People

Agnieszka Golec research interests' and expertise lie in the areas of social and political psychology. She is particularly interested in predictors of political radicalisation, violence and prejudice. She is interested in collective and individual narcissism and their social consequences. She is also interested in how prejudice is embodied.

Ana Lúcia Aguiar has a Master degree in Social and Organizational Psychology from ISCTE-IUL. She is currently a PhD student working on a project investigating if and how group composition, in the preschool context influences the quality of teacher-child interactions.

Mafalda Esteves is currently PhD student in the PhD Programme in Psychology of ISCTE-IUL where her works is focused on: "Invisible sexualties: Intimate citizenship and psychosocial well-being in Bisexuality". She is also, research manager in the project "INTIMATE — Citizenship, Care and Choice: The Micropolitics of Intimacy in Southern Europe".

Ana Margarida Fialho has a master in Educational Psychology (ISPA). Her main research interests focus on early childhood education and care (ECEC) quality and children’s social and emotional development (in particular, social skills, social acceptance, and emotion regulation).

Andrea Fontes is a Phd student in Organizational Psychology in ISCTE. She holds two Bachelors and two Master degrees in Management and Psychology respectively. Her Phd project aims to explore the effects of coaching in organizational contexts, specifically the outcomes of coaching as a developmental intervention implemented in organizations to improve individual attitudes and behaviors.

Andreia Pólvora is an administrator in the CIS-IUL Office.

Beate Seibt is a social psychologist. She works on social relations, self regulation and facial mimicry, among other topics. Beate is an Associate Professor at the University of Oslo and a Visiting Professor at ISCTE-IUL. She worked at CIS from 2008 to 2012 with a Ciência grant, and currently as a member of the CIS team in the European funded "Food risk and benefit communication" project.

Carla Branco received her Master degree in Social and Organizational Psychology from ISCTE-IUL. Currently, she is a Ph.D. student at Lisbon Ph.D. Social Psychology program (LiSP). She studies the impact of social and socio-psychological determinants on the health and well-being of disabled people, namely, the role of intergroup contact and social identification.

Carla Colaço is a Phd student in Psychology and a Master in Psychology of Emotions (ISC TE-IUL). Her PhD project aims to explore the role of play practices and playfulness in caregivers and their children in Pilot Projet Playgroups for Inclusion/Grupos Aprender Brincar e Crescer.

Carla Moleiro received her Ph.D in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, in 2003. She had post-graduate training as a psychotherapist at the Portuguese Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Psychotherapies. She is the president of the Portuguese Association of Transcultural Psychology and Psychiatry.