Docente
Ana Rita Boino Godinho Alves Farias

Resume

Prof. Ana Rita Farias obtained her PhD in Psychology from ISCTE. During her doctoral studies, she spent two years as a visiting scholar at Utrecht University (The Netherlands). Since 2014, she has held research positions at Utrecht University (NL), University of Wisconsin (USA), Católica Lisbon (PT), and University of Porto (PT). She currently holds a position as a Researcher and Assistant Professor at HEI-Lab, Lusófona University. In addition to her academic role, she has served as Principal Investigator (PI), consultant, or team member on 16 projects funded by various research agencies, including the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), European Innovation Council, Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation (FFMS), la Caixa Foundation, and the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). She is also the Director of the Behavior and Social Change in Context Lab (BeSCC Lab) at HEI-Lab, leading a dynamic research group that explores the complex interactions between human behavior and contextual influences. Over the past few years, Prof. Farias has made significant theoretical and empirical contributions, assumed leadership and coordination roles in scientific initiatives, and developed strong expertise in scientific training and supervision, including mentoring two postdoctoral fellows. She has authored over 90 academic outputs, including 4 books, 6 book chapters, 2 special issues, 26 peer-reviewed international journal articles (90% Q1, with a five-year median impact factor of 6.81), in journals such as Science Advances, Psychological Research, Social Psychology, Scientific Reports, Emotion, Acta Psychologica, eLife, and PLoS ONE. Her publication record also includes 3 conference proceedings, 3 published abstracts, and 4 technical reports. Since 2019, she has served as an external expert for the European Commission and the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia across multiple calls and initiatives. Her multidisciplinary expertise is reflected in her teaching portfolio, which includes courses such as Behavioral Economics, Psychology and Policy, Cyberpsychology, and Consumer Behavior. Prof. Farias remains deeply committed to mentoring young researchers and has actively involved undergraduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students in her research activities.

Graus

• Licenciatura
  Psicologia Aplicada
• Pós-Graduação
  Pós-Graduação em Análise de Dados com SPSS
• Doutoramento
  Psicologia
• Pós-doutoramento
  Psychology
• Pós-doutoramento
  Psychology/Business
• Pós-doutoramento
  Economics
• Título de especialista
  Advanced course in cognitive neuroscience methods for the social sciences EEG, ERP, fMRI, GSR and eye movement recording
• Título de especialista
  Advanced course in MATLAB
• Título de especialista
  Trainee in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

Publicações

Preprint

Software

Journal issue

• Behavioral Economics and Sustainable Public Policies

Journal article

• 2025-03-20, Unpacking Online Discourse on Bioplastics: Insights from Reddit Sentiment Analysis, Polymers
• 2025-03-07, Dataset of a national survey on online gambling activities among young people in Portugal., F1000Research
• 2025-01-21, Exploring Supply-Side Barriers for Commercialization of New Biopolymer Production Technologies: A Systematic Review, Sustainability
• 2024-10-01, The International Climate Psychology Collaboration, Scientific data
• 2024-10, Remote Work-Related Barriers: Exploring How Grit Relates to Self-Reported Productivity During COVID-19 Lockdown, Sage Open
• 2024-08-06, Dataset of a national survey on online gambling activities among young people in Portugal [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
• 2024-08, Carbon labeling on meals in a ferry canteen, Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing
• 2024-02-09, Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries, Science Advances
• 2024, BlindGame: The online gambling activities of Portuguese young people, Lacaixa Foundation - The Social Observatory
• 2023-12-19, Exploring the Interplay of Pro-Environmental Attitudes, Dietary Choices, and Packaging Preferences: A Virtual Reality Restaurant Scenario Study, Challenges
• 2023, Healthy Work Environment Ecosystems for Teleworking and Hybrid Working, Procedia Computer Science
• 2022-02-16, Why we’re wrong about nearly everything: a theory of human misunderstanding, The Social Science Journal
• 2022-02-13, The spatial grounding of politics, Psychological Research
• 2022, Why We are Wrong about Nearly Everything: A theory of human misunderstanding, by Bobby Duffy. New York, Basic Books, 2019. 296 pp. $28.00 paperback. ISBN: 978-1-5416-1808-4., The Social Science Journal
• 2021, The Effects of Temporal Discounting on Perceived Seriousness of Environmental Behavior: Exploring the Moderator Role of Consumer Attitudes Regarding Green Purchasing, Sustanability
• 2021, Grit and Productivity: work related barriers during COVID-19 lockdown., European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
• 2020, Drivers of willingness to adopt and pay for a home cooking app., The International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
• 2019-09-26, Messaging, monetary incentives, and participation in wellness programs, International Journal of Workplace Health Management
• 2019-05, Observing Synchrony in Dyads, Social Psychology
• 2019-04, Forecasting the duration of emotions: A motivational account and self-other differences., Emotion
• 2019, Observing synchrony in dyads effects on observers' expectations and intentions
• 2019, Grounding politics in space: Evidence from nonlinguistic tasks., Social Cognition
• 2018, Human chemosignals of disgust facilitate food judgment, Scientific Reports
• 2017-11-07, Consumer Based Market Intelligence: Behavioral Foundations of An Energy Control Platform—End User Profile for Behavioral Change, Proceedings
• 2016-05, Embodiment of abstract categories in space… grounding or mere compatibility effects? The case of politics, Acta Psychologica
• 2015, The scent of a handshake, eLife
• 2015, Chemical and physical warning signals: Common and distinct effects., Chemical Senses
• 2015, Brucella spp. Lumazine Synthase Induces a TLR4-Mediated Protective Response against B16 Melanoma in Mice, Plos One
• 2013-04-10, Converging Modalities Ground Abstract Categories: The Case of Politics, PLoS ONE
• 2010, “O espaço da política”: Avaliação da conotação política e da valência de uma lista de palavras, Laboratório de Psicologia

