Leonor Correia Bettencourt (1F11-14E9-8A19)

Curriculum Vitae

Leonor Correia Bettencourt

Leonor Bettencourt has a PhD in Social Psychology from Iscte-Iul and is a researcher at the Centre for Social Research and Intervention (Cis-Iul), where she has been working in several projects since 2014. The work developed has focused on themes of Environmental Social Psychology, Community Psychology, and Education. Through an interdisciplinary approach, she has been focused on understanding the psychosocial processes underlying people-place relationships, uses of public space, and acceptance of new laws and new public policies' implementation, as well as, school-work transition and inclusive education. Regarding the field of public policies, she has also dedicated her work to scientific advice, especially in the area of Education [Education Observatory of Lezíria do Tejo (Intermunicipal Community of Lezíria do Tejo | 2019/2020); Regional Forum for Professional Qualification (Regional Government of the Azores | 2021/2022)], and Public Participation Processes of young people ("Youth Circles: Active Citizenship" | 2020). Currently, she is a member of the project TR@Ck-IN - Public Employment Services Tracking Effectiveness to Support Rural NEETs, funded by the EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Youth Employment. | Leonor Bettencourt é doutorada em Psicologia Social, pelo Iscte-Iul, e investigadora no Centro de Investigação e de Intervenção Social (Cis-Iul), onde tem colaborado em diferentes projetos, desde 2014. O trabalho desenvolvido tem-se centrado em temas da Psicologia Social do Ambiente, Psicologia Comunitária, e Educação. Através de uma abordagem interdisciplinar, tem-se dedicado a compreender os processos psicossociais subjacentes às relações entre as pessoas e os lugares, aos usos do espaço público, e à aceitação da implementação de novas leis e novas políticas públicas, assim como, à transição escola-trabalho e educação inclusiva. No campo das políticas públicas, tem ainda desempenhado serviços de consultoria científica, sobretudo na área da Educação [Observatório da Educação da Lezíria do Tejo (Comunidade Intermunicipal da Lezíria do Tejo | 2019/2020); Fórum Regional da Qualificação Profissional (Governo Regional dos Açores | 2021/2022)], e de Processos de Participação Pública de jovens (¿Círculos de Jovens: Cidadania Ativa¿ | 2020). Atualmente, integra o projeto Europeu TR@Ck-IN - Public Employment Services Tracking Effectiveness to Support Rural NEETs, com financiamento de fundos Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, através das EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Youth Employment. Para além deste projeto, colabora no projeto GreenCity4Aging: The effects of urban green streets in the mobility, social integration, and ageism against older people, financiado pela FCT.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Leonor Correia Bettencourt

Citation names

Bettencourt, Leonor

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 1F11-14E9-8A19
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0882-9078

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Psychology

Education

	Degree	Classification
2016/01 - 2020/10 Concluded	Psicologia Social \| Social Psychology (Doutoramento) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal "Public space, social representations and social memory in a neighbourhood undergoing a regeneration program: living in Mouraria " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2009 - 2011 Concluded	Psicologia Clínica Sistémica / Intervenção Sociocomunitária \| Systemic Clinical Psychology / Socio-community Intervention (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal "Experiências Comunitárias e Familiares no Contexto Urbano: Relação entre Satisfação Residencial e Rituais Familiares e Culturais " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2006 - 2009 Concluded	Ciências Psicológicas \| Psychological Sciences (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/03/01 - Current	Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
2021/06/01 - 2022/02/28	Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
2020/06/01 - 2020/09/30	Research Assistant (Research)	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
2015 - 2016	Research Assistant (Research)	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2014 - 2015	Research Assistant (Research)	Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
	Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2014 - 2014	Research Assistant (Research)	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2013 - 2014	Research Assistant (Research)	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2012 - 2013	Research Assistant (Research)	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa DINÂMIA'CET Centro de Estudos sobre a Mudança Socioeconómica e o Território, Portugal
	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2013 - 2019	Assistant (University Teacher)	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2010 - 2011	Estagiária de Intervenção Sociocomunitária	Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Portugal
	Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Portugal

