Academic Management Positions
Position Unit/Area Begin Date End Date
Director Specialization Seminar in Harm Reduction in Professional Practice in Social Work 2025-09-01 2026-01-31
Director Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Social Work 2024-10-09 2026-10-09
Director Bachelor Degree in Social Work (PL) 2024-09-01 2025-12-17
Director Bachelor Degree in Social Work 2024-09-01 2025-12-17
Director Department of Political Science and Public Policy 2024-06-12 2027-06-12
Membro (Docente) Plenário do Conselho Científico 2023-03-16 2024-07-05
Director Bachelor Degree in Social Work 2022-09-01 2024-09-01
Director Bachelor Degree in Social Work (PL) 2022-09-01 2024-09-01
Director Master Degree in Erasmus Mundus in Social Work with Children and Youth 2022-09-01 2024-09-01
Director Post Graduation Program in Social Work in Health 2022-05-01 2026-09-01
Director [0356] Digital Social Intervention 2022-05-01 2023-09-01
Coordenador do 3º Ano Bachelor Degree in Social Work (PL) 2021-09-01 2022-09-01
Membro (Docente) Comissão Científica 2021-07-05 2024-07-05
Membro (Docente) Plenário do Conselho Científico 2021-03-05 2023-03-04
Coordenador do 3º Ano Bachelor Degree in Social Work (PL) 2020-09-01 2021-09-01
Director Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Social Work 2020-04-07 2022-09-01
Sub-diretor Department of Political Science and Public Policy 2019-09-01 2024-07-07
Director Post Graduation Program in Social Work in Health 2019-02-01 2020-09-01
Director [0307] Palliative Care Social Work 2019-01-10 2020-08-31
Membro (Docente) Comissão Pedagógica 2018-12-21 2021-12-20
Membro (Docente) Comissão Científica 2018-07-03 2021-07-03
Membro (Docente) Comissão Permanente do Conselho Pedagógico 2017-03-17 2019-03-16
Membro (Docente) Plenário do Conselho Pedagógico 2017-03-17 2019-03-16
Coordenador do 1º Ano Bachelor Degree in Social Work (PL) 2016-09-15 2018-09-15
Director Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Social Work 2016-04-03 2018-04-03
Director Bachelor Degree in Social Work (PL) 2016-02-01 2017-01-31
Sub-diretor Department of Political Science and Public Policy 2015-12-18 2016-10-07
Coordenador do 3º Ano Bachelor Degree in Social Work (PL) 2015-09-01 2016-09-15
Coordenador Specialization Seminar in Social Work and Safety 2015-09-01 2016-07-30
Presidente Comissão Científica 2015-07-23 2015-12-10
Director Department of Political Science and Public Policy 2015-07-23 2015-12-10
Membro (Docente) Plenário do Conselho Pedagógico 2015-03-06 2017-03-05
Coordenador do 1º Ano Bachelor Degree in Social Work (PL) 2014-02-01 2015-09-01
Sub-diretor Department of Political Science and Public Policy 2013-07-07 2015-07-17
Director Bachelor Degree in Social Work (PL) 2013-01-31 2016-01-31
Director Bachelor Degree in Social Work (PL) 2011-09-01 2013-01-30
Coordenador do 1º Ano Bachelor Degree in Social Work (PL) 2011-02-01 2014-01-31
Director Master Degree in Social Work 2011-02-01 2013-01-31
Research Networks
Research Network Name Representative Role Period
ICSW - International Council on Social Welfare -- Since 2022
COST Action CA19143 - Global Digital Human Rights Network (GDHRNet) -- Since 2023
Professional Associations
Association Period
International Council on Social Welfare Europe. Member representing Iscte Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. Since 2022
Vice-president APPASSI - Portuguese Association for International Social Service. IPSS Private Social Solidarity Institution Since 2020
President of the Liga Amigos das Olas Association. Recreational and cultural association for local development Since 2019
Association of Social Service Professionals - Portugal Since 2010
International Association School Social Work (IASSW) --
Founding Member of ACSIS Associação Sociedade Científica de Investigação em Serviço Social (ASCIS) - Portugal --
Ibero-American Network for Teaching and Research in Children's Rights (REDidi) - Spain --
European Association School Social Work (EASSW) --
Organization/Coordination of Events
Type of Organization/Coordination Event Type Event Title Organizer Period
Coordination of non-scientific event Conference Organisation in partnership with GNR of the Seminar "25 years of Social Service in GNR". Iscte 2022
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Seminar or Seminar Cycle III Days of societal health: digital transformation & inclusion in health. Workshop "Updating and Participation in Digital Health Policies Iscte 2022
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Seminar or Seminar Cycle III Days of societal health: digital transformation & inclusion in health. Workshop "Updating and Participation in Digital Health Policies Iscte 2022
Coordination of non-scientific event Other Type of Event Organização do Seminário: “1º Simpósio de serviço social & doenças crónicas avançadas programa do simpósio”. Iscte 2022
