Giovanni A. Travaglino, PhD, MBPsS Research Associate Centre for

Giovanni A. Travaglino, PhD, MBPsS
Research Associate
Centre for the Study of Group Processes, School of Psychology,
University of Kent, Canterbury (UK)
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0) 7838900833
Research Interests: Resistance to Organised Crime; Collective Action; Honour; Subjective Group
Dynamics; Group and intergroup processes; Leadership; Deviance; Protest; Philosophy of science
& epistemology; Social Exclusion.
Education
2014.
Ph.D. Social Psychology, University of Kent
Thesis Title: Deviance in Groups: Leadership, Transgression, and Disloyalty
Supervisors: Professor Dominic Abrams & Dr Georgina Randsley de Moura
2010.
M.Sc. Applied & Social Psychology, University of Kent (with Distinction)
Thesis Title: Individuals’ Reactions to Deviant Leaders: Investigating the Effects of
Group Commitment and Perceived Representativeness
Supervisor: Professor Dominic Abrams
2009.
B.Sc. Psychology of personality and of interpersonal relations, University di Padova
(110/110 Cum Laude)
Thesis Title: The statistic rebellion: Power and Resistance in Psychology
Supervisor: Dr Adriano Zamperini
Relevant Training
Aug 2014. European Association of Social Psychology – Summer School. 17-30 August 2014
ISCTE-IUL | ICS-UL Lisbon Portugal (Competitive Application).
May 2014. Organisational Behaviour PhD Workshop. London Business School (Competitive
Application).
Jul 2013.
Multilevel/Hierarchical Linear Model Workshop. University of Kent.
2013.
A. T. A.P. [Associate Teacher Accreditation Programme, two core modules of
PGCHE]. University of Kent.
Dec 2009. F.R.A.M.E. [Advanced Research Methods for Data Analysis]: TRANSANA software
(equivalent to 4 ECTS). Università degli studi di Padova.
Apr 2008. C.A.R.S. [Advanced Course for Scientific Research]: Atlas.Ti software (equivalent to 4
ETCS). Università degli studi di Padova.
Work Experience
2014-2015. Research Associate. School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NP,
UK. (European Funded project MOPACT).
2011-2014. Associate Lecturer. School of Psychology, University of Kent. Canterbury CT2 7NP,
UK.
2010-2011. Research Assistant. Università degli studi di Padova, Dipartimento di Psicologia
Generale “Vittorio Benussi”, Via Venezia 8, 35121 Padova (IT).
2008.
Research Assistant. Università degli studi di Padova, Dipartimento di Psicologia
Generale “Vittorio Benussi”, Via Venezia 8, 35121 Padova (IT).
Teaching
2014-15.
Advanced Topics in Intergroup Relations (Postgraduate – M.Sc.)
Topics Covered: Social Identity & Self Categorization, Prejudice within and between
levels, Leadership & Obedience
Current Issues in Social & Applied Psychology (Postgraduate – M.Sc.)
Topics Covered: Social Protest
Workshop ‘What is Omertà?’ (Liceo Scientifico E. Fermi, Aversa, Italy) [Educative
program aimed at 16+ years old]
2011-14.
Advanced Statistics & Methodology (Postgraduate – M.Sc. Psychology Programme)
Topics Covered: bivariate and multivariate analysis (correlation and regression,
indirect and conditional effects (mediation and moderation), general linear models,
factor analysis (exploratory, confirmatory), structural equation modelling.
Social & Applied Psychology (Postgraduate – M.Sc. Applied & Social Psychology)
Topic: Social Protest and Collective Action
Statistics & Methodology (Undergraduate – B.Sc., Core BPS module)
Topics Covered: Introduction to SPSS, correlation and regression analyses, factor
analyses, scale constructions, reliability, t-test, general linear models (including
repeated measure factorial analyses).
Business Psychology (Undergraduate – B.Sc.)
