Other Activities

2023 - 02-06-2023: Co-facilitation, with Leo Caves, of the workshop "Complex Thinking Academy" (3 h), as an extension activity of the project "Building Foundations for Complex Thinking", delivered under the scope of the CES goes to School" as an outreach/extension program CES Vai à Escola [CES Goes to School] of CES-UC] 2 June 2023, Agrupamento de Escolas Figueira Mar, Figueira da Foz, 11th grade students

2023 - 03/05/2023- Facilitation of session co-organised with Sofia Branco Sousa,with the theme com o tema " How many do you want? Multiple ways of doing science and the qualitative approaches", under the scope of the program CES Goes to School, at the Quartel da Imagem, for 11th grade students, of the Agrupamento de Escolas Figueira Mar, Figueira da Foz

2023 - 10-05-2023: Participation as a guest commentator, on the portuguese TV program "Civil Society" with the theme "To have or not to have children" (Episode 92, Season 19),at channel RTP

2023 - 17/06/2023: Participation, in the quality of quoted interviewee, in the paper authored by Sofia Teixeira, titled "Porque temos medo do sucesso" [Why do we fear success] published in Notícias Magazine, available at: https://www.noticiasmagazine.pt/2023/porque-temos-medo-do-sucesso/estilos/comportamento/290240/

2023 - 2 June 2023: Co-facilitation, with Leo Caves, of the workshop "Complex Thinking Academy" (3 h), as an extension activity of the project "Building Foundations for Complex Thinking", delivered under the scope of the CES goes to School" as an outreach/extension program CES Vai à Escola [CES Goes to School] of CES-UC] 2 June 2023, Agrupamento de Escolas Figueira Mar, Figueira da Foz, 11th grade students

2023 - July 2023-August External reader of the doctoral thesis committee panel of Claire Savage, providing feedback on the doctoral project titled "Jung and Nicolescu on the opposites-their existence, function, and possible purpose", under the Phd program in Jungian Psychology with Specialization in Jungian and Archetypal Studies by Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, California, USA. Main supervisor by Dr. Dylan Hoffman

2022 - 25/05/2022-Co-organisation with Sofia Sousa (facilitator) of extension activity, under the scope of the program "CES goes to School" (outreach/extension program of the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra targeting schools), with the session titled " Podem as perguntas construir mundo(s)? Visões críticas da ciência, paisagens e práticas da investigação qualitativa?" [May questions build worlds? Critical visions of science, landscapes and practices of qualitative research]. Sessions facilitated: 25 April: Escola Secundária de Ponte de Lima, 11th grade students (2 sessions).

2022 - Co-organisation with Sofia Sousa (facilitator) of an extension activity, under the scope of the program "CES goes to School" (outreach/extension program of the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra targeting schools), with the session titled " Podem as perguntas construir mundo(s)? Visões críticas da ciência, paisagens e práticas da investigação qualitativa?" [May questions build worlds? Critical visions of science, landscapes and practices of qualitative research]. Sessions facilitated: 25 May Escola Secundária de Ponte de Lima, 11th grade students (2 sessions).

2022 - Member of Scientific Committee (Reviewer) for the InSITE 2022: Informing Science + IT Education Conferences InSITE 2022, 6-7 July 2022, online, by organisation of the Informing Science Institute

2022 - Participation in the Podcast series Academus Podcast with an interview on episode 10 titled: "Podemos abraçar a complexidade?" [Can we embrace complexity?]. Available on spotify and google podcasts.

2021 - 16 April 2021. Extension and Dissemination Activity: Co-facilitation of Workshop (3h) titled "Complex Thinking Academy" under the scope of the extension program "CES Goes to School" for students of the Agrupamento de Escolas Da Sé, Lamego, online

2021 - 16 April 2021. Extension and Dissemination Activity: Co-facilitation of Workshop (3h) titled "Complex Thinking Academy" under the scope of the extension program "CES Goes to School" for students of the Escola Secundária de Pombal, online

2021 - 23 April 2021. Extension and Dissemination Activity: Co-facilitation of Workshop (3h) titled "Complex Thinking Academy" under the scope of the extension program "CES Goes to School" for students of the Agrupamento de Escolas da Sé, Lamego, online

