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Filipa Cunha-Saraiva has a PhD in Behavioural Neuro-endocrinology by the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, Austria, and post-graduated in Environment, Sustainability, and Education from the University of Évora, Portugal. She has more than 8 years of experience in scientific consulting, project management, and technical-scientific writing in English and Portuguese. Since 2020, she collaborates with GAF (Grupo Aprender em Festa) in community intervention projects in the area of Environment, Sustainability, and Educational Action. In parallel, she provides scientific and technical consultancy, since 2022, at GestPub - Public Management and Municipal Consulting as an expert in sustainable development and environmental psychology. She is a researcher at the Centre for Functional Ecology (CEF) at the University of Coimbra, focusing on the area "Societies and Environmental Sustainability". Moreover, she is an external Expert in the area of Environment and Behavioural Ecology at the European Commission (Registration - EX2021D407534) and in the ERASMUS+ evaluators' exchange. Opinion maker at the Notícias de Gouveia newspaper, with a monthly chronicle, where she writes about the environment and sustainable development.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Filipa Cunha-Saraiva

Citation names

  • Cunha-Saraiva, Filipa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7616-7E51-5E45
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4179-4850

Email addresses

  • filipacsaraiva@gmail.com (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Behavioural Sciences Biology
  • Social Sciences - Psychology
  • Social Sciences - Economics and Business - Business and Management
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2021 - 2022
Concluded
 Ambiente, Sustentabilidade e Educação (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 17
2015 - 2020
Concluded
 Ecologia comportamental (Doktor (PhD))
Major in Neuro-endocrinologia
Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien, Austria
"Inducing Cooperative Breeding: ecological constraints and endocrinological mechanisms" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Pass with distinction
2012 - 2014
Concluded
 Ecologia and Evolução (Master)
Major in Comportamento
Universität Bern, Switzerland
"Cooperation and Sociality in Lake Tanganyika cichlids: a hormonal perspective" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Summa cum laude
2008/09/01 - 2012/07/31
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020 - Current Opinion maker - Environment and Sustainability Jornal Notícias de Gouveia, Portugal
2022 - 2023 Consultant GestPub - Consultoria Autárquica e Gestão pública, Portugal
2021 - 2023 Senior Educational Action and Community Intervention Technician GAF - Grupo Aprender em Festa, Portugal
2020 - 2021 Biologist Câmara Municipal de Gouveia, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2021/10 - 2022/07 Educação em Ação - Metodologia Experimental - Jogo Educativo ABALL1
232108
Researcher
Concluded
2021/01 - 2021/07 #LIGA-TE aos ODS e Agenda 2030: Rumo à Sustentabilidade
XXXX
Researcher
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Silva, Isabel Simões; Cunha-Saraiva, Filipa. "Participação juvenil na promoção do desenvolvimento sustentável: análise de iniciativas comunitárias no concelho de Gouveia". Portugal, 2023.
    In press
Conference paper
  1. Silva, Isabel Simões; Cunha-Saraiva, Filipa. "The ECOCIDADANIA project: creating partnerships to enhance youth environmental awareness through gamification". Paper presented in GAMERS4NATURE - 1º Conferência sobre Jogos Digitais e Consciencialização Ambiental, Aveiro, 2022.
    Published • 10.48528/tawq-f785
Journal article
  1. Silva, Isabel S.; Cunha-Saraiva, Filipa; Ribeiro, Ana Sofia; Bártolo, Ana. "Exploring the Acceptability of an Environmental Education Program for Youth in Rural Areas: ECOCIDADANIA Project". Education Sciences 13 10 (2023): 1-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci13100982.
    Published • 10.3390/educsci13100982
  2. Silva, Isabel S.; Cunha-Saraiva, Filipa; Silvestre, Sandra. "Acceptability and effectiveness of the “Education in Action—ABALL1” intervention program in primary school-aged children". Frontiers in Psychology 14 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1163489.
    Published • 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1163489
  3. F.C. Schaedelin; F. Cunha-Saraiva; C. Faltin; E. Wagner; S. Balshine. "Territorial behaviour and conflict management in a semi-social cichlid fish, Neolamprologus caudopunctatus". Behaviour (2022): https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10152.
    10.1163/1568539X-bja10152
  4. Cunha-Saraiva, Filipa; Martins, Rute S.T.; Power, Deborah M.; Balshine, Sigal; Schaedelin, Franziska C.. "Galanin and prolactin expression in relation to parental care in two sympatric cichlid species from Lake Tanganyika". General and Comparative Endocrinology 309 (2021): 113785. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2021.113785.
    10.1016/j.ygcen.2021.113785
  5. Cunha-Saraiva, Filipa; Balshine, Sigal; Gozdowska, Magdalena; Kulczykowska, Ewa; H. Wagner, Richard; C. Schaedelin, Franziska. "Parental care and neuropeptide dynamics in a cichlid fish Neolamprologus caudopunctatus". Hormones and Behavior 116 (2019): 104576. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.104576.
    10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.104576
  6. Cunha-Saraiva, Filipa; Balshine, Sigal; Wagner, Richard H.; Schaedelin, Franziska C.. "From cannibal to caregiver: tracking the transition in a cichlid fish". Animal Behaviour 139 (2018): 9-17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.03.003.
    10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.03.003
  7. Kasper, C.; Vierbuchen, M.; Ernst, U.; Fischer, S.; Radersma, R.; Raulo, A.; Cunha-Saraiva, F.; et al. "Genetics and developmental biology of cooperation". Molecular Ecology 26 17 (2017): 4364-4377. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85028089148&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/mec.14208
  8. Fischer, S.; Oberhummer, E.; Cunha-Saraiva, F.; Gerber, N.; Taborsky, B.. "Smell or vision? The use of different sensory modalities in predator discrimination". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71 10 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85029234583&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00265-017-2371-8
Manual
  1. Isabel S. Silva; Cunha-Saraiva, Filipa; Sandra Silvestre. Programa Educação em Ação - ABALL1. Gouveia, Portugal: Grupo Aprender em Festa. 2022.
    Published
  2. Isabel Silva; Cunha-Saraiva, Filipa. #LIGA-TE AOS ODS E AGENDA 2030: RUMO À SUSTENTABILIDADE. Gouveia, Portugal: Grupo Aprender em Festa. 2021.
    Published
Activities