Topics: Creation of research material and dissemination of findings
Groups in Action (Undergraduate – B.Sc.)
Topic: Collective Action
Academic Support Workshops (Undergraduate – B.Sc.)
Topics: academic writing (essays structure and content, referencing), theoretical
explanations (cognitive, social and other areas), statistics (appropriateness analyses and
selection of statistical techniques).
Workshop ‘Programming your online questionnaire using Mechanical Turk’
(University of Kent, School of Psychology – Research Training Scheme).
Workshop ‘Honor and Social Activism against Organized Crime in the South of Italy’
(Istituto Tecnico Commerciale ‘Alfonso Gallo’, Aversa, Italy) [Educative program
aimed at 16+ years old, personally initiated and developed]
Supervision of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students
University of Padua:
2012.
Nardini, A. (Social exclusion; Principal supervisor, undergraduate); Piovesan, J.
(Citizenship; cosupervisor with Professor Adriano Zamperini, postgraduate).
University of Kent:
2015.
Cosupervisor (with Prof D. Abrams): Ozkan, Z. (Leadership & Deviance;
postgraduate); Platsia, A. F. (Collective Action; postgraduate); Hughes, S.
(Developmental Social Psychology of Leadership; undergraduate); Pappa, M.
(Leadership & Deviance; undergraduate); Argyropoulou, A. (Leadership & Deviance;
undergraduate); Petroutsou, A. (Leadership & Deviance; undergraduate) Sakellariou,
M. (Developmental Social Psychology of Leadership; undergraduate). These projects
were developed as a team and I assumed equal responsibility for supervision with Prof
Abrams.
2014.
Supervisor: Birelli, C. (Collective Action; postgraduate); Nucera, S. (Collective Action
and Social Emotions; postgraduate).
Academic Output
Editorship
Founding Editor and Editor-in-Chief:
Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest [Funding Editor,
www.contentionjournal.org; Publisher: Punctum Books; (Launched 2012, now in Vol. 2 and 3
issues published)]
Special Issue Editorships
Travaglino, G. A. (Ed) (2014). Social Protest in the Social Sciences. Contemporary Social Science,
9(1). [Special Issue, Publisher: Taylor & Francis]
Travaglino, G. A. & Callan, B. (Eds.) (2014). Research and methods in the study of social protest:
Dialogue on disciplines. Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest,
1(2). [Special Issue]
Ad Hoc Reviews:
Division 9 Reviewer for SPSSI’s Program at the 2014 APA Convention || Group Processes &
Intergroup Relations || Journal of Applied Social Psychology || Journal of Experimental Social
Psychology || Psychology of Women Quarterly || The Social Science Journal || European Journal of
Social Psychology || Social and Personality Psychology Compass
Publications
Articles (Peer-Reviewed Journals)
Travaglino, G. A., Abrams, D., Randsley de Moura, G., & Russo, G. (in press). That is how we do
it around here: Levels of identification, masculine honor, and social activism against
organized crime in the south of Italy. European Journal of Social Psychology. [JCR:
19/61; social psychology]
Travaglino, G. A., Abrams, D., & Randsley de Moura, G. (2014). Men of honor don’t talk: The
relationship between masculine honor and social activism against criminal
organizations in Italy. Political Psychology. doi: 10.1111/pops.12226 [JCR: 16/157;
political sciences]
Travaglino, G. A., Abrams, D., Randsley de Moura, G., Marques, J. C., & Pinto, I. (2014). How
groups react to disloyalty in the context of intergroup competition: Evaluations of
group deserters and defectors. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 54, 178187. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.05.006 [JCR: 15/61; social psychology]
Travaglino, G. A., Abrams, D., Randsley de Moura, G., & Russo, G. (2014). Organized crime and
group-based ideology: The association between masculine honor and collective
opposition against criminal organizations. Group Processes and Intergroup
Relations. doi:10.1177/1368430214533394 [JCR: 28/61; social psychology]
Travaglino, G. A. (2014). Social sciences and social movements: The theoretical context.
