| Research Network Name | Representative Role | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Coordination Group of the EU Rural Pact | Expert | 2023 - 2026 |
| European Rural Youth Observatory | Chair | 2024 - 2026 |
| Pool of European Youth Researhers (Youth Partnership) | Expert | 2024 - 2025 |
Research Networks
Professional Associations
| Association | Period |
|---|---|
| European Community Psychology Association | Since 2020 |
| Portuguese Psychologists Association | Since 2013 |
Organization/Coordination of Events
| Type of Organization/Coordination | Event Type | Event Title | Organizer | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member of scientific event's organizing committee | Conference | Five years of the European Pillar of Social Rights: From diagnosis to policies | Iscte SocioDigital Lab for Public Policies | 2025 |
| Member of scientific event committee | Conference | 46th annual Conference of the International School Psychology Association | International School Psychology Association | 2025 |
| Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL | Conference | Final Conference of the COST Action 18213 Rural NEET Youth Network | COST Action 18213 Rural NEET Youth Network | 2024 - 2025 |
| Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL | Conference | Final conference of the Track-IN project | Track-IN project | 2024 |
| Member of scientific event committee | Workshop | Workshop of the Track-IN project | Track-IN project | 2023 |
| Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL | Conference | Um guia para a inclusão social dos NEET: Contributos de investigadores, decisores políticos e instituições | COST Action Rural NEET Youth Network | 2023 |
| Member of scientific event's organizing committee | Other Type of Event | Training school of the Rural NEET Youth Network Mentoring Program | COST Action Rural NEET Youth Network | 2023 |
| Member of scientific event's organizing committee | Debate Session | Public employment services digitalization and the transition from school to work: Problems, trends and pathways | SocioDigital Lab / Iscte | 2022 |
| Member of scientific event's organizing committee | Seminar or Seminar Cycle | Young people's transition from school to work in Southern European countries: Trends, developments and the policy response | Projeto Track-IN | 2022 |
| Member of scientific event committee | Conference | NMP 2022 New Media Pedagogy Conference | University of Krakow, Poland | 2022 |
| Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL | Conference | Rural Youth and the New Youth Guarantee | COST Action Rural NEET Youth Network | 2022 |
| Member of scientific event committee | Other Type of Event | Mentoring program of the Rural NEET Youth Network for young researchers | COST Action Rural NEET Youth Network | 2022 - 2023 |
| Member of scientific event committee | Other Type of Event | Confab webinar series // Rural NEET Youth Network | COST Action Rural NEET Youth Network | 2022 |
| Member of scientific event's organizing committee | Conference | Rural NEETs transition to the labour market: The role of employment services | ISCTE | 2022 |
| Member of scientific event's organizing committee | Seminar or Seminar Cycle | Transnational workshop series of the project Track-IN | Projeto Track-IN | 2022 - 2023 |
| Coordination of non-scientific event | Conference | Studies Weeks of the Azorian Institute of Culture | Instituto Açoriano de Cultura | 2021 |
| Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL | Conference | Education: What's next? Formal education & training and the transition from school to work in rural areas | COST Action 18213 | 2021 |
| Coordination of non-scientific event | Other Type of Event | COST Action 18213 2nd Meeting | COST Action 18213 | 2020 |
| Member of free course/summer school's organizing committee | Workshop | II CED Summer Meeting | Grupo de Investigação Comunidade, Educação e Desenvolvimento | 2019 |
| Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL | Workshop | XXVIII European Society of Rural Sociology Conference | European Society of Rural Sociology | 2019 - 2020 |
| Member of free course/summer school's organizing committee | Workshop | I CED Summer Meeting | Grupo de Investigação Comunidade, Educação e Desenvolvimento | 2018 |
| Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL | Conference | III International Conference of the Global Youth Mentoring Network. Dublin, Ireland. | Global Youth Mentoring Network | 2017 |
| Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL | Congress | IV National Meeting of Community Psychology | Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicologia Comunitária | 2017 |
Awards
| Award Description | Year |
|---|---|
| Post-doctoral fellowship (SFRH/BPD/99616/2014) | 2014 |
| Doctoral Scholarship (SFRH/BD/60823/2009) | 2009 |
Scientific Editing/Reviewing Activities
| Type of Activity | Journal Title | Journal ISSN | Quartile | Period | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member of scientific journal editing staff | Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology | 1052-9284 | Q1 | Since 2023 | English |
