Speakers

University professor

Professor at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Porto. 

Medical Specialist in Legal Medicine, National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences.

Professor and Researcher at ISCTE

Sociologist, integrated researcher at CIES-Iscte and Invited Assistant Professor at the School of Sociology and Public Policy (Iscte-IUL). Research focus: linguistic consequences of migratory phenomena, immigration and linguistic policies aimed at adults with an immigrant background, descendants of immigrants and foreign students in higher education.

Coordinates the research group Migration, Mobility and Ethnicity at CIES-Iscte (since 2022); is a member of the Scientific Council of Iscte (since 2021), of the Scientific Commission of the Sociology Department of Iscte (since 2022); and the Scientific Committee of CAPLE/FLUL (since 2020).

Since 2015 has been teaching in the 2nd cycle around language policies, international migrations, families and migrations, and academic writing; since 2019, also teaches in the 1st and 2nd cycles on research design, observational research and ethics and profession in sociology.

At CIES, co-organizes the series of seminars Migration in Digital Space: experiences, changes and resistances; and organizer of the Linguistics and Literacy Policies and Practices seminars.

Pediatrician

Pediatra no Departamento da Mulher e da Criança, no Hospital Espírito Santo de Évora EPE 
Coordenadora da Enfermaria de Pediatria 
Responsável pela consulta de Apoio a Pneumologia e pela consulta de Adolescentes. 
 

Nurse and author: "A mãe imperfeita"

Carmen Garcia, nurse, 36 years old, mother of Pedro and João. Pedro, 6 years old, is profoundly deaf with a cochlear implant.

Worked for 11 years in an SNS hospital, in the area of ​​intensive care. In 202, left her hospital career and started to dedicate herself only to nursing in the area that is most passionate about: geriatrics.

Author of the page “the imperfect mother”, she has more than 187,000 followers on Facebook and 100,000 on Instagram. She is the imperfect nurse on Twitter (25k followers).

Columnist for Jornal Público, she is the author of the column “Whatever is not the answer” that appears every Sunday in the P2 section.

Author of three children's books: "A lesson in love", "A lesson from the sea" and "A lesson in peace", which speak, respectively, about inclusion, about ocean pollution and about welcoming refugees on land European. The first two are bestsellers in Portugal. The three books were selected to join our country's National Reading Plan.

In October 2022, edited The Fiction Book, based on real facts, “the last loneliness” that addresses old age and the institutionalization of the elderly in a way never before done in Portugal. The book is in its fifth edition.

Pedopsychiatrist

Integrated Master in Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (2014).                                                               Internship for Specialized Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Hospital Dona Estefânia (2021)                                              Training in Systemic and Family Intervention (2016-2018)                                                                                                                             Post-Graduation in Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy in Childhood and Adolescence (2020)Certified Parent Group Leader of the More Younger Family Program (2019) and Incredible Years (2021)                                                                                                                  Currently works as a Hospital Assistant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando da Fonseca. Clinical activity developed in the Community Team and Day Area, where it carries out consultations in Child Psychiatry and therapeutic groups, as well as in Liaison Child Psychiatry. Also works in Child Psychiatry consultations at Instituto Belong.                                        She is the author and co-author of several scientific articles and papers presented at national and international meetings.

NGO "Partnerships for Every Child Moldova" (P4EC)

Daniela Mamaliga has over 21 years of experience working in the civil society, with 16 years of experience in managing the Development Program of the NGO "Partnerships for Every Child Moldova" (P4EC), providing technical assistance to the Central and Local Government of the Republic of Moldova in the development of child welfare policies and implementation of child care reform, including deinstitutionalization of children, development of alternative family-based social services and inclusive education programme. Over the past 10 years, she has led major large-scale USAID and EU-funded projects focused on systemic child welfare reforms. Currently, she is director of P4EC and president of the Alliance of NGOs active in child and family protection in Moldova. Ms. Mamaliga coordinated the development of several National Practical Guidelines such as "Case Management", "Family Support Service", "Foster Care Service" and "Gatekeeping System" developed by P4EC in the last years. Mrs. Mamaliga holds a MSc in Social Communication and Project Management; Languages: Romanian, Russian, English.