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2023/03 - Current	GreenCity4Aging: The effects of urban green streets in the mobility, social integration, and ageism against older people 2022.03478.PTDC Researcher ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2022/03/01 - Current	Tr@ck-IN: Public employment services tracking effectiveness in supporting rural NEETs RF-YOUTH-0031 Researcher ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal	Ongoing
2020/10 - 2021/01	Círculos de Jovens: Cidadania Ativa PT-ACTIVECITIZENS-0029 Researcher ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal	Concluded
2020 - 2020	Observatório 3i da Educação da Lezíria do Tejo ---- Researcher ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
2015 - 2016	MEMOTRADE: Social memory of water-related trades and practices: local knowledge and climate change adaptation ERANET/CIRCLE-MED2/003/2013 Research Fellow ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal	Concluded
2014 - 2015	Regulação de Riscos de Ciência e Tecnologia na Era das Redes Sociais - RegC&T PTDC/IVC-ESCT/5337/2012 Researcher Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2013 - 2014	LIFE+ Lince \| Abutre: Promoção do Habitat do Lince-ibérico e do Abutre-preto no Sudeste de Portugal LIFE08 NAT/P/000227 Research Fellow ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2012 - 2013	Proteger a Vida Privada e os Dados Pessoais numa Europa Pós-Carta – PROTECT PTDC/CPJ-JUR/112008/2009 Research Fellow ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa DINÂMIA'CET Centro de Estudos sobre a Mudança Socioeconómica e o Território, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2021/06/01 - 2022/02/28	Fórum Regional da Qualificação Profissional \| Valorizar os Açorianos Horizonte 2030 Secretaria Regional da Juventude, Qualificação Profissional e Emprego Researcher ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal	Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Edited book	Castro, P.; Bettencourt, L.; Mouro, C.. Chamem-nos pescadores: Memórias e Histórias da vida do mar na Costa Vicentina. 2017.
Journal article	Mazzocchi, Paolo; Agahi, Omeed; Beilmann, Mai; Bettencourt, Leonor; Braziene, Ruta; Edisherashvili, Natalia; Keranova, Dilyana; et al. "Subjective Well-Being of NEETs and Employability: A Study of Non-Urban Youths in Spain, Italy, and Portugal". Politics and Governance 12 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/pag.7415. Open access • Published • 10.17645/pag.7415 Rocca, Antonella; Agahi, Omeed; Beilmann, Mai; Bettencourt, Leonor; Edisherashvili, Natalia; Marta, Elena; Mazzocchi, Paolo; et al. "NEETs and Youth Guarantee Registration: Examining the Link to Past Undeclared Work". Politics and Governance 12 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/pag.7405. Open access • Published • 10.17645/pag.7405 Garcia, D’Jamila; Simões, Francisco; Bettencourt, Leonor; Aguiar, Cecília; Ferreira, Inês Alves; Mendonça, Joana; Moleiro, Carla; Rocca, Antonella; Lendzhova, Vladislava. "Predictors of Secondary Education Completion across Portuguese Municipalities: Evidence from the 2009–2018 Period". Societies 13 9 (2023): 200. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/soc13090200. Published • 10.3390/soc13090200 Leonor Bettencourt; Francisco Simões; Bernardo Fernandes; Joana Fonseca. "Designing vocational training policies in an outermost European region: Highlights from a participatory process". European Educational Research Journal (2023): https://doi.org/10.1177/14749041231157445. 10.1177/14749041231157445 Leonor Bettencourt; Paula Castro; John Dixon; Bettencourt, Leonor; Castro, Paula; Dixon, John. "Can regenerated inner-city areas remain sites of public-place sociability? Psycho-social processes predicting public sociability in a changing neighbourhood". Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology (2020): 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2480. Published • 10.1002/casp.2480 Leonor Bettencourt; John Dixon; Paula Castro. "Understanding How and Why Spatial Segregation Endures: A Systematic Review of Recent Research on Intergroup Relations at a Micro-Ecological Scale". Social Psychological Bulletin 14 2 (2019): https://doi.org/10.32872/spb.v14i2.33482. 10.32872/spb.v14i2.33482 Castro, P.; Seixas, E.; Neca, P.; Bettencourt, L.. "Successfully contesting the policy sphere: examining through the press a case of local protests changing new ecological laws". Political Psychology (2018): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pops.12388. 10.1111/pops.12388 Castro, P.; Bettencourt, L.. "Exploring the predictors and the role of trust and concern in the context of data disclosure to governmental institutions". Behaviour & Information Technology (2017): https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/exploring-the-predictors-and-the-role-of-trust-and-concern-in-the-context-of-data-disclosure-to/41242?lang=en. 10.1080/0144929X.2016.1234645 Bettencourt, L.; Castro, P.. "Diversity in the maps of a Lisbon neighbourhood: community and ‘official’ discourses about the renewed Mouraria". Culture and Local Governance (2015): https://uottawa.scholarsportal.info/ojs/index.php/clg-cgl/index. 10.18192/clg-cgl.v5i1-2.1456
Report	2022. Agenda Regional para a Qualificação Profissional \| Valorizar os Açorianos Horizonte 2030. 2020. Fatores do contexto escolar na transição do 1.º para o 2.º ciclo de escolaridade do Ensino Básico: Como se posiciona a Lezíria do Tejo entre as NUTS III?. 2020. Transição do 1º para o 2º ciclo de escolaridade do Ensino Básico e estatuto socioeconómico: Como se posiciona a Lezíria do Tejo entre as NUTS III, na última década?.

