Curriculum Vitae
Maria Fernandes-Jesus
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Maria Fernandes-Jesus
- Date of birth
- 1985/01/22
- Gender
- Female
Citation names
- Fernandes-Jesus, Maria
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 8111-170E-C4A6
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-8868-1968
- Google Scholar ID
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=x8PPAiIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
- Scopus Author Id
- 56073547600
Email addresses
- m.fernandes-jesus@sussex.ac.uk (Professional)
- maria.fernandesjesus@gmail.com (Personal)
Websites
- https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/authors/maria-fernandes-jesus/cv (Professional)
- https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p525667-maria-fernandes-jesus (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Social Sciences - Psychology
- Social Sciences - Other Social Sciences - Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2013/12/06
Concluded
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Psychology Doctoral Program (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
"Diversity in civic and political participation: Participation experiences among young people, immigrants and women" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Approved with distinction. European Doctorate |
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2008/07/30
Concluded
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Integrated Master in Psychology (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
"A experiência de Sem-Abrigo como promotora do Empoderamento Psicológico" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2020/12/08 - Current | Visiting Researcher (Research) | University of Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 2020/10 - Current | Researcher (Research) | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal |
| 2020/10/01 - 2021/08/16 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | University of Sussex, United Kingdom |
| 2019/02/01 - 2020/09/29 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal |
| 2015/10/01 - 2019/01/31 | Postdoc (Research) | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal |
| Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal | ||
| 2014/08/01 - 2015/09/21 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Aston University Psychology, United Kingdom |
| 2013/09/01 - 2014/07/01 | Research Assistant (Research) | Universidade do Minho Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal |
| 2009/10/01 - 2013/08/30 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2021/09/16 - 2023/09/30 | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | York St John University, United Kingdom |
| 2019/02 - 2019/06 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal |
| 2018/02 - 2018/06 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal |
| 2017/02 - 2017/06 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2021/03/28 - Current | Climate Futures and Just Transformations: Young People's Narratives and Political Imaginaries
PTDC/COM-OUT/7669/2020
Co-Principal Investigator
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2021/02/01 - Current | Transnational networks for regenerative development in Europe: A comparative perspective on grassroots mobilisation and policy
advocacy
PTDC/SOC-SOC/2061/2020
Co-Principal Investigator
ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Internacionais, Portugal
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2018/10/01 - 2021/09/30 | Children and their right to the city: Tackling urban inequity through the participatory design of child friendly cities
Other
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação em Sociologia Económica e das Organizações, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2014/09/21 - 2015/09/30 | CALIBRATE Project - European survey of undergraduate alcohol consumption
n/a
Research Fellow
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ERAB: The European Foundation for Alcohol Research
Concluded
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| 2013 - 2014 | COMPOLIS - Communication and Political Engagement with Environmental Issues
Research Fellow
Universidade do Minho Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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| 2010/09 - 2012 | PIDOP - Processes Influencing Democratic Ownership and Participation
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2019/10 - 2023/10 | Rural NEET Youth Network: Modeling the risks underlying rural NEETs social exclusion
CA18213
Researcher
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European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)
Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
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| Conference poster |
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| Edited book |
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| Journal article |
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| Report |
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Other
| Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2020/03/15 | Addressing climate vulnerability and the needs of rural youth NEET in Portuguese Islands | COST Action 18213 Rural NEET Youth Network: Third Management Committee Meeting |
| 2019/06/07 | The demand side of the far-right: some reflections on discourses, meanings and experiences. | PSSP'19 - Meeting For a PsychoSocial Social Psychology: Theoretical and Methodological Plurality. “Extremisms at the right
and left of the political spectrum and the emergence of a-political movements in Europe.
