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Mafalda M. Nascimento is the Secretary General of OPCTJ – Association of Poor Knights Templar of Jerusalem, a non-profit NGO, which works on tourism and at a social/humanitarian level. Graduated in Biology, she holds a Master’s degree in Human Biology and Environment. She was involved with scientific research in neurosciences and oncogenesis, at faculties of medicine and research institutes in Portugal and in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Following her hobby, she embraced event management, travel, and tourism in general. Mafalda is also graduate in Tourism and holds postgraduate studies in Tour Guiding and in Events Management. Currently, she is a PhD student in Tourism at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. Mafalda has been publishing articles and over the last almost 20 years has maintained strong connections to national and international territories with Templar history and to local associations, within the scope of domestic and external tourism. Additionally, she has been involved, over the last decades, in social action projects.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
MAFALDA SOFIA MARTINS NASCIMENTO

Citation names

  • M. NASCIMENTO, MAFALDA
  • Nascimento, Mafalda

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4E1C-68BF-6F47
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7495-3475
Scopus Author Id
59515643900

Email addresses

  • mafalda.s.nascimento@ua.pt (Professional)
  • mafalda.s.nascimento@gmail.com (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Spanish; Castilian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020 - 2020
Concluded
 Formação Pedagógica Inicial de Formadores / Initial Pedagogical Training of Trainers (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional)
CITEFORMA, Portugal
 5/5
2020 - 2020
Concluded
 Organização e Gestão de Eventos de Negócios, Desportivos e de Animação Turística | Organisation and Management of Business, Sports and Tourism Events (Pós-Graduação)
Instituto Superior de Ciências Educativas, Portugal
 18
2019 - 2020
Concluded
 Técnico de Contabilidade / Accounting (Curso Técnico Superior Profissional)
Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Portugal
 -
2017 - 2018
Concluded
 Guia Intérprete / Tour Guiding (Pós-Graduação)
Instituto Superior de Novas Profissões, Portugal
 17
2013 - 2016
Concluded
 Turismo / Tourism (Licenciatura)
Instituto Superior de Ciências Educativas, Portugal
"Relatório de estágio / agência de viagens e turismo Sottotour" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2006 - 2008
Concluded
 Biologia Humana e Ambiente (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Correntes Iónicas em Células Derivadas de Cancro de Mama / Ionic Currents in Cells Derived from Breast Cancer" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
1998 - 2004
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Caracterização de Correntes de Potássio em Células N1E-115 durante a Diferenciação / Characterization of Potassium Currents in N1E-115 Cells during Differentiation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Internship: 18 | final: 14
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/09/30 - Current PhD Student Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Economia Gestão Engenharia Industrial e Turismo, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação em Governança Competitividade e Políticas Públicas, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/09/01 - 2026/08/31 As redes de turismo cultural como fatores de desenvolvimento regional: o caso do produto templário
2023.03462.BD
10.54499/2023.03462.BD
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2013 - 2014 Mechanistic and translational strategies on carbon monoxide as a modulator of neuroinflammation and neuroprotection in glial cells
FCT-ANR/NEU-NMC/0022/2012
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/08/01 - 2012/07/31 Improvement of fat partitioning and nutritional quality in swine: development of feeding strategies and evaluation of genetic and metabolic mechanisms
PTDC/CVT/99210/2008
Integration into Research Grant Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/01/02 - 2005/10/28 Endocrine and metabolic variation in the aging of the cardiovascular system
