Professor in Education Sciences
Emanuele Isidori is the Full Professor in General and Social Pedagogy, Vice-Rector for International Relations and Cooperation, Vice-Director of Movement, Humanities and Health Sciences Department, and Head of the Laboratory of General Pedagogy of the University of Rome Foro Italico.
Qualified Profesor Catedrรกtico de Universidad by ANECA in the scientific domain of Social and Juridical Sciences, is a Member of the Committee for Ethics, Education, Anti-Doping Training and Research (CEFAR) of NADO (WADA) Italy. Also, he is the Director of the Permanent Observatory on Ethics and Sports Law of the University of Rome Foro Italico.
Emanuele has earned a Ph.D. in Physical Activity and Health from the University Alfonso X in Madrid (UAX), a Ph.D. in Educational Sciences from the University of Perugia, and several master's degrees (60 ECTS): International Relations, Adult Education, E-Learning, Didactics of Italian Language and Culture to Foreigners, geographical studies, Counseling. He has been a DAAD scholar at Leipzig University (2011), a lecturer at the International Olympic Academy in Olympia, and a visiting professor at California State University Long Beach (2013 and 2014). In 2014 he was awarded the ASESDECO-Francisco de Vitoria University Prize for Sport Pedagogy. He has authored more than 300 publications (articles, essays, monographs, and edited books).
He is actively involved in doctoral education, having supervised 16 PhD candidates across Europe and served on 27 doctoral examination panels.
Professor Isidori is also engaged in significant editorial and scientific leadership activity: he serves as Editor-in-Chief of three academic journals and leads several scholarly book series (including Education and Sport Studies and the QUAPEG series), and sits on the editorial boards of numerous international academic journals.
He coordinates and participates in several international research networks, including the ItalianโGerman Sport Pedagogy and Philosophy Research Unit, the International Research Group on Education, Body and Values, the International Research Group on Physical Education Teachers' Philosophical Profiles, and the International Research Group on E-Learning and Innovative Education (IRGELI) โ serving as coordinator of each. He is also a member of the Aretรฉ Research Group at UCAM.
Publications
Leiva-Arcas A., Vaquero-Cristรณbal R., Meroรฑo L., Maciรก-Andre M.J., Garcรญa-Roca J.A., Abenza-Cano L., Almeida-Pereira A.M., Capranica L., Comyns T., Bota A., Ramรญrez-Muรฑoz A., Maicas-Pรฉrez L., Isidori E., Sรกnchez-Pato A. (2025). The Impact of Dual-Career Support Systems on Perceived Barriers Among European Student-Athletes with Disabilities. Education Sciences, 15, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15030345
Baena-Extremera A., Hueso Lรณpez C., Sรกnchez-Fuentes J.A., Isidori E., Ortiz-Camacho M. (2025). Development of Emotional Intelligence in Primary Education through Physical Education: a systematic review. Espiral, 18, 30-48. https://doi.org/10.25115/ecp.v18i38.10114
Isidori E., Alonzi R., Leonova I., De Martino M., Poplavskaya N., Sandor I. (2023). Futures Education and Creativity: From Theory to Practice. Educatia 21, 25, 28-37. https://doi.org/10.24193/ed21.2023.25.03
Isidori E., Leonova I., Abele A., Caione G., Zakharova L., Sandor I. (2023). Teacher Well-Being: Between Counseling and Resilience Pedagogy. Educatia 21, 25, 326-334. https://doi.org/10.24193/ed21.2023.25.37
Maciรก-Andreu M.J., Vaquero-Cristรณbal R., Meroรฑo L., Abenza-Cano L., Garcรญa-Roca J.A., Cรกnovas-รlvarez F., Dรญaz-Aroca J.A., Capranica L., Isidori E., Leiva-Arcas A. (2023). Self-perception of dual career barriers and athletic identity in student-athletes with disabilities according to disability type and level of professionalization. Scientific Reports, 13, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47881-4