Contemporary Social Science, 9, 1-14. doi: 10.1080/21582041.2013.851406
Abrams, D., Travaglino, G. A., Randsley de Moura, G., May, P. J. (2014). A step too far?
Leadership racism inhibits transgression credit. European Journal of Social
Psychology. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2063 [JCR: 19/61; social psychology]
Abrams, D. Randsley de Moura, G., & Travaglino, G. A. (2013). A double standard when group
members behave badly: Transgression credit to ingroup leaders. Journal of Personality
and Social Psychology, 105, 799-815. doi: 10.1037/a0033600 [JCR: 2/61; social
psychology]
Zamperini, A. Menegatto, M., Travaglino, G. A., & Nulman, E. (2012). Social representations of
protest and police after the Genoa G8 summit: A qualitative analysis of activist
accounts of events. Papers on Social Representations, 21, 15.1-15.30. ISSN 1021-5573
Travaglino, G. A. (2011). Il paradigma psico-sociale e la pedagogia. Studium Educationis, 1, 35-50.
ISSN 1722-8395
Articles (under review/in preparation)
Travaglino, G. A., Abrams, D., & Randsley de Moura, G. (invited revision). Fewer but better:
Proportionate size of the group affects evaluation of transgressive leaders. British
Journal of Social Psychology.
Travaglino, G. A., Abrams, D., & Randsley de Moura, G. (under review). Can leaders or members
desert their group with impunity? Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.
Yetkili, O. Abrams, D., Giner-Sorolla, R., & Travaglino, G.A. (in preparation). The role of
typicality in imagined intergroup contact. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology.
Travaglino, G. A., & Abrams, D. (in preparation). Honour and Social Activism against organised
crime: A three-wave longitudinal study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Books and conference proceedings
Travaglino, G. A. & Ridda, M. (Eds) (in preparation). Change, Resistance, and Collective Action in
Southern Italy: A Multidisciplinary View. London: Routledge.
Travaglino, G. A. (Ed) (in press). Protest, Movements, and Dissent in the Social Sciences: A
Multidisciplinary Perspective. London: Routledge.
Travaglino, G. A. & Nulman E. (Eds.) (2012). Theory, Action & Impact of Social Protest. Punctum
Books: New York. [Conference Proceedings]
Chapters in Edited Books
Travaglino, G. A., Leite, A., Abrams, D., Randsley de Moura, G., Marques, J., Pinto, I., & Levine,
J. (in preparation). The Perils and Privileges of Leadership and Membership:
Subjective Group Dynamics and Deviance, Innovation, Transgression. In Wheelan, S.
& Jacobsson, C. (Eds). Work Team Development: An International Perspective.
London: Sage.
Van de Vyver, J., Travaglino, G. A., Vasiljevic, M., Abrams, D. (in press). The Personal and
Societal Context of Restorative Justice: A Social Psychological Perspective. In
Gavrielides, T. (Ed.). The Psychology of Restorative Justice. Furnham: Ashgate
Publishing.
Zamperini, A., Menegatto, M., Travaglino G. A., & Botticini, V. (2011). Genova, una città come
dispositivo di potere: la minaccia del nemico e gli scontri di piazza. In Zamperini, A. &
Menegatto M. (Eds). Cittadinanza ferita e trauma psicopolitico dopo il g8 di Genova
(pp. 15-54). Liguori: Napoli.
Zamperini, A., Menegatto, M., Travaglino G. A., & Moroni, V. (2011). Bolzaneto: la produzione
del male nelle società democratiche. In Zamperini, A. & Menegatto M. (Eds).
Cittadinanza ferita e trauma psicopolitico dopo il g8 di Genova (pp. 81-104). Liguori:
Napoli.
