Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- João Daniel de Sousa Graça
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 171E-DE96-5E04
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-6868-9420
Email addresses
- joao.graca@ics.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
- joao.graca@rug.nl (Professional)
Addresses
- ICS – Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Aníbal de Bettencourt, 9, 1600-189, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)
- University of Groningen, Oude Kijk in Het Jatstraat 26, 9712-EK, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands (Professional)
Websites
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Vs1m-jMAAAAJ&hl=en (Scholar)
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joao_Graca (Professional)
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2012 - 2016
Concluded
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PhD in Psychology (Doutoramento)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2007 - 2009
Concluded
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Master (MSc) in Social and Organizational Psychology (Mestrado integrado)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2004 - 2007
Concluded
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Undergraduate Degree in Psychology (Licenciatura)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2017/09/01 - 2020/07/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2020/08/01 - Current | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands |
2017/09/01 - 2020/07/31 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2018 - Current | Advocating plant-based eating – Which messages work best for whom, and why?
ACE.R3
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
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Animal Charity Evaluators
Ongoing
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2018 - Current | Sustainable School Meals [SUSTAINMEALS] – Unlocking the potential of the public plate towards a large-scale transition to
plant-based meals in schools
LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-029348
Principal investigator
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia European Regional Development Fund Ongoing
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2018 - Current | Investigating and Optimizing V-Label Effectiveness
ACE.R4
Researcher
La Trobe University Albury-Wodonga Campus, Australia
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Animal Charity Evaluators |
2017 - 2020 | Appetite for Change [A4C]: Encouraging and empowering consumers to shift to more plant-based healthy and sustainable diets
FCT-SFRH/BPD/115110/2016
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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2012 - 2016 | Why (not) shift from a meat-based to a plant-based diet? A consumer-focused approach
FCT-SFRH/BD/79487/2011
PhD Student Fellow
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2019 - 2020 | 2nd Survey on Sustainability in Portugal – Food, Sustainability and Health
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Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
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SONAE MC |
2016 - 2017 | Fieldwork Manager (ICS-36/2016) @ the European Social Survey (ESS – European Research Infrastructure Consortium), Round 8,
1st wave
ICS-36/2016
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
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Concluded
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2016 - 2016 | Research Consultant @ Research Ethics: Best Practices, Better Science | ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon
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Other
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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Concluded
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2013 - 2015 | Research Consultant @ INTOVIAN: Protecting Infants and Toddlers from Domestic Violence
JUST72011-12/DAP/ AG/3283
Other
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
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2011 - 2012 | Research Assistant @ Evaluation of the Project “Mais Sucesso Escolar” (AP+SE; “More School Achievement”)
MES/QREN/POEAT-FSE; 2011/109/GEPE/ABS
Other
Ministério da Educação, Portugal
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal |
Ministério da Educação |
2010 - 2011 | Research Assistant @ Short-Tem Residential Care/Emergency Shelter, Assessment and Design (CAT/UE)
CAT/UE
Other
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
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Casa Pia de Lisboa
Concluded
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2009 - 2011 | Research Assistant @ Independent Living Program for Young People Leaving Residential Care (RAIA)
RAIA
Other
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
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Casa Pia de Lisboa
Concluded
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2009 - 2011 | Research Assistant @ Family Support Program (FSP) to Families at Risk for Abusing Children
FSP
Other
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social, Portugal
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Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Journal article |
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Report |
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Other
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Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2018 | Moving towards a plant-based future – A research agenda (snapshot) | Private Presentation, University Extension
ProVeg International (Berlin, Germany)
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2018 | Research for healthier and more sustainable eating habits | VeggieWorld Portugal (2nd Edition)
VeggieWorld (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2018 | Todos os animais são iguais? [All animals are equal?] | Animais companheiros nas vidas dos humanos – Desafios sociais e éticos
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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2018 | Social dominance orientation and empathy mediate gender differences in animal exploitation | 51st Conference of the German Society for Psychology,
(Frankfurt, Germany)
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2018 | Ideology, psychology, and everyday moral action: Moral disengagement in meat consumption | ISPP Meeting 2018
(San Antonio, United States)
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2018 | Values, expectations and realities in residential care: An exploratory study | XV EUSARF International Conference
(Porto, Portugal)
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2018 | Meet your meat: The effect of meat-animal association on meat consumption and substitution | XIV PhD Meeting in Social and Organizational Psychology
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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2017 | Meat eating: an opportunity to study moral disengagement in situ? | EASP General Meeting 2017
(Granada, Spain)
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2017 | The situation in Residential Care | III Global Youth Mentoring Network Conference - Youth mentoring, cultural diversity, minorities and migrant groups
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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2016 | Migrações e perceções de ameaça [Migrations and perceptions of threat] | Europa, Migrações e Identidades: Apresentação dos resultados do European Social Survey 7
