Curriculum Vitae
Maria Elvira Callapez
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Maria Elvira Callapez
Citation names
- Callapez, Maria
- Maria Elvira Callapez
- Callapez, Maria Elvira
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- F816-37A5-1A5D
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-2461-363X
Email addresses
- mariaelviracallapez@gmail.com (Professional)
Telephones
- Mobile phone
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- (+351) 967991343 (Personal)
Knowledge fields
- Humanities - Philosophy, Ethics and Religion - History and Philisophy of Science and Technology
- Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Organic Chemistry
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | |
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| French | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2007/08/30
Concluded
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The Polymer Industry in the United States of America, in particular Plastics and Synthetic Fibers in the 1960s (Postgraduate
Certificate)
Major in Post Doc History of Plastics and Fibres
University of California, Berkeley, United States
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2007
Concluded
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Post Doc at University of California (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in History of Science and Technology - Topic: Polymers, Plastics
University of California, Berkeley, United States
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2002/02/18
Concluded
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History and Philosophy of Science (Doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Um Caso de Transferência de Tecnologia – A Introdução em Portugal da Indústria de Policloreto de Vinilo pela Cires " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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1998/04/28
Concluded
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History and Philosophy of Science (Mestrado)
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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1993/07/28
Concluded
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Applied Chemistry (Licenciatura)
Major in Organic Chemistry
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
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1984/06/14
Concluded
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Chemical Engineering (Bacharelato)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
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Affiliation
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2000/09 - 2015/09 | Associate Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal |
Other Careers
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 1981 - 2014 | Professor do ensino básico e secundário (Professor do ensino básico e secundário) | Ministério da Educação, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2006/01/01 - Current | Investigadora | Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Portugal |
| 2004 - Current | International Collaboration with the Science, Technology, and Society Center | University of California, Berkeley, United States |
| University of California, Berkeley, United States | ||
| 2004 - Current | International Collaboration with the Portuguese Studies Program (PSP) | University of California, Berkeley, United States |
| University of California, Berkeley, United States |
Projects
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2016/06/16 - Current | The Triumph of Bakelite - Contributions for a History of Plastics In Portugal
PTDC/IVC-HFC/5174/2014
Principal investigator
Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Portugal
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Concluded
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| 2013/10 - Current | Eco-Schools
2013-2014
Supervisor
Associação Bandeira Azul da Europa (ABAE), Portugal
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Concluded
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| 1999/10 - Current | Good Hope-Good Practices / (Boa Esperança-Boas Práticas)
1999-2000
Supervisor
Instituto de Inovação Educacional, Portugal
Escola Básica de Santa Iria de Azóia, Portugal |
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| 1999/03 - Current | Teaching is Investigating / (Ensinar é Investigar)
1999-2000
Supervisor
Ciência Viva, Portugal
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Concluded
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| 2015/02 - 2015/07 | “Science, Language, Technology and Citizenship” / (“Ciência, Língua, Tecnologia e Cidadania”)
2014-2015
Supervisor
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Concluded
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| 2011 - 2012 | “If this is Science then I like it! (Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Geology laboratory practices)” / (“Se isto são Ciências
então eu gosto! (práticas laboratoriais de Física, Química, Biologia e Geologia)”
2011-2012
Supervisor
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Concluded
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| 2011 - 2012 | “Experimental Sciences in the 1st Cycle - Experimenting with playing”) / “Ciências Experimentais no 1º Ciclo – Experimentar
a brincar”)
2011-2012
Supervisor
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Concluded
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2023/03/01 - 2025/12/31 | The Plastics Metamorphoses - the reality and the multiple approaches to a material
2022.05086.PTDC
Principal investigator
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Ongoing
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| 2001 - 2002 | History of Polymers
2001-2002
Supervisor
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Concluded
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| 1993 - 1994 | Experiments with the Sound
1993 – 1994
Supervisor
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Concluded
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| 1992 - 1993 | Evolution of The Periodic Table
1992 – 1993
Supervisor
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Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
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| Exhibition catalog |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2023/05/24 | Looking for materials and finding stories: celluloid as a starting point | 13 International Conference on the History of Chemistry – 13 ICHC 2023, EUChemS
Vilnius-Lithuania (Vilnius)