Sociologist, Researcher, Advocate and NGO-worker

I am a sociologist, a researcher, an advocate, and an NGO-worker, but I also have experience advising state authorities, namely the National Authority for the Protection of Children's Rights and Adoption (NAPCRA), and the Ministry of Development and Public Administration.

I have had an interest in reforming Romania’s child protection system since the adoption of my daughter. Additionally, as the deputy director of Life and Light Foundation, an NGO involved in child protection since 1996, I have also been directly involved in Romania’s deinstitutionalisation process through their programmes.

Together with Dr. Gabriela Dima, I contributed to the Eurochild DataCare project and continued working with Eurochild to implement the recommendations of the DataCare project in Romania.

Psychologist and Researcher (U. Murcia, Spain)

David Pina es Doctor Cum Laude en Psicología, Master en Psicología General Sanitaria y premio extraordinario del Grado en Psicología.

Es docente e investigador, así como colaborador asiduo, en la Universidad de Murcia, Universidad de Zaragoza y la Universidad de Oporto.En la actualidad cuenta con más de 30 publicaciones de reconocimiento internacional y 100 participaciones a congreso.  Su principal línea de investigación se encuentra relacionada con la convivencia escolar, explorando su relación con violencia de género, aporofobia, racismo, homofobia, entre otras. Como coordinador de investigación del Servicio de Psicología Aplicada (SEPA) ha desarrollado, además, estudios relacionados con bienestar psicológico, violencia laboral, simulación de síntomas o violencia de género con víctimas y agresores. En el Grado de Psicología de la Universidad de Murcia imparte docencia en Psicología y Criminología. 
 

Student

Federico Cestelli is 20 years old, is a student of a degree in Chemical Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico, has published several articles and scientific research projects, is an enthusiast of various contents such as Psychology, Neuroscience and Cinema, is also the creator and writer of the online publication “The Multiverse Of happiness".

Psychologist

Psychologist specializing in Clinical and Health Psychology, with Post-Graduate training in Eating Behavior. Has been working in various contexts and with diverse populations since 2008, in multidisciplinary contexts. She is currently CEO and Clinical Director of Academia Transformar, a project that brings together a group of health professionals.

Professor and Researcher at IP Beja

Hugo Cunha Tecla was born in Beja, on February 22th, 1975, the city where he insists on residing, married, allegedly heterosexual. Proudly a simple country boy, he lived in Lisbon to study law and later returned often to become a master at the Catholic University of Lisbon. Later, he flew regularly to Porto, where he obtained a PhD at the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto with a dissertation on the imperative of protecting children from the content available on the internet. Currently, he is Adjunct Professor at IPBeja (where he has been coordinating two degrees for many years), Invited Auxiliary Professor at ISMAT, Integrated Doctoral Researcher at CEAD and Coordinator of the Research Line Liberdade e Justiça and CEDIS – Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Nova de Lisboa. In his free time, he is a columnist in the regional media, writes prose and legal literature, being obsessed with questions and not concerned with seeking answers.

Professor and Researcher; President of SPCE

Isabel Menezes holds a bachelor's degree in Theater (ESAP), a degree and a PhD in Psychology and Aggregate in Educational Sciences from the U.Porto, where she is  Professor at the Department of Educational Sciences/OEI Chair in Education for Citizenship/Education for Citizenship Global. Is in charge of the Center for Educational Research and Intervention (CIIE). Her research focuses on the civic and political participation of children, youth and adults, and on the ways in which formal and non-formal education (including community art) can play an empowering role in relation to politics; other research interests include the social responsibility of universities, doctoral education and the boundaries between research and intervention. Currently, coordinates projects on education for climate change as a tool to promote the political agency of young people. Chairs the Board of the Portuguese Society of Educational Sciences.

Nutritionist and Researcher

João Rodrigues holds a degree in Nutrition Sciences, a degree in Biochemistry, a PhD in Biomedical Sciences and habilitation in Dental Medicine. He is a professor of higher education at the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo and Polytechnic Institute of Porto.

In addition to teaching, he develops clinical practice as a nutritionist in Viana do Castelo, Caminha and Ponte de Lima. He Isa lso thea uthor of the book “Duelos de Alimentos” and the blog “Mundo da Nutrição” (http://www.mundodanutricao.com/). He collaborates regularly with various media (television, radio and press).

