A day dedicated to the theme of empathy, an opportunity for learning and reflection with experts from the academic, social and educational fields, full of practical experiences and sharing of projects active in the local area.

The event is organised by USI (USI listening to the Equal Opportunities Service) and SUPSI (Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care, Department of Education and Learning / University of Teacher Education and Accademia Dimitri) and supported by the Cantonal Programme for the Promotion of Rights, Prevention of Violence and Protection of Children and Young People, and by the Social Affairs Division of the City of Lugano.

It is possible to participate in the event by registering at this link.

Programme

• 08:30 - Registration and welcome
• 09:00 - Institutional greetings
  Luisa Lambertini, Rector of Università della Svizzera italiana (USI)
  Franco Gervasoni, General Director of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI)
• 09:15 - Introduction to the event
  Rosalba Morese, USI in ascolto person in charge, Equal opportunities service
• 09:30 - Empathy, a form of communication that is essential for growing and learning
  Anna Oliverio Ferraris, Developmental psychology, Sapienza University, Rome
• 10:15 - Empathy and inequality: how socio-economic factors shape the understanding of emotions
  Luca Cecchetti, IMT Alti Studi Lucca 
  Moderation:
  Lorenzo Pezzoli, SUPSI Applied Psychology Competence Centre
  Rosalba Morese, USI in ascolto person in charge, Equal opportunities service
• 11:00 - Break
• 11:15 - The neurophysiological basis of empathy
  Giorgia Silani, Department of Health and Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna
• 12:00 - Morning discussion and conclusion
  Lorenzo Pezzoli, SUPSI Applied Psychology Competence Centre
  Rosalba Morese, USI in ascolto person in charge, Equal opportunities service
• 12:30 - Lunch break
• 13:30 - Ateliers (registration subject to availability of places)
  • Listen to your body. Theatrical experiences in the educational and care relationship
    Hans-Henning Wulf and Magda Ramadan, Area of Theatre Education - Accademia Dimitri and SUPSI
  • The possible shadows of empathy and the stumbling blocks of (in) the empathic process
    Bachelor Social Work SUPSI-DEASS Lecturers
  • Empathy in action: cultivating connections through emotions
    Paolo Arru and Davide Antognazza, SUPSI Competence Centre for Education, Learning and Teaching
  • Metareflection and empathy building game: cooperative game of meta-reflection and development of empathy to build safer, more aware and more integrated communities
    Daniela Bertamini, psychologist and psychotherapist
    Elena Micaela Cianitto, psychologist and psychotherapist
    Margherita Luciani, collaborator USI in ascolto, Equal opportunities service
• 15:45 - Break
• 16:15 - Challenges and prospects
  Sabrina Antorini Massa, Director of the Social Affairs Division, City of Lugano 
  Marco Galli, Head of the Office for the support of organisations and activities for families and young people
• 17:00 - Conclusion