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| 2023 | Os primórdios da imitação da carapaça de tartaruga em Portugal, Múltiplas facetas na história da ciência química | 2.º Encontro Nacional de História da Química
Universidade de Aveiro
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| 2022/10/22 | Position Statement of the Plastic Summit – Global Event 2022 | Plastics Summit - Global Event 2022
FIL (Lisboa)
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| 2022/09/29 | Visão Histórica sobre a Investigação dos Microplásticos |
AEMITEQ, Complexo Tecnológico de Coimbra (Portugal)
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| 2021/09 | “As particularidades de um projecto sobre plásticos” _ “The particularities of a project on plastics” | 1º Encontro Nacional de História da Química
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química
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| 2021/09 | “O Pré Plástico Celulóide: sua história e preservação”_ "The Celluloid Pre-Plastic: its history and preservation" |
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química
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| 2021/07/05 | The Introduction of Plastics in Architecture | International Conference on Polymer Science and Composite Materials
Online event (Romania)
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| 2021/06/01 | "Ideal Home? The introduction of plastics in the household" |
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany)
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| 2021/05/18 | Presentation - catalog launch with Councilor for Culture (Anabela Graça) from Leiria City Hall, of the publication "Plasticidade - Uma História dos Plásticos em Portugal" | Catalog Launch |
| 2021/05/12 | "The Portuguese Industry and its peculiarities" (A Indústria Portuguesa e as suas peculiaridades), | Lecture
FCT-UNL
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| 2021/04/14 | Plastics - Pros and Cons (Plásticos - Contra e Prós) | Invited Lecture
FCT-UNL
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| 2021/04/13 | Plasticity Exhibition at the Museum of Leiria - What is it for? (Exposição Plasticidade no Museu de Leiria – Para que Serve?) | Invited Lecture |
| 2021/01/19 | Plastophobia (Plasticofobia) | RÓMULO - Centro Ciência Viva da Universidade de Coimbra |
| 2020/11/19 | A Smart Future for Cellulose Derivatives Conservation | PLASTICS IN PERIL, Focus on Conservation of Polymeric Materials in Cultural Heritage
Deutsches Museum & University of Cambridge
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| 2020/11/19 | Closing remarks |
Deutsches Museum & University of Cambridge
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| 2020/09/13 | “Plastics and Covid-19” (“Plásticos e a Covid-19”), | Ciência e Tecnologias Aplicadas in Jornadas MAIS AMBIENTE MAIS CIDADANIA
(Portugal)
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| 2020/09/03 | On the scent of Celluloid: an investigation of relevant industry practices | ESHS Bologna 2020, 9th Conference of the European Society for the History of Science Visual, Material and Sensory Cultures
of Science
(Italy)
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| 2020/05/15 | The future of plastics packaging | Global Virtual Conference on Polymers in Food Packaging
(Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2020/02/26 | Portugal in the 2020 World of Plastics | Polymer Science and Composite Materials Conference - Polymer Connect
(Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2020/02/18 | The future of plastics in the packaging world/ O futuro dos plásticos no mundo das embalagens | Technical Days 2020/ Jornadas Técnicas 2020
Sociedade Ponto Verde (Cascais)
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| 2020/02/13 | The future of plastics in the packaging world / O futuro dos plásticos no mundo das embalagens | Jornadas Técnicas 2020 /Technical Days 2020
Sociedade Ponto Verde (Porto)
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| 2020/02/03 | The Plastics trail passes through Portugal / O Caminho dos Plásticos passa por Portugal | Era uma vez a Química, Jornadas Técnicas de Química
FCT-NOVA
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| 2019/12/04 | To Plastic or not to Plastic: That is the Question – Regulation and Innovation of Plastic Use in the European Union |
(Berkeley, United States)
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| 2019/09/22 | The Triumph of Bakelite - Contributions to a History of Plastics in Portugal / O Triunfo da Baquelite - Contributos para uma História dos Plásticos em Portugal |
Museu de Leiria
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| 2019/07/22 | The adaptation of molds for plastics - reuse and creativity | Technology and Power
46th ICOHTEC ( Katowice, Poland)
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| 2019/07/04 | Inconvenient Questions / Questões Inconvenientes | Forúm Plásticos e Ambiente | Parceiros ou Inimigos?
Museu de Leiria
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| 2019/05/29 | Plastics at an exhibition: a critical assessment of mid-infrared reflection techniques in cultural heritage | The Plastics Heritage Congress: Plastics, History and Possibilities
Museu dos Coches (Lisbon)
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| 2019/05/27 | The fate of colours in the 20th-21st centuries: preserving the organic colourants in plastic artefacts | Young Hipom Professionals (Yhip 2019) Summer School/Research Seminar
FCT-NOVA
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| 2018/09/14 | Unbalanced Perceptions about Plastics: gradual feelings besides acceptance or rejection | ESHS, ‘Unity and Disunity’
University College London’s Institute of Education (London)
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| 2018/07/17 | Plastics hand in hand with consumers | Technological Drive From Past To Future? 50 Years of ICOHTEC
45th ICOHTEC (Saint-Etienne)
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| 2018/07/11 | Plastics, Anthropocene and Geological Time / Plásticos, Antropocénico e Tempo Geológico | 6º ENHCT
FCT-NOVA (Costa de Caparica)
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| 2018/07/11 | The different ages of the plastics era / As diferentes idades da época dos plásticos | 6º ENHCT
FCT-NOVA (Costa de Caparica)
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| 2018/06/21 | The triumph of bakelite – a museum to attract young people toward science | Attraction of Young People Toward Science – Strategic Wish of the Knowledge Society
ICPE-CA (Bucharest)
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| 2017/11/08 | A Project on the History of Plastics in Portugal | Ciclo de seminários do CDRSP - Manufacturing a Better Future!