2021 - Extension and Dissemination Activity: Co-facilitation of Workshop (3h) titled "Complex Thinking Academy" under the scope of the extension program "CES Goes to School" for students of the Escola Secundária de Pombal, online

2021 - Scientific extension and dissemination activity of non-academic impact: Implementation of the collaboration plans "Alliances Research and Practice" targeting a set of teams of practitioners conducting family assessment and interventions in community contexts, namely from Centres of Family Support and Parental Counselling of different municipalities in Portugal (Murtosa, Santa Maria da Feira, Albergaria-a-Velha, Barcelos, Guimarães, V. N. Famalicão, Lisboa)

2020-2021 - Abril 2020-... Development, coordination and moderation of support groups for Centres for Parental Counselling and Family Support in the context of the COVID-19 crises, through virtual platforms, in a closed-private group formato: private Facebook group CAFAP_COVID_19 and Slack channel cafapcovid19.slack.com.

2020 - 2020: External examiner of the doctoral dissertation, authored by Marianne Gush, titled "Pathways to potential actualisation: A qualitative meta-interpretation of 60 years' theory, research and interventions" presented for the Degree of Doctor in Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosh University, 21 of October 2020.

2020 - Chair of the parallel session "Innovation" at the Conference on Complex Systems 2020 (CCS2020), by organisation of the Complex Systems Society, online.

2020 - Co-Coordination, with Rita Campos and Magnólia Araújo of the working group 77: "Sustainability, complexity and change: critical perspectives, alternatives and complementary to the SDG", at the CONLAB 2020, XIV Congresso Luso-Afro-Brasileiro de Ciências Sociais (CONLAB 2020) [Postponed to 8-10 September 2021]

2020 - Scientific extension and dissemination activity of non-academic impact: Implementation of the collaboration plans "Alliances Research and Practice" targeting teams of practitioners conducting family assessment and interventions in community contexts, namely from Centres of Family Support and Parental Counselling of different municipalities in Portugal (Murtosa, Santa Maria da Feira, Albergaria-a-Velha, Barcelos, Guimarães, V. N. Famalicão, Lisboa)

2019 - 12 February 2019- Co-facilitation, in the context of the program "CES goes to School", with Leo Caves, of the workshop titled "Complex Thinking Academy" at Escola Secundária de Pombal (10-12 grades)

2019 - 13 December (2 sessions). Co-facilitation, with Leo Caves, of the workshop (3h) titled "Complex Thinking Academy" , in the context of the outreach/extension program "CES Goes to School", of the Centre for Social Sciences of the University of Coimbra, for 11th grade students at the Escola Básica e Secundária Oliveira Júnior, S. João da Madeira

2019 - 17 de Dezembro- Co-facilitação, com Leo Caves, de sessão-oficina (3h) "Academia do Pensamento Complexo", no âmbito do programa "CES Vai à Escola" 2018-2019; 2019/2020) (programa de extensão/outreach dinamizado pelo Centro de Estudos Sociais, da Universidade de Coimbra), para alunos do 10o ano , na Escola Básica e Secundária Oliveira Júnior, S. João da Madeira.

2019 - 20 Fevereiro 2019- Co-facilitation, com Leo Caves, under the program "CES Goes to School", of the workshop "Complex Thinking Academy", at the Agrupamento de Escolas da Sé, Lamego (10-12 grades)

2019 - 4th and 11 April 2019- Co-Facilitation, with Leo Caves, of a workshop, divided in two sessions (2 x 3h) titled "Complex Thinking Academy", targeting the general public, organised of the Cultural Association Cultura Curto Espaço in Aguda, Arcozelo, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.

2019 - Scientific extension and dissemination activity of non-academic impact: Implementation of the collaboration plans "Alliances Research and Practice" targeting teams of practitioners conducting family assessment and interventions in community contexts, namely from Centres of Family Support and Parental Counselling of different municipalities in Portugal

2018 - Extension and Scientific Dissemination Activities with Non-Academic Practitioners: Facilitation of the Collaboration Plans "Alliances Research and Practice" targeting teams of practitioners conducting family assessment and interventions in community contexts, namely from Centres of Family Support and Parental Counselling of different municipalities in Portugal (e.g. Murtosa, St. Maria da Feira, Albergaria-a-Velha, Marinha Grande). In the context of these plans, the practitioners collaborate in different research activities focusing teams of family assessment and intervention and, according to their levels of engagement, participate in different training and supervision formats facilitated by the researcher, aiming at promoting advanced knowledge and skills for their professional practices in real world contexts.

