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Adolescents in alternative care are at high risk of developmental outcomes. However, adolescence also offers avenues for positive changes and recovery from early adversities. To date, research has faced challenges in determining how adolescents’ psychosocial functioning changes during their time in care, and underlying mechanisms that contribute to resilience and wellbeing. Therefore, the question of “what works, for whom, and in what circumstances?” remains unanswered. The CAREFAL project draws on psychology, social anthropology, and public health to disentangle the developmental trajectories of adolescents in two alternative care settings (i.e., family foster care, residential care). This unique proposal aims to explore the differences across settings and how adolescents’ self-regulation interacts with the quality of their relationships with caregivers to promote positive outcomes. Additionally, CAREFAL aims at comparing the two cases of Spain and Portugal to optimize services and resources in each country. I will use a longitudinal, mixed-method, multi-informant, comparative approach to achieve the research objectives. The quantitative phase will involve a 6- month longitudinal study, incorporating data from caregivers, adolescents, and administrative records. This will be complemented by in-depth interviews with adolescents and caregivers. The research outputs will have: 1) scientific impact, as they will enhance our understanding of adolescent development across alternative care settings; 2) social impact, as they will equip families and professionals with evidence-based resources for improving adolescents’ self-regulation and caregiver-youth relationships; and 3) economic impact, as they will contribute to the specialization of alternative care and the efficient use of resources. By enhancing my expertise through conceptual, methodological, and communication training, I will be better equipped to showcase my abilities in both academic and non-academic markets.

A falta de sono é um grave problema de saúde pública que prejudica tanto o corpo quanto o cérebro, sendo o hipocampo - fundamental para a memória - especialmente vulnerável. Este estudo testa se estímulos subliminares podem restaurar o acesso a memórias perdidas devido à privação de sono.  

AI-driven facial recognition technologies (FRTs) are rapidly proliferating across domains once thought distinct—public security, digital governance, and increasingly, health and medicine. As facial classification becomes a tool for both surveillance and diagnosis, we face urgent ethical questions: Who is visible and on what terms? What forms of consent, care, or control are made possible or foreclosed? How do we ensure public trust and accountability in technologies that encode bias and social hierarchies?The originality of this project lies in its cross-pollination of empirical ethics and critical social science to address AI’s sociotechnical entanglements. Rather than treating ethics as an external check on technology, this approach foregrounds ethics as co-produced with technical design, social imaginaries, and institutional power. Its impact potential spans multiple arenas: enhancing public participation in AI governance; shaping debates on AI in health; informing inclusive regulatory frameworks; and contributing to the emerging field of AI ethics with grounded, cross-national perspectives.

A Entidade das Contas e Financiamentos Políticos (ECFP), do Tribunal Constitucional atribui ao CEI-Iscte a realização de estudos de evidência feitos por grupos de monitores em municípios de referência, com o objetivo de validar os gastos de campanha dos partidos políticos, comparar esses gastos com os orçamentos apresentados à ECFP, e eventualmente realçar indicadores de desfasamentos entre os orçamentos e os atos de campanha levados à prática pelas diferentes candidaturas durante a campanha das eleições autárquicas do ano 2025. O projeto tem como vertente científica, nomeadamente, o estudo do tipo e evolução dos meios e ações de campanha nas eleições autárquicas e serve também o propósito de avaliar esses meios e ações de campanha.