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
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| 2017/10/18 | The impact of the plastics industry on the development of the city of Leiria / O impacto da indústria dos plásticos no desenvolvimento da cidade de Leiria | Congresso Internacional AS CIDADES NA HISTÓRIA
(Guimarães)
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| 2017/08/29 | Plastics, Anthropocene and Geological Time | 11th International Conference on the History of Chemistry
(Trondheim, Norway)
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| 2017/07/23 | Contributions for a History of Plastics in Portugal | 25th International Congress of the History of Science and Technology: Science, Technology and Medicine between the Global
and the Local
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro)
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| 2017/06/20 | Plastics: Consumers Impact | Lecture
University of Applied Sciences and Arts (Dortmund)
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| 2017/01/27 | The geological cycle of plastics and their use as a stratigraphic indicator of the Anthropocene | Journal Club
FCUL
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| 2016/11/25 | Presentation of the Plastics Museum Project / Apresentação do Projecto Museu dos Plásticos | XXXII Seminário de Plásticos
APIP - Associação Portuguesa da Indústria de Plásticos (Praia D`El Rei, Óbidos)
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| 2016/07/22 | Playing with Materials and Technology: The case of the toy industry since the 1950s | 43th ICOHTEC: Technology, Innovation, and Sustainability: Historical and Contemporary Narratives
FLUP (Porto)
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| 2016/02/13 | Dialogues on Science and Technology in Citizenship-Education and Training / Diálogos de Ciência e Tecnologia em Cidadania-Educação e Formação |
FCT-UNL
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| 2015/07/17 | Disciplining the Poor’s Mobilities during Portuguese Dictatorship Discourses on Professional Drivers and on Pedestrians (1930s–1950s - Plenary Session | 42nd ICOHTEC: History of High-Technologies and Their Socio-Cultural Contexts
Tel Aviv University
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| 2014/10/23 | Science Learning Communities in Preschool and 1st Cycle / Comunidades de Aprendizagem das Ciências no Pré Escolar e 1º Ciclo |
Convento dos Capuchos (Costa de Caparica)
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| 2014/10/22 | Polyurethane: The Fame and Decay | International Symposium ‘Plastics Heritage’
(Berlin)
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| 2014/09/04 | Safeguarding the Plastic´s Heritage | 6th International Conference of European Society for the History of Science: Communicating Science, Technology and Medicine
European Society for the History of Science Conference (Lisbon)
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| 2014/07/29 | New Materials for Promoting New Life Styles | Technology in Times of Transition
41st ICOHTEC (Brasov)
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| 2014/06/26 | The stories about the danger of plastics / As estórias sobre o perigo dos plásticos | Colóquio sobre a obra de Hermínio Martins
Universidade de Évora
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| 2014/05/21 | Nature of Science - Its Multiple Aspects / Natureza da Ciência – Seus Múltiplos Aspectos |
Escola Secundária de Cacilhas
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| 2014/04/26 | The industries from and post Salazar / As Indústrias de e pós Salazar | XXX Annual Conference on Portuguese-American Education and Culture
UC, Berkeley
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| 2014/03/17 | Science, language, technology and citizenship - A multidisciplinary sharing of projects / Ciência, língua, tecnologia e cidadania - Uma partilha multidisciplinar de projectos |
Escola Secundária Monte de Caparica (Escola de Caparica)
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| 2013/09/02 | Plastics in the Portuguese Rural Society / Plásticos na Sociedade Portuguesa Rural | Workshop Mobilidade e Circulação: Métodos e Abordagens nas Ciências Sociais e Humanas
CHAM e CIUHCT, FSCH
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| 2013/07/24 | Seeds of Plant Sciences in the classroom |
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica-UNL (ITQB), (Oeiras)
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| 2013/07/22 | Looking for the founders of polyurethane industry in Portuguese furniture design | 24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine (iCHSTM 2013)
(Manchester)
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| 2013/07/21 | Safeguarding the Plastic´s Heritage | 24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine
(Manchester)
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| 2012/07/10 | Electrical and Chemical engineering in Portugal from 1855 onwards | 39th Annual ICOTHEC Meeting – Technology, the Art & Industrial Culture, ETSEIB
(Barcelona)
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| 2012/03/21 | Readings of Science and Literature / As Leituras da Ciência e da Literatura |
Escola Básica 2,3 Damião de Góis (Lisbon)
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| 2011/08/02 | Pioneers in Plastics in Portugal |
38th International Committee for the History of Technology (Glasgow)
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| 2010/11/18 | PVC and its Controversies | 4th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science
(Barcelona)
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| 2010/07/26 | The introduction of synthetic materials in agricultural Portugal / A introdução de materiais sintéticos no Portugal agrícola | II Encontro Nacional de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia
(Lisbon)
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| 2010/05/27 | Technology Transfer and the Portuguese Polymer Industry - The Case of PVC | Economic and Business Historical Society
(Braga)
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| 2010/04/08 | The Production of Plastics in Portugal: a Portuguese Industrial Success Story |
Institute of European Studies, University of California, Berkeley
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| 2009/07/28 | Technology Transfer Constraints and The Portuguese Polymer Industry | Ideas and Instruments in Social Context
XXIII International Congress of History of Science and Technology: (Budapest)
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| 2009/06/03 | Scientific and Technological Literacy / Literacia Científica e Tecnológica |
Escola Naval (Alfeite)
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| 2009/02/19 | Usefulness of the History of Science and Technology to Explain “Difficult” Scientific Concepts / Utilidade da História da Ciência e da Tecnologia para Explicar Conceitos Científicos “Difíceis” |
(Lisbon)
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| 2008/08/13 | The Challenge of PVC and Regulation – Should the Use of this Important Material be Discontinued? |
UC, Berkeley (Berkeley)
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| 2006/12/11 | Creating a Network: Sharing Experiences |
UC, Berkeley (Berkeley)
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| 2006/09/06 | The USA and EU – Two Perspectives on Phthalates |
European Society for the History of Science Conference (Cracow)
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| 2006/02/09 | The Development of Scientific Research and the Implications on Traditional Rural Portuguese Society |
Institute of European Studies, UC, Berkeley (Berkeley)
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| 2005/07/14 | Measuring ICTs In HDIs |
(Orlando, United States)
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| 2004/07/25 | ICT Neurocognitive Fundamentals and Learning |
(Orlando)
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| 2004/06/02 | Historiography on Science, Technology and Medicine in Portugal during the “Estado Novo” (1926-1974): bibliometric and prosopographic approaches |
(Aarhus, Denmark)
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| 2004/05/25 | A Noisy Spring: CIRES Environmental Concerns in the 1960s / Uma Primavera Ruidosa: As Preocupações Ambientais da CIRES nos Anos 60 |
FNAC (Lisbon)
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| 2003/11/12 | From Barefoot to Espadrilles: The History of Plastic Massification / Do Pé Descalço à Alpercata: A História da Massificação dos Plásticos |
Instituto de Investigação Científica Bento de Rocha Cabral (Lisbon)
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| 2003/08/21 | Technology Transfer and The Synthetic Fibres Industry in Portugal - Terylene Case, |
XXX Symposium of the International Committee for the History of Technology (Moscow)
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| 2003/05/01 | Transfer of Technology in Portuguese Plastics Sector | Nordic Post-Graduate Workshop in the History of Science and Technology
(Denmark)
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| 2002/11/21 | CIRES – A case study of Technology Transfer |
