Organization and Speakers Bionotes

Scientific Committee

Ana Isabel Sani (Forensic Psychologist; Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of University Fernando Pessoa; CIEC, University of Minho; Member of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation).

Carina Fernandes (Neuropsychologist; Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of University Fernando Pessoa; Member of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation).

Carla Fonte (Psychologist and Psychotherapist; Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of University Fernando Pessoa; Coordinator of the Master’s in Clinical and Health Psychology; Member of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation)

Diogo Vidal (Sociologist of society–nature relations and social futures; Portuguese Open University; Centre for Functional Ecology of the University of Coimbra; Member of the  network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation)

Eduardo Paz Barroso (Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of University Fernando Pessoa; LacCom/UBI; Member of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation)

Elsa Simões (Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of University Fernando Pessoa; Member of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation)

José Calheiros (School of Medicine of Fernando Pessoa University; Member of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation)

Laura Nunes (Juridical Psychologist; Faculty of Human and Social Sciences; Member of the network Composing Worlds-Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation; Research Centre for Justice and Governance (JusGov)-University of Minho).

Luis Santos (Clinical Psychologist; Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of University Fernando Pessoa).

Marina Lencastre (Evolutionary Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist, Nature and Mental Health, Coordinator of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation)

Pedro Cunha (Psychologist and Psychotherapist; Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of University Fernando Pessoa, Member of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being)

Rui Estrada (Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of University Fernando Pessoa; CITCEM, University of Porto; Coordinator of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation)

Sandra Tuna (Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of University Fernando Pessoa; Member of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation).

Susana Magalhães (iI3S University of Porto; Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of University Fernando Pessoa; Member of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation ).

Susana Marinho (Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa; Co-coordinator of Special Education: Inclusive Education Master’s Degree; member of International Chair in Bioethics, Fernando Pessoa)

Teresa Toldy (Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of University Fernando Pessoa, Coordinator of the International Chair of Bioethics FFP, Member of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being).

Speakers Bionotes

Alexandra Bloch-Atefi (alexandra.bloch-atefi@adelaide.edu.au): Registered psychotherapist and clinical supervisor and Program Director for the Graduate in Counselling and Psychotherapy within the School of Public Health at the University of Adelaide. Program Lead of the Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy. Holds memberships with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia and the Australian Psychological Society.

Ana Maria Brandão (anabrandao@ics.uminho.pt): Sociologist, Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Minho and Integrated Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Social Sciences of the University of Minho (CICS.NOVA.UMinho). She is currently coordinator of CICS.NOVA.UMinho and Director of Configurações: Revista de Ciências Sociais.

Ana Paula da Silva Pereira (appereira@ie.uminho.pt): Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Human Sciences of Education at the Institute of Education, University of Minho; Coordinator of the Master’s degree in Special Education/Early Childhood Intervention (ECI), integrated researcher at the Research Centre on Child Studies. Scientific interests focused on the field of ECI.

Carla Mendes Pereira (carla.pereira@ess.ips.pt): Adjunct Professor at the School of Health Sciences, Polytechnic University of Setúbal (ESS/IPS). She holds a PhD in Rehabilitation from St George’s, University of London (2017).

Carlos Campos (carlosm.martins.campos@gmail.com and carlos.campos@ulusofona.pt): neuroscience researcher that focuses his research on the interoceptive foundations of social behavior, empathy, and psychopathology through behavioral and neurophysiological approaches.

Dalva Poyares (dpoyares@gmail.com): Medical degree FURJ, PhD Neuroscience FUSP. Adjunct Professor at Department of Psychobiology FUSP and at Research Incentive Fund Association. Postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University, USA. Specialist from the American Society of Sleep Medicine. President of Brazilian Association of Sleep Medicine and board of directors of the World Sleep Society.

David R. Kopacz (davidkopacz369@gmail.com): Psychiatrist, author, artist, yoga teacher. Holistic and creative healing in US and New Zealand. Author of Caring for Self & Others: Transforming Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Soul Loss and Re-humanizing Medicine; with Joseph Rael of Walking the Medicine Wheel, Becoming Medicine, Becoming Who You Are, children’s book, A Bowl Full of Ideas for Inventive Minds.

Fátima Alves (fatimaa@uab.pt): Holds a PhD in Sociology and is a Professor at the Open University (Portugal). Senior researcher at the Centre for Functional Ecology (University of Coimbra), she coordinates the group “Societies and Environmental Sustainability” and its extension at Open University. Her research explores socioecological relations, health and environment, interdisciplinarity, and interculturality.

Organizing Committee

Ana Isabel Sani (Forensic Psychologist; Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of University Fernando Pessoa; CIEC, University of Minho; Member of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation).

