The overall aim of this project is to promote the mental health and well-beingof students at Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, based on the Stepped Care model, developed in the program for the promotion of mental health in higher education - ACCES Program. Focusing on a promotion and prevention approach, and adopting a logic of collective participation, the following specific objectives are identified: 1. Development of mental health promotion, prevention and adjustment activities (level 1 and 2), with a view to improving skills related to mental health literacy, mental resilience and stress management; 2. Strengthening psychotherapeutic and psychiatric responses for students with common mental disorders of mild to moderate severity (level 3), with a view to early intervention and avoiding more serious pathologies; 3. Strengthening the mechanisms for identifying situations of risk or serious mental illness and referring them to specialized health services (level 4 and 5); 4. Promoting the active participation of the student association in the development, implementation and evaluation of activities;5. Inclusion of students with specific educational needs and other vulnerable groups (1st year students, displaced students, national and international students, students benefiting from school social action, scholarship students from PALOP countries, women students, and LGBTQIA+ students), across the board in the activities developed.

The project aims to co-design and pilot innovative methods and cooperation strategies for mental health promotion in HE for trauma prevention and support to: increase the quality of mental health promotion, address common needs, promote inclusion of vulnerable groups, create inclusive learning environments and build capacity for transnational cooperation through culturally sensitive, digitally relevant, and community-based approaches using international health promotion frameworks.

To explore intergroup factors that promote or inhibit bystanders’ helping behaviors in cyberbullying incidents, in a Portuguese sample, and explore mediators.

Despite the Union’s effort to fight against online hate speech (OHS), several reports showed an increase in OHS during 2020-21. The current pandemic provided a context for increased scapegoating and stigmatization, and minority groups are disproportionally targets of hatred discourse. OHS is a persistent threat to the Union’s values and there is a need for more knowledge on its content, detection and countering, as highlighted in the current Call. Portugal, as other member states, has seen an escalation of hate speech against immigrants, racial/ethnic groups, and LGBTIQ communities. However, there is no systematized knowledge nor tools designed to detect, monitor and prevent OHS against these communities. Our project aims at addressing this need, offering a comprehensive, participatory and culturally sensitive approach to analyse, detect, and counter, direct and indirect OHS in Portuguese language. 

Several studies have shown evidences of psychological suffering among the younger generations and in particular in university students. The context of the pandemia COVID-19 has generated many more challenges, with increased impacts on this group. The resilient@uni project brings together a group of psychologists from different specialty fields (e.g., social, educational and clinical psychology) to explore the mental and physical health of this population, identifying potential risk and protective factors, at different levels, from intra-individual variables to social contexts. These results are aimed to inform appropriate intervention programs and policies to tackle this issue. This project was conducted in collaboration with students: Catarina Caseiro Guilherme Manica Joana Maciel Ricardo Marques Joana de Moraes

The main objective of this project was the mutual capacity building between LGBTQI+ NGOs, associations and collectives and NGOs that support migrants and people in refugee situations, in order to promote better integration of LGBTQIA+ migrants, with a particular focus on asylum seekers and those in situation of refuge. The CIS-iscte team was responsible for the external evaluation, with the aim of evaluating the changes in the target groups caused by the project and in the organizations themselves; analyze the degree of implementation of the planned activities and the achievement of the results indicated in the application phase, the project's success factors that can be replicated in other initiatives and the elements that must be improved in future interventions.

A proposta para o projeto “Saúde em Igualdade” assenta sobre três justificações gerais. Em primeiro lugar, os instrumentos locais de política pública referente a nacionais de países terceiros latu sensu secundarizam a compreensão do acesso à saúde. De fato, as políticas de acolhimento não consideram as questões relativas a saúde, posto que o foco principal é a regularização dos procedimentos legais e administrativos sobre a entrada e permanência dos NPT. Em segundo lugar, a formação de profissionais de saúde é tida como uma boa prática no domínio do apoio psicossocial e em saúde. Em terceiro lugar, as insuficiências observáveis no Serviço Nacional de Saúde conduzem à necessidade de explorar soluções que empoderem os profissionais e ativem os seus recursos no trabalho com NPT.

As ações e objetivos propostos, no presente projeto, enquadram-se, maioritariamente, numa ótica de continuidade das atividades habituais da organização. Assim, a entidade assinala que o projeto é complementar de outros projetos do CPR, que partilham objetivos comuns para a promoção de uma integração efetiva dos requerentes e beneficiários de proteção internacional ao facilitar o seu acesso ao mercado de trabalho, assim como em ações de sensibilização da população para a necessidade de uma sociedade inclusiva e tolerante. Refere ainda que, tais projetos têm cofinanciamento por parte de outros instrumentos de financiamento nacionais e comunitários, não existindo, porém, qualquer sobreposição entre estes diferentes instrumentos.