CIRES (Estarreja)
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| 2002/06/20 | A Case of Technology Transfer - the Introduction of PVC Industry in Portugal | XXIX Symposium of the International Committee for the History of Technology
National Technical Museum (Granada)
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| 2002/06 | Kitchen in the Laboratory and History of Plastics / Cozinha no Laboratório e História dos Plásticos |
Ciência Viva (Lisbon)
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| 2002/05/14 | The PVC Industry in Portugal / A Indústria de PVC em Portugal |
FCT-NOVA
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| 2001/11/15 | The Manufacture of PVC in Portugal. CIRES and the Transfer of Technology | 3rd Luso-French Seminar on Innovation
ICCTI/French Embassy «History of Sciences and of Technological Innovation (Costa de Caparica)
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| 2000/11/21 | Science through the Times: A Visit to Scientific Development / A Ciência através dos Tempos: Uma Visita ao Desenvolvimento Científico | Lecture
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias (Lisbon)
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| 2000/09/17 | Travels and the Importation of Technology - CIRES and the Manufacture of PVC in Portugal |
STEP (Science and Technology in the European Periphery) (Lisbon)
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| 1999/08/19 | CIRES and the Manufacture of PVC in Portugal | ICOHTEC 1999, 26th Symposium of the International Committee for the History of Technology
University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard (France)
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| 1998/12/10 | The Context of The Emergence of Plastics Industry in Portugal (1930-1950) | Lecture
Department of History of Technology of the University of Cottbus (Cottbus, Germany)
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| 1997/07 | The Origin of Plastics Industry in Portugal | XXth International Congress of History of Science
(Liége)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2022 - Current | Plastificar: a indústria do plástico na perspetiva do museu
Co-supervisor
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| 2021/05 - Current | “Via Plástica: a indústria do plástico na perspetiva do museu”_ Plastic route: the plastic industry from the museum's perspective
Co-supervisor of Cátia Cavaco
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Escola Superior de Artes e Design – Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
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| 2018/09 - Current | From Celluloid´s past-production to heritage conservation
Co-supervisor of Artur Neves
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Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2013/09 - Current | Understand the atom-teaching strategies for students of the 3rd cycle of basic education (Compreender o átomo-estratégias
de ensino para aluno do 3º ciclo do ensino básico)
Supervisor of Catarina Isabel Feiteira Rancheiro
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Mestrado de Ensino da Física, Química e Biologia (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
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| 2013/09 - Current | Understand the atom-teaching strategies for students of the 3rd cycle of basic education (Compreender o átomo-estratégias
de ensino para aluno do 3º ciclo do ensino básico)
Supervisor of Catarina Isabel Feiteira Rancheiro
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Ensino da Física, Química e Biologia (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
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| 2013/09 - Current | A contribution to the teaching of the nature of science (Um contributo para o ensino da natureza da ciência)
Supervisor of Ana Paula Leitão Santos
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Mestrado de Ensino da Física, Química e Biologia (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
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| 2013/09 - Current | Educating children by forming parents - intergenerational transmission of scientific literacy (Educar os filhos fomando os
pais – transmissão intergeracional de literacia científica)
Supervisor of Rute Isabel Charepe Batista
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Ensino da Física, Química e Biologia (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
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| 2012/09 - Current | Scientific Reading and Writing: A Study with Students of Biology (12º grade) / (Leitura e Escrita Científica: Um Estudo com
Alunos do 12º Ano de Escolaridade de Biologia)
Supervisor of Ana Catarina Murteira Corredeira
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Ensino da Física, Química, Biologia e Geologia (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2023/02/21 - Current | Moderator of the debate"Contrasting Science Education and Science Research in Portugal and the US".
Guests: Randy Schekman (Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Physiology, 2013 and Carlos Fiolhais, Emeritus Professor of Physics);
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfsddQyge-o (2023/02/21)
Round table (Co-organisor)
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| 2019/05/29 - Current | Local Organising Committee for The Plastics Heritage Congress: Plastics, History and Possibilities (2019/05/29)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
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Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Portugal |
| 2019/05/27 - Current | Young Hipom Professionals (Yhip 2019) Summer School/Research Seminar (2019/05/27)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
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Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Portugal |
| 2018/07/17 - Current | Plastics, Emotions and Consumer Society (2018/07/17)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
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| 2018/07/09 - Current | The heritage of plastics: modernity and memories / A herança dos plásticos: modernidade e memórias (2018/07/09)
Symposium (President of the Organising Committee)
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Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Portugal |
| 2017/05/23 - Current | Collection, registration, organization and dissemination - a Memory Archive (2017/05/23)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
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Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Portugal Museu de Leiria, Portugal |
| 2016/07/26 - Current | 43th ICOHTEC: Technology, Innovation, and Sustainability: Historical and Contemporary Narratives (2016/07/26)
Congress (President of the Organising Committee)
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Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Portugal |
| 2016/07/26 - Current | Playing with Materials and Technology: The case of the toy industry since the 1950s (2016/07/26)
Symposium (President of the Organising Committee)
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Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Portugal |
| 2008/05/26 - Current | Environmental Education Learning Week (2008/05/26)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
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| 2007/05/24 - Current | Portuguese Networking Event, (event co-organized by ICEP – Portugal, the Portuguese Trade & Tourism Comission, PSP (Berkeley
University Portuguese Study Program), PAPS ( Portuguese-American Pos-Graduate Society) and the Consulate-General of Portugal
and is part of the Portuguese Commemorations of Dia de Portugal) (2007/05/24)
Meeting (President of the Organising Committee)
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University of California, Berkeley, United States |
| 2007/04/04 - Current | What do peripheries have to do with science and technology? Case studies from the history of science and technology in Portugal (2007/04/04)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
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University of California Berkeley, United States |
| 2006/12/11 - Current | Creating a Network: Sharing Experiences ;
Under the aegis of PAPS (Portuguese American Post-graduate Society) (2006/12/11)
Meeting (President of the Organising Committee)
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University of California, Berkeley, United States |
| 2006/03/17 - Current | Fruitful Connections Across the Atlantic: Science And Technology Networks”, VII PAPS FORUM (2006/03/17)
Meeting (President of the Organising Committee)
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University of California Berkeley, United States |
| 2005/09/06 - Current | 5th International Conference on History of Chemistry (2005/09/06)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
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| 2023/02/22 - 2023/05/31 | Maria Elvira Callapez, working group leader (WGL) for the STS / HST working group in Spring 2023, UC Berkeley.
