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CHAIR - Salvatore Soresi
He is a full professor at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Padua; the Director of the post-graduate Master Course in Vocational Guidance and Career Counseling; the Director of the University Centre for Research and Services on Disability, Rehabilitation and Inclusion. He is also the President of the SIO (Italian Society for Vocational Guidance), the Editor of the Italian Journal of Vocational Psychology and the Director of the series "Percorsi di orientamento [Vocational Guidance Pathways]" (Giunti-OS, Firenze). He is a trainer and supervisor of the Italian Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy. He is a member of the Life Design International Research Group, of the Career Adaptability International Collaborative Group and is the representative for Italy in the European project University Network for Innovation in Guidance - Lifelong Learning Programme. He is the author of about two hundred and fifty publications, more than twenty books, and a number of important assessment instruments, among which the portfolios Optimist and Clipper, and the Magellano Project (Giunti-OS, Firenze). The latter has received the High patronage of the President of the Italian Republic. In 2008 he received an award for his "Distinguished Contribution to the International Advancement of the Counseling Profession" from the Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17 of the American Psychological Association). |