PSSP International Meeting (Portugal)
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| 2018/12/03 | The role of community in addressing climate change | 5th Conference in Community Psychology in Slovakia
University in Bratislava; European Community Psychology Association (ECPA), and The Society for Community and Action Research
(SCRA) Division 27 American Psychological Association. (Bratislava , Slovakia)
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| 2018/10/04 | Participating in climate change issues: modes of action and ideological predictors | III Congreso Internacional SCEPS y XIV Congreso Nacional de Psicología Social
Sociedade científica Espanhola de Psicología Social (Cuenca, Spain)
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| 2018/06/12 | Collective action on climate change: Contextual and socio-psychological predictors of actual protest behaviour | IAPS - Transitions to sustainability, lifestyles changes and human wellbeing: cultural, environmental and political challenges
International Association People-Studies (Rome, Italy)
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| 2017/06/22 | Beyond the “private-politics” dichotomy: from politicized lifestyles to collective action X: “”. 22-24 June. Évora, Portugal. | IV Conference on Environmental Psychology - Places and human behaviour: From local to global
Asociación de Psicología Ambiental - Psicamb (Évora, Portugal)
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| 2017/01/18 | Para Além do Protesto: Estilos de Vida Politizados e Participação Política | Seminário Mensal Movimentos Sociais e Ação Política.
(Portugal)
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| 2016/10/20 | Beyond protest: lifestyle choices, identity and political participation | II Congreso Internacional de la Sociedad Científica Española de Psicología y XIII Congreso Nacional de Psicología Social
Sociedad Científica Española de Psicología (Elche, Spain)
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| 2016/07/13 | Politicised individual behavior: understanding the link between individual behaviour and collective action | The 39th Annual scientific meeting of International Society of Political Psychology: "Good Society: Prospects for Reason,
Communication, and Well-being"
Scientific meeting of International Society of Political Psychology (Portugal)
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| 2016/02/02 | Envolvimento político e participação em questões ambientais. | Workshop: Sustentabilidade, Terceiro Setor e Redes Sociais em Debate
SOCIUS-ISEG (Portugal)
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| 2016/01/27 | Como avaliam jovens universitários/as políticas de controlo de consumo de álcool? | 11º Congresso nacional de Psicologia da Saúde: “Desafios da Psicologia da Saúde num mundo em mudança”
Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia da Saúde (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2015/09/02 | Drinking motives among university students in Europe | 9th Conference of the EHPS: “Principles of Behaviour Change in Health and Illness”
European Health Psychology Society (Limassol , Cyprus)
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| 2014/11/12 | The Transition movement: Reinventing citizens’ roles in the politics of energy and climate change. | COMPOLIS: “Communication and Citizen Participation in the Politics of Energy and Climate Change”
University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2014/03/28 | Participação cidadã nos movimentos de transição: uma resposta aos desafios ambientais? | Conferência nacional: “Portugal, 40 anos de democracia”
University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2013/09/21 | Participação cívica e política de jovens. | Seminário nacional para promoção do diálogo estruturado - Cidadania ativa e inclusão social. Projeto, “Portugal Participa,
Depende de Nós”
National Youth Council (Portugal)
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| 2012/06/30 | Participação Cívica e Política de Jovens: formas, preditores e qualidade. | Seminário regional para promoção do diálogo estruturado - Cidadania ativa e inclusão social. “Portugal Participa, Depende
de Nós”,
National Youth Council (Portugal)
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| 2012/06/22 | Is participation a predictor or an outcome? Contributions to explain Brazilian young people participation | IV International Conference of Community Psychology: “Community & Politics in a World in Crisis: rethinking community action
in the new century”.
SCRA (Barcelona, Spain)
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| 2012/04/27 | Diversidade na participação cívica e política | Seminário nacional projeto europeu PIDOP: Processes Influecing Democratic Ownership and Participation
University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2012/04/17 | Explaining women’s civic and political participation: The role of political, social and psychological factors | 2nd PIDOP Conference: “International Multidisciplinary Conference: Political and Civic participation”.
University of Surrey (Surrey, United Kingdom)
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| 2012 | The role of motivations, emotions, perceived of power and political attitudes in young people’s participatory processes | 13th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence
European Association for Research on Adolescence (Spetses , Greece)
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| 2011/05/11 | Generational differences and gap gender: Preliminary conclusions. | 1st PIDOP International Multidisciplinary Conference: “Engaged Citizens? Political Participation and Civic Engagement among
Youth, Women, Minorities and Migrants”.