Thesis / Dissertation

• 2021, Master, Riscos psicossociais e indignidade no trabalho : um estudo com advogados
• 2021, Master, Remote work and wellbeing : the role of grit during Covid19 outbreak
• 2021, Master, Filling the gaps : prosociality and temporal discounting in the extended theory of planned behavior to predict green purchase intention
• 2021, Master, Comunicação organizacional : relação com o clima organizacional e a satisfação no trabalho em corpos de bombeiros portugueses
• 2020, Master, How purchase type influences customers´ engagement on brands´ social media platforms
• 2020, Master, Engagement on Instagram : emotions and content of picture posts in the luxury market
• 2020, Master, Do experiential posts increase consumer engagement on instagram? : exploring the effect of vividness and emotional appeal on experiential posts’ consumer engagement

Book

• 2023, Como comemos o que comemos. [How we eat what we eat]., Costa, A.I.A., Simão, C., Farias, A.R., Rodrigues, S., Lopes, C., Torres, D. & Rei, M., Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos
• 2023, 4th Annual Meeting of the Society for RiskAnalysis-Europe Iberian Chapter. Preparing for future risks: The role of risk science., A.R., Farias, Edições Universitárias Lusófonas
• 2022, Behavioural Economics and the Environment, Bucciol, Alessandro; Tavoni, Alessandro; Veronesi, Marcella, Routledge
• 2019, Psicologia – Economia & Negócios, A.R., Farias; Simão, C.; Gaspar, R., EDIÇÕES SÍLABO

Book chapter

• 2023, A shock doctrine for the climate, Pro-environmental behavior following natural disasters, Taylor and Francis
• 2022, A shock doctrine for the climate: Pro-environmental behavior following natural disasters., Behavioural Economics and the Environment: A Research Companion., Routledge
• 2021, Study on Behavioral Change Interventions and New Digital Technologies: An Energy-Saving Related Behaviors Survey, Current Approaches in Science and Technology Research Vol. 9, Book Publisher International (a part of SCIENCEDOMAIN International)
• 2021, Behavioral foundations of an energy control platform - end user profile for behavioral change., New Ideas Concerning Science and Technology.
• 2014, How many processes does it take to ground a concept?, Dual process theories of the social mind., Guilford Press
• 2011, Politicians in space: spatial grounding of politics., Percursos de investigação em psicologia social e organizacional, Edições Colibri

Newsletter article

• 2021, SCORAI - Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative: February newletter.
• 2017, me2 - Customer Survey, First me2 project newsletter

Report

• 2024-09-30, Risk management strategies & market opportunities for commercialisation of new biopolymer production technologies, https://research.ulusofona.pt/en/publications/6987eee2-f636-41f6-9e0a-7a44b202fd3a
• 2023-05-19, Exploring supply-side barriers for commercialization of new biopolymer production technologies: A systematic review, https://doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2023.5.0076
• 2023-01-17, Systematic Review on Digital Literacy Predictors, https://doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2023.1.0053
• 2017, Pre-pilot Report - Deliverable Fundo de Apoio à Inovação (FAI)
• 2017, Me2 Whitebook requirements - System specifications used in the first pilot phase, http://www.me2-project.eu/wa_files/Deliverable_20D1_1_me2.pdf
• 2017, me² INTEGRATED SMART CITY MOBILITY AND ENERGY PLATFORM Final Report, http://www.me2-project.eu/wa_files/Me2-publication_LR.pdf
• 2016-11-18, 2nd Consortium Meeting Lisbon - Minutes
• 2016-09, GAMIFICATION - SUMMARY, goo.gl/jeGwng
• 2016-08-15, Workshop/Meeting Lisbon - Minutes
• 2013-11, Travel grant report , https://www.easp.eu/getmedia.php/_media/easp/201510/76v0-orig.pdf

Working paper

• 2020, The cat is out of the bag: Using Mouselab to expose HIV discrimination.
• 2020, Just Do It: A Prescription for Lowering Stress Related to Planning a Business.
• 2020, Entrepreneurial Perceptions and Transition from Mere Planning to New Business Startup.
• 2020, Body Mass Index and Health Related Quality of Life Among Urban Adults in South Africa.
• 2020, An Apple (or Carrot) a Day Keeps the Stress Away.

Online resource

• 2024, Climate Intervention Webapp, https://climate-interventions.shinyapps.io/climate-interventions/
• 2020, A systematic review of the effects of digitally-mediated cooking interventions on millennials’ meal preparation behavior, diet quality and weight status., https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=143146
• 2015-03, People use handshakes to sniff each other out, https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-03/e-puh030215.php
• 2015-03, Handshakes May Engage Our Sense Of Smell, https://steamregister.com/handshakes-may-engage-our-sense-of-smell/

Website

• 2011, SMALL GROUP MEETING: Socially Situated Cognition ISCTE-Lisbon University Institute, graphic design and website of SMALL GROUP MEETING: Socially Situated Cognition 2011, http://smallgroupmeetingssc.wix.com/smallgroupmeetingssc2011

Conference abstract

• 2015-07-10, Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS), 37th Annual Meeting, Bonita Springs, Florida, 22–25 April 2015:

Conference poster

• 2021, Linking Prosocial Values and Temporal Discounting with the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior to Predict Green Purchase Intention , SPSP
• 2019-10-07, Understanding the motivational antecedents for adopting a cooking app. , Cook and Health Conference
• 2019-09, Evaluation of extreme events as challenges or threats to cope with
• 2019-08-05, Evaluation of extreme events as challenges or threats to cope with: Social media as a data source for stress measurement., Second Annual Meeting of the Society of Risk Analysis
• 2017-03, Integrated Smart GRID Cross-Functional Solutions for Optimized Synergetic Energy Distribution, Utilization Storage Technologies (inteGRIDy), Green Business Week
• 2017, Me2: Integrated smart city mobility and energy platform., Green Business Week
• 2016, In the eye of the beholder: Synchrony and shared goal attainment in dyads., Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research
• 2013-01-17, Multimodal grounding of social concepts., 14th Annual Meeting Society for Personality and Social Psychology
• 2012-01, "Spatial Grounding of Politics"., 14th Annual meeting of The Society of Personality and Social Psychology
• 2010-09-09, "Political wings": Crossmodal grounding of abstract concepts., Lisbon Workshop on Social Relations
• 2010-03-26, Dar Espaço à Política [Give space to politics]., V Encontro da Associação Portuguesa de Psicologia Experimental

Invention

• 2020, Mobile application 'PRIMEMEAL' A research-based behavioral change technique app to promote healthier food intake
• 2016, Behavioral Insight Concept (B..I.C.) Integrated behavioral insight concept model to behavioral change interventions. (Direct Link: goo.gl/8rxynK)

Dataset

• PLoS 2016 Garrido et al.
• Emotion duration forecasting, Simão, C., & Farias, A. R. (2021, February 25). Emotion duration forecasting. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/M4C72
• Appreciation predicts business online reputation, Description: Online reviews are critical for business thriving, but their management is not often effective. Using data from one Social Media platform, with more than 600 observations of public online interactions between business owners and customers, we showed that a strategic management of online reviews predicts a positive increment of online reputation. Publicly expressing gratitude (Study 1)

Other output

• 2014, Graphic Design
• 2013, Graphic Design – Cover book layout , C. Andrade, D. Garcia, S. Fernandes, T. Palma, V. Silva, M. B. Monteiro, & P. Castro (2013). Percursos de investigação em psicologia social e organizacional. Vol.5. (pp. 148) Lisboa: Colibri.