Talks can range from an informal presentation of an idea to a thesis chapter or a draft journal article. Several kinds of
activities are considered:
• Writing feedback;
• To practice a job or conference talk;
• To facilitate or participate in discussion on themed readings.
(2023/02/22 - 2023/05/31)
Workshop
|
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
|
|---|---|---|
| 2021/09/21 - Current | Presentation, Facilitator and Discussion leader of the topic Materials, like plastics, and culture
Seminar
|
STS/HST working group
University of California, Berkeley, United States
|
| 2021/04/20 - Current | Moderator and commentator of the Session “Geografia, Oceanografia, Ambiente e Ciências Naturais”
Conference
|
Jornadas do Mar 2021 |
| 2019/07/08 - Current | Plastic as Heritage and its communication to the community: an interdependent work / O Plástico como Património e sua comunicação
à comunidade: um trabalho interdependente
Meeting
|
Encontro Ciência 2019 |
| 2018/10/17 - Current | The Triumph of Bakelite - A project about the history of plastics. / O Triunfo da Baquelite – Um projecto sobre a história
dos plásticos
Seminar
|
VI Workshop de Pesquisa e Tecnologia em Ciência dos Materiais, Programa de pós-graduação em Ciência dos Materiais (PPGCM-So)
Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil
|
| 2018/06/27 - Current | CORES SEMINAR (Doctoral Programme),
Seminar
|
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
|
| 2018/05/30 - Current | CORES SEMINAR (Doctoral Programme),
Seminar
|
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
|
| 2016/01/21 - Current | The Triumph of Baquelite - Contributions to a history of plastics in Portugal / O Triunfo da Baquelite- Contributos para uma
história dos plásticos em Portugal
Conference
|
Conferências CIUHCT
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
| 2015/07/17 - Current | Chairperson of the Session A “Encoding and Decoding – the Communication of Technological” | 42nd ICOHTEC: History of High-Technologies and Their Socio-Cultural Contexts
Tel Aviv University, Israel
|
| 2014/09/05 - Current | Chairperson of the Session 52 II “Perspectives on Science, Technology and Education”
Conference
|
6th International Conference of European Society for the History of Science: Communicating Science, Technology and Medicine
Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Portugal
|
| 2014/09/05 - Current | Chairperson of the Session 54 I “Mathematics in Place: 18th, 19th, 20th, Centuries”
Conference
|
6th International Conference of European Society for the History of Science: Communicating Science, Technology and Medicine
Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Portugal
|
| 2014/07/29 - Current | Chairperson of the Session 2A "Telecommunication in Transition"
Symposium
|
41st ICOHTEC: Technology in Times of Transition
Universitatea Transilvania din Brasov, Romania
|
| 2014/04/26 - Current | Blood Ties - Africa-California / Laços de Sangue – África-Califórnia
Round table
|
Community Session – XXX Annual Conference on Portuguese-American Education and Culture |
| 2012/11/15 - Current | Nanotecnologia: suas origens históricas e interacções com a sociedade. Impacto na medicina, ambiente e construção civil
Seminar
|
Mestrado em Engenharia do Ambiente
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
|
| 2012/07/10 - Current | Chairperson of the Session 25 "Images of Technology and Society (II and III)"
Symposium
|
39th Annual ICOTHEC Meeting – Technology, the Art & Industrial Culture
Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Industrial de Barcelona, Spain
|
| 2011/11/18 - Current | Philosophy, Science, Chemistry / Filosofia, Ciência, Química
Round table
|
Café Filosófico, Dia Internacional da Filosofia |
| 2011/01/11 - Current | Materials for all uses / Materiais de Todos os Usos - Plásticos
Seminar
|
Mestrado em História das Ciências
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
| 2010/12/08 - Current | "Natural Sciences ”
Conference
|
Sea Days - The New Age of Discoveries / (Jornadas do Mar – A Nova Era dos Descobrimentos)
Escola Naval, Portugal
|
| 2010/02/09 - Current | Chairperson of the session Women Scientists - In the name of Hipatya and all the others /(Mulheres Cientistas - Em nome da
Hipatya e de todas as outras)
Other
|
Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Portugal
|
| 2010/01/06 - Current | Technological Revolution - From Traditional Materials to Plastics / Revolução Tecnológica - Dos Materiais Tradicionais aos
Plásticos
Seminar
|
Mestrado em História das Ciências
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
| 2009/10/13 - Current | Women Empowerment in Science
Round table
|
I International Amonet Meeting |
| 2009/07/26 - Current | Chairperson of the session “T19 Technology Transfer”,
Congress
|
XXIII International Congress of History of Science and Technology Ideas and Instruments in Social Context |
| 2009/04/10 - Current | Chairperson of the Session “Thomas Kuhn and the Change of the Scientific Ethos in the late Modernity. A Moral History”
Other
|
Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Portugal
|
| 2008/12/18 - Current | Chairperson of the Session "Sciences versus Science"
Meeting
|
VI Meeting of the International Forum of Portuguese Researchers / (VI Encontro do Fórum Internacional de Investigadores Portugueses) |
| 2008/11/14 - Current | International History of the Origin of Plastics / História Internacional da Origem dos Plásticos
Seminar
|
Mestrado em História das Ciências
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
| 2008/11/12 - Current | Chairperson of the Environmental Panel: Two Estuarine Systems: the same reality? ” and “Bioremediation of samples from the
Lisbon Naval Base” ( Plenary Session) / (Dois Sistemas Estuarinos: uma mesma realidade?” e “Bioremediação de amostras da
Base Naval de Lisboa” (Sessão Plenária)
Conference
|
2008 Sea Days (Jornadas do Mar 2008)
Escola Naval, Portugal
|
| 2008/04/21 - Current | The Social, Technological and Scientific Impact of Polymers / O Impacto Social, Tecnológico e Científico dos Polímeros
Seminar
|
Mestrado em História das Ciências
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
|
| 2005/09/06 - Current | Chairperson of the Plenary Session, “Chemistry, Technology and Society
Conference
|
5th International Conference on History of Chemistry
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal
|
| 2004/07/15 - Current | Where does the History of Science Go? / Para Onde Vai a História da Ciência?
