Dr. Fabrizia Mantovani is an assistant professor of General Psychology currently affiliated with the Centre for Studies in Communication Sciences at the Department of Sciences for Education at the University of Milano – Bicocca. She has a strong theoretical and experimental research background in communication psychology, psychology of emotions and new media psychology. Her main research interests concern the design, development and validation of technology- enhanced education and training programs for soft skills, based on the use of serious games, virtual reality and affective computing.