External Professional Activities
| Employer | Country | Description | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caritas da Ilha Terceira (Center for Youths Development and Inclusion) | Portugal | Project and training manager | 2013 - 2015 |
| Instituto Social dos Açores | Portugal (Angra do Heroismo) | External advisor | 2006 - 2009 |
| Caritas da Ilha Terceira (Center for Youths Development and Inclusion) | Portugal (Angra do Heroismo) | Project and training manager | 2004 - 2009 |
Diffusion Activities
| Activity Type | Event Title | Activity Description | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Young people in The Azores: Trajectories and (un)certainties | Talk at the Regional Conference of Child Protection Committees of The Azores | 2024 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Rural development: Converging on development | Communication at an event of the European network of regional and local councillors of the Committee of the Regions | 2023 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Activating NEETs: Challenges and solutions across Europe | Communication in the opening session of the Track-IN project in Naples | 2023 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | 2nd conference of the SocioDigital Lab for Public Policies // Inclusive territories for a green and digital transition | Participation in round-table | 2023 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Non-urban NEETs? What do we know so far? | Masters degree lecture in the context of the masters class of Community Psychology of the Università Cattolica di Milano, project Track-IN | 2023 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Final conference of the Ruralization project | Participation in round-table - From practice to policy: Legacy of the ruralization project | 2023 |
| Coordination of knowledge diffusion event | COST Action Rural NEET Youth Network 2nd meeting with EU stakeholders | 2023 | |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Social Policy Responses: From Old Issues to New Challenges | Keynote speaker in conference at the University of Vilnius, Lithuania | 2023 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Community interventions & policies for non-urban youths: Reflections from the Southern policies perspective | Activity included in a scientific mission to Università Cattolica di Milano, organized at the Health Directorate of Lombardy, in the context of the Track-IN project | 2023 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | The money is out there: Grants for early career development | Conference for PhD students of the Catolic University of Milano - Track-IN project | 2023 |
| Coordination of knowledge diffusion event | COST Action Rural NEET Youth Network 1st meeting with EU stakeholders | 2023 | |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Regional Agenda for Professional Qualification: Road-show | 2022 | |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Regional Agenda for Professional Qualification - The Azores 2030 | Conference for assessing the implementation of the Regional Agenda for Professional Qualification - The Azores 2030 | 2022 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Regional Agenda for Professional Qualification: Road-show | 2022 | |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Regional Agenda for Professional Qualification - The Azores 2030: Presentation of results | Final event of the project Agenda Regional para a Qualificação Profissional - Açores 2030, project funded by the Regional Government of The Azores. | 2022 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | Towards a sustainable Europe | Short interview for the COST Association long reads series | 2022 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | Do not trust the next MacGyver | Popular journal article | 2021 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | Surveys for dummies | Popular journal article | 2021 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | Localism: why so much drama? | Popular journal article | 2021 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Final conference of the project Açores com Impacto | Presentation on the evaluation of social impact. | 2021 |
| Coordination of knowledge diffusion event | The loneliness economy | Popular journal article | 2021 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | The English impacient | Popular journal article | 2021 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | And what about an European social security system? | Popular journal article | 2021 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | Invisible but less | Popular journal article | 2021 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | About the efficacy of the Regional Strategy against Poverty and Social Exclusion | Popular journal article | 2021 |