His main areas of interest include the impact that different foods and different feeding patterns can have on health promotion and disease prevention.

University Teacher

Associação Entretodos /Between partnerships 4 development

Maria Coelho Rosa is a psychologist with basic training, having completed a pre-bologna master's degree in Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology, in the area of ​​prevention in Mental Health.

Her activity has been very focused on intervention and cooperation for development, which it wants to have a regenerative impact. Since 2012, she has been convinced that, for this to happen, everyone needs to be involved and collaborate. She is the founder and technical director of Between – partnerships 4 development. It has invested in the development of projects to promote civic participation and the well-being of individuals, which make it possible to give voice and train people to assume the role of facilitators of spaces for participation, through non-formal education programs and tools. She is particularly interested in the themes of participation and collaboration associated with the promotion of development, inclusion, mutual support and well-being.

Ph.D Forensic Sciences | Senior Technician, Psychologist

Pediatrician | SPS-SPP

Paediatrician at Centro Hospitalar Leiria Pombal. Member of the direction board of the Portuguese Social Paediatric Subcommittee (SPS-SPP).

Assistant Professor at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC)

Marian Blanco Ruiz is an Assistant Professor of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC). Ph.D. in Media Research (2018, UC3M). Her lines of research focus on Gender Studies, analysis of gender representations in the media, gender violence, and new technologies. She has participated in national and international research projects, currently being part of the Core Group for her role as head of the science communication and Management Committee of the COST Making Young Researchers’ Voices Heard for Gender Equality (2021-2025), and research projects related to the gender perspective, teenagers and communication, and gender violence. She is secretary of the journal “Comunicación y Género” (UCM), of the EUFEM Platform and AUVIM. 

Pediatrician

Pediatrician - Hospital Garcia de Horta, Lisboa

Medical Coordinator at Dioscope

Director of the NGO Save Ukraine

Mr. Kuleba has been working in child rescue for 20 years. Now, he is the Director of the NGO Save Ukraine, which was established in 2014 to provide assistance to vulnerable populations in the war zone in Ukraine. Currently, Save Ukraine is providing assistance to orphans, children with disabilities, and low- income families affected by war in Ukraine and is conducting evacuation operations of children.

As of now, Save Ukraine evacuated over 71,500 families from combat zones; created a network of 15 partner hubs throughout Ukraine; opened 2 Hope and Healing Centers that can accommodate up to 400 vulnerable women and children receiving psychosocial help; established the Sexual Abuse Survivors Center. Numerous other social projects aimed to help people affected by war are being

currently realized.

Previously, Mr. Kuleba served as the Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Office of the President of Ukraine. During that time, he initiated and implemented considerable changes in the Ukrainian child protection system.

In 2006, he became the head of the international charity Children's Rescue Service. Beginning in 2000, he served as President and Founder of the international charitable organization Child Rescue, where he created a network of specialized rehabilitation centers for children at risk, homeless children, and orphans.

Mr. Kuleba graduated in 2007 from the European University of Finance, Information Systems, Management and Business with a Bachelor of Management and in 2008, he received a Master's degree in marketing.

Forensic doctor

Medical specialist in forensic medicine; Invited assistant from FMUP and ICBAS; Master in Forensic Sciences by UP; Legal Medicine Assistant and coordinator of the Functional Unit of the Forensic Clinic of the Northern Delegation of the INMLCF, IP, and the GMLF of Cávado of the INMLCF; Secretary of SPECAN. PhD student in Forensic Sciences at the University of Porto.

Coordinator of the CRI Alentejo Central | Responsible for the Prevention Team

Nutritionist

Professor, Researcher and Director of FCNAUP (Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences from Oporto University)

Doutorado em Nutrição Humana pela Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação, Universidade do Porto. Professor Associado e ex. Diretor do Programa Nacional para a Promoção da Alimentação Saudável –DGS. Diretor da Escola de Ciências da Vida e Saúde - UJ- Universidade do Porto. Membro do Conselho Científico da ASAE. Atualmente Diretor da Faculdade da Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação da Universidade do Porto.