Coordination of non-scientific event Other Type of Event Organização do Seminário: “1º Simpósio de serviço social & doenças crónicas avançadas programa do simpósio”. Iscte 2022
Coordination of non-scientific event Other Type of Event Organização do Seminário: “1º Simpósio de serviço social & doenças crónicas avançadas programa do simpósio”. Iscte 2022
Member of scientific event committee Other Type of Event Organização Summer School Projeto ASTRA - 2 semanas no Iscte. Vias de transição de sustentabilidade ecológica, económica e social Iscte 2022
Member of scientific event committee Other Type of Event Organização Summer School Projeto ASTRA - 2 semanas no Iscte. Vias de transição de sustentabilidade ecológica, económica e social Iscte 2022
Member of scientific event committee Other Type of Event Organização Summer School Projeto ASTRA - 2 semanas no Iscte. Vias de transição de sustentabilidade ecológica, económica e social Iscte 2022
Coordination of non-scientific event Seminar or Seminar Cycle Organização do programa BIP "International Social Work- "Ecological, Economics and Social Sustainability and Social Integration". Parceiros - Universidade de Ciências Aplicadas de Laurea (Finlândia) Universidade Matej Bel (Eslováquia), Universidade Católica em Ruizomberok (Eslováquia). Iscte 2022
Member of scientific event committee Conference Mental talk 2020
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference Congresso internacional de Serviço Social Digital UNED – MADRID 2020
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference Vivências da Pandemia COVID-19 em Portugal e Brasil: o bem-estar dos profissionais de saúde. Since 2020
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference Serviço Social & Internamentos Sociais. Formação e Políticas Since 2020
Coordination of non-scientific event Workshop Organisation of the Philia Project conference at Iscte. " The educational dimension of institutionalised young people. Iscte 2020
Coordination of non-scientific event Conference Organization of the conference - The approach centered on the development of the power of action of people and communities in social interventions: some reference points. Project Philia Iscte 2020
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Other Type of Event Project Philia + Since 2020
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Other Type of Event Adaptações desafiantes aos Assistentes Sociais no combate ao COVID-19 Since 2020
Coordination of non-scientific event Seminar or Seminar Cycle Organisation of debate sessions Social Service in Health - Palop patients evacuated for health reasons: gains and challenges Iscte 2020
Coordination of non-scientific event Seminar or Seminar Cycle Organisation of the International Seminar "Child Protection and Welfare Iscte 2020
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference Cycles of debate and reflection Social Work on Child Protection 2020
Member of scientific event committee Conference EASSW -2019 Conference of the European Association of Schools of Social Work Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2019
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference LIFE – Leaning to innovate with families Since 2019
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference Sustainability of social intervention practices in vulnerable communities ISCTE-IUL 2019 - 2020
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference III Congreso Internacional de Trabajo Social y XII Congreso de Facultades y Escuelas: El trabajo social en un mundo en transformación: ¿distintas realidades o nuevos relatos para la intervención? Universidad de Deusto en Bilbao 2018
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference 10 anos de Serviço Social ISCTE – IUL ISCTE-IUL 2018
Member of scientific event committee -- European Conference for Social Work Research 2018 ESWRA 2018
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL -- III Congress on Social Work of CHLC CHLC 2017
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL -- International Network for Social Policy (INSP) Annual Meeting: Changing Family arrangements and social welfare bebefits: effects on marriage, cohabitation, and child-bearing International Network for Social Policy (INSP) 2017
Member of scientific event committee -- XIII Congres Estatal and I Iberoamericano on Social Work - Mérida (Badajoz) Consejo General del Trabajo Social 2017
Member of scientific event committee Conference Les Défis de la création du doctoract de Travail Social. Quelques articulations entre des enjeux acadêmiques et profissionnels? IRTS – Institute Régionale de Travail Social, Paris – França 2017
