VELASCO VERONICA

Role
Associate professor  
Academic disciplines
Work and Organizational Psychology (PSIC-03/B)
Scientific-Disciplinary Group:
SOCIAL, WORK AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (11/PSIC-03)
Office phone
Room:
  • U06, Floor: 3, Room: 3145
Reception hours

The receiving time is fixed according to the requests received by e-mail

Research

· Design, implementation, and evaluation of health promotion and prevention interventions and programs in organizations and life contexts
· Implementation Science and cultural adaptation of evidence-based programs
· Quantitative and qualitative methods in health psychology
· Health and well-being behaviors in organizations
· Well-being in educational settings and individual, relational, organizational, and contextual determinants
· Psychological professions

Publications

  • Delbosq, S., Lorini, C., Bonaccorsi, G., Zanobini, P., Vecchio, L., Okan, O., et al. (2026). How to Promote School Principals' Well‐Being? The Role of Job‐Related Perceptions and Behaviors. THE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 96(2 (February 2026)) [10.1111/josh.70111]. Detail

  • Ghelfi, M., Marchesi, L., Briziarelli, F., Carozzi, N., Velasco, V. (2026). How online gambling fits into people’s lives: qualitative research on nonproblem gamblers. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY, 45(1) [10.1007/s12144-025-08836-2]. Detail

  • Branda, M., Meroni, C., Bada, E., Muller, C., Picquot, C., Sørensen, K., et al. (2025). How Can Students Be Empowered in Relation to SDGs Through Active Learning? Psychological and Contextual Dimensions Associated with Teachers’ Use of Storytelling in Europe. EDUCATION SCIENCES, 15(12) [10.3390/educsci15121697]. Detail

  • Branda, M., Vecchio, L., Gruppo Hbsc Lombardia, 2., Velasco, V. (2025). Engagement e burnout: profili latenti di benessere occupazionale negli insegnanti attraverso un approccio person-centered. Intervento presentato a: XXI Congresso della Sezione di Psicologia per le Organizzazioni. Il futuro che già c'è: il cambiamento organizzativo tra identità professionale, benessere, inclusione e intelligenza artificiale, Napoli, Italia. Detail

  • Branda, M., Vecchio, L., Gruppo Hbsc Lombardia, 2., Velasco, V. (2025). Mapping Teacher Profiles: Integrating Psychological Well-being and Pedagogical Practice. Intervento presentato a: ECER 2025. Charting the Way Forward: Education, Research, Potentials and Perspectives, Belgrade, Serbia. Detail

Research projects

PLACES - Playful LeArning and Storytelling that Create Engagement for the SDG among children and young people
Year: 2022
Call: Cooperation partnerships in school education
Grantors: EUROPEAN COMMISSION
WAY - Whole-school Approach for Youth with migrant background
Year: 2020
Call: ERASMUS KA201- Strategic Partnerships for School education
Grantors: EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Awards

Research and teaching assignments

  • Ricercatore/Ricercatrice universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2019 - 2022
  • Attivita' di insegnamento - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2019 - 2020