BRAMBILLA MARCO
- U06, Floor: 3, Room: 3141
By email appointment
Biography
Marco Brambilla is Full Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Milano-Bicocca and Director of the Social Perception and Cognition Lab. He received his MSc in Psychology from the University of Milano-Bicocca (2004) and his PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Bologna (2010). He has held visiting appointments at the Catholic University of Louvain, the University of Oxford, Leiden University, and New York University.
His research focuses on social cognition and impression formation, examining the role of morality in shaping impressions of individuals and groups. He also investigates how facial cues are used to form and dynamically update impressions of others, and how stereotypes and prejudice influence person perception and intergroup behavior.
He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Social Psychology, and an elected fellow of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. He also chairs the Research Quality Steering Committee at the University of Milano-Bicocca.
Research
Social Cognition – Impression Formation – Morality – Stereotypes
Publications
Mattavelli, S., Masi, M., Fiamberti, G., Brambilla, M. (In corso di stampa). When faces shape places: Person trustworthiness influences contextual threat. COGNITION & EMOTION. Detail
Brambilla, M., Masi, M. (2026). Facial impressions are not set in stone: Voice-driven changes in facial representations obtained via reverse correlation. In Proceedins of the General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Detail
Mattavelli, S., Brambilla, M., Unkelbach, C. (2026). Repeating statements increases source credibility. In Proceedings of the General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). Detail
Brambilla, M., Epstude, K., Peters, K. (2026). Passing the torch: Reflections on 3 years at the helm of the EJSP. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 56(5 (August 2026)), 793-794 [10.1002/ejsp.70088]. Detail
Mattavelli, S., Brambilla, M. (2026). Content dimensions of person perception: Morality takes the lead (over sociability and competence).. In J.F. Landy (a cura di), Research Handbook on Social Judgment (pp. 109-124). Edward Elgar Publishing [10.4337/9781035332540.00015]. Detail
Research projects
Awards
Awards
- Mid-Career Award, European Association of Social Psychology (EASP), 2026
- Best Paper Award, Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, 2026
- Society for Personality and Social Psychology Small Research Grant, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 2017
- European Association of Social Psychology Seedcorn Grant, European Association of Social Psychology, 2017
- Finanziamento delle Attività Base di Ricerca (FFABR), MIUR, 2017
- European Association of Social Psychology Postdoctoral Travel Grant, European Association of Social psychology- EASP, 2012
- Premio miglior tesi di dottorato - Associazione Italiana di Psicologia (sezione di psicologia sociale), AIP - Associazione Italiana di Psicologia, 2010
- European Association of Social Psychology Travel Grant, European Association of Social Psychology - EASP, 2009
Scientific fellowships
- Fellow - Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 2026
- Fellow - Society of Experimental Social Psychology, 2018
Editorial boards
- - EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 2024
- Membro del Comitato Editoriale - INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 2023
- Associate Editor di rivista o collana editoriale - PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETTIN, 2021 - 2023
- Associate Editor di rivista o collana editoriale - SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 2018 - 2020
- Membro del Comitato Editoriale - BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 2017 - 2022
- Membro del Comitato Editoriale - SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 2014 - 2017
Research and teaching assignments
- Visiting Researcher - New York University, 2014
- Visiting Researcher - University of Oxford, 2012
- Ricercatore/Ricercatrice universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2016 - 2019
- Visiting Researcher - Universiteit Leiden, 2012
- Ricercatore/Ricercatrice universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2015 - 2016
- Ricercatore/Ricercatrice universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2012 - 2015
- Visiting Researcher - Université Catholique de Louvain, 2008 - 2009
Congresses/Conferences
- Program chair - European Social Cognition Network (ESCON) Transfer of Knowledge Conference(Italia), 2022