University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy)
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| 2010/10/29 | Da participação à integração: Percepções e experiências de jovens imigrantes brasileiros. | 1º Encontro Nacional de Psicologia Comunitária.
ISPA (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2010/06/06 | Civic and political participation of young people in Portugal: Opportunities and constraints. | 6th Annual Conference of the CRONEM : “Living Together - Civic, Political and Cultural Engagement Among Migrants, Minorities
and National Populations
Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism (CRONEM) (Surrey, United Kingdom)
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| 2010/05/11 | Civic and Political Participation of young Brazilian immigrants. | 12th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Adolescence
European Association for Research on Adolescence (Vilnius, Lithuania)
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| 2010/02/04 | Contextos de Inclusão e Participação de Imigrantes Brasileiros: O papel dos movimentos associativos | VII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia
University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2020/10 - 2021 | Participation and Interest in Community Gardens: The Municipality of Coimbra
Supervisor
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MSc in Studies of Environment and Sustainability (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2020/10 - 2021 | Constructing the "good Portuguese" and their Enemy-Others: The Discourse of the Far-Right Chega Party on Social Media
Supervisor
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Psicologia Social e das Organizações (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2020/10 - 2021 | Ecological behaviours and waste management during the COVID-19 pandemic
Co-supervisor
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Studies of Environment and Sustainability (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2020/03/08 - 2021 | Regenerating the Earth while building community: local dynamics of community-based regenerative projects
Supervisor
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MSc in Studies of Environment and Sustainability (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2019/09 - 2020/12 | Impactos na Comunidade Piscatória causada pelas descargas de efluentes no rio TejO [ Community Impacts on the Fishing Community
Caused by Effluent Discharges into the Tagus River].
Supervisor
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MSc in Studies of Environment and Sustainability (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2019/09 - 2020/10 | Discursos sociais sobre o lítio: perspectivas sobre o papel do lítio na transição energética. [Social discourses on lithium
extraction in Portugal: Views and perspectives on the role of lithium.]
Supervisor
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Studies of Environment and Sustainability (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2019/09 - 2020/09 | China's Environmental Crisis: the Road to Recovery
Supervisor
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International Studies (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2018/12/30 - 2019/12/30 | Participação Cívica e Política: Processo de Construção e Desenvolvimento de um Instrumento para Crianças do 1º Ciclo. [Civic
and Political Participation: Process of Building and Developing an Instrument for 1st Cycle Children]
Supervisor
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Social and Organizational Psychology (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2018/10/13 - 2019/12/13 | Análise do movimento contra a exploração de gás e petróleo em Portugal: dinâmicas, estratégias e perfis dos participantes.
[Analysis of the movement against shale gas and oil drilling in Portugal: dynamics, strategies and participants' profiles]
Supervisor
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MSc in Studies of Environment and Sustainability (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2018/09/13 - 2019/12/13 | Percepção dos utilizadores dos jardins da Alameda e da Estrela: Influência das características dos jardins no bem-estar e
na qualidade de vida. [Perception of Alameda and Estrela garden users: Influence of the gardens characteristics on well-being
and quality of life.]
Supervisor
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MSc in Studies of Environment and Sustainability (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2018/09/11 - 2019/12/11 | Uma análise do movimento vegano em Portugal: A importância da crise ambiental nas estratégias e ações do movimento. [An analysis
of the vegan movement in Portugal: the importance of the environmental crisis in the strategies and actions of the movement.]
Supervisor
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Studies of Environment and Sustainability (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2018/07/31 - 2019/07/31 | ArtZero intervention: an art-based proposal to promote Zero Waste
Supervisor
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MSc in Studies of Environment and Sustainability (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2018/09/29 - 2019/07/29 | Identity motives among supporters of the right-wing populist parties in Denmark
Supervisor
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Psychology of Intercultural Relations (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2018/12/31 - 2018/12/31 | Let’s protect the Earth together – will you participate? Socio-psychological predictors of pro-environmental collective action
Co-supervisor
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Julius Maximilians Universität Würzburg, Portugal
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2019/05/31 - 2019/05/31 | Member of the organizing committee of the "SCOPE Seminar: Sustainable Communities, Organisations and Places." (2019/05/31)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
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ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal |
| 2019/05/31 - 2019/05/31 | Organizer of the roundtable "Activism and Environmental Justice".