Anthropologist and Professor

Pedro Pereira is an anthropologist and professor. Born in Porto, he holds a PhD in Anthropology and is an Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, teaching various anthropological course units in courses at different levels and areas. He is an Integrated Researcher at the Center for Research in Anthropology (CRIA) and his research interests have been in the fields of health and religion. Among the various publications of articles and books, the works stand out: Pilgrims – An anthropological study of the pilgrimages on foot to Fátima (2003) and In search of health – The cult of Our Lady of Health from an anthropological perspective (2021). In the literary field, the publications of the poetry book, Escrita de lume (2019), and the book of short stories, The other side of the street (2021) stand out.

Children’s rights professional and activist

Polina Klykova is a children’s rights professional and activist. She is an interdisciplinary professional with a background in social work and in law who works to implement the best child-centered approaches to improve lifelong perspectives for children.

Through her work, Polina promotes children’s rights, conducts relevant legal analysis, provides consultations and trainings for children, professionals, and other stakeholders. 

Polina is based in Kyiv, Ukraine, and is the founder of childrenrigths.info initiative, a website created to promote children’s rights, and co-founder of NGO “Center for Ensuring Children’s Best Interests “Article 3”.

Project coordinator at Marca ADL | Independent consultant in project monitoring and evaluation

Clinical psychologist. Child and adolescent psychotherapist | Belong - Institute of Development and Health

Forensic Psychologist | ISCTE-IUL

Clinic and forensic psychologist. Family therapist. Invited professor at ISCTE-IUL. Researcher at CIS/IUL. Member of the ‘Board on Human Rights’ of the ‘EFPA – European Federation of Psychologists Associations’. Has experience in the fields of abuse, child and adolescence negligence and abuse, family support and forensic psychology evaluation. 

Pedopsychiatrist

Forensic Doctor and Professor at University of Porto

Medical expert in Legal Medicine. President of SPECAN. Full-Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (head of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences area) and at University Institute of Health Sciences. President of the Portuguese Society for the of Abused and Neglected Children. Full-Professor at University Institute of Health Sciences (CESPU) and Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (head of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences area). Author of multiple literature (books, books’ chapters and articles) about children and adolescents abuse. Head of the North Delegation of the Portuguese National Institute for Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences (2001-2014). Representative of Portugal at the European Council of Legal Medicine. 

Pediatrician

- Licenciada em Medicina pela Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa (2006)

- Especialista em Pediatria Médica (2013)

- Coordenadora do Serviço de Urgência Pediátrica do Hospital do Espírito Santo de Évora (2017-2020)

- Assistente Graduada de Pediatria no Hospital do Espírito Santo de Évora, onde realizo a Consulta de Medicina do Adolescente e trabalho no Serviço de Urgência Pediátrica

- Secretaria-Geral da Sociedade de Urgência e Emergência da Sociedade Portuguesa de Pediatria (EuSPP)

- Participação em projetos de investigação nacionais e elaboração de protocolos

- Apresentação de trabalhos científicos em Congressos Nacionais e Internacionais, publicação de artigos científicos.

Vice President of the Portuguese Council for Refugees

Tito Campos e Matos is currently Vice-President/Deputy Executive Director of the Portuguese Council for Refugees (CPR) and researcher at SOCIUS/CSG. He graduated in Sociology and Planning at ISCTE/Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and completed a Master's Degree in Population, Society and Territory at IGOT/UL – Instituto da Geografia e do Ordenamento do Território. He is currently attending the Doctoral Program in Economic and Organizational Sociology at ISEG/UL – Higher Institute of Economics and Management. At CPR, he was Coordinator of the Employment and Vocational Training Service, Project Coordinator and, more recently, Director of the Reception Center for International Protection Applicants. Between 2011 and 2017, he worked at Future Health Biobank, Células Estaminais Cryopreservation Laboratory, having served as Country Manager for Portugal. Throughout his professional and academic career, he has collaborated with several research centers at ISCTE/IUL (CET, CIES, INESLA) and at the University of Lisbon (CEG). His main research areas are international migrations and Organizations.

Psychologist and Sexologist

Gratuated in Clinical Psychology, master degree in sexology, wrote in 2010 the first book in this area - “Ponto Quê” about female sexuality.In January of 2016 was a co-author of the book and project in the Sexual Education area, "A viagem de Peludim". For 3 years performed in Curto Circuito, Sic Radical, in a section dedicated to young people, about sexuality. Cooperates in many projects in the social area, sexual education and school support in Programas de Educação para a Saúde, PES.

