Research Networks
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
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