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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2014 | Acontecimentos de vida stressantes e mau-trato na infância: Que relação? [Stressful life events and child maltreatment: which relationship?] | Simpósio Internacional INTOVIAN: Proteger as crianças dos 0 aos 3 anos do abuso e negligência
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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2014 | Early diagnosis of infant and toddler abuse and neglect in Portugal: A pilot study | 13th ISPCAN European Regional Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
(Dublin, Ireland)
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2013 | Between the stomach and the conscience: Why don’t we minimize harm to the environment, public health, and animals, through our dietary choices? | 3rd Living Responsibly - Ethical Issues in Everyday Life
(Prague, Czech Republic)
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2013 | Why do harmful but cherished food practices endure? Meat eating, moral disengagement, and resistance to change towards less damaging dietary choices. | IX PhD Meeting in Social and Organizational Psychology
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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2013 | Educação e sucesso escolar: a perspetiva de crianças e jovens na avaliação de um programa educativo. [Education and school achievement: the perspectives of children and adolescents in the evaluation of an educational program] | II Encontro Nacional sobre Crianças e Jovens em Perigo
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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2013 | Fatores de proteção para crianças e jovens em risco de retenção: a importância do contexto de sala de aula. [Protective factors for children and adolescents at rick of school failure: the importance of the classroom context] | II Encontro Nacional sobre Crianças e Jovens em Perigo
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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2013 | Protegendo os bebés e as crianças da violência doméstica: Um estudo piloto de um protocolo de diagnóstico do abuso e negligência de bebés e crianças. [Protecting infants and todlers from domestic violence: a pilot study of a screening tool to detect negligence and abuse] | VIII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia
(Aveiro, Portugal)
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2013 | A avaliação do impacto de uma política educativa para o ensino obrigatório. [Impact assessment of an educational policy for compulsory education] | VIII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia |
2013 | A avaliação de políticas educativas através de abordagens qualitativas. [Evaluating educational policies through qualitative approaches] | VIII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia
(Aveiro, Portugal)
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2013 | A perspetiva de técnicos e jovens sobre a autonomia e a emancipação do acolhimento residencial. [The perspectives of staff and young people about autonomy and emancipation from residential care] | VIII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia
(Aveiro, Portugal)
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2013 | Meat is more than Food? Representations of Meat and Willingness to Change Consumption Habits. | II Global Conference: Making Sense of Food
(Athens, Greece)
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2012 | O direito de participação das famílias de risco na avaliação dos serviços de intervenção psicossocial. [The right to participation of families at risk in the evaluation of psychosocial interventions] | I Encontro Nacional sobre Crianças e Jovens em Perigo
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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2012 | Como encaramos o que comemos? Perceções e (des)vinculações face ao impacto das práticas alimentares no ambiente, na saúde e nos animais. [How do we face what we eat? Perceptions and disengament with regard to the impacts of our eating habits to the environment, health, and animals] | VII Encontro de Investigação em Psicologia Social e das Organizações
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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2012 | A avaliação de programas e a definição de políticas públicas. [Assessing intervention programs and informing public policy] | XIV Simpósio ANPEPP
(Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
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2012 | Effects of an early family intervention program for at-risk Portuguese families. | 12th International EUSARF Conference
(Glasgow, United Kingdom)
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2012 | Evaluating the “Programa Mais Sucesso Escolar”: Lessons learned from evaluating the impact of a Portuguese national educational policy for compulsory education. | Improving Education through Accountability and Evaluation: Lessons from Around the World
(Rome, Italy)
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2011 | Novas relações entre jovens e professores: uma crise de autoridade? [New relationships between adolescents and professors: a crisis of authority?] | Colóquio "Olhares sobre os jovens em Portugal: saberes, políticas, ações" do Observatório Permanente da Juventude
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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2010 | Autonomia e Autoridade em Contexto Escolar. [Autonomy and authority in the school context] | VII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia
(Braga, Portugal)
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2010 | Avaliação dos resultados de um programa de apoio familiar. [Assessing the results of a family support program] | I Encontro Nacional de Psicologia Comunitária
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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2010 | Avaliação de necessidades: Participação, triangulação metodológica e contributos para o desenho de um programa de intervenção. [Needs assessment: Participation, methodological triangulation, and inputs for designing an intervention program] | I Encontro Nacional de Psicologia Comunitária
(Lisboa, Portugal)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2018 - Current | Meet your meat: The effect of animal-meat association on meat consumption and substitution
Co-supervisor of Catarina Rocha Possidónio da Silva
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Doctoral Program in Psychology (PhD)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2018 - Current | Working in residential care: Processes and variables associated to the (de)humanization of children and youth in care
Co-supervisor of Adriana Morão
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Doctoral Program in Psychology (PhD)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2018 - Current | The role of information and communication technologies for transitioning to more plant-based diets
Co-supervisor of Sara Ramos
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Master (MSc) in Information Systems Management (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2018 - Current | Barriers and enablers for increasing the consumption of plant-based meals in Portugal
Supervisor of Beatriz Carvalho
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Master (MSc) in Development Studies (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2018 - Current | Key features for effective transitions to more plant-based diets in young adults
Supervisor of Ana Margarida Martins