Often participates as a commentator on TV, usually cooperating with the national press.

Responsible for the Clarification of young people National project through the app whatshap, Controltalk.

Doctural student in Children's Studies/Children Healthcare in Universidade do Minho.

Professor and Researcher - FMH-UL

With a bachelor degree in Special Education and Rehabilitation, he also has a master degree in Special Education and a doctorate degree with specialisation in Special Education and Rehabilitation. He is also assistant professor in the department of Education, Social Sciences and Humanities in the University of Human Kinetics from Lisbon University. Consultant in the area of Learning Difficulties in the Centre of Development and Learning SEI.

Authors of the following books:

• From Learning to Reading to Reading to learn: A guide for professors, educators and parents;
• Understanding the reading and the difficulties in your learning;
• Specific learnings difficulties;
• Cognitive approach in Reading;
• Learning difficulties: Foundations;
• Cognitive Education and Learning;

Author of several book chapters and related articles with new themes as: Intelligence, Learning, Cognition, Cognitive Education, Learning difficulties, Reading learning difficulties, Special Educational Needs and others of the speciality.

Interests centred in the Intelligent questions; Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Education, Learning in reading, Learning difficulties and Special Educational Needs.

At this moment, beyond teaching, he is also Coordinator of the Post-grad in Special Education - Motor and Cognitive Domain of the Human Kinetics, he is the Editor if the Magazine of Special educations and Rehabilitation, developing investigation in the evaluation area and intervention in Reading and in Reading and Reading Learning difficulties.

Professor and Researcher at Univ. Évora

Professora Associada c/ Agregação (Departamento de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde) - Universidade de Èvora

Pediatrician | SPS-SPP

Alexandra de Castro Vasconcelos, MD, PhD, is a paediatrician and researcher at the Global Health & Tropical Medicine (GHTM) of the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (IHMT) at NOVA University Lisbon. She completed her PhD in 2023 in the field of Tropical Medicine, with years of dedication to the global health of children and young people.

She has competence in Pharmaceutical Medicine, recognised by the Portuguese Medical Association, and has been a consultant for INFARMED for over two decades. She currently chairs the Social Paediatrics Section (SPS) of the Portuguese Paediatric Society (SPP) and, since 2024, has been a member of Women in Global Health - Lusophone Community (WGH-CL).

Her areas of interest and expertise include tropical medicine and paediatric infectiology, pharmaceutical medicine and social paediatrics.

Professor and Researcher at Univ. Évora

Professora Auxiliar (Departamento de Pedagogia e Educação) - Universidade de Évora

Psychologist and sex therapist

Ana Filipa Beato has a bachelor degree in Clinical Psychology,  expertise in cognitive-behavioural by the Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Coimbra. Postgraduate and sexual therapist by the Sociedade Portuguesa de Sexologia clínica. Master in Psychology - Stress and well-being area by the Faculdade de Psicologia da Universidade de Lisboa. Doctorate in Clinical Psychology in the fields of anxiety disorders in childhood in the same institution. Her intervention fields are: evaluation and intervention with children and teenagers and their families in the core of short attention span and hyperactivity, humor and behavioural disorders. She is also co-responsible by the coordination of the core os sexology and education for sexuality of PIN, in which she clinical accompanies young people, adult and couples.

Técnica Superior

Pediatrician

Doctor

Paediatric Hospital Assistant at Coimbra Paediatric Hospital-CHUC. Member of NHACJR. Responsible for the Consultation of Children at Risk, also works in the General Paediatric Consultation. Paediatrician Consultant of the Functional Coordination Unit of the Paediatrics Hospital.

Professor and Researcher at Univ. Évora

Sociologist. Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences (CICS.NOVA), invited professor at NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities and coordinator of the Education section at the Portuguese Sociological Association. Postdoctoral fellow of the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal), with the project From the intimate to the public: intervening vulnerabilities. The main research works are related to policies of school and career guidance, school justice and social intervention in scenarios of high vulnerability.

