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Vitória Ferreira is a Ph.D. Candidate in Clinical Psychology (Family Psychology and Family Intervention), scholarship granted and funded by the FCT, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Foundation for Science and Technology) 2022.11358.BD. She is developing a doctoral project on family and community resilience in face of fire and climate change. She integrates initiatives from the European Commission (Education for Climate Coalition), European Parliament (Together.EU) and the United Nations (Action for Climate Empowerment, ACE). She was one of the Portuguese delegates at the 5th European Youth Event (EYE2023) and at the 16th United Nations Conference of Youth (COY16). Her research interests are family studies, family intervention, disruptive events in family life and resilience processes (e.g., disasters, climate change).
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Vitória de Alves Ferreira

Citation names

  • Ferreira, Vitória

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4218-6E06-1C1B
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3575-4868

Email addresses

  • vitoriaferreira.pcs@gmail.com (Professional)
  • anavitoriaferreira@e-psicologia.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
  • avdaf@student.fpce.uc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences-University of Coimbra. Rua do Colégio Novo Apartado 6153, 3001-802, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)
  • Colégio de S. Jerónimo, Apartado 3087, 3000-995, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Psychology
  • Social Sciences - Psychology
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Environmental Sciences
  • Social Sciences - Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Italian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2)
Portuguese gestual language Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/03/08 - 2024/04/21
Ongoing
Intervenção Psicológica em Situações de Violência Doméstica (Outros)
Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Portugal
2024/02/09 - 2024/03/18
Concluded
Avaliação Pericial Em Psicologia Forense (Outros)
Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Portugal
2020/10/29 - 2023/12/30
Ongoing
Inter-University Program of Doctorate in Psychology, area of specialization in Clinical Psychology - thematic area: Family Psychology and Family Intervention (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal
"Facing the heat: Famílias e comunidades resilientes na adaptação aos incêndios rurais e às alterações climáticas (RAW_FAMsCOM)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2022/01/31 - 2022/03/03
Concluded
Nature-Based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience (Outros)
United Nations Environment Programme, Kenya
Approved
2021/12/06 - 2021/12/20
Concluded
The Professional in the context of Palliative Care (Outros)
Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Portugal
Approved
2020/09 - 2021/07/22
Concluded
Diploma de Estudos Especializados (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Major in Psicologia da Família e Intervenção Familiar
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal
17
2021/05/24 - 2021/06/04
Concluded
Psychological Intervention with LGBTQ people (Outros)
Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Portugal
Approved
2021/03/03 - 2021/04/01
Concluded
Psychological Intervention in Catastrophe Situations (Outros)
Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Portugal
Approved
2020/10/16 - 2020/12/05
Concluded
Junior Psychologist Initial Training (Outros)
Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Portugal
Approved
2020/04/06 - 2020/08/31
Concluded
Improving Global Health: Focusing on Quality and Safety (Outros)
Harvard Global Health Institute, United States
Approved
2014/09/07 - 2019/10/18
Concluded
Integrated Master in Psychology, area of specialization in Clinical Psychology - thematic area: Health and Illness Psychology (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal
"Estudo Qualitativo sobre a Experiência de Dinamizadores de Grupos de Pais com o Programa ACT Raising Safe Kids" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
