International Day of Light
On the International Day of Light, we talked with Minh Thu Nguyen, a researcher working to achieve justice and inclusion in energy access.
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News & events
- May 15
- 1 min
International Day of Families
On the International Day of Families 2023, we interviewed two researchers from CIS-Iscte working with Family Foster Care.
- Apr 13
- 3 min
Economic inequalities are legitimized by the belief that people get what they deserve
Isabel Correia from CIS-Iscte contributed to a study on perceptions of justice and legitimation of economic inequalities in 27 countries.
- Apr 10
- 1 min
Recent Publications
The most recent publications from our research team, March 2023.
- Mar 31
- 3 min
International Transgender Day of Visibility
Research from CIS-Iscte helps to map research on transgender and gender diverse people in Portugal.
- Mar 27
- 3 min
Connection found between two memory systems
A PhD thesis developed at CIS-Iscte demonstrated the interdependence of two memory systems, usually considered independent.
- Mar 20
- 1 min
POLICY BRIEF: SUSTAINMEALS
A policy brief on the impact of the SUSTAINMEALS – Sustainable School Meals project.
- Mar 7
- 2 min
When broccoli talk: Study explores how the brain processes fictional sentences
Sara Soares, Sofia Frade, Rita Jerónimo, and Sonja Kotz recently published a paper on how the brain processes fictional sentences.
- Mar 6
- 1 min
Recent Publications
Our team's publications from January/February 2023
- Feb 14
- 2 min
Research explores the invisibility of bisexual activism
Mafalda Esteves from CIS-Iscte is a PhD student studying intimate citizenship and psychosocial well-being in bisexuality.
- Jan 27
- 3 min
Adaptation of refugees may depend on their perception of the hosting society’s desire for contact
Research from CIS-Iscte indicates that the refugees’ perception of the hosting society‘s desire for contact was linked to their adaptation.
- Jan 11
- 2 min
High-quality Government communication may tackle conspiracy theories and promote vaccine acceptance
Researchers from CIS-Iscte found higher quality of communication predicts trust in the Portuguese government and general vaccine acceptance.
- Dec 15, 2022
- 2 min
A new instrument to assess family support in chronic pain
Researchers from the Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon developed a new scale to assess family support in chronic pain.
- Dec 13, 2022
- 4 min
From Greta Thunberg's speeches to stereotypes about climate activists
In two studies published in 2022, a group of researchers from the Center for Psychological Research and Social Intervention (CIS-Iscte)...
- Nov 14, 2022
- 1 min
Policy Brief: AGENTS
Policy Brief for the project AGENTS - Automatic generation of humor for social robots project created datasets of jokes.
- Nov 11, 2022
- 3 min
The challenges of school-to-work transition in Southern European countries
Francisco Simões, researcher at CIS-Iscte has prepared a report for the European Parliament on the school to work transition.
- Nov 3, 2022
- 1 min
Policy Brief: PARTICIPA project
Promoting children’s participation: Tools for Early Childhood Education and Care professionals
- Oct 18, 2022
- 3 min
Policy Brief Yard4All: Learning, inclusion and sustainability in the school yard
A Policy brief about the Yard4All project.
- Oct 18, 2022
- 3 min
Not all emoji (and who uses them) are equal
A team of researchers from CIS-Iscte has been investigating the use of emoji.
- Oct 10, 2022
- 2 min
Does music training improve auditory and language processing?
Summary of a recent publication from CIS-Iscte on the effects of music training on auditory and language processing.
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