IPVC, ESE

Pediatrician | SPS-SPP | NHACJR, HFF

Pediatrician. Member of NHACJR at Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca. Member of Social Pediatrics Section of the Portuguese Pediatrics Society.;

Graduated by Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Barcelona  With a maste degree in Tropical Medicine by Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine/ Universidade de Lisboa Hospital Assistant at the Paediatric Intensive and special care unit of the Paediatric department of Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca, EPE (Amadora-Sintra) Board member of the Secção de Pediatria Social da Sociedade Portuguesa de Pediatria Professor of the integrated Master of medicine at Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon.

Policy and Project Officer at Eurochild

Ciaran is working with Eurochild to bridge the gap between evidence and policy to improve the lives of children in Europe. As part of his role, Ciaran is coordinating Eurochild’s DataCare project with UNICEF ECARO. Together, we are building a convincing evidence base for a more transparent, common approach to data collection and reporting for children in alternative care across Europe.

Pedopsychiatrist

Integrated Master in Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon (2014).                                                               Internship for Specialized Training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Hospital Dona Estefânia (2021)                                              Training in Systemic and Family Intervention (2016-2018)                                                                                                                             Post-Graduation in Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy in Childhood and Adolescence (2020)Certified Parent Group Leader of the More Younger Family Program (2019) and Incredible Years (2021)                                                                                                                  Currently works as a Hospital Assistant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando da Fonseca. Clinical activity developed in the Community Team and Day Area, where it carries out consultations in Child Psychiatry and therapeutic groups, as well as in Liaison Child Psychiatry. Also works in Child Psychiatry consultations at Instituto Belong.                                        She is the author and co-author of several scientific articles and papers presented at national and international meetings.

Investigadora/doutoranda

Psychologist

investigadora do ProChild CoLAB

Born in Porto, in 1975, has a degree in Organizational Sociology from the University of Minho. Worked as a sociocultural animator at the Foundation for the Development of Vale de Campanhã, Porto (1998-2001). Was Adjunct Professor at the Paula Frassinetti School of Education (2001-2019). She has a Master's Degree in Childhood Sociology (Institute for Child Studies, University of Minho) and a Ph.D. in Child Studies, specializing in Childhood Sociology, in the scope of citizenship and child participation. She participates in different professional networks in the field of Sociology of Childhood and is coordinator of the Thematic Section of Sociology of Childhood, of the Portuguese Association of Sociology since December 2018. She is currently a researcher at ProChild CoLAB, in Guimarães. Areas of investigation include the sociology of childhood, children's rights, public policies for childhood, child poverty, community intervention, socio-educational work with children and young people and families.

Pediatrician

Pediatrician - Hospital Fernando Fonseca

Professor / Researcher | FLUP

Bachelor (1998), Master (2004) and PhD (2013) in Sociology by the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto. Is a Professor at the Cooperativa de Ensino Superior de Serviço Social/Higher Institute of Social Work of Porto (CESSS/ISSSP), since 2002, where teaches in Social Work and Social Gerontology Degrees and in Social Intervention in Children and Youth at Risk of Exclusion Master. Since 2014 is also Invited Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology of Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto. It is Integrated Researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the University of Porto, since 2004. Her research interests focus on Urban Sociology, particularly in the problem of fight for the right to the city and housing, in gentrification processes and social mixing and poverty and social exclusion of socially disadvantaged groups.

Professor and Researcher at Univ. Évora

Professora Auxiliar (Departamento de Psicologia) - Universidade de Évora

Investigator, IPCDHS-UC/FCT | Coordinator, PAJE Plataform

Lecturer, phD in Education Psychology by the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of Coimbra University. 

Master in geosciencies from the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of Coimbra University. 

Researcher on the Institute of Cognitive Psychology (IPCDHS-UC/FCT), Center of Interdisciplinary Studies on XX Century (CEIS XX - GRUPOEDE). He also do research work on the Interdisciplinary Lab of Research and Social Intervention  (LIPIS-PUC Rio de Janeiro). Mentor and coordinator of PAJE Platform -  Support of de-institutionalisation childreen and adolescents. 
 

Professor | IPVC, ESE

Enfermeira

University Teacher

University Professor and Researcher | ESEP

Pediatrician | SPS-SPP

Paediatrician at Hospital Fernando Fonseca. President of the Portuguese Social Paediatric Subcommittee (SPS-SPP).

Professor and Researcher at Univ. Évora

Prof. Auxiliar Convidada (Departamento de Psicologia) - Universidade de Évora

Pediatrician

Pediatrician | SPS-SPP

Paediatrician at Centro Hospitalar Leiria Pombal. Member of the direction board of the Portuguese Social Paediatric Subcommittee (SPS-SPP).

Pediatrician

Pediatrician - Hospital Garcia de Horta, Lisboa

Medical Coordinator at Dioscope

Nutritionist Professor

Professor and Researcher at Univ. Évora

Rosalina Pisco Costa is a sociologist, associate professor at the Department of Sociology and affiliated researcher at CICS.NOVA.UÉvora-The Interdisciplinary Center of Social Sciences, University of Évora, Portugal. She has a graduation in Sociology and a master's degree specialization in Family and Population studies. She was an FCT and Calouste Gulbenkian student scholar at the Morgan Centre for the Study of Relationships and Personal Life of the University of Manchester, under the supervision of Carol Smart. In 2011, she completed her PhD in Social Sciences by the University of Lisbon, and in 2012, she was distinguished with the Early Stage Family Scholar Award by the International Sociological Association. Her research covers a broad range of issues regarding families, gender and personal life; childhood; everyday life, mobilities and consumption studies; social time and ages of life; ritualization, memory and familial aesthetics; trajectories, transitions and experiences in higher education; history and institutionalization of sociology in Portugal; and ethics in social sciences, while crosswise exploring QDA software, qualitative, sensory and creative social research methodologies. She has published widely and internationally in peer review journals, and her work appears in key publications such as The Wiley Encyclopedia of Family Studies, The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society, and The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Economics and Society. In 2020, with Sampson Lee Blair, she co-edited the volumes 'Childbearing and the Changing Nature of Parenthood' and 'Transitions into Parenthood: Examining the Complexities of Childrearing' (Emerald).

Professor / Researcher

Sara Melo has a PhD in Sociology by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto (FLUP). Is currently a professor at the Superior Institute of Social Work of Porto (ISSSP) and researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the University of Porto (ISUP.

Professor, ESE-IPP | Researcher, inED

Sérgio Costa Araújo has been, since 2006, higher education teacher in Portugal. He is currently Invited Adjunct Professor at the city of Porto Polytechnic School of Education and a Collaborator Researcher at inED – Center for Research and Innovation in Education. Master in Development Studies in Social and Educational Sciences and recognized specialist in the field of social and behavioral sciences, he works mostly in socio-educational areas in thematic domains that includes fighting poverty and promoting social inclusion, with particular attention in the links between children's rights, poverty and exclusion. Over the past 23 years, in these domains, he has designed, monitored and implemented several action-research projects, particularly in critical urban territories in the Porto metropolitan area, seeing some of these actions recognized as examples of good practices by external entities. He has always developed his path in a European context and, therefore, has accumulated a unique knowledge about the path of social issues within the European Union over the last 23 years. He has participated in high-level meetings, including editions of the European Commission's European Forums on the Rights of the Child; The European Expert group on the transition from Institutional to Community-based Care, formally known as the Ad Hoc Expert Group on the transition from institutional care to community-based care; high-level conferences organized by presidencies of the Council of the European Union... He is a member of Eurochild and since 2009 a member of the European working group “Children in Alternative Care” (CiAC). Deinstitutionalization is one of his favoured subjects. He was also a member of the Expert Advisory Group of the pioneering Eurochild and UNICEF research project “DataCare Project” which comprehensively mapped child protection data systems in the 27 Member States of the European Union and the United Kingdom and which in 2023 is in its second phase of development. He is a member of the national Working Group on Child Poverty, promoted by EAPN / European Anti-Poverty Network. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Portuguese AjudAjudar – Associação para a Promoção dos Direitos das Crianças e Jovens (Association for the Promotion of the Rights of Children and Young People). In 2020, he consolidated his status as an expert on the topic “Poverty and Children's Rights in the Social Dimension of the European Union”, in the context of providing formal public evidence. He makes his own the assertion of Kant that he likes to quote from memory: theory without practice is empty, practice without theory is blind. Contact – sergiocostaaraujo@gmail.com

Professor and Researcher at ESE-IPP