Discrimination, social exclusion and stigma have a significant impact on the physical, psychological and social well-being of transgender people. This population has been identified as at greater risk for mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety, social phobia, substance abuse or eating disorders (Brian, Garofalo & Emerson, 2010; Gómez-Gil, Trilla, Salamero et al. 2009; Vocks, Stahn, Loenser & Tegen-bauer, 2009); with the highest rates of suicide and suicide attempts among other groups stigmatized on the basis of ethnic, cultural or religious origin, age, gender, sexual orientation and / or functional level (Magen & Shipherd, 2010; Nuttbrock et al. , 2010). In short, experiences of discrimination place significant barriers to the mental health and well-being of transgender people. Recently, the legislation in Portugal has been changed with respect to the legal recognition of gender identity. There is evidence that recognition of gender identity  plays a crucial role not only in social integration but also in personal acceptance (eg Couch, Pitts, Croy, et al. ., 2008; Pinto & Moleiro, 2015). Yet only a fraction of the transgender population has access to this recognition, and when it does, barriers to access to health services and other quality supports have not always been met (see Final Project Report funded by CIG - EEA Small Grants Scheme, by Moleiro & Pinto, 2016). Thus, on the one hand, there is still a void about the experiences of the diversity of people whose identities and gender expressions transgress or translate fluid and non-binary experiences of gender. On the other hand, research has revealed the need for information, awareness-raising and even training of different target groups on gender and gender identities. This project aims to study this population and answer these questions, through the study of health and citizenship of Trans people in Portugal, in collaboration with INSERM (Professor Alain Giami) and cross-cul...

This project intends to characterize refugee unaccompanied minors in Portugal and to know the processes of transition for the majority, as well as to know the contexts of reception and reception, using to that effect the triangulation of methodologies (qualitative and quantitative) and informants (unaccompanied minors and stakeholders). The first study aims to characterize the contexts of reception and reception of unaccompanied minors in Portugal through various stakeholders, both directly related to the request for protection and reception, and those who are involved in the integration contexts in basic education and health systems. The second study aims to characterize unaccompanied minors and to know the processes of transition to adulthood, through self-biographical narratives, as a way of giving voice to minors / adults to approach their paths and experiences.

The CRAC - A child rights approach to combating bullying in detention and residential care settings for youth is a European project funded through the European Commission's Daphne Program, and aims to reduce the incidence and impact of peer violence in the context of Education Centres (CE). In Portugal, the project was developed by the partnership Par-Answers Social together with the CIS-IUL, with the support of the Directorate General of Reinsertion and Prison Services (DGRSP). At the European level, the partnership involved the University of Bologna in conjunction with Save the Children (Italy), with the support of the Italian Youth Justice Department and Bologna University (Coordinators), as well as counterparts from Bulgaria. Questionnaires were applied to youths and team members to evaluate the experiences and perceptions of bullying in this type of contexts in Portugal, Bulgaria and Italy, as well as coping strategies used by youth and institutional climate.

A entidade promotora do projeto é o ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, através do seu Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social (CIS-IUL). Ao longo das 5 etapas do projeto (preparação, recolha, análise, produção escrita, e disseminação) a entidade promotora será responsável pela supervisão e coordenação geral, garantindo a correta execução do plano de trabalhos, estando diretamente envolvida na maioria das atividades desenvolvidas.  A entidade parceira 1 (Associação ILGA Portugal - Intervenção Lésbica, Gay, Bissexual e Transgénero) terá a seu cargo atividades específicas ao longo das 5 etapas do projeto, com destaque para angariação de participantes, participação na recolha e análise de dados, co-produção de um dos produtos finais, e participação na disseminação dos resultados. Esta parceria constituirá uma significativa mais-valia para o projeto uma vez que: (1) facilitará a angariação de participantes pertencentes a uma população oculta e estigmatizada,  cujas dificuldades de acesso estão bem documentadas na literatura científica; (2) permitirá a triangulação de dados e de metodologias; (3) enriquecerá o know-how desenvolvido pelo projeto, e também o seu domínio de atuação, pela conjugação de competências e práticas académicas com saberes e práticas do ativismo e da intervenção social direta; e (4) exponenciará a disseminação dos resultados do projeto. A parceria estabelecida com a entidade parceira 2 (LLH - The Norwegian LGBT Association), pertencente a um dos Estados Doadores, permitirá a troca de experiências na última etapa do projeto (disseminação). Atualmente, e no que respeita ao reconhecimento legal da identidade de género, a Noruega dispõe de um quadro legal semelhante ao que vigorava em Portugal anteriormente à implementação da lei que o projeto avaliará. Desde modo, a troca de experiências sobre o processo legislativo que ocorreu em Portugal, o seu impacto e desafios encontrados, será de significativa importância para o Estado Doador. O projet...