Carina Fernandes(Neuropsychologist; Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of University Fernando Pessoa;Member of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation ).

Carla Fonte (Clinical Psychologist; Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of University Fernando Pessoa; Coordinator of the Master’s in Clinical and Health Psychology; Member of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation)

Diogo Vidal (Sociologist; Portuguese Open University; Centre for Functional Ecology of the University of Coimbra; Member of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation)

Eduardo Paz Barroso (Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of University Fernando Pessoa; Member of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation)

Elsa Simões (Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of University Fernando Pessoa; Member of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation)

José Calheiros (School of Medicine of Fernando Pessoa University; Member of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation)

Laura Nunes (Juridical Psychologist; Faculty of Human and Social Sciences; Member of Composing Worlds-Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation; Research Centre for Justice and Governance (JusGov)-University of Minho).

Luis Santos(Clinical Psychologist; Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of University Fernando Pessoa).

Marina Lencastre (Evolutionary Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist, Nature and Mental Health, Coordinator of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation)

Paula Dias (Image and Communication Cabinet of Fernando Pessoa University)

Pedro Cunha (Psychologist and Psychotherapist; Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of University Fernando Pessoa, Member of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being)

Rui Estrada (Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of University Fernando Pessoa; CITCEM, University of Porto; Coordinator of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation)

Susana Magalhães (iI3S University of Porto; Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of University Fernando Pessoa; Member of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being, Fernando Pessoa Foundation ).

Susana Marinho (Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa; Co-coordinator of Special Education: Inclusive Education Master’s Degree; member of International Chair in Bioethics, Fernando Pessoa)

Teresa Toldy (Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of University Fernando Pessoa, Coordinator of the International Chair of Bioethics FFP, Member of the network Composing Worlds. Humanities, Health and Well-Being).

Speakers Bionotes

Hugo S. Gomes (hugo.santos.gomes@gmail.com): is a Fulbright Scholar, Invited Professor at the School of Criminology, University of Porto, and Junior Researcher at the Institute of Public Health (ISPUP), Portugal. His research examines the development of criminal and violent behavior across the life-course, drawing on multiple longitudinal studies.

Manuel Cardoso (mc@broteria.org): A Jesuit since 2006, he completed a Master’s degree in Theology at the Centre Sèvres and another in Political Studies at the EHESS, Paris. He recently completed a PhD on the public policies of Thomas Hobbes, also at the EHESS. He served as Deputy Editor of the journal from 2019 to 2024 and is currently Director General of Brotéria.

Manuel Pinto (mpinto@ics.uminho.pt): Emeritus Full Professor at the University of Minho, where he serves on the Ethics Council and co-directs an observatory on media literacy. He was a journalist and Readers’ Ombudsman at Jornal de Notícias and a professor of Communication Sciences and Journalism at the University of Minho. He currently works pro bono for the digital newspaper SeteMargens.

Manuel Portela (mportela@fl.uc.pt): Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Coimbra. My research addresses writing and reading media and their impact on literary forms and practices. Main publications: Literary Simulation and the Digital Humanities (Bloomsbury, 2022); Scripting Reading Motions (MIT Press, 2013)

Marcos Nascimento (marcos.nascimento@fiocruz.br): Brazilian Psychologist, PhD in Public Health, Director of the GENSEX - Center of Studies on Gender, Sexuality, and Health at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His interests include masculinities, men´s health, and violence prevention.

Marta Silva (marta.silva@cig.gov.pt): Holds a degree in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Psychotherapy and Health Psychology; since 2009, Coordinator of the Unit for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Gender-Based Violence at the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality; Coordinator of national and transnational projects in the fields of domestic violence and gender-based violence.

Miguel Tamen (mtamen@letras.ulisboa.pt):  Chair of the Program in Literary Theory, at the University of Lisbon, and Director of the Gulbenkian institute for Advanced Study.  His latest book, with Brett Bourbon, is Thinking with Words: A Literary Groundwork. (NY: Routledge. 2025).

Nuno Rodrigues Silva (ruxnux@gmail.com): M.D., specialist in Psychiatry. Mindfulness group therapist. Ph.D. student in Clinical Research and Healthcare Services, left unfinished. Private practice at various medical institutions. Specialized in treatment-resistant mood disorders. Interventional psychiatry: electroconvulsive therapy, therapeutic use of ketamine and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. 

Rui Araújo (rmma22@gmail.com): Medical specialist in Neurology. PhD in Medical Sciences from Radboud University. Fellow of the European Board of Neurology and of the European Academy of Neurology. Head of the Neurology Department at CUF Porto Hospital. Invited Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto. Dedicated to neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease).