Project List

"PuReSC” will characterise empirically the characteristics of the audiences for (university) science communication in Portugal, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom. This research uses an innovative methodology focused on university communication to its audiences applied to national samples of the populations and segmentation analysis of publics for science communication.

Rhythm4RAW will examine how musical rhythm skills relate to children’s ability to read and write, and determine if a rhythm-based music training can foster these skills. We will investigate predispositions and experience using a multimethod approach that inspects behavior and brain processes in cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. A systematic dissemination and promotion plan will maximize the overall impact of the project.

 This project aims to measure price and wage inflation expectations by modelling agents as being able to choose between different expectation rules based on their past performance. The study will be conducted by a group of two nuclear researchers (who specialize in macroeconomics and econometrics) and several consultants with positions in leading monetary policy institutions (who will aid with feedback and in the dissemination of the results).

O PNRn, aprovado pela Resolução Conselho de Ministros (RCM) n.º 150-A/2022, de 29 dezembro, apresenta-se como um instrumento de planeamento macro da política de proteção efetiva de trabalhadores e da população em geral à exposição ao radão no interior dos edifícios, estabelecendo orientações estratégicas de âmbito nacional, tendo em vista a concretização dos princípios enunciados na legislação da União Europeia (UE) e nacional e com o objetivo de reduzir os riscos de longo prazo decorrentes da exposição ao radão em habitações, edifícios abertos ao público e locais de trabalho. A definição de estratégias e de orientações concretas conducentes: (i) à consciencialização dos riscos de exposição ao radão, (ii) à promoção das medições nos edifícios, (iii) à prevenção nos novos edifícios, (iv) à promoção da remediação em edifícios existentes e (v) à tomada de medidas de proteção específicas para trabalhadores no seu local de trabalho, vai permitir assegurar de forma multissetorial a proteção aos riscos de exposição ao radão e reduzir de forma sustentável os seus efeitos na saúde, em particular, a incidência de cancro do pulmão causado pelo radão.

Urban areas are facing increasing pressure to adopt circular economy models, but local governments still lack effective tools to measure and monitor circularity. This project aims to fill this gap by developing a robust set of urban circularity indicators, adapted to the diversity of Portuguese municipalities. The main objective is to support the design, implementation and evaluation of local public policies that promote the transition to a circular economy, in line with national and European sustainability strategies.   To this end, the project adopts a modular and participatory approach, which integrates a critical review of international benchmarks, territorial and community diagnosis, and the co-creation of indicators with local stakeholders. The methodology includes multi-criteria analysis (MCDA) and participatory weighting (AHP) techniques, ensuring the relevance and adaptability of the indicator panel to different local contexts. The panel will be tested in pilot cities with different profiles, allowing its feasibility and usefulness in defining public policies to be validated.