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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Lisa Matos

Citation names

  • Matos, Lisa

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3B1F-4048-4FC8
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0602-4356

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Psychology
  • Social Sciences - Political Sciences - Political Science

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Upper intermediate (B2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Upper intermediate (B2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Italian Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Elementary (A2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/07/27
Concluded
 Psychology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in Clinical Psychology
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
"Journeys in Meaning: Psychological adjustment to trauma in resettled Syrian refugees" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Summa Cum Laude - Muito bom com distinção e louvor
2004/01/16
Concluded
 Graduate Certificate in United Nations Studies (Pós-Graduação)
Long Island University - Brooklyn Campus, United States
2004/01/01
Concluded
 Political Science (Master)
Major in Humanitarian Affairs
Long Island University - Brooklyn Campus, United States
"UN responses to threats to the peace and international security - The Afghan case" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2001/01/10
Concluded
 International Relations (Bachelor)
Major in International Cooperation
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
"A third generation of UN peacekeeping operations? Multifunctional operations: The Haitian case" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15/20
2000/05/26
Concluded
 Human Rights and Democratisation (Pós-Graduação)
Major in Human Rights
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Direito, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/01/02 - Current Science and Technology Management Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2017/09/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Centro de Investigação William James, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/09/01 - Current Lecturer (University Teacher) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2014/08/01 - 2014/12/31 Visiting Professor (University Teacher) Instituto Superior Politécnico Sol Nascente, Angola
Instituto Superior Politécnico Sol Nascente, Angola

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2014/10/01 - 2016/08/31 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Jesuit Refugee Service Portugal, Portugal
Jesuit Refugee Service Portugal, Portugal
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Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2013/01 - 2013/12 Human Rights Clinic - HealthRight International
G_310-DA_13
 United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Lisa Matos; Monica J. Indart; Crystal Park; Leal, I.. "“I’m Going to Tell You Something I Never Told Anyone”: Ethics- and Trauma-Informed Challenges of Implementing a Research Protocol with Syrian Refugees". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/2/1261.
    10.3390/ijerph20021261
  2. Lisa Matos; Joana Água; Jorge Sinval; Crystal Park; Monica J. Indart; Leal, I.. "Assessing meaning violations in Syrian refugees: A mixed-methods cross-cultural adaptation of the Global Meaning Violations Scale–ArabV". Journal of Traumatic Stress (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jts.22819.
    10.1002/jts.22819
  3. Lisa Matos; Monica J. Indart; Crystal L. Park; Leal, I.. "“That is not my country anymore”: Pre- and postdisplacement trauma, stressors, and distress in war-affected Syrian civilians.". Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tra0001031.
    10.1037/tra0001031
  4. Lisa Matos; Pedro Alexandre Costa; Crystal Park; Monica J. Indart; Isabel Leal. "‘The War Made Me a Better Person’: Syrian Refugees’ Meaning-Making Trajectories in the Aftermath of Collective Trauma". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2021): https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/16/8481.
    10.3390/ijerph18168481
  5. Lisa Matos; Monica Indart; Crystal Park; Isabel Leal. "Adapting the Global Meaning Violation Scale for use with Arabic-speaking refugees". Psicologia, Saúde & Doença (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.15309/20psd210102.
    10.15309/20psd210102
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/09/01 - 2023/12/15 Psychological impact of refugee rescue missions on Portuguese Maritime Police agents
Supervisor
 Clinical Psychology (Master)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2023/12/15 "If you have faith, you can do it": Meanings-made of the Eritrean refugee experience
Supervisor
 Clinical Psychology (Master)
Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/09/01 - Current Course: "Trauma & Human Rights" (Psychology) The course aims to promote theoretical and practical knowledge about the impact of trauma on mental health, through a human rights-, social justice-, and multiculturalism-informed approach. Based on the main theoretical approaches to trauma as an extreme and cognitively-shattering event, the course promotes critical, multidisciplinary and contextualized thought through case study analyses. Psychology (Licenciatura) Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida, Portugal
2014/08/01 - 2014/12/31 Course: "Geostrategy" The course provides an overview of the principal geopolitical theories and analyzes geostrategy in-practice across three main periods: Cold War, post-Cold War, post-9/11. Geostrategy (Licenciatura) Instituto Superior Politécnico Sol Nascente, Angola

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023/06/01 - Current Psychology of Religion and Spirituality (1941-1022) American Psychological Association

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/02/16 - 2023/07/31 Displaced Scholars Peer Mentoring Program 2 forcibly displaced scholars based in South Africa and Norway, respectively.
2016/02/01 - 2016/07/31 Curricular internship (Psychology) 2 students