Meeting
|
The Brave New World of Diamang e Selecção Natural: o Debate Continua, Arrábida, |
| 2004 - Current | Founding Member of Chemistry History Group (Núcleo de História da Química) |
Sociedade Portuguesa de Química, Portugal
|
| 2002/11/25 - Current | Assessment of Solid Wind Transport Models in Praia / Duna Environment and Aquaculture - Current State and Future Perspectives
/(Aferição de Modelos de Transporte Sólido Eólico em Ambiente Praia/Duna e A Aquacultura – Estado Actual e Perspectivas Futuras)
Conference
|
Sea Days, Pedro Nunes - New Knowledge in the Route of the Future /(Jornadas do Mar, Pedro Nunes – Novos Saberes na Rota do
Futuro)
Escola Naval, Portugal
|
| 2002/08 - Current | Chairperson of the Session 10 "Ecology/ Environment"
Symposium
|
ICOTHEC 2000, 27th Symposium of the International Committee for the History of Technology
Narodni technicke muzeum, Czech Republic
|
| 2002/04/12 - Current | Some Considerations on Scientific Culture, Initial Training of Trainees and the History of Science( Algumas Considerações
sobre a Cultura Científica, a Formação Inicial dos Estagiários e a História da Ciência
Round table
|
Formação Inicial dos Professores de Física e Química: o Ponto de Vista de quem Orienta nas Escolas - 1º Encontro de Núcleos de Estágio de Física e Química da FCUL |
| 1996 - Current | Responsible for the organization of scientific meetings between students, researchers and teachers for discussion the workings
in progress.
Round table
|
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
|
| 2023/09/08 - 2023/09/09 | Moderator of sessions 2 and 4 at the 2º Encontro Nacional de História da Química, Online,
Conference
|
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
|
| 2023/03/16 - 2023/03/16 | Roundtable "Are Plastics Remaking Our World?", Vitra Design Museum, MAAT, V&A Dundee, (Panel: Anniina Koivu; Mea Hoffmann; Daniel Caramelo, Maria Elvira Callapez) https://www.maat.pt/pt/event/estarao-os-plasticos-reconstruir-o-nosso-futuro | |
| 2022/10/17 - 2022/10/19 | "Cellulose nitrate and cellulose acetate in cultural heritage: a technological breakthrough for its sustainable preservation"
Maria João Melo, Artur Neves, Ana Ramos and Maria Elvira Callapez,
Congress
|
6th Plastics Heritage Congress, organized by the Plastics Heritage European Association, Naples, Italy. |
| 2022/04/12 - 2022/04/12 | Co-facilitating a discussion on colonialism, critique, and practice centered around the following readings: - "Introduction"
of the book Pollution Is Colonialism by Max Liborion; - "Why Has Critique Run out of Steam? From Matters of Fact to Matters
of Concern," an article by Latour, STS/HST working group, CSTMS-UCB, Univ. California, Berkeley, April, 12, 2022;
Seminar
|
|
| 2022/03/28 - 2022/03/28 | Moderators: Maria Elvira Callapez; Jeroen Dewulf, Director, Institute of European Studies, Sponsors: Institute of European
Studies, Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society, Univ. California, Berkeley,
Speaker: Thomas Gries, Professor of Textile Engineering, RWTH University of Aachen
Seminar
|
Circular Economy in the Textile Industry: a European Perspective (Zoom) |
| 2021/10/29 - 2021/10/29 | “Plastics /controversies”, circulating readings; Discussion on plastics: Transparent Plastics Design and Technology, Chapter:
Transparent Plastics Between Intellectualisation and Trash.