Zamperini, A., Menegatto, M., Travaglino G. A., & Bertoldo, A., Rezziele, R. (2011). Teorie e
pratiche della rinconciliazione: forme della riparazione nei conflitti intrastatali. In
Zamperini, A. & Menegatto M. (Eds). Cittadinanza ferita e trauma psicopolitico dopo
il g8 di Genova (pp. 105-128). Liguori: Napoli.
Zamperini, A., Menegatto, M., & Travaglino G. A. (2011). Ricostruire le relazioni sociali tra
ostacoli emozionali e senso di ingiustizia. In Zamperini, A. & Menegatto M. (Eds).
Cittadinanza ferita e trauma psicopolitico dopo il g8 di Genova (pp. 155-174). Liguori:
Napoli.
Organization of conferences, seminars, small group meetings
Ongoing.
Founder of the Interdisciplinary Network for Social Protest Research (INSPR
http://www.inspr.eu; 340 members).
2015.
Chair for Change, Resistance, and Collective Action in Southern Italy: A
Multidisciplinary Symposium, 4 Sept 2015, University of Kent (forthcoming)
2014.
Chair for 2nd Interdisciplinary Conference on Social Protest, 28-29th March 2014m
University of Kent.
2013.
Co-chair for Occupy Gezi Parki: Eyewitness Accounts. Canterbury, University of Kent.
2012.
Co-chair for Theory, Action & Impact of Social Protest: An Interdisciplinary
Conference. Canterbury, 13 – 14 October 2012, University of Kent.
2012.
Coordinator Leadership Group. Center for the Study of Group Processes, University of
Kent.
Conferences and Invited Presentations
Calogero, R. Pina, A., & Travaglino, G.A. (Forthcoming, 24 September/2015). Safety anxiety in the
context of objectification theory: Implications for personal well-being and social
beliefs. Annual meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Denver.
Travaglino, G.A. & Abrams, D. (3 June/2015) Passivity or Legitimisation? Honour, Masculinity,
and Social Activism against Criminal Organisations in Southern Italy. Political
Psychology Workshop, University of Kent.
Abrams, D., Travaglino, G.A., Grant, P. & Bennett, M. (3 June/2015). The Rise and Rise of
Scottish Nationalism: Was It Ever Thus?. Political Psychology Workshop, University
of Kent.
Randsley de Moura, G., Travaglino, G. A., & Abrams, D. (26 February/2015). Few but Good:
Group Size and Evaluations of Transgressive Leaders. SPSP general meeting.
Travaglino G. A., Abrams, D., Randsley de Moura, G., Russo, G. (10 September/2014). Collective
passivity against Criminal Organizations in Italy: The role of honor. BPS-SPS Annual
Conference, Canterbury Christ Church University.
Travaglino, G. A., Abrams, D. Randsley de Moura, G. (9-12 July /2014). When can leaders behave
badly? The application of the double standard in the intergroup context. EASP general
meeting, Amsterdam.
Travaglino, G. A., Randsley de Moura, G., & Abrams, D. (25 June/2014). Punishing leaders’
trangressions: The role of ingroup-outgroup and majority–minority status. IWP
International Conference, University of Sheffield.
Travaglino G. A. (25 April/2014). Reactions to transgressive leaders: The role of proportionate
group size. BPS – SPS, Postgraduate Social Psychology Conference, University of
Kent.
Travaglino G. A. (28 March/2014). What predicts lack of opposition against criminal organizations
in Italy?. 2nd Interdisciplinary Conference on Social Protest, University of Kent.
Travaglino G. A., Abrams, D., & Randsley de Moura, G. (28 August/2013). How group members
respond to deserters and defectors. BPS-SPS Annual Conference, University of Exeter.
Travaglino, G. A., Abrams, D. Randsley de Moura, G. (18 September /2012). License To
Transgress: Appraisals of Deviant Leaders. University of Kent.
Travaglino, G.A., Randsley de Moura, G., & Abrams, D. (13 July/ 2012). Group reactions to
transgressive leaders: The application of the double standard across settings. Meeting
‘Power, Politics & Paranoia’, University of Amsterdam.