Other

Other output

Discourses about Mouraria: placing different identities and memories in a regenerated neighbourhood.. Bettencourt, L., Castro, P., & Dixon, J. (2019, July). Discourses about Mouraria: placing different identities and memories in a regenerated neighbourhood. Communication presented at the XV Congreso Internacional de Psicología Ambiental-PSICAMB Comunidad, recursos y sostenibilidad: el reto de los territorios, La Laguna, Espanha, 19 July 2019.. 2019. Bettencourt, Leonor; Castro, Paula; Dixon, John.
Espaço Público, Representações Sociais e Memória Social num Bairro em Reabilitação: viver na Mouraria. Bettencourt, L., & Castro, P. (2019, February). Espaço Público, Representações Sociais e Memória Social num Bairro em Reabilitação: viver na Mouraria. Poster presented at the Fórum das Políticas Públicas | 2019, Lisbon, Portugal, 12 and 13 February 2019.. 2019. Bettencourt, Leonor; Castro, Paula.
Understanding how and why spatial segregation endures: A systematic review of recent research on intergroup relations at a micro-ecological scale. Bettencourt, L., Castro, P., & Dixon, J. (2019, January). Understanding how and why spatial segregation endures: A systematic review of recent research on intergroup relations at a micro-ecological scale. Communication presented at the LiSP Annual Meeting, Lisboa, Portugal, 24 January 2019.. 2019. Bettencourt, Leonor; Castro, Paula; Dixon, John.
Migration in the city: How sociability and sociocultural diversity are maintained in the public places of Mouraria.. Bettencourt, L., Castro, P., & Dixon, J. (2018, June). Migration in the city: How sociability and sociocultural diversity are maintained in the public places of Mouraria. Communication presented at the The Migration Conference 2018, Lisbon, Portugal, 26 June 2018.. 2018. Bettencourt, Leonor; Castro, Paula; Dixon, John.
Sociability in Place in the Inner-city – a study in a Neighbourhood of Lisbon. 2018. Bettencourt, L.; Castro, P.; Dixon, J.. https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/sociability-in-place-in-the-inner-city--a-study-in-a-neighbourhood-of-lisbon/54499?lang=en.
How different groups relate to places? Predicting conviviality in public places in a gentrified neighbourhood.. Bettencourt, L., Castro, P., & Dixon, J. (2017, July). How different groups relate to places? Predicting conviviality in public places in a gentrified neighbourhood. Poster presented at the 18th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Granada, Spain, 8 July 2017.. 2017. Bettencourt, Leonor; Castro, Paula; Dixon, John.
How well do you know your neighbourhood? Predicting uses of public place in the changing urban environment of Mouraria. 2017. Bettencourt, L.; Castro, P.; Dixon, J.. https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/-how-well-do-you-know-your-neighbourhood-predicting-uses-of-public-place-in-the-changing-urban/41246?lang=en.
Espaço público, representações sociais e memória social num bairro em reabilitação: viver na Mouraria. 2016. Bettencourt, L.; Castro, P.. https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/-espaco-publico-representacoes-sociais-e-memoria-social-num-bairro-em-reabilitacao-viver-na-mouraria/41257?lang=en.