| Coordination of knowledge diffusion event | New Year's promises | Popular journal article | 2021 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | Prosucesso: We need another way to measure | Popular journal article | 2021 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | Balanced development | Popular journal article | 2021 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | Network breakdown | Popular journal article | 2021 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | These islands don't have to be only for the elderly | Popular journal article | 2021 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | Are The Azorians that selfish? | Popular journal article | 2021 |
| Participation in general diffusion news tv show | COVID-19: Public participation | 2020 | |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | The Azores 2020 - Challenge #5: Knowledge: Is investing in the University a waste of money? | Popular journal article | 2020 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | Vaccination: What if we thought a bit more on the demand and a bit less on the supply? | Popular journal article | 2020 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Debate | European Night of Researchers | 2020 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | The Azores 2020 - Challenge #7: Media in The Azores: Is there any alternative to hate and propaganda? | Popular journal article | 2020 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | The Azores 2020 - Challenge #2: I'm a youth in The Azores. Is it fatal to be unemployed? | 2020 | |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Cooperative City - Online debate | 2020 | |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | The Azores - Challenge #9: Participation: Did you know there's democracy beyond voting? | Popular journal article | 2020 |
| Coordination of knowledge diffusion event | The Azores 2020 - Challenge #4: Poverty and exclusion: Do we have good news? | Popular journal article | 2020 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | We missed the hate. What about now? | Popular journal article | 2020 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Oportunities for young people in rural areas: Facts instead of myths | European Night of Researchers | 2020 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | The Azores 2020 - Challenge #6: Mobility: And what if we thought beyond Ryanair? | Popular journal article | 2020 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | The Azores 2020 - Challenge #1: How many are we? And how many can we be in the future? | Popular journal article | 2020 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Your future is on debate | Debate - Associação Jovens Unidos pelos Açores (JAUPA) | 2020 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | The Azores 2020 - Challenge #8: Autonomy and cohesion: More Azorians, less islanders | Popular journal article | 2020 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | The Azores 2020 - Challenge #3: Education: In the past 4 years, have we done better? | Popular journal article | 2020 |
| Coordination of knowledge diffusion event | JAUPA open conference | Return intention among Azorian university students | 2019 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | There will be no Benjamin Button effect: Notes on teachers ageing | Popular journal article | 2019 |
| Coordination of knowledge diffusion event | Motivation in teachers career (2nd edition) | Teachers training course | 2019 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Angra do Heroísmo annual conference | Quality-of-life and well-being | 2019 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | We don't care about Greta Thunberg, do we? | Popular journal article | 2019 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | SPRA annual meeting | Teachers' burnout: Connections to teaching conditions and quality of teacher-student relationships | 2019 |
| Coordination of knowledge diffusion event | Motivation in teaching career (1st edition) | Teachers training course | 2019 |
| Coordination of knowledge diffusion event | Angra do Heroísmo municipality - presentation of social and educational diagnosis | Social and educational situation of youths aged 14 to 18 years old in Angra do Heroísmo: Diagnosis and intervention proposal | 2019 |
| Publication in general diffusion news outlet | Those crooks from the countryside (or the right to political engagement= | Popular journal article | 2019 |
| Coordination of knowledge diffusion event | Rural schools: Beyond fatalism | Popular journal article | 2019 |
| Member of organizing committee of knowledge diffusion event | XXVII TEIP meeting at ISCTE-IUL | Teachers workshop | 2019 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Opening ceremony - Plan against school failure of Lezíria do Tejo | 3is educational observatory of the Lezíria do Tejo: In search of the question | 2018 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | I Educational Fórum of Angra do Heroísmo | 3D Program: Impacts in school achievement and well-being | 2018 |