SCOPE Seminar: Sustainable Communities, Organisations and Places. (2019/05/31)
Round table (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2018/10/04 - 2018/10/06 | Symposium chair "Varieties of participation experiences: classical theories facing current challenges"
Symposium
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III Congreso Internacional SCEPS y XIV Congreso Nacional de Psicología Social |
| 2017/06/22 - 2017/06/24 | Symposium chair "Rethinking environmental participation: new socio-political practices"
Symposium
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XIV Conference on Environmental Psychology – PSICAMB: Places and human behaviour: from local to global |
| 2016/04/04 - 2016/04/08 | Training School "International Family Solidarity Across Europe". Organized by the Cost Action International Family Solidarity
Across Europe.
Other
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Intergenerational Family Solidarity across Europe |
| 2012/08/23 - 2012/08/29 | Summer School annually organized by EARA - European Association for Research on Adolescence. 23-29 August 2012, Greece.
Other
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SRA European Association for Research on Adolescence. |
Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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| 2019/12/11 | A imagem social da responsabilidade social das organizações: o papel da identidade pró-ambiental e dos comportamentos de consumo
sustentável. [The Social Image of Corporate Social Responsibility: the role of pro-environmental identity and consumer behavior.]
President of the jury
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Ana Carolina Trindade Gomes da Silva (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2019/12/03 | O Suporte Integrado para a Autonomia e a sua Influência na Qualidade-de-Vida e Esperança em Adolescentes. [The influence of
Multiple Autonomy Support Attunement in quality-of-life and hope of adolescents.]
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Sara Isabel Batista dos Santos (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2018/12/17 | Análise das Representações Sociais dos media Portugueses em relação à energia solar em Portugal. (Analysis of the social representations
of solar energy in the Portuguese press].
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Derivalda Jéssica Cabenguele (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2016/11/17 | Uma Europa de todos para todos? Suporte aos direitos dos imigrantes e participação cívica e política de jovens em quatro países
europeus. [An Europe for all? Support for immigrant's rights and youth civic and political participation across four European
countries.]
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Maria do Carmo Cabral Gouveia (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
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Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2019/12 - Current | ECPA - European Community Psychology Association | Member of the Executive Committee |
| 2016 - Current | SCRA - Society for Community Research and Action | Member |
| 2016 - 2019 | ISPP - International Society of Political Psychology | Member |
Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2019 - Current | Organisational committee of the 27th International Association for People-Environment Studies Conference. It will take place
in Lisbon, 2022.
Member
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Consulting
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2019/09 - 2021/01/31 | External evaluator and consultant on the project "Youth's Circles: Active Citizenship" [Círculos de jovens: Cidadania Ativa] | Between - partnerships 4 development, Portugal Associação Luso Cabo-Verdeana de Sintra, Portugal Associação Moreira Team, Portugal |
| 2018/09 - 2020/06 | External evaluator and consultant on the project "Children's circles" [Círculos de Crianças] | Associação de Pais EB1 2 Armando Guerreiro, Portugal Between - partnerships 4 development, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2020/02 - 2020/06 | Environment and Behavior | Studies of Environment and Sustainability (Mestrado) | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal |
| 2019/02 - 2019/06 | Environment and Behavior | Studies of Environment and sustainability (Mestrado) | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal |
| 2018/02 - 2018/06 | Environment and Behavior | Studies of Environment and Sustanability (Mestrado) | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal |
Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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| 2020/08/31 - Current | Journal of Social and Political Psychology | PsychOpen |
| 2019/06/01 - Current | Community Psychology in Global Perspective (2421-2113) | ESE - Salento University Publishing |
Distinctions
Award
| 2019 | Scientific award
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2018 | Scientific award
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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Other distinction
| 2014 | Postdoctoral fellowship SFRH/BPD/103371/2014
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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| 2009 | PhD fellowship SFRH/ BD/ 62567/ 2009
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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