Accumulation: The material politics of plastics, Chapters: Reflections of an unrepentant plastiphobe: An essay on plasticity
and the STS life and Plastics, environment and health; Article: The geological cycle of plastics and their use as a stratigraphic
indicator of the Anthropocene;
Seminar
|
STS/HST working group, CSTMS UCB, Univ. California, Berkeley |
Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
|
|---|---|---|
| 2022/09/14 | Dinâmicas de Investigação Científica em Moçambique (1962-1987) | Eurides Ana de Inocência Felisberto Tendaunga (PhD) |
| 2022/01/21 | Plastics: Mapping the Childhood of Modernity’s Worst Material
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Angela Cope (PhD)
York University, Canada
|
| 2022/01/21 | Plastics: Mapping the Childhood of Modernity’s Worst Material | Angela Cope (PhD) |
| 2017/07/19 | What does the future hold for polyurethane fashion and design? Conservation studies regarding the 1960s and 1970s objects
from the MUDE collection
(Thesis) Arguer
|
Susana Catarina Dias França de Sá (PhD)
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia - Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
|
| 2015/07/02 | Monograph on polymeric materials in computers (Monografia sobre os materiais poliméricos em computadores)
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Luisa Sampaio (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
|
| 2014/10/13 | The (Re) Organization in the Class Council: A Measure for the Success of Student Learning (A (Re)Organização no Conselho de
Turma: Uma Medida para o Sucesso das Aprendizagens dos Alunos)
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Fátima Maria Ribeiro da Silva (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
|
| 2014/06/20 | The Added Value of the Collaborative Work of Physics and Chemistry Teachers for Laboratory Practices (A Mais Valia do Trabalho
Colaborativo dos Professores de Física e Química para as Práticas Laboratoriais)
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Isabel Cristina Rodrigues de Sousa (Master)
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal
|
| 2014/03/13 | Collaborative Work / Peers and the Professional Development of the Physics-Chemistry Teacher / Trabalho Colaborativo/Interpares
e o Desenvolvimento Profissional do Professor de Física-Química
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Ana Cristina Bento Fernades (Master)
Escola Superior de Educação de Almeida Garrett, Portugal
|
| 2013/10/25 | Implementing the Community Environmental Education/(A Implementação da Educação Ambiental da Comunidade)
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
José Manuel Vieira da Silva (Master)
Escola Superior de Educação de Almeida Garrett, Portugal
|
| 2013/01/18 | School Management of Quality-Oriented Change: The Role of Supervision/(Gestão Escolar da Mudança Orientada para a Qualidade:
o Papel da Supervisão)
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Adelaide Maria Graça Avelar dos Santos Carvalho (Master)
Escola Superior de Educação de Almeida Garrett, Portugal
|
| 2012/04/17 | Training of Kindergarten Educators and Teachers of the 1st Cycle for the Practice of Experimental Sciences /(Formaçäo de Educadores
de Infância e Professores do 1º Ciclo para a Prática das Ciências Experimentais)
(Thesis) Main arguer
|
Jocélia Albino (Master)
Escola Superior de Educação de Almeida Garrett, Portugal
|
Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/09 - Current | The 1st National Meeting on the History of Chemistry is being held for the first time, seeking to bring together research
work developed in this field and the members of the History of Chemistry Group of the Portuguese Chemical Society. It is
hoped that it may continue in the near future, enhancing the area of History of Science, Technology, and Medicine and constituting
a forum for critical thinking on the development of science and its impact on society.
Member
|
|
| 2023 - 2023 | 2º Encontro Nacional de História da Química
Member
|
|
| 2022/12/13 - 2022/12/13 | Members of the Jury for the competition to fill the position of Assistant Professor, in the disciplinary area of Conservation and Restoration, with emphasis on the Conservation and Restoration of Modern and Contemporary Materials of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology at the New University of Lisbon- | |
| 2021 - 2021 | Member of the Scientific Committee, 1st Meeting on the History of Chemistry (Membro Commissão Científica, 1º Encontro História
da Química )
Member
|
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Química, Portugal |
| 2011 - 2019 | Member of the Executive Committee
Member
|
Conference scientific committee
| Conference name | Conference host | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 - Current | Knowledge at Work - 24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine (ICHSTM) | Manchester |
| 2013 - 2014 | Technology in Times of Transition | Brasov - Romenia |
Consulting
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/05 - Current | Member of Advisory Board for the Quarterly Journal of the History of Science and Technology (Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki), 2021- | |
| 2021 - Current | Member of the advisory board at University California Berkeley |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020/02 - 2020/05 | Da Revolução Científica à Big Science - Triunfo da Baquelite e Plásticos e Ambiente | Minor em História e Filosofia das Ciências (Licenciatura) | Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
| 2018/11 - 2019/03 | Writing Laboratory: material culture studies /(Laboratório de Escrita: estudos de cultura material) | (Mestrado integrado) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal |
| 2010/11/26 - 2010/12/09 | Advanced Course on Green Entrepreneurship | Advanced Course on Green Entrepreneurship (Licenciatura) | Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal |
Evaluation committee
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/12/13 - 2022/12/13 | Competition for the filling of a position of Assistant Professor, in the disciplinary area of Conservation and Restoration, with emphasis on Conservation and Restoration of Modern and Contemporary Materials of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology at the New University of Lisbon (NOVA) |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
| Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/11 | Living with Plastic (Convivência com o Plástico) | À Letra - Atelier de Jornalismo, da licenciatura de Ciências da Comunicação (da FLUP) |
| 2020/04/17 | Plástico: Amigo ou Inimigo?”, (Plastic: friend or foe?) | Jornal I |
