Program Overview

Program Overview

The program in question is a Ph.D. in Psicopatologia e funzionamento mentale: metodi di ricerca in ambito forense, which translates to Psychopathology and Mental Functioning: Research Methods in Forensic Contexts. This program is offered by the Sapienza University of Rome.

Program Details

• Identificativo: 31897
• Tipo offerta formativa: Dottorato (Ph.D.)
• Anno accademico: 2025/2026
• Borse Sapienza: 3
• Borse esterne: 0
• Dottorato industriale: 0
• Posti senza borsa: 1

Educational Objectives

The program's educational objectives are centered around providing advanced training in research methods related to psychopathology and mental functioning within a forensic context. This includes:

• Psicologia e psicopatologia clinica nel ciclo di vita: Clinical psychology and psychopathology across the life cycle.
• Criminalità e devianza: Criminality and deviance.
• Neurobiologia: Neurobiology.
• Neuroscienze e neuroimaging: Neurosciences and neuroimaging.
• Memoria e testimonianza: Memory and testimony.
• Processi e bias decisionali: Decision-making processes and biases.
• Assessment e valutazione psicodiagnostica in ambito forense: Assessment and psychodiagnostic evaluation in forensic contexts.

Curriculum Structure

The program offers three curricula:

1. Psicologia Giuridica (Forensic Psychology): Focuses on advancing methodologies and techniques for assessing personality, family relationships, parental capabilities, victimology, treatment of offenders, and the reliability of adult and minor testimony.
2. Psicopatologia Forense (Forensic Psychopathology): Aims to refine methodologies useful in psychiatric-forensic research, particularly in evaluating decision-making capacity, conducting psychiatric evaluations, and treating offenders.
3. Neuroscienze Forensi (Forensic Neurosciences): Emphasizes the perfection of research methodologies related to the evaluation of cognitive processes in forensic contexts, including memory, testimony, and free will, as well as decision-making processes among professionals in the field.

Examination and Evaluation

• Prove di esame - orale: Oral examination on July 16, 2025, at 10:00 AM in Aula A (Edificio CU026; piano rialzato), Viale Regina Elena n.334.
• Prove - Valutazione titoli: Evaluation of titles on July 7, 2025.

Department and Staff

• Dipartimento: Neuroscienze Umane (Department of Human Neurosciences).
• Coordinatore: Paolo Roma.
• Staff: Includes Luisa Iafrate among others.

Additional Information

• The program includes training in statistics and data analysis, incorporating traditional methodologies and recent advancements in artificial intelligence, such as machine learning algorithms.
• Students can choose to complete their training in one of the three curricula, each of which is interconnected and represents a foundational section of forensic sciences.
• The program aims to provide students with specialized skills through teachings by national and international experts, focusing on evidence-based methodologies specific to each sector.