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference Trabajo Social Eco-sistémico y el desarrollo social sostenible Universidade de Alicante, Spain Since 2017
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference INSP Annual Meeting ISCTE-IUL Since 2017
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference Cycles of debate and reflection Social Work in Health ISCTE-IUL 2017 - 2020
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference Do risco ao perigo: Inovação na intervenção com crianças, jovens e as suas famílias CPCJ de Loures Since 2016
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference La Formación en Direchos Humanos en los planes de Estudio de Trabajo Social: Una proposta internacional comparada Since 2016
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference SYMPOSIUM 6 - Research as a developmental strategy for Social Work Education in the public university/ Thursday 31 March, 6th European Conference for Social Work Research – Reflexive Social Work Practices in Contemporary Societies: Dialogues and New Pathways between Praxis and Research Catholic University Portugal / European Social Work Research Association Since 2016
Member of scientific event committee -- II Congresso Faculdades TRabo Social Espanha Universidade de Rioja 2015
Member of scientific event committee -- III Fórum Internacional Serviço Social ISSSP 2015
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL -- Ciclo de conferências Serviço Social ISCTE - IUL ISCTE 2015
Member of free course/summer school's organizing committee -- Direitos Humanos , Serviço Social e Desenvolvimento Social e Humano ISCTE 2015
Member of scientific event committee -- Simpósium Sevilha Universidade Sevilha 2015
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference Seminário Internacional de Serviço Social Portugal/Brasil no Século XXI: Formação, Exercício e Organização da Categoria ISCTE-IUL Since 2015
Member of scientific event committee Conference I Congresso Internacional de Facultades y Escuelas de Trabajo Social Universidade Múrcia Espanha 2014
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference The Decline of the Middle Classes Around the World? APPAM. Segovia, Spain 2014
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference Doctoral Conference Cicle and Seminars in Social Service ISCTE-IUL 2014
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference Direitos e bem-estar da criança em comunidades sob políticas de austeridade Universidade Lusíada Lisboa Since 2014
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference The Welfare State in Portugal in the Age of austerity Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Lisboa Since 2014
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL Conference 7º ciclo de conferências Internacionais em Serviço Social ISCTE 2013
Member of free course/summer school's organizing committee Conference SERVIÇO SOCIAL, DIREITOS HUMANOS E DESENVOLVIMENTO SOCIAL ISCTE - IUL 2013
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference A Investigação em Serviço Social: Modelos para a Compreensão da Realidade Social ISCTE-IUL Since 2013
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference Doctoral Conference Cicle and Seminars in Social Service ISCTE-IUL 2012
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference IIº Congresso em Serviço Social Instituto Superior de Serviço Social de Lisboa, Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa Since 2011
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference Seminário avançado em Gerontologia Social Instituto Superior de Serviço Social de Lisboa, Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa Since 2011
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference Ciclo de conferências sobre o tema “Investigação em Serviço Social” Instituto Superior de Serviço Social de Lisboa, Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa Since 2011
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference A Formação ao Longo da Vida e Aprofundamento de Competências Científicas e Técnicas do Assistente Social Santa Casa da Misericórdia Lisboa Since 2011
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference Serviço Social na Contemporaneidade. Conhecimento, Coesão e Desenvolvimento Universidade de Tás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), Organização Escola de Ciências Humanas e Sociais Since 2010
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference Serviço Social e Sociedade Universidade Lusíada Lisboa Since 2010
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference 3º Ciclo de conferências internacionais em Serviço Social, sobre o tema “Serviço Social, Teoria e Métodos” ISCTE-IUL Since 2010
