CV Summary

Ângela Romão is currently a student in the PhD Program in Psychology at ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. She has a BA in Psychology and a Master’s in Social Psychology of Health at the same institution. The various research projects in which she had the opportunity to participate as a Research Fellow in CIS-IUL, provided her with a diversity of experiences in the field of research, allowing her to have contact with researchers from nationally and internationally, empowering their knowledge in multiple domains. Her PhD project aims to examine the social perceptions towards informal caregivers, with a special focus on analyzing whether the dehumanization of informal caregivers and justice perceptions are processes that can help to explain the social devaluation of this group.

Academic Qualifications
University/Institution Type Degree Period
ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa
Portugal - Lisboa
PhD Doutoramento em Psicologia 2024
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
Portugal - Lisboa
M.Sc. Psicologia Social da Saúde 2015
ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
Portugal - Lisboa
Licenciate Licenciatura em Psicologia 2013
Research Interests
Informal caregivers
Dehumanization
Stereotypes
Belief in a Just World
Suffering perception
Psychology Social Sciences