belgium
2022/09/01 - 2023/03/02 Simulating acculturation: The story of Belarians and Sovarians {Intercultural Competence Workshop]. (2022/12/07 - 2022/12/12)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, United States
2022/01/26 - 2022/01/26 Trainer at Intercultural Community Mediation Training [Delivery of two training sessions for cultural mediators focusing on culture, social identity, stereotyping, discrimination, diversity, and multiculturalism]. (2022/01/26 - 2022/01/26)
Workshop (Other)
 Renovar a Mouraria, Portugal
2021/11/11 - 2021/11/11 One campus, many cultures. A culture awareness workshop. (2021/11/11)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/02/01 - 2021/05/22 XVII Ph.D. Meeting in Psychology of ISCTE - Instituto Universitario de Lisboa (2021/02/01)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
2020/10/01 - 2020/12/11 IOM Workshop on Intercultural Competences in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) [Training Session] (2020/10/01)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 International Organization for Migration (IOM), Belgium

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/05/10 - 2023/05/12 Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling [Participation in Online Webinar]
Workshop
 Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling
CenterStat by Curran-Bauer Analytics, United States
2022/07/03 - 2022/07/08 Culture & Psychology School [Participation in Summer School]
Other
 Culture & Psychology School
International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, United States
2022/06/20 - 2022/06/24 Social Research Methods: Doing Intersectional Quantitative Research [Participation in Summer School]
Other
 Social Research Methods Summer School
Radboud Universiteit, Netherlands
2020/02/03 - 2020/03/03 Gender (In)Equality in Media and Journalism [Participation in Online Course]
Other
 Gender (In)Equality in Media and Journalism
Sharing Perspectives Foundation, Netherlands

Erasmus Plus, Belgium
2019/12/01 - 2019/12/12 Forum of Changes [Participation in Training of Trainers funded by Erasmus+]
Workshop
 Forum of Changes
Erasmus Plus, Belgium
2016/07/30 - 2016/08/04 EFIL Volunteer Summer Summit [Participation in Annual Summit]
Meeting
 EFIL Volunteer Summer Summit - Education for Peace
European Foundation for Intercultural Learning (EFIL), Germany

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/07 - 2024/07 Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (0022-0221) Sage

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023/04 - Current International Migration Research Network (IMISCOE) Student Member
2022/03 - Current International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP) Student Member
2022/01 - Current International Academy for Intercultural Relations (IAIR) Student Member
2023/06 - 2023/12 American Psychological Association (APA) Student Member
2022/12 - 2023/12 Association for Psychological Science (APS) Student Member
2022/01 - 2022/12 Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) Student Member
2014 - 2017 AFS Intercultural Programs President of Local Chapter (Caserta, Italy)

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2023/12 - Current Member of the LaEuMiDI (Latino-European Social Psychological Network focused on Migration, Displacement and Inclusion) Committee
Member
 LaEUMiDI (Latino-European Social Psychological Network focused on Migration, Displacement and Inclusion), Ireland
2023/08 - Current Member of the committee for the E.D.U.C.A.T.E. Initiative of IACCP (International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology)
Coordinator
 International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, United States
2022/09 - Current Deputy coordinator of the research group "Psychange: Psychology of societal change"
Coordinator
 ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2020/10 - Current Researching and teaching assistant to Professor Christin-Melanie Vauclair (Assistant Professor at the Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, University Institute of Lisbon, ISCTE-IUL). - Main tasks: 1. Teaching Assistant, 2. Assistant in the supervision of students at the Master level on the topics of microaggressions and diversity training, 3. Research assistant, 4. Participation in weekly group meetings for discussion about research-related issues, 5. Collaboration in diverse tasks (e.g., exam supervision, survey dissemination) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/10/06 - 2023/11/17 Simulating acculturation: The story of Belarians and Sovarians [Lecture and training session] - Microaggressions and intergroup communication: Uncovering the subtle nature of discrimination. [Lecture]. Master in Psychology of Intercultural Relations (Mestrado) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/10/30 - 2023/11/10 Intercultural competence I: from theory to practice [Lecture] - Intercultural competence II: intercultural training [Lecture] Master in Psychology of Intercultural Relations (Mestrado) Instituto de Telecomunicações ISCTE-IUL, Portugal
2023/11/09 - 2023/11/09 Simulating acculturation: The story of Belarians and Sovarians [Lecture and Practical Learning Session] Master in Health Psychology (Mestrado) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/05/23 - 2023/05/23 Qualitative research: from research designs to analysis techniques. [Lecture] Master in Psychology of Intercultural Relations, (Mestrado) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/05/15 - 2023/05/22 Emotions in intergroup encounters: prejudice and discrimination from the majority and the minority perspective [Lecture] Master in Science of Emotions (Mestrado) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/11/28 - 2022/11/28 Intercultural competence and training: From theory to practice. [Lecture] Psychology of Intercultural Relations (Mestrado) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/11/03 - 2022/11/03 Microaggressions and intergroup communication: uncovering the subtle nature of discrimination. [Lecture] Psychology of Intercultural Relations (Mestrado) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/10/07 - 2022/10/07 Simulating acculturation: The story of Belarians and Sovarians. [Lecture and training session] Psychology of Intercultural Relations (Mestrado) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/05/04 - 2022/05/04 Qualitative research. From design to data analysis. [Lecture] Psychology of Intercultural Relations (Mestrado) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/12/10 - 2021/12/10 Microaggressions and intergroup communication. Uncovering the subtle nature of discrimination. [Lecture] Psychology of Intercultural Contact and Communication (Mestrado) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2021/03/23 - 2021/03/23 Emotions and expressions of prejudice. The perspective of minority and majority groups. [Lecture] Master Program in Science on Emotions (Mestrado) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/02/01 - 2023/06/30 Advanced Research Methods in Psychology 2023 Lauren Maes, Isabela Miranda, Silvija Sibinovska, Mariachiara Pacchetti
2022/02 - 2022/06 Advanced Research Methods in Psychology 2022 Lívia Pereira, Vera Mendes, Rafael Battalini, Dennis Gomes, Fabiane de Almeida, Jasmine Sarrouy
Distinctions

Award

2022 Best Oral Communication Award
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal