My research career has developed through my participation in research projects on different topics in Psychology. In 2012, I joined Prof. António Diniz’s research seminar at the University of Évora to support the research team on a project concerning aging success indicators. In 2013, under the supervision of Prof. Fátima Bernardo, I devised a research project to delve deeper into social issues, focusing on the contents and processes of place identity. In the same year, I enrolled in the Master’s degree program in Applied Psychology at the University of Minho. As a component of this program, I had the opportunity to join Prof. Bárbara Figueiredo’s “Family and Development” research lab. Thanks to one of the lab’s projects, I could return to a human lifecycle topic: the transition to fatherhood. My participation in this longitudinal study resulted in my Master’s thesis concerning attachment orientation and caretaking memories in this population.

My experience in the field of psychology intervention was also shaped by similar topics. For instance, in 2014, as a volunteer intern at the Educational Program Department of the SOS Children’s Villages Cabo Verde, I designed and implemented differentiated psychoeducational programs tackling the needs of institutionalized youth and the broader community.

I resumed my research career in early 2024, when I became a research fellow in the project “There’s No Planet B: Adolescents’ Agency Towards Climate Change”, led by Dr. Jennifer Cunha. This opportunity enabled me to deepen my previous background to address a pressing environmental and societal issue with significant practical implications in the Portuguese formal education system. In parallel, I have been attending the Self-Regulated Learning Research Group, coordinated by Professor Pedro Rosário at the School of Psychology (University of Minho).