16
2018/07/30 - 2018/07/31
Concluded
European First Aid Course (Outros)
Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa, Portugal
Approved
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2022/09/01 - Current PhD Researcher, scholarship granted and funded by the FCT, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Foundation for Science and Technology) 2022.11358.BD Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2021/06/18 - 2022/07/31 Psychologist InfluentBravery - Health And Wellbeing Lda., Portugal
2022/05/30 - 2022/07/25 Remote Extern Paragon One, United States
National Geographic Society, United States
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2020/05/01 - 2021/05/01 Professional Internship (Junior Psychologist) InfluentBravery - Health And Wellbeing Lda., Portugal
Instituto de Ação Social das Forças Armadas - Centro de Apoio Social do Alfeite, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/09 - 2025/08 Facing the heat: Famílias e comunidades resilientes na adaptação aos incêndios rurais e às alterações climáticas RAW_FAMsCOM
88101DFA
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Ferreira, Vitória; Sotero, Luciana; Relvas, Ana Paula. Corresponding author: Relvas, Ana Paula. "Community resilience in the face of wildfires: A Portuguese adaptation of the Index of Perceived Community Resilience.". Paper presented in 44th International Conference of the Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, and Resilience Society (STAR)., Faro, 2023.
    Published
  2. Ferreira, Vitória; Sotero, Luciana; Relvas, Ana Paula. Corresponding author: Relvas, Ana Paula. "Family and community resilience amidst wildfires and climate change: A descriptive review.". Paper presented in VI Congresso Internacional de Riscos, Coimbra, 2023.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Ferreira, Vitória; Sotero, Luciana; Relvas, Ana Paula. Corresponding author: Relvas, Ana Paula. "Project presentation "Facing the heat: Resilient families and communities in adaptation to forest fires and climate change".". Paper presented in VI Congresso Internacional de Riscos, 2023.
Journal article
  1. Ferreira, Vitória; Sotero, Luciana; Relvas, Ana Paula. Corresponding author: Ferreira, Vitória. "Facing the heat: A descriptive review of the literature on family and community resilience amidst wildfires and climate change". Journal of Family Theory & Review 16 1 (2024): 53-71. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12551.
    Published • 10.1111/jftr.12551
Online resource
  1. Ferreira, Vitória. Guardians of the Seas [StoryMap]. 2022. https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5612e3081b7d4c79a295ff3ce4b23832.
Report
  1. Ferreira, Vitória. 2022. COP27 Global Youth Statement. https://coy17eg.com/globalyouthstatement/.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/07/19 Community resilience in the face of wildfires: A Portuguese adaptation of the Index of Perceived Community Resilience. 44th International Conference of the Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, and Resilience Society (STAR).
STAR Society - Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, and Resilience Society; Universidade do Algarve (Faro, Portugal)
2023/05/24 Family and community resilience amidst wildfires and climate change: A descriptive review. VI Congresso Internacional de Riscos
RISCOS – Associação Portuguesa de Riscos Prevenção e Segurança; Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2023/05/24 Project presentation: "Facing the heat: Resilient families and communities in adaptation to forest fires and climate change" VI Congresso Internacional de Riscos
RISCOS - Associação Portuguesa de Riscos Prevenção e Segurança; Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/12/05 - 2023/12/06 The event focused on promoting Youth engagement and action in Democracy at national and European levels, targeting youth involvement in the 2024 European Elections.
Conference
Democracia: Juventude em Ação
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Gabinete do Parlamento Europeu em Portugal, Portugal