2018 - Extension/dissemination activity. Co-facilitation, with Leo Caves, of a workshop (3h) for the general population under the title "Thinking: Destination Unknown", for the general public, in the York Festival of Ideas 2018, York, United Kingdom. The workshop aimed to disseminate knowledge and introduce the general audiente to the notion of Complex Thinking, promoting positive practices, in the general population

2018 - Member of the Working Group Children and Youth for the implementation of the Social Development Plan of the Social Network of Coimbra, in representation of the Centre for Social Studies

2017 - 14 September- Co-organisation and co-facilitation with Dr. Leo Caves of a world café event, titled "Appreciating YCCSA" as part of the York Centre for Complex Systems Analysis Away Day, aimed at supporting the evaluation and re-definition of YCCSA's strategy, mission, goals, objectives and action plans, as a centre for interdisciplinary research.

2016 - Participation in working group- Participation in an interdisciplinary working group session aimed at the collaborative development of a Book focused on the Teaching of Complexity, with the tentative titles of "Dialogues in Teaching Complexity Science" or "Conversations in Complex Systems". This group was created by invitations addressed by the organizers of the ESRC Seminar Series: Complexity and Method in Social Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Approach", held at the University of Warwick, by Emma Uprichard, Associate Professor of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies of the University of Warwick, UK; Brian Castellani, Professor, University of Kent, USA and David Byrne, University of Durham, UK. [project suspended]

2015-2017 - Case supervision and ongoing training of interdisciplinary teams from Centres of Family Support and Parental Council, for the implementation of the Integrated Family Assessment and Intervention Model, under the scope of a theoretical framework of the family as a complex systems, and for development of competencies for complex case conceptualisation in the assessment and promotion of the family's potential for change. (Bimonthly full day meetings and online support to 5 teams of different municipalities in Portugal)

2015 - 6 November 2015-Participation as a Facilitator/Table host in a debate sessions using the methodology of World Café at the seminar titled "Change and Method" integrated in the ESRC Seminar Series, "Complexity and Method in Social Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Approach", hosted by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies University of Warwick, United Kingdom, and organised by Emma Uprichard, Associate Professor University of Warwick, UK, Brian Castellani, Professor, University of Kent, USA and David Byrne, University of Durham, UK, at the University of Warwick.

2014 - Reviewer to the Journal of Children's Services, Emerald Insight. 2014 (2014/04/24 until 2014/05/1; 2014/09/29 until 2014/10/06)

2011 - 14 November 2011: Moderator of the panel "Maltreatment, Neglect and Risk: Protection and Rights of Children and Youth- Community and Educational Features" at the IV Encounter of Maltreatment, Neglect and Risk, organised by the Association of Social Solidarity of Santo Tirso (ASAS), of Santo Tirso, in Maia

2010 - 1 October 2010: Moderator of the panel "Crossed outlooks- the different technical positioning in assessments and interventions in situations of risk/danger" at the 1st Encounter Grow in Family, by organisation of the Association of Social Solidarity of Santo Tirso (ASAS), of Santo Tirso, in Trofa.

2007 - Representante do Gabinete de Atendimento à Família no Núcleo Executivo da Rede Social de Viana do Castelo (Maio a Setembro)

2004-2007 - -Elemento do Movimento Carta Aberta à Prevenção e proponente da Carta Aberta à Prevenção, por Arisco e do Instituto da Droga e Toxicodependência, em representação do Gabinete de

2004-2005 - Participação no Observatório do Plano Nacional contra a Violência Doméstica em representação das ONG's do Norte do pais, em representação do Gabinete de Atendimento à Família

15 de Maio de 2012 - Dinamização, por convite, de tertúlia de comemoração do dia Internacional da Família intitulada "Famílias de ontem, famílias de hoje?!" a convite da Câmara Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro.