FSH - School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health header
School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health
Shows Marta Prandelli on stage at AIP event

AIP Social Impact Prize 2025 Awarded to DCU's Dr Marta Prandelli

Research news - Marta Prandelli wins psychology social impact award
Dr Marta Prandelli has been awarded the Award for the Discipline’s Commitment in the Service of Society by the Social Psychology Section of the Italian Association of Psychology (AIP).

This annual award recognises projects that apply social psychology to support communities, public institutions, and civic engagement, with a strong emphasis on sustainability, social transformation, and academic–societal partnerships.

Her winning proposal, “Bodies, Rights, and Representations: Social Practices for the Recognition of Intersex People in Italy,” brings together a series of public, educational, scientific, and advocacy-based initiatives carried out in 2024. These initiatives aim to raise awareness and challenge stigma around intersex experiences by blending social psychology with public discourse and participatory action.

They were developed in collaboration with grassroots organisations, universities, and public institutions, and are embedded within CHRISALIS, a two-year project led by Dr Prandelli at Dublin City University, funded by the European Union under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01; Grant ID: 101067189).