Lucia Bosone

Ph.D. in Psychology.
Behavioural decision-making, social-cognition, persuasion and marketing.

Research Activities

2018- Tenured Researcher- Applied Psychology and Ergonomics Laboratory (LaPEA UMR 7708T), Université Gustave Eiffel and Université Paris Cité, France
Lecturer- Psychology department, Université Paris Cité (France) Teaching: Delivering 20 hours/year of lectures in MSc 1 in Economics and Psychology, focusing on Applied Psychology Supervising: Supervising the master thesis of students from two masters: MSc in Economics and Psychology; MSc in Work, Organizational, and Personnel Psychology
2017-2018 Project Manager- in charge of the mobility research projects of PSYKOLAB, counselling agency in behavioural sciences (Lyon, France)
2016-2017 Associate Lecturer- Department of Social Psychology, the Open University (East Midlands, UK)
Associate Faculty Member- Leeds University Business School (UK)
2015-2016 Teaching and Research Fellow- Department of Social Psychology, Université Lumière Lyon 2 (France).
Expert consultant for the cabinet d'études Sens et Idées (Lyon), investigating health and wellbeing in the workplace.
2014-2015 Research Associate- Social Psychology Research Group (EA 4163), Université Lumière Lyon 2 (France). Project: assessing the perceived impact of initiatives to decrease mental health stigma. PI: M. Préau.
2011-2015 Ph.D. and Teaching fellow- Social Psychology Research Group (EA 4163), Université Lumière Lyon 2 (France).
2010-2011 Research Assistant- Social Psychology Research Group (EA 4163), Université Lumière Lyon 2 (France). Project: The psychophysiological influence of the type of communication on interpersonal trust. PIs: A. Antonietti and G. Riva.
Expert consultant- TEDDY network (Task-force in Europe for Drug Development for the Young). Project: "A spoonful of info helps the medicine go down", creation of videos promoting children’s pharmacological awareness. PI: M. Felisi. Videos
2008-2009 Research Assistant- AVIS (Association of Italian Volunteers for Blood Donation) and SPAEE (Laboratory of psychology of development and education), Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (Milan, Italy). Project: "Open your eyes, make the difference!"; creation of cooperative games for children (10-13 year old) to be used in programs to develop solidarity. PI: A. Antonietti.

Education

2011-2015 Ph.D.in Social Psychology, Social Psychology Research Group (EA 4163), Université Lumière Lyon 2 (France). Titre: Persuasion by Vicarious Experience: experimental modelling of the influence of health-promotional messages. Supervisors: F. Martinez and N. Kalampalikis. Grade: with the highest honours
2010-2011 MSc "Social representations and transmissions", Social Psychology Research Group (EA 4163), Université Lumière Lyon 2 (France). Final experimental thesis (in French): "How to Increase Participation of Healthy Volunteers in Clinical Trials? The effect of message-framing and personal involvement on individuals’ attitudes towards clinical trials". Supervisor : F. Martinez (MCF). Grade: with the highest honours.
2008-2010 MSc "Psychology of Development and Communication", Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan (Italy). Final experimental thesis (in English): "Communication and Trust. How narrative style and interaction influence the perception of partner's reliability in a Financial Game". Supervisor: A. Antonietti. Grade: with highest honours (110/110 summa cum laude)
2005-2008 BSc "Psychological Science and Technologies". Final thesis (in Italian): "Cooperative strategies and Games Theory: an educational project to promote solidarity". Supervisor: A. Antonietti

Publications

Peer-reviewed journals

  1. Chevrier, M., Bosone, L., Zenasni, F., & Delhomme, P. (2025). The role of collective positive prospection in motivating social change: A scoping review of methods and findings. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 102576. Doi: Full text
  2. Leonce, X., Burkhardt, J. M., & Bosone, L. (2025). Strategies at the platform-train interface: in the pursuit of psychological comfort?. Behaviour & Information Technology, 44(6), 1146-1154. Doi: Full text
  3. Chevrier, M., Bosone, L., Zenasni, F., & Delhomme, P. (2025). Beyond the individual: testing and applying a collective protection motivation model for pro-environmental behaviors. Current Psychology, 44(6), 5156-5172. Doi: Full text
  4. Bosone, L., Chevrier, M., Chaurand, N., & Collange, J. (2024). Sharing an Opinion Motivates Acting for it Together: Identity Dynamics Influence Citizens’ Intentions to Individually and Collectively Act for the Environment. Identity, 1-15. Doi: Full text
  5. Leonce, X., Burkhardt, J. M., & Bosone, L. (2024, October). User experience and psychological comfort at the Platform-Train Interface. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics 2024 (pp. 1-5). Doi: Full text
  6. Chevrier, M., Delhomme, P., Zenasni, F., & Bosone, L. (2024). Integrating Utopian Constructs: A Preliminary Investigation of Their Similarities and Predictive Power on Social Change Intentions. Sustainability, 16(19), 8320. Doi: Full text
  7. Bosone, L., Thiriot, S., Chevrier, M., Rocci, A., & Zenasni, F. (2024). Visioning sustainable futures: Exposure to positive visions increases individual and collective intention to act for a decarbonated world. Global Environmental Psychology, 2, 1-28. Doi: Full text
  8. Bosone, L., Chevrier, M., & Martinez, F. (2023). When narratives speak louder than numbers: the effects of narrative persuasion across the stages of behavioural change to reduce air pollution. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1072187. Doi: Full text
  9. Bosone, L., Chaurand, N., & Chevrier, M. (2022). To change or not to change? Perceived psychological barriers to individuals’ behavioural changes in favour of biodiversity conservation. Ecosystems and People, 18(1), 315-328. Doi: Full text
  10. Bosone, L., & Bertoldo, R. (2022). The greater the contact, the closer the threat: the influence of contact with nature on the social perception of biodiversity loss and the effectiveness of conservation behaviours. Sustainability, 14(24), 16490. Doi: Full text
  11. Bosone, L., Chevrier, M., & Zenasni, F. (2022). Consistent or inconsistent? The effects of inducing cognitive dissonance vs. cognitive consonance on the intention to engage in pro-environmental behaviors. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 902703. Doi: Full text
  12. Bosone, L. & Martinez, F., (2017). When, How and Why is Loss-Framing More Effective than Gain- and Non-Gain-Framing in the Promotion of Detection Behaviors?. International Review of Social Psychology. 30(1), pp.184–192. Doi: Full text
  13. Bosone, L., Martinez, F., & Kalampalikis, N. (2015). When the Model Fits the Frame The Impact of Regulatory Fit on Efficacy Appraisal and Persuasion in Health Communication. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41(4), 526-539. Doi: Full text .
  14. Bosone, L., Martinez, F., & Kalampalikis, N. (2015). The effect of message framing and the nature of the targeted illness on individuals’ intention to participate in clinical trials. Revue Européenne de Psychologie Appliquée/European Review of Applied Psychology, 65(4), 171-177. Doi : Full text.
  15. Cipresso, P., Villani, D., Repetto, C., Bosone, L., Balgera, A., Mauri, M., Villamira, M., Anonietti, A., & Riva, G. (2015). Computational Psychometrics in Communication and Implications in Decision Making. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, 1-10. Doi: Full text .

Chapters and research reports

  1. Martinez, F. et Bosone, L. (2017). Influence sociale et cohérence motivationnelle. Dans Inserm, Agir sur les comportements nutritionnels. Règlementation, marketing et influence des communications de santé, Expertise collective.
  2. Bosone, L., Siméone, A., Reinold, B.& Préau, M. (2015). Etude d’impact des actions visant à développer dans le Rhône la promotion de la santé mentale auprès d’un large public et à lutter contre la stigmatisation. ARS, ADES du Rhône, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Laboratoire GRePS.

