Dr Simona Cantarella

About

I graduated in Developmental Psychology at the University of Padua (Italy) in 2005. Then I obtained a MSc in Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at University of Padua (2007), and a PhD awarded by the Henley Business School and the Department of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences (University of Reading) in 2016.

Prior to joining Kingston University as a Lecturer in Business Psychology , I spent over one year (2016-2018) as a post-doctoral research fellow at the Faculty of Medicine (Imperial College London) were I conducted research in medical decision making by using Signal Detection Theory. I then joined the ICMA centre for financial market in 2018 (University of Reading) were I worked as post-doctoral research associate on an ESRC project to explore the physiological and behavioural outcomes of risky investment decisions of retail investors.  My current research interest focuses on the effect of emotions and biases on financial decision- making under risk and uncertainty, as well as the biases that increase the likelihood of aggressive behaviour within an organisation.

Academic responsibilities

Senior Lecturer in Business Psychology

Qualifications

  • PhD, University of Reading, United Kingdom, Oct 2012 - April 2016
  • MSc, Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Padua, Italy, Oct 2005 - Dec 2007
  • BSc, Developmental Psychology, University of Padua, Italy, Oct 2001 - July 2005

Teaching and learning

Research