Francisco Simões

Full Member

Community, Education, and Development (CED)

Research interests

NEET youth in rural areas; agriculture and community development; adolescents' social support, social development and well-being; youth mentoring; inequalities; social inclusion

CV (Ciência-IUL)

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Short bio

Francisco Simões is a Researcher at CIS-Iscte and co-coordinator of the thematic line "Promoting Inclusion, Equality and Citizenship" at SociDigitalLab. He is Chair of COST Action 18213-Rural NEET Youth Network and lead PI in the Tr@ck-IN project funded by EEA Grants. His research explores the psychosocial analysis of school-to-work transition, focusing on social inclusion and well-being for vulnerable youth like NEETs.