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference ciclo de seminários no âmbito do curso CET – Acolhimento em Instituição, sobre o tema “Acolhimento em Instituição de crianças e jovens: Intervenção e Mudança” Since 2010
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference Direitos Humanos e Serviço Social Universidade Lusíada Lisboa Since 2009
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Congress Iº Congresso em Serviço Social da Rede Nacional de Escolas de Serviço Social (RNESS) Since 2003
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference Serviço Social e Toxicodependência Serviço de Prevenção e Tratamento da Toxicodependência Since 2000
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference Crianças Vítimas de Mau Trato Biblioteca da Câmara Municipal de Portimão Since 1999
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference 4º Ciclo de conferências internacionais em Serviço Social, sobre o tema “Temas actuais em Serviço Social” ISCTE-IUL --
Awards
Award Description Year
Scientific Award ISCTE-IUL 2019 2019
GRACE 2015
Teaching award 2015
Praise Work Done by the Commission for the Protection of Children and Youth of Odivelas 2008
Praise by the Association of Support and Psycho-Social Security for the Services Provided in the Rehabilitation and Professional Integration Program for People with Schizophrenia 1995
External Professional Activities
Employer Country Description Period
COST-Action Belgium National Delegate Committee (Global Digital Human Rights Network) Since 2020
Edições Esgotadas Portugal Coordinator of the Social Service collection of Editora Edições Esgotadas Since 2020
GAT - Grupo de Ativistas em Tratamento Portugal (Lisbon) Consultant Since 2020
Associação Sociedade Científica de Investigação em Serviço Social (ASCIS) Portugal Vice-President of the Board of the Association Social Scientific Research in Social Work (ASCIS) ( Vice-President of the Board of the Association Social Scientific Research in Social Work (ASCIS)) Since 2019
Liga Portuguesa Contra a SIDA (LPCS) (Project Interliga-te) Portugal Scientific Supervisor Since 2018
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga Coimbra -- Teaching activity Master Social Work 2015
Universidade Complutense de Madrid. Faculdad Trabajo Social -- Advanced training seminars in Social Work 2015
Universidade Nacional Timor Lorasa'e -- Teaching activity Master Social Work 2015
ISCTE-IUL (Núcleo de Doutorandos em Serviço Social Latino-América (NUDLA)) Portugal (Lisbon) Scientific Supervisor Since 2015
Instituto Superior Miguel Torga Coimbra Portugal (Coimbra) Professor 2015 - 2017
University of Jyväskylä Finland Invited Professor 2011
Universidade Complutense de Madrid Spain (Madrid) Professor 2008 - 2017
Centro Lusíada de Investigação em Serviço Social e Intervenção Social (CLISSIS) - do Instituto Superior de Serviço Social de Lisboa Universidade Lusíada Portugal (Lisbon) Director of the Lusíada Center for Research in Social Work and Social Intervention (CLISSIS) - of the Higher Institute of Social Service of Lisbon Lusíada University 2008 - 2012
Universidade de Granada Spain (Granada) Professor 2008 - 2011
Instituto Superior de Estudos de Segurança Portugal (Lisbon) Professor 2008 - 2011
Escola Superior de Educação da Guarda Portugal (Guarda) Professor 2007 - 2008
Instituto Superior de Serviço Social de Lisboa Universidade Lusíada Portugal (Lisbon) Professor and researcher 2006 - 2009
Instituto Superior de Serviço Social de Lisboa Portugal Diretor of the Instituto Superior de Serviço Social de Lisboa 1998 - 2006
Instituto Superior de Serviço Social de Lisboa Portugal Professor Since 1996
Universidade Moderna (Polo de Beja) Portugal (Beja) Invited professor 1993 - 1996
Associação de Apoio e Segurança psicossocial - AASPS Portugal Coordinator of the Professional Training and Integration program 1992 - 1996
Instituto de Apoio á Criança Portugal Técnico Superior 1990 - 1998
Cooperativa Instituto Superior de Serviço Social, CRL Portugal (Lisbon) Board Advisor 1990 - 1992
Diffusion Activities
Activity Type Event Title Activity Description Year
Participation in general diffusion news tv show Pioneer project to validate the quality of Social Service in the NHS involves hospitals and ACES A team of researchers from ISCTE, in collaboration with the Central Administration of the Health System (ACSS), is developing a project that aims to "validate indicators of quality in Social Work in the NHS". 2023
Coordination of knowledge diffusion event Ciclo de conferências Serviço Social ISCTE - IUL 2017
Coordination of knowledge diffusion event Workshop: How do social workers effectively meet client's needs? The power of the PFC technique 2017
Coordination of knowledge diffusion event Course on Forces Theory 2017