Conference proceedings

  1. Bosone, L., & Martinez, F. (2013). Role models increase the effect of regulatory-fit on the intention to adopt dietary-behaviours. Psychology & Health, 28 (sup. 1), 70.
  2. Bosone, L., Martinez, F., & Fieulaine, N. (2012). How to make more salient and effective a message promoting clinical trials. Psychology & Health, 27 (sup. 1), 11.

Presentations

International conferences

  1. Bosone, L., Rasse, T., Zenasni, F. (2025). Creating visions of positive futures to motivate individual and collective pro-environmental action. International Conference on Environmental Psychology (Vilnius, 15-18 June 2025).
  2. Grandin, A., Bosone, L. (2025). Ability to imagine sustainable futures and engagement in biodiversity conservation behaviours: the ECOSpil project. International Conference on Environmental Psychology (Vilnius, 15-18 June 2025).
  3. Zhou, M., Bosone, Zenasni, F., Zhang, R. (2025). The power of awe in natural environments: exploring psychological mechanisms linking nature exposure and well-being. International Conference on Environmental Psychology (Vilnius, 15-18 June 2025).
  4. Rasse, T., Bosone, L., Zenasni, F. (2024). Creating a sustainable future: the influence of envisioning positive futures on behavioural change. Connect 2 Create conference (Paris, 29-30 Octobre 2024).
  5. Bosone, L., Chevrier, M., Zenasni, F. (2024). Imaginons l’avenir : imaginer une société future éco-responsable motive à s’engager individuellement et collectivement en faveur de la transition écolo-gique. 15ème congrès international de psychologie sociale (Bruxelles, 11-13 Juillet 2024).
  6. Léonce, X., Bosone, L., Burkhardt, J.M. (2024). Circuler dans un espace partagé : des stratégies pour le confort. 15ème congrès international de psychologie sociale (Bruxelles, 11-13 Juillet 2024).
  7. Chevrier, M., Bosone, L., Zenasni, F., Delhomme, P. (2023). Modelling Collective Protection Motiva-tion to predict individual and collective pro-environmental actions. 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (Krakow, 30 June – 4 July 2023).
  8. Chevrier, M., Bosone, L., Zenasni, F., Delhomme, P. (2023). Testing a collective protection motivation model to predict individual and collective pro-environmental actions. International Conference on Environmental Psychology (Aarhus, 20-23 juin 2023).
  9. Bosone, L., Zenasni, F. (2023). Positive visions, efficacy and pro-environmental intentions: thinking about future alternatives as a lever to change. International Conference on Environmental Psycho-logy (Aarhus, 20-23 juin 2023).
  10. Bosone, L., Siméone, A., Préau, M. (2016). Approche compréhensive et comparative des représentations sociales des troubles de la santé mentale chez des participants du grand public et des professionnels de la santé. IXème Congrès de l’Association Francophone de Psychologie de la Santé, Lyon, France.
  11. Bosone, L., Martinez, F. (2015). L'influence persuasive d'autrui. L'effet de la cohérence motivationnelle par individu modèle dans la promotion des comportements de dépistage.12ème Colloque Jeunes Chercheurs, ADRIPS, Dijon, France.
  12. Bosone, L. (2014). L'effet persuasif d'Autrui dans les campagnes de promotion de la santé: quel modèle pour quel message? 8ème Congrès de l'Association Francophone de Psychologie de la Santé, Liège, Belgique.
  13. Bosone, L., Martinez, F. (2014). Motivated by vicarious models: the effectiveness of social exposure promoting cholesterol screening. 17th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas.
  14. Bosone, L., Martinez, F. (2013). Prospect Theory and Health-promotion: -Personal involvement predicts framing-effects on the decision to engage in a risky health behavior.24th Conference - Subjective Probability, Utility and Decision-Making, Barcelone, Espagne.
  15. Bosone, L., & Martinez, F. (2013). Role models increase the effect of regulatory-fit on the intention to adopt dietary-behaviours. Psychology & Health, 28 (sup. 1), 70.
  16. Martinez, F., Bosone, L. (2013). Promoting Detection Behaviors: Untangling the Effects of Loss- versus Non-Gain-Framed Communicational Messages. 27th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, Bordeaux, France. (poster)
  17. Bosone, L., Martinez, F., & Fieulaine, N. (2012). How to make more salient and effective a message promoting clinical trials. Psychology & Health, 27 (sup. 1), 11.
  18. Bosone, L., Martinez, F., Fieulaine, N. (2012). Effets du cadrage du message et des caractéristiques de la maladie concernée sur l'intention de participer à un essai clinique.9ème Colloque International de Psychologie Sociale en Langue Française, ADRIPS, Porto, Portugal.
  19. Martinez, F., Mugnier, G. et Bosone, L. (2012). Effets de l'apprentissage vicariant dans le cadre d'un message de prévention fortement menaçant sur l'alcool. 9ème Colloque International de Psychologie Sociale en Langue Française, ADRIPS, Porto, Portugal.