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Master (MSc) in Psychology in Economics and Business (Master)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
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2017 - 2018 | The role of autonomy support on adolescents’ mental health: a systematic literature review
Co-supervisor of Rita Rebelo
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Master (MSc) in Community Psychology and Child Protection (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2016 - 2017 | Am I too cute to eat? The effect of cuteness appeal on the promotion of a more plant-based diet
Co-supervisor of Catarina Rocha Possidónio da Silva
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Master (MSc) in Social and Organizational Psychology (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2016 - 2017 | Institutional social support for the adjustment and well-being of young people in residential care: The moderating role of
individual and context variables
Co-supervisor of Sandra Ornelas
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Master (MSc) in Community Psychology and Child Protection (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2014 - 2014 | Venue coordinator and member of the organizing committee of The International Symposium INTOVIAN – Protecting children aged
0 to 3 from domestic violence, Great Auditorium (2014 - 2014)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
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ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal |
2014 - 2014 | Member of the organizing committee of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) Summer School (2014 - 2014)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
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ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal |
2013 - 2014 | Member of the organizing committee of the I and II National Meeting on Children at Risk, Great Auditorium (2013 - 2014)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
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ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal |
Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2017 - 2017 | Research Workshop on Effective Animal Advocacy, with a focus on research on how to promote more plant-based diets
Workshop
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Research Workshop on Effective Animal Advocacy
Claremont Graduate University, United States
Animal Charity Evaluators, United States |
Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2017 | Empathy, Personality, and Social Images of Young People in Residential Care: the mediating role of Social Dominance Orientation
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Anastasia Sirbu (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2017 | Affective properties of physical spaces in residential care: examining associations with place attachment and life satisfaction
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Sofia Tavares (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2017 | The role of social support on the mental health of children and young people in residential care
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Sofia Silva Ferreira (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2012 - Current | Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses [Portuguese Psychologists Association] | Full Member. General specialization: Social, Work and Organizational Psychology. Advanced specialization: Community Psychology. |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2018 - Current | PB/CM Consumer Research. International online collaborative platform on Plant-Based/Clean-Meat Consumer Research, organized
by The Good Food Institute, connecting invited researchers and professionals interested in implementing plant-based and clean
meat research findings.
Advisor / Consultant
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The Good Food Institute, United States |
2013 - 2015 | Full Member of the Pedagogical Commission of the School of Social and Human Sciences, ISCTE-IUL – Students’ Representative
(2013-2015)
Member
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ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal |
2013 - 2015 | Full Member of the Senate of ISCTE-IUL – Student’s Representative (2013-2015)
Member
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ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal |
2013 - 2014 | Full Member of the Pedagogic Council of ISCTE-IUL (ECSH-IUL) – Students’ Representative (2013-2014)
Member
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ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal |
2011 - 2013 | Coordinator of the research group Community, Education and Development – CED/CIS-IUL
Coordinator
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ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2017 - 2017 | IV Meeting on Community Psychology: Contributes to Social Transformation | ISCTE-IUL |
2014 - 2014 | X Research Meeting on Social and Organizational Psychology | ISCTE-IUL |
Consulting
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2018 - 2018 | A shared vision for the future of sustainable agriculture. Stakeholders’ discussion (by invitation) for Syngenta Crop Protection | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal |
2018 - 2018 | Beef Consumption Expert Panel (online elicitation and discussion panel, by invitation). RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia), with a focus on research on barriers and facilitators to reduce meat consumption | RMIT University, Australia |
2012 - 2012 | Evaluation of the program Mais Sucesso Escolar: (a) Intermediate results, (b) Key findings and recommendations | Ministério da Educação, Portugal |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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2018 | Interview for the news piece “What our children eat will define their future” | Expresso |
2015 | Collection of texts published in Gazeta das Caldas (2014-2015), by invitation: “Are animals conscious?”; “Intelligent animals?”; “Making friends with animals”; “Pleasure in living”; “The intelligence of a chicken” | Gazeta das Caldas |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2019/09/25 - Current | Invited participation on the radio program “CouraVeg” – Prova Oral, Antena 3. | |
2018 - 2018 | 90 Segundos de Ciência | Interview for the news piece “Research project wants to encourage the Portuguese population to eat less meat” |
Distinctions
Award
2019 | University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) 2019 Scientific Award. |
2019 | University of Lisbon (ICS-ULisboa) 2019 Scientific Internationalization Award. |
2018 | University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) 2018 Scientific Award.
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2017 | University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) 2017 Scientific Award.
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2016 | University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) 2016 Scientific Award.
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2015 | University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) 2015 Scientific Award.
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2014 | University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) 2014 Scientific Award.
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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2014 | Centre for Social Research and Intervention (CIS-IUL) PhD Publication Award 2014.
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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