PRAXIS XXI BD/21852/99
voluntary
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2000/09/01 - 2001/12/31 Study of Blood Parameters Associated with Antioxidant Function in Human Populations from Different Regions of the Portuguese Territory
PRAXIS XXI/PSAU/66
voluntary
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. M. NASCIMENTO, MAFALDA. "Os Cavaleiros Templários". In Ordens de cavalaria, monásticas e iniciáticas: três caminhos para o autoconhecimento, na Biblioteca do Palácio Nacional de Mafra, 19-28. Mafra, Portugal: Municipality of Mafra, 2024.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. M. NASCIMENTO, MAFALDA; Costa, Carlos; Brandão, Filipa; Mota Figueira, Luís. Corresponding author: M. NASCIMENTO, MAFALDA. "The role of non-governmental associations in tourism: The case of the templar product in Portugal". Paper presented in The Mediterranean Tourism Knowledge Exchange and Policy Forum “ARTS – Amidst Rapid Transformational Shifts”, Valletta, 2024.
    Published
  2. M. NASCIMENTO, MAFALDA; Costa, Carlos; Brandão, Filipa. "Countryside tourism management: The Templar case". Paper presented in IV Congreso Internacional de Gestión Turística Del Patrimonio en Destinos de Interior (CIGESTUR), Córdoba, 2024.
  3. M. NASCIMENTO, MAFALDA; Mota Figueira, Luís. "Route planning in Historic Military Tourism applied to countryside destinations: The templar product case, Portugal". Paper presented in IV Congreso Internacional de Gestión Turística Del Patrimonio en Destinos de Interior (CIGESTUR), Córdoba, 2024.
  4. M. NASCIMENTO, MAFALDA; Costa, Carlos; Brandão, Filipa; Mota Figueira, Luís. "The role of historical events in tourism, cultural heritage and identity: The case of the Templar Days, Portugal". Paper presented in INVTUR Conference 2024, Aveiro, 2024.
Conference paper
  1. Figueira L. M.. "Pilgrimage in the century XII: From the ancient travel practices to religious tourism routing practices". Paper presented in TMS Algarve 2022, Olhão, 2022.
    In press
Journal article
  1. Flávia Marques; Ana Afonso Alcântara. "Cultural tourism, tourist itineraries and impacts on destinations". Tourism and Hospitality International Journal 9 1 (2017): 49-71. https://www.academia.edu/83491867/Turismo_cultural_itiner%C3%A1rios_tur%C3%ADsticos_e_impactos_nos_destinos_Cultural_tourism_tourist_itineraries_and_impacts_on_destinations.
    Open access • Published
  2. Mafalda M. Nascimento; Nuno Abranja; Ana Ricardo Marques. "The motivations for visiting Tomar, Portugal". Tourism and Hospitality International Journal (2016): https://doi.org/10.26512/revistacenario.v4i6.18305.
    10.26512/revistacenario.v4i6.18305
  3. Mafalda M. Nascimento. "Novel anti-adipogenic properties of the individual trans8,cis10 conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) isomer in 3T3-L1 adipocytes". Eur. J. Lipid Sci. Techol. (2016): https://doi.org/10.1002/ejlt.201600042.
    10.1002/ejlt.201600042
  4. Abrantes A.; Costa N.. "Tourism in regional development and its financing". Tourism and Hospitality International Journal 3 1 (2014): 30-45. https://www.academia.edu/83491689/O_turismo_no_desenvolvimento_regional_e_o_seu_financiamento_Tourism_in_regional_development_and_its_financing.
    Open access • Published
  5. Mafalda M. Nascimento; Martins S.M.; Lopes P.A.; Alves S.P.; Alfaia C.M.; Castro M.F.; Bessa R.J.B.; Prates J.A.M.. "Dietary conjugated linoleic acid isomers change the unsaturation degree of hepatic fatty acids in neutral lipids but not in polar lipids". Nutrition Research (2011): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nutres.2010.11.001.
    10.1016/j.nutres.2010.11.001
Journal issue
  1. Journal of Tourism & Development. "Tourism, the valorisation of historical heritage and the economy of culture: The "Templar Days" event in Portugal". Journal of Tourism & Development 47 (2024): https://proa.ua.pt/index.php/rtd/article/view/38748.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.34624/rtd.v47i0.38748
Magazine article
  1. M. NASCIMENTO, MAFALDA. "Da Ordem do Templo medieval ao produto turístico e desenvolvimento do território.", Ideias e Territórios, 2024, https://ferreiraramos.pt/atividades/.
