Camilla Pagani is a social psychologist. She has a degree in Modern Languages and Literature, a PhD in Anglo-American Literature, and a degree in Psychology. Within her Project “The sense of diversity and its psychological implications” she has carried out research in the following fields: children’s and adolescents’ attitudes toward multiculturalism; the perception of threat in cross-cultural relations; the role of hate and resentment in racist attitudes; empathy in cross-cultural relations; children’s and adolescents’ relationships with animals with special reference to empathy and violence; the relation between animal cruelty and bullying (in collaboration with Prof. F. R. Ascione, University of Denver); the relation between animal abuse and interhuman violence in both their socially acceptable and unacceptable forms; the identification of the basic constituents of the human-animal bond in the context of interhuman relationships; “animality” and “humanity” as two categories that are liable to be affected by reciprocal intermixtures and integrations. She coordinates the group “Hare” (Group for the Study of Human-Animal Relations). She is a Fellow of the University of Denver. She is a member of an international multidisciplinary group of experts on the phenomenon of violence, whose main aim is to draw up a scientific document, which should refine, ameliorate and extend the Seville Statement on Violence. With F. Robustelli she co-authored  a book on immigrant students’ enrolment in mainstream classes in Italian schools (Franco Angeli, 2005). She published papers in international and national journals and chapters in international and national books. She has organized national and international conferences. She is a member of CICA (Coloquios Internacionales sobre Cerebro y Agresión) Scientific Committee. She is also a member of IAIE (International Association for Intercultural Education) and of ISAZ (International Society of Anthrozoology).