| 2019/12/15 | “Who wins with the plastic war” /(“Quem ganha com a guerra ao plástico”) | Visão |
| 2019/07/13 | The incredible world of plastics / (O incrível mundo dos plásticos) | Jornal Sol, Destacável “País Positivo” |
| 2019/06/22 | From a miraculous solution to the global threat. Where does the plastic come from and where does it go?/ (De solução milagrosa a ameaça mundial. De onde vem e para onde vai o plástico?) | Observador |
| 2019/06/06 | "Plastic kitchen ”from Leiria takes place anywhere in the world/ ("Cozinha plástica” de Leiria tem lugar em qualquer parte do mundo) | Região de Leiria |
| 2019/06 | From bakelite to the plastic boom, Responsible Plastic, Continente/ (Da baquelite ao “boom” do plástico”, Plástico Responsável, Continente) | |
| 2019/06 | Nobody lives without plastic / (Ninguém vive sem plástico) | Plástico Responsável, Continente |
| 2019/05/29 | Plastic campaigns are a fashion/(Campanhas sobre o plástico são uma moda) | Jornal i |
| 2019/04/06 | Leiria Museum tells the story of plastic / () | Jornal de Leiria |
| 2019/04/04 | Plastic synonymous with humanity/(Plástico sinónimo da humanidade) | Região de Leiria |
| 2019/04/04 | Plasticity - Leiria Museum tells almost 100 years of plastics history / (Plasticidade – Museu de Leiria conta quase 100 anos da história dos plásticos) | Região de Leiria |
| 2018/11/02 | Plastics can be used more responsibly and appropriately / (Os plásticos podem ser usados de forma mais responsável e adequada) | Global Portuguese Scientists/Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos GPS/FFMS |
| 2009/02 | The academic path in the United States of America / (O percurso académico nos Estados Unidos da América) | Newsletter - Portuguese American Postgraduate Society |
Interview (tv / radio show)
| Program | Topic | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/08/22 - Current | Entrevista para o canal história da ciência | “Elogio ao Plástico” |
| 2022/02/16 - Current | Compromisso Verde | Lixo hospitalar aumenta 50% durante a pandemia. Há alternativas ao plástico na saúde? (Hospital waste increases by 50 % during the pandemic. Are there alternatives to plastic in health? ) |
| 2019/05/26 - Current | Angelus TV | The Bakelite triumph project and the Plasticity exhibition / (O projecto triunfo da baquelite e a exposlção Plasticidade) |
| 2019/04/10 - Current | Forum | The Plasticity exhibition and the Triumpf da Bakelite project/ (A exposição Plasticidade e o projecto Triunfo da Baquelite) |
Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/04/02 - Current | QUÍMICA | |
| 2018/11/26 - Current | Journal of Material Culture | |
| 2015/06/03 - Current | Revista de Historia Industrial (2385-3247) | Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona |
| 2014/03/06 - Current | ICON, Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology | |
| 2012/09/23 - Current | ICON: The Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology | |
| 2005/06/03 - Current | Electronic version in http://www.historia-energia.com/imagens/conteudos/L1EC |
Other jury / evaluation
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 - Current | Chairperson of the “Maurice Daumas Prize” Committee, (ICOHTEC) | |
| 2017/06 - Current | Evaluation Panel (History and Archaeology) | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
| 2013/04/03 - Current | Member of the Monitoring Committee of PhD of Susana Sá - “What future for fashion and polyurethane design? Conservation studies of works belonging to the nucleus of the sixties and seventies of the MUDE collection”,/ “Que futuro para a moda e o design em poliuretano? Estudos de conservação de obras pertencentes ao núcleo dos anos sessenta e setenta da colecção do MUDE” | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal |
| 2011/07/19 - Current | Evaluation of the work of Ana Paula SIlva, (“Between theory and practice - electrical engineering in Portugal from 1855 onwards”). Scientific, Pedagogical and Didactic Work, within the scope of Performance Evaluation (Provided in Ordinance No. 926/2010, of 20 September and regulated in article 3, point 2 of Regulatory Order No. 24/2010). |
Distinctions
Award
| 2020 | Prizes to Plasticity Exhibition
Associação Portuguesa de Museologia (APOM), Portugal
|
| 2019 | Dibner Award for Excellence in Museum Exhibits
Society for the History of Technology, United States
|
| 2007 | Fellow, New York Academy of Sciences (award from Vice Chancellor for Research, UC, Berkeley, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research) |
| 2007 | Working paper "Aspects of the American Polymer Industry: Plastics and Synthetic Fibres in the 1960s” |
| 2000 | Book: A Origem da Indústria Transformadora de Plásticos em Portugal
Ministério da Cultura / Instituto Português do Livro e das Bibliotecas, Portugal
|
Title
| 2019 | Chairperson of the Summer School Committee (International Committee for the History of Technology) |
| 2018 | Secretary Elected and Founding Member Plastics Heritage European Association (PHEA) |
| 2018 | Chairperson of the “Maurice Daumas Prize” Committee (ICOHTEC) |
| 2013 | Chairperson of the Membership Committee, ICOHTEC |
| 2006 | Invited member by AMONET – Portuguese Association of Women in Science |
| 2005 | West Coast Director of Portuguese American Postgraduate Society (PAPS), USA |
| 2004 | Post-Doctorate at University of California Berkeley, EUA
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
|
Other distinction
| 2022 | Funding of Project “The Plastics Metamorphoses - the reality and the multiple approaches to a material” by FCT, July 2022. Project acronym: MoPRA |
| 2021 | Member of the advisory board at University of California, Berkeley |
| 2021 | Secretary General of the International Committee for the History of Technology, ICOHTEC |
| 2021 | Member of Advisory Board for the Quarterly Journal of the History of Science and Technology (Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki) |
| 2016 | Member of “Maurice Daumas Prize” Committee |
| 2015 | Research Project: The Triumph of Bakelite – Contributions for a History of Plastics in Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
|
| 2008 | Membership of Forum of International Portuguese Investigators (FIIP) |
| 2007 | Membership of New York Academy of Sciences |
| 2006 | Membership of European Society for the History of Science |
| 2005 | Membership of Science, Technology, and Society Center, University of California, Berkeley |
| 2004 | Membership of SHOT (Society for History of Technology) |
| 2000 | Membership of STEP (Science and Technology in the European Periphery ) |
| 1998 | Membership of ICOTHEC (International Committee for the History of Technology) |
| 1994 | Membership of Portuguese Chemical Society |