Ilaria Grazzani is Full Professor in Developmental and Educational Psychology at the Department of Human Sciences for Education ‘R.Massa’, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca (Milan, Italy), where she leads the Lab-PSE.

She has recently coordinated the EU Erasmus+ KA3 project PROMEHS (https://it.promehs.org/) and the Bicocca Research Unity for the PRIN PNRR (www.perstarebeneascuola.unipr.it).

Her main research interest is the development of children’s social cognition, including the role of specific intervention programs in promoting children’s theory of mind and socio-emotional competence. She is part of scientific organisations, such as EADP (European Association on Developmental Psychology), ISRE (International Society for Research on Emotions), ENSEC (European Network for Social and Emotional Competence) and ICIS (International Congress for Infant Studies), and Associate Editor for Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, Infant Mental Health Journal (IMHJ) and International Journal of Emotion Education (IJEE).