  2. M. NASCIMENTO, MAFALDA. "The Templar heritage in Portugal: A journey through some of the built heritage", Viagem na História - Turismo Militar, 2021, https://www.turismomilitar.pt/index.php?lang=pt&s=news&id=224.
  3. Silva J. P. ; Ferreira A. S. ; Maduro V.; Martins M.; Candelária P. ; Moura Santos A.. Corresponding author: Silva J. P.. "Proliferation of limbar epithelial cells", Superfície Ocular – Sociedade Portuguesa de Oftalmologia, 2012, https://www.academia.edu/83496137/Prolifera%C3%A7%C3%A3o_de_C%C3%A9lulas_Epiteliais_Limbares_Proliferation_of_limbal_epithelial_cells.
Newsletter article
  1. M. NASCIMENTO, MAFALDA. "Historical-military heritage as a basis for economic and social development", Turismo Militar, 2021, In https://www.turismomilitar.pt/index.php?lang=pt&s=news&id=224.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/02/18 "From the Templar history to tourism and regional development" Event on the Order of the Knights Templar
Douro Superior – Associação de Desenvolvimento (GAL) (Mogadouro, Portugal)
2022/11/16 "Pilgrimage in the 12th century: From the ancient travel practices to religious tourism routing practices". TMS Algarve 2022 TMS Algarve 2022
Universidade do Algarve (Olhão, Portugal)
2022/03/08 "OPCTJ no desenvolvimento do turismo" / "OPCTJ in tourism development" "OPCTJ no desenvolvimento do turismo" / "OPCTJ in tourism development"
Business & Economics School (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/05/12 "Transformação Digital da Charola do Convento de Cristo" / "Digital Transformation of the Rotunda of the Convent of Christ" "Transformação Digital da Charola do Convento de Cristo" / "Digital Transformation of the Rotunda of the Convent of Christ"
Instituto Superior de Ciências Educativas (Odivelas, Portugal)
2012/10/29 CTAs - Cell Transformation Assays. TOXICAM - Núcleo da Avaliação do Impacto Ambiental sobre a Saúde Humana - UNESP Botucatu, Brazil CTAs - Cell Transformation Assays
TOXICAM - Núcleo da Avaliação do Impacto Ambiental sobre a Saúde Humana (Botucatu, Brazil)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021/03/19 - 2022/10/16 "Templar Days" events. (2021/03/19 - 2022/10/16) OPCTJ - Associação Ordem dos Pobres Cavaleiros do Templo de Jerusalém, Portugal
2021/03/12 - 2021/04/30 "Portugal Templário" Seminars (2021/03/12 - 2021/04/30)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
 OPCTJ - Associação Ordem dos Pobres Cavaleiros do Templo de Jerusalém, Portugal
2012/05/24 - 2012/05/25 II SPCAL Meeting. (Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências em Animais de Laboratório) (2009/09/18)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2009/09/18 - 2009/09/19 1st SPCAL Meeting. (Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências em Animais de Laboratório) (2009/09/18)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/05/08 - 2024/05/10 "The role of historical events in tourism, cultural heritage and identity: The case of the Templar Days, Portugal"
Conference
 INVTUR Conference 2024
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Economia Gestão Engenharia Industrial e Turismo, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação em Governança Competitividade e Políticas Públicas, Portugal
2021/03/09 - 2021/03/09 Moderation Panel I - Military Tourism Projects, Creation and Structuring of Tourist Product. Tourism, Heritage, Innovation: Military Tourism. Lourinhã Municipality, Batalha do Vimeiro Interpretation Center (CIBV), Turismo de Portugal, Turismo Centro.
Seminar
 Tourism, Heritage, Innovation

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2020/07/06 - Current OPCTJ - Associação Ordem dos Pobres Cavaleiros do Templo de Jerusalém / Association of Poor Knights Templar of Jerusalem Secretary General

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2018/10 - 2020 OSMTH - International events management
Coordinator
 OSMTH, Switzerland

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2004 - 2012 "Introduction to Animal Cell Culture" Course, 8 editions. (Outros) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2004 PRODEP III, Ação 3.2, Estágios Curriculares, Concurso Público nº 1/3.2/PRODEP/2004 | PRODEP III, Action 3.2, Curricular Internships, Public Tender No. 1/3.2/PRODEP/2004