National conferences

  1. Bosone, L. & Martinez, F. (2016). Informations narratives ou statistiques ? La persuasion au travers d’un individu modèle selon la cohérence motivationnelle. 57ème Congrès annuel de la Société Française de Psychologie, Paris, France.
  2. Bosone, L., Reinold, B., Siméone, A., & Préau, M. (2015). Etude d’impact des actions visant à développer dans le Rhône la promotion de la santé mentale et à lutter contre la stigmatisation. Journée de Restitution, ISH Lyon.
  3. Bosone, L. (2015). La persuasion par expérience vicariante. 7ème Journées Doctorales, Genève, Suisse.
  4. Bosone, L., Reinold, B., Siméone, A., & Préau, M. (2015). Peut-on mesurer l’effet d’actions destinées à la (de)stigmatisation de la santé mentale ? 8ème Journée de réflexion du GRePS, Lyon, France.
  5. Bosone, L. (2013). Que feriez-vous si… L’utilisation des scénarii dans la recherche en psychologie. III Séminaire doctorant inter-laboratoires GREPS-LPS. Nîmes, France.
  6. Bosone, L. (2013). Communications persuasives et recherche : l'application des résultats expérimentaux dans le domaine pratique de la promotion de la santé. Doctoriales EPIC, Genève, Suisse.
  7. Bosone, L., Martinez, F. (2013). Promotion de la santé : le rôle de la perception du risque et de l'implication personnelle dans le processus de prise de décision. 6ème Journée de réflexion du GRePS, Lyon, France.
  8. Bosone, L. (2012). Renforcement vicariant et auto-efficacité : comment l'observation des expériences d'autrui influence la prise de décision. 5ème Journée de réflexion du GRePS, Lyon, France.
  9. Bosone, L. (2012). Effets du cadrage du message et des caractéristiques de la maladie concernée sur l'intention de participer à un essai clinique. Journées Doctorales, AFPSA, Paris, France.
  10. Doumergue, M. et Bosone, L. (2011). Résonance mutuelle des stratégies de recherche et des stratégies de faire face. Journée de réflexion du GRePS, Lyon, France.

Collective Responsibilities

  1. Associate Editor of the Special Issue “No time like the future? Towards a generative, prospective and possibilities-focused ‘futures social psychology’” in the British Journal of Social Psychology (2025).
  2. Member of the Researcher Evaluation Committee of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forests, the Sea, and Fisheries since September 2023.
  3. Member of the PhD defense jury for Aurore Grandin (February 14, 2024).
  4. Member of the Organizing Committee for the General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology in 2026.
  5. Organizer of the Small Group Meeting on “Envisioning the Future as a Driver of Individual and Collective Change for Sustainable Development” (June 2025).