Degree Award in memory of Angela (Lina) Cisternino Nichelli

On Thursday 04 December 2025, from 2.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m., the ceremony for the awarding of the Degree Award in memory of Lina (Angela) Cisternino Nichelli will take place.

To participate, registration is required by December 2 and subject to availability of places, using this form.

Program

Introduce

Raffaella IAFRATE, Full Professor of Social Psychology and Rector's Delegate for Equal Opportunities, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Camillo REGALIA, Full Professor of Social Psychology and Director of the Centre for Family Studies and Research, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart 

Rosa ROSNATI, Full Professor of Social Psychology, University Centre for Family Studies and Research, Professor of Psychology of Adoption and Foster Care, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Speakers

Paolo Frigio NICHELLI, Extraordinary Professor of Neurology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: A portrait of Lina Cisternino and her legacy for the younger generations

Mario ZEVOLA, President of the CAM Juvenile Auxiliary Center and former President of the Juvenile Court of Milan

Presentation of the awarded theses

Alessandra POGGI, Doctor of Psychology, winner of the prize for the degree thesis entitled: Minors in foster care in the duplication of families: a study on dual belonging and family boundaries at the Cometa association

Chiara ZULLO, Doctor of Psychology, winner of the prize for the degree thesis entitled: Adoptive families with children affected by fetal alcohol syndrome: an exploratory research on needs and resources

Sara ORTOLEVA, Doctor of Psychology, winner of the prize for the degree thesis entitled: Borderline personality disorder and adoption: an exploratory research at the Juvenile Court of Milan

Award ceremony

He concludes

Laura LAERA, Expert Commissioner of the International Adoption Commission, former President of the Juvenile Court of Florence.