Agência Nacional Erasmus+ Juventude/Desporto, Portugal

Representação da Comissão Europeia em Portugal, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2023/07/06 - 2023/07/07 The event focused on family resilience in the context of risk and danger in intervention and research.
Conference
International Congress "Risk, Danger and Family Resilience: Intersecting voices in intervention and research"
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal
2022/09/21 - 2022/09/23 The event targeted Grief, Bereavement and Loss across a multitude of scenarios and adversities, in research, intervention, education and policymaking.
Conference
1st European Grief Conference
Det Nationale Sorgcenter, Denmark

Aarhus Universitet Psykologisk Institut, Denmark

Irish Hospice Foundation, Ireland
2022/04/05 - 2022/04/05 The BPS event focused on Political Psychology applied to contemporary problems. It addressed collective action and climate change, the power of political narratives, leadership styles and the Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent crisis.
Meeting
Political Psychology Section Annual General Meeting 2022
The British Psychological Society, United Kingdom
2022/03/30 - 2022/03/30 The BPS event focused on Allyship and action, through a lens of Social Psychology, applied to humanitarian disadvantages, social changes efforts, activism, intergroup solidarity, and collective action. It addressed racial stereotypes, political climate, social injustice and inequality, and various crises (e.g., earthquakes, famine, refugees, armed conflicts, developing countries).
Conference
Allyship and Action: Putting Social Psychology on the Map
The British Psychological Society, United Kingdom
2022/03/03 - 2022/03/04 The 9th European Summit of Regions and Cities, organised within the framework of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, counted with the support of the French hosts and co-organisers, youth representatives, and a wide participation enabled by the hybrid format. The summit focused on recovery efforts and a discussion of new ways of cooperation in view of a more sustainable future. It produced as an output The Marseille Manifesto of local and regional leaders - Europe starts in its regions, cities and villages.
Other
9th European Summit of Regions and Cities
European Committee of the Regions, Belgium
2022/03/02 - 2022/03/02 Speaker Professor Sílvia Lordello addressed systemic thought, post-modernist approaches and narrative interventions in family intervention.
Conference
Narrative Intervention
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2022/02/24 - 2022/02/24 Workshop organized by the Delegação Regional do Sul on adult grief process, focusing on assessment of clinical manifestations, trajectories and risk factors.
Workshop
Workshop "Adult Grief Process: Assessment of clinical manifestations, trajectories and risk factors, 2nd Edition"
Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Portugal
2022/02/09 - 2022/02/11 The goal of the One Ocean Summit is to raise the collective level of ambition of the international community on marine issues and to translate our shared responsibility to the ocean into tangible commitments. The summit was held in the context of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, with the support of the United Nations.
Other
One Ocean Summit 2022
Conseil de l'Union Europeenne, Belgium

United Nations, United States
2022/01/31 - 2022/01/31 The European Commission hosted a virtual conference on sustainable carbon cycles. It brought together decision makers and experts from different backgrounds to share their experiences in view of the upcoming EU regulatory initiative on the certification of carbon removals.
Conference
Conference on Sustainable Carbon Cycles
European Commission, Belgium
2022/01/14 - 2022/01/14 "The Climate Fresk" is a collaborative workshop based on Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports to collectively understand the implications of climate change and trigger action.
Workshop
The Climate Fresk
Association La Fresque du Climat, France
2021/12/09 - 2021/12/09 The seminar focuses on Intergenerational Trauma, spanning historical, individual and collective contexts. It provides an overview of current theories and best practices by community psychology and clinical psychology, early adversity experiences, developmental trauma, intergenerational risk, resilience, and cognitive analytic therapy.
Seminar
Intergenerational Trauma
The British Psychological Society, United Kingdom
2021/12/07 - 2021/12/09 Organized by UNICEF in partnership with the Governments of Botswana and Sweden, the event virtually convened children and young people together with leaders from the United Nations, government, business, philanthropy and civil society, as well as authors, artists and influencers. Together, they will brainstorm and accelerate proven and new solutions, inspire commitments from participants to create change, and mobilize resources to advance child rights to meet the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
Conference
Global Forum For Children and Youth
UNICEF, United States
2021/11/18 - 2021/11/19 Building on the Global Psychology Alliance's (GPA) successful participation in the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, the GPA organized a conference presenting evidence-based psychological contributions to climate change policy and programs.
Conference
Psychology in Action: Leading for the Climate
Global Psychology Alliance, United States
2021/11/06 - 2021/11/06 Organized by the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities. Conference by the laureate of 2021 edition of Madame de Staël Prize, Professor Helen Keller (University of Zurich), "Climate Change in Human Rights Courts: Overcoming Procedural Hurdles in Transboundary Environmental Cases". Climate Change in Human Rights Courts: Overcoming Procedural Hurdles in Transboundary Environmental Cases
ALLEA - European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities, Germany
2021/10/28 - 2021/10/31 Portuguese Delegate at the 16th UN Climate Change Conference Of Youth (COY16). COY represents a space for capacity building and policy training, to prepare young people for their participation at COP, and engagement with civil society and policy makers. The event occurs under the banner of YOUNGO – The Official Youth Constituency of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Conference
16th UN Climate Change Conference Of Youth (COY16)
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Germany
2021/07/09 - 2021/07/09 Speaker Professor Jesús Oliver Pece guided a seminar on the Multilevel Approach (Enfoque Multinível) in family therapy with adolescents and in couple therapy. (Original title: El Enfoque Multinível aplicado a la terapia familiar con adolescentes y la terapia de pareja).
Seminar
The Multilevel Approach Applied to Therapy with Adolescents and Couple Therapy
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal
2021/07/08 - 2021/07/08 Speaker Professor Arlene Vetere presented research and practice on close relationships, healing, repair, trust, relational trauma, family culture and patterns of conflict.
Conference
Healing and Repair in our Close Relationships
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal
2021/07/08 - 2021/07/08 Speaker Professor Jesús Oliver Pece addressed adoption and family, attachment, differentiation of self, vulnerabilities, double legacies, and family functioning. (Original title: Variables familiares relacionadas con el diferenciación del self y el apego de las personas adultas adotadas).
Conference
Family Variables Related to Differentiation of Self and Attachment of Adopted Adult Persons
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Psicologia, Portugal
2021/07/02 - 2021/07/02 Professor Maja O'Connor, from the University of Aarhus, presents a seminar about Complicated Grief Reactions, specifically a transdiagnostic perspective of Grief Disorder.
Seminar
Complicated Grief Reactions: A Transdiagnostic Perspective of Grief Disorder
Centro de Psicologia do Trauma e do Luto, Portugal
2021/05/27 - 2021/05/27 Speaker Professor Ashley K. Randall, from Arizona State University, presented a conference on Research and Practice in Couples coping with stress, dyadic coping and communal coping.
Conference
Couples Coping With Stress: Moving Research into Practice
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2019/11/15 - 2019/11/15 Organized by the Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses (OPP) and the American Psychological Association (APA), the 1st International Summit approached the role of Psychology applied to Climate Action and Climate Change. As an output, the Global Psychology Alliance emerged, uniting Psychological Associations and Societies across the world.
Other
International Summit on Psychology and Global Health: A Leader in Climate Action
Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, Portugal

American Psychological Association, United States
2019/09/14 - 2019/09/15 The conference includes the presence of international and national experts and aims to discuss issues related to the planet, climate change (rising temperatures, increased pollution, warming the oceans) and possible solutions.
Conference
Ciclo Ao Encontro dos Portugueses: "O Futuro do Planeta"
Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, Portugal
2018/11/18 - 2018/11/18 The congress, occurring in Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto, aims to aggregate and enhance the research and practice of Trauma and Grief Psychology in Portugal, with a focus on the first layers of intervention in trauma and grief, new strategies for evaluating trauma and grief, and Level 2 and 3 intervention strategies (psychotherapies).
Congress
1.º Congresso de Psicologia do Trauma e do Luto
Centro de Psicologia do Trauma e do Luto, Portugal

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2022/03/09 - 2022/08/09 Member of the first round (4-month mandate) of the Advisory Group in the participatory community consultation process of the "Education for Climate Coalition" of the European Commission. It approaches environmental sustainability education. It is an initiative of the European Education Area by 2025, plus part of the European Green Deal, supporting the changes needed for a climate-neutral society. Through a community of practice, it enriches the Council recommendation on environmental sustainability and competence framework on sustainability. European Commission, Belgium

European Commission Joint Research Centre, Belgium
Distinctions

Award

2023 Segundo classificado do Prémio Melhor Poster do Jovem Investigador, em concurso no VI Congresso Internacional de Riscos
Associação Portuguesa de Riscos, Prevenção e Segurança (RISCOS), Portugal