In 2018 the Department of Psychology of Developmental and Socialization Processes was selected among the departments of excellence of the Italian state university system.

The Departments of Excellence represent an innovative intervention with strong financial support, provided for by law 232 of 2016 (2017 budget law). The aim of the intervention is to identify and finance, every five years and within the 14 CUN areas, the best 180 Departments of state universities. These are Departments that stand out for the quality of the research produced and the quality of the development project, to which an annual budget of 271 million euros is allocated.

The Project

The project aims to create an interdisciplinary research task force on one of the most relevant social issues: migratory flows and inclusive practices in Europe and Italy. Faced with this social challenge, which requires immediate responses, the Department intends to strengthen the interconnections between excellent scientific-disciplinary sectors in research, teaching and international collaborations with an immediate socio-economic impact through existing services and the creation of new services consultancy on the psychosocial implications connected to migratory phenomena.