Zamperini, A., Menegatto, M., & Travaglino, G. A. (8 April/2011). La rilevanza sociale della
ricerca in psicologia o la rilevanza del sociale per la psicologia? Il silenzio degi
psicologi e la responsabilità del ricercatore di fronte alla memoria divisa del G8 di
Genova. University of Parma.
Zamperini, A., Menegatto, M., Travaglino, G. A., Powell, I. T., Nessenzia, J. (22 September/2011).
Cittadinanza psicologica e ostracismi quotidiani: Essere il partner straniero di coppie
miste in Italia. University of Modena e Reggio Emilia.
Invited Talks
Travaglino, G. A., Abrams D., & Randsley de Moura G. (29 February/2012). Deviant Leaders: A
Research Agenda on the Application of the Double Standard. University of Porto.
Travaglino, G. A. (19 October /2013). What is the object of educational research?. University of
Padua.
Randsley de Moura, Abrams, D., & Travaglino, G. A. (6 July/ 2012). When leaders behave badly:
Transgression credit and the double standard. Southampton Symposium on Self and
Identity, University of Southampton.
Abrams, D., Randsley de Moura, G., & Travaglino, G. A. (13-15 October /2011). Transgression
Credit, or: Moral Blindness – its part in our downfall. Invited Address at the 2011
Society of Experimental Social Psychology conference. Washington, DC, USA.
Grants & Applications
May 2015. £2,000 – General Elections: A prospective Study in Kent. School of Psychology,
University of Kent (CO-I)
April 2015. £5,000 – Scottish Nationalism: A prospective study. Faculty of Social Sciences,
University of Kent. (CO-I)
Mar 2015. $4,000 – Community Indifference to Collective Problems: An Interdisciplinary
Symposium on Collective Action, Change, and Resistance. International Society of
Political Psychology. (PI)
Jan 2015. £36,980 – Perception of and Attitude towards the Syrian Refugees in Turkey. Newton
Advanced Fellowship, British Academy. (CO-I)
Nov 2014. £2,000 – Predicting Young Scots’ Votes in the Referendum. School of Psychology
Research Seed Fund, University of Kent. (Co-I)
May 2014. £400 – Funds for EASP summer school, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of
Kent. (PI).
July 2013. £1,500 – Toward crossdisciplinarity in Social Protest. Barry Amiel & Norman Melburn
Trust. (PI)
May 2013. £2,000 – An Interdisciplinary Dialogue on Social Protest. British Psychological Society
– SPS. (PI)
Oct 2012. £3,150 – Theory Action & Impact of Social Protest. University of Kent & ESCR East
Kent DTC. (PI)
Sept 2011. £52,000 – PhD full studentship. School of Psychology, University of Kent.
Awards
2015.
University of Kent 50th Anniversary Prize for Excellence in Research: University Prize
for Postgraduate Research.
2013.
Associate Lecturer Teaching Prize, School of Psychology, University of Kent.
2012.
Best Poster Award, University of Kent.
2012.
Postgraduate Experience Award (TAISP conference & Contention), University of
Kent.
2012.
Student-led nomination for Best Teaching Award, Kent Union, University of Kent.
IT skills and competences
Excellent knowledge of Qualtrics & Amazon’s MTurk.
Excellent knowledge of SPSS/AMOS.
Excellent knowledge of Ms Office.
Good knowledge of Atlas.ti.
Good knowledge of Nvivo.
Good knowledge ADOBE package.
Intermediate knowledge of TRANSANA.
Intermediate knowledge of SAS language.
Intermediate knowledge of R language.
Professional associations
American Psychological Association || British Psychological Association || European Association of
Social Psychology || International Society of Political Psychology || Society Personality & Social
Psychology
Languages
Native fluency in reading, writing, and speaking: Italian.
Advanced reading, writing and speaking skills: English.
Intermediate reading skills: Ancient Greek and Latin
Basic reading: Spanish and French