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023 - Current - Provision of consultancy and technical support services; - Coordination and management of environmental education projects financed by the Environmental Fund; - Preparation and submission of applications under National and Community Fund programs (Linha +Interior Turismo, Radar Social, among others). SkillTech - Consultoria e Sistemas de Informação, Portugal
2022 - Current Review Editor for the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution - Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology Member of COST Action CA21166 - Social and Human Sciences for Climate Transformation and Resilience (SHiFT) External expert in the field of Environment and Behavioural Ecology at the European Commission (Registration - EX2021D407534) Member of the ERASMUS+ pool of evaluators (2021-2027)
2022 - 2023 - Provision of consultancy and technical support services; - Evaluation of applications for national funding systems (Environmental Fund); - Coordination and Management of Organizational Innovation projects and Studies of Intermediate Qualifications (SANQ); GestPub - Consultoria Autárquica e Gestão pública, Portugal
2021 - 2023 - Drawing up and implementing educational intervention protocols (the "Education in Action - ABALL1" Program and the "Learning Portuguese" Project - Teaching Portuguese as a non-native language) and environmental protocols (the Ecocitizenship Educational Program and the Ecomarket Initiative - Agroecology for everyone); - Consulting and technical support in the field of environmental psychology; - Community facilitator - walks and interpretive field trips on the natural heritage of the PNSE; - Coordination and management of educational projects GAF - Grupo Aprender em Festa, Portugal
2020 - 2021 - Ecological and systematic analysis of the faunal and floral resources present in the Gouveia Ecological Park; - Logistical and administrative management of the maintenance of domestic and wild animals in the Gouveia Ecological Park; - Drawing up and implementing protocols in Edu. Environmental Education and Sustainability; Facilitator of activities in the ECOCIDADANIA and LIGA-TE AOS ODS projects promoted by GAF - Grupo Aprender em Festa; - Writing and submitting applications to the Environmental Fund for SDG12 and SDG15; Câmara Municipal de Gouveia, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2018 VET-Premium
Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien, Austria

Other distinction

2019 ASAB Conference Attendance Grant
The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, United Kingdom
2018 Bolsa de apoio à ciência
Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien, Austria