Post-doctoral research fellow funded by the Science and Technology Foundation (ref: SFRH/BPD/99616/2014): Research project untitled "The (in)consistent use of authority by different significant familial and non-familial adults and the internalization of social norms".

Our project is submitted under support Area 3 - Analysis and Research, based on interdependent management, engagement & dissemination, and scientific work packages to fulfill three contributions. Our aim is to broaden knowledge of the effects of employment initiatives targeting rural NEETs, by creating a cross-country model of how policies influence PES tracking deliverance. Another goal is to enlarge the capacity of evaluating effects of employment initiatives for NEETs in rural areas, by validating impact assessment protocols for the most replicable programs of on-the-ground PES tracking support types, considering overall and specific groups of NEETs. A further target is to increase transnational use of impact studies among policymakers and researchers, by supporting their participation in developing/incorporating evidence-based impact methods for PES tracking evaluation.We address the Fund call vision by focusing on rural NEETs. These youths are ignored by research, hard to engage with, and challenged by multiple structural risk factors. We will concentrate on their vulnerabilities in the short-term by establishing a baseline for PES support types’ effectiveness in their employability indicators and, in the long-run, by setting an evaluation framework for effective PES tracking development. The consortium will rely on a sound multidisciplinary, theoretical and methodological approach, by concentrating on Baltic, South and Southeastern States with disparate rural NEETs’ proportions and different degrees of PES digitalization, adding meaningful variability to comparative analyses.

The aim of this COST action is to share knowledge, ideas and best-practices that can be integrated according to an existing meta-model of social reality cutting across multiple scientific disciplines: the bioecological model. The main assumption of the bioecological model is that protective and risks associated to personal development arise from permanent interactions occurring at four ecological layers: the microsystem, corresponding to individual characteristics; the exosystem, which conveys all informal interactions (e.g. with parents and friends); the mesosystem, covering the interactions with organizations providing formal support to individuals; and the macrosystem, dealing with dominant cultural values in a given space/time. Using this model as a framework will clarify how rural NEETs’ profile and developmental trajectories (microsystem), informal support (exosystem) and formal support (mesosystem) contribute to (or prevent) social exclusion, in the present socio-historical context (macro-system). To address its main challenge, as well as the related research and practical limitations, this COST action entails a 4-year work plan bringing youths, researchers from diverse scientific domains, local/regional/national NGOs, public service representatives, senior advisors from international bodies, youth advocacy organizations and decision-makers into the Rural NEET Youth Network (RNYN) around three operative Specific Goals (SG):(SG1) to build up future research capacity around the topic, especially in Eastern and Southern countries most affected by higher proportions of rural NEETs;(SG2) to establish an online observatory of rural NEETs that will serve as a synthesizer and clearing house for research data, methodological tools and best-practices concerning rural NEETs;(SG3) to foster knowledge use by policy makers and practitioners at local, regional, national and/or international levels.

Acompanhamento e surpervisão de projetos TEIP na zona de Lisboa e margem sul.

Project developer and training manager of several youth development projects:- MY PASSPORT [developed under a grant of the Access to Education Program - Philip Morris Foundation]- A PAR E PASSO (developed under a grant of Cidadania Ativa Program [EEA Grants/Gulbenkian Foundation];- TERRA NOSTRA - CAPACITAÇÃO COM RAÍZES [ developed under a grant of the EDP Foundation] - 3D [developed under a grant of the City Council of Angra do Heroísmo]- PROGRAMA REATIVAR [developed under a grant of the Education and Social Security Departments of Regional Government of The Azores]

Research on the nature and impact of school-based mentoring on the development of youth's basic psychological needs (relatedness, competence and autonomy)

Project developer and training manager of several youth development projects:Metodologia TUTAL (developed under a grant of EQUAL Initiative of the European Social Fund)Projeto Itineris - Sistema de aprendizagens globais para a empregabilidade (developed under a grant of EQUAL Initiative of the European Social Fund)