| Member of organizing committee of knowledge diffusion event | XXV TEIP meeting at ISCTE-IUL | Teachers workshop | 2018 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Closing ceremony of the project Raising Vocations | How to involve NEET youth in agriculture? | 2018 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | kick-off event of the Program of Promotion of School Achievement of Lezíria do Tejo | 3is educational observatory of the Lezíria do Tejo: In search of the question | 2018 |
| Member of organizing committee of knowledge diffusion event | XXVI TEIP meeting at ISCTE-IUL | Teachers workshop | 2018 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Children and youth challenges | Social development in significant relationships | 2018 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | V Conference of the Child and Youth Protection Committee | School achievement: Processes and results | 2018 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Educational Summit of the Democratic Union of Teachers of The Azores | Shared authority between parents, teachers and mentors and the social development of early adolescents | 2017 |
| Member of organizing committee of knowledge diffusion event | XXII TEIP meeting at ISCTE-IUL | Teachers workshop | 2017 |
| Member of organizing committee of knowledge diffusion event | XXIII TEIP meeting at ISCTE-IUL | Teachers workshop | 2017 |
| Member of organizing committee of knowledge diffusion event | XXIV TEIP meeting at ISCTE-IUL | Teachers workshop | 2017 |
| Member of organizing committee of knowledge diffusion event | XX TEIP meeting at ISCTE-IUL | Teachers workshop | 2016 |
| Member of organizing committee of knowledge diffusion event | XXI TEIP meeting at ISCTE-IUL | Teachers workshop | 2016 |
| Member of organizing committee of knowledge diffusion event | XIX TEIP meeting at ISCTE-IUL | Teachers workshop | 2016 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | STEP by STEP project final conference | Comunicação | 2015 |
| Coordination of knowledge diffusion event | Final Conference of the COST Action 18213 Rural NEET Youth Network | 2014 | |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Ceremony of commemoration of the 480 years of the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo | Social development perspectives for the municipality of Angra do Heroísmo | 2014 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Seminar of the Instituto de Segurança Social dos Açores | Interventions with youths from multiproblematic famillies | 2013 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Seminar of the Child and Youth Protection Committee from Angra do Heroísmo | Mediation between schools and families: The example of school-based mentoring | 2013 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Seminars cycle of the Associação de Centros de Formação de Escolas das ilhas Terceira, Graciosa e São Jorge | Prevention and management of school misbehaviour | 2012 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Seminars cycle of the Associação de Centros de Formação de Escolas das ilhas Terceira, Graciosa e São Jorge | Metodologia TUTAL: Metodologia de intervenção promovida por professores tutores (TUTAL - intervention methodology promoted by mentor-teachers) - Talk | 2011 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Seminar cycle of the Centro de Formação da Associação de Escolas da Terceira, S. Jorge e Graciosa. Santa Cruz da Graciosa | Prevention and management of school misbehaviour | 2010 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Portuguese Caritas National Meeting | TUTAL - intervention methodology promoted by mentor-teachers | 2010 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Workshop TEIP II Program | TUTAL - intervention methodology promoted by mentor-teachers | 2009 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Closing event - EQUAL Initiative - European Social Fund | Metodologia TUTAL: Metodologia de intervenção promovida por professores tutores (TUTAL - intervention methodology promoted by mentor-teachers) - Talk | 2008 |
| Coordination of knowledge diffusion event | III international workshop ITINERIS project | School, Family and Community communication | 2008 |
| Talk/Conference in public diffusion event | Closing event - ITINERIS Project - Global System of Learning for Employment | TUTAL - intervention methodology promoted by mentor-teachers | 2008 |
| Coordination of knowledge diffusion event | II international workshop ITINERIS project | School, Family and Community communication | 2007 |
| Coordination of knowledge diffusion event | I international workshop ITINERIS project | School, Family and Community communication | 2006 |
| Coordination of knowledge diffusion event | Training course of vocational trainers | Training course | 2006 |
Products
| Product Type | Product Title | Detailed Description | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Materials or Audiovisual Resources | NEETworks: Rural NEET Youth Network podcast series | -- | 2022 |
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