Public space, social representations and social memory in a neighbourhood undergoing a rehabilitation program: living in Mouraria. Study 2: Place and intergroup relations in a changing neighbourhood: Exploring representational profiles in Mouraria. 2016. Bettencourt, L.; Castro, P.; Dixon, J.. https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/public-space-social-representations-and-social-memory-in-a-neighbourhood-undergoing-a/41252?lang=en.
Micro-ecology of intergroup relations in a Lisbon neighbourhood. 2016. Bettencourt, L.; Castro, P.. https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/micro-ecology-of-intergroup-relations-in-a-lisbon-neighbourhood/31666?lang=en.
Mapping the Micro-ecology and Representations of Intergroup Relations in a Lisbon Neighbourhood. 2016. Bettencourt, L.; Castro, P.. https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/mapping-the-micro-ecology-and-representations-of-intergroup-relations-in-a-lisbon-neighbourhood/31667?lang=en.
Successfully contesting the policy sphere: an analysis through the press of the contestation of new ecological laws. 2016. Castro, P.; Seixas, E.; Necas, P.; Bettencourt, L.. https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/successfully-contesting-the-policy-sphere-an-analysis-through-the-press-of-the-contestation-of-new/31668?lang=en.
Micro-ecologia das relações intergrupais no bairro da Mouraria.. 2016. Bettencourt, L.; Castro, P.. https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/-micro-ecologia-das-relacoes-intergrupais-no-bairro-da-mouraria-/41254?lang=en.
Attitudes towards Flu and Flu Pandemics: a Comparative Study from 2009 to 2013/14 in Portugal. 2015. Bettencourt, L.. https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/attitudes-towards-flu-and-flu-pandemics-a-comparative-study-from-2009-to-201314-in-portugal/41259?lang=en.
Community resistance to law-regulated practices: applying a stage model for predicting biodiversity conservation behaviours. 2015. Mouro, C.; Castro, P.; Bettencourt, L.. https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/community-resistance-to-law-regulated-practices-applying-a-stage-model-for-predicting-biodiversity/27321?lang=en.
Neighbourhood Relationships in Mouraria. 2014. Bettencourt, L.; Castro, P.. https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/neighbourhood-relationships-in-mouraria/41261?lang=en.
Community Changes in Mouraria: Relation to Place in a Renewed Neighbourhood. 2014. Bettencourt, L.; Castro, P.. https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/community-changes-in-mouraria-relation-to-place-in-a-renewed-neighbourhood/41263?lang=en.
Viver num bairro urbano: O papel da memória social e do lugar.. 2014. Bettencourt, L.; Castro, P.. https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/viver-num-bairro-urbano-o-papel-da-memoria-social-e-do-lugar-/41264?lang=en.
Posição dos Portugueses face ao Fornecimento, Partilha e Protecção de Dados Pessoais.. 2013. Bettencourt, L.; Castro, P.. https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/posicao-dos-portugueses-face-ao-fornecimento-partilha-e-proteccao-de-dados-pessoais/41265?lang=en.

Distinctions

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2019	Prémio de publicação científica ISCTE-IUL ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2018	Prémio de publicação científica ISCTE-IUL ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2016	Prémio de publicação científica CIS-IUL ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal