Resume
Catarina Possidónio holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon. Currently, she is a researcher at HEI-Lab: Digital Human-Environment Interaction Labs, and Assistant Professor at Universidade Lusófona and Instituto Piaget. Catarina has been supervising students across different institutions and acting as a reviewer for manuscripts submitted to renowned international scientific journals in Psychology. Additionally, she holds the position of Scientific Editor at PSICOLOGIA, the scientific journal of the Portuguese Psychology Association (APP). Specialized in social psychology and consumer behavior, Catarina is driven by a passion to advance scientific knowledge that facilitates transitions towards healthier, more sustainable, and ethical behaviors - focusing on (1) studying human-animal relationships, (2) promoting the adoption of plant-based diets and (3) the adoption of bioplastic products in everyday consumption patterns. Working with different methodologies, including quantitative and qualitative data analysis, her research work has been published in esteemed international scientific journals and has been presented at several national and international conferences, communicating key findings to different audiences. Motivated to design and implement research studies that deliver relevant insights and actionable recommendations, Catarina strives to make a meaningful impact in promoting more sustainable societies.
Graus
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DoutoramentoPsicologia
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MestradoPsicologia Social e das Organizações
Publicações
Artigo em revista
- 2026-02-03, Bioplastics, from promise to reality: Policy recommendations to accelerate industry adoption, Open Research Europe
- 2025-11-19, Predicting digital literacy: A systematic review of digital competence, usage, and transformation, Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies
- 2025-09-12, Consumer demand for bioplastics: an umbrella review of barriers and recommendations, Journal of Risk Research
- 2025-04-15, O papel do capital psicológico e do suporte social no ajustamento académico e bem-estar psicológico no ensino superior português, Revista Lusófona de Educação, i-xix
- 2025-03, Online emotional response towards Bioplastics: Insights from Sentiment Analysis on Reddit, Polymers
- 2025-01-21, Exploring Supply-Side Barriers for Commercialization of New Biopolymer Production Technologies: A Systematic Review, Sustainability
- 2025, Consumer demand for bioplastics : an umbrella review of barriers and recommendations
- 2022, An appetite for meat? Disentangling the influence of animal resemblance and familiarity
- 2021-12-18, An appetite for meat? Disentangling the influence of animal resemblance and familiarity, Appetite
- 2021-06-01, From pets to pests: Testing the scope of the “Pets as Ambassadors” hypothesis, Anthrozoös
- 2021, From Pets to Pests: Testing the Scope of the “Pets as Ambassadors” Hypothesis
- 2021, Consumer perceptions of conventional and alternative protein sources: a mixed-methods approach with meal and product framing , Appetite
- 2021, Consumer perceptions of conventional and alternative protein sources: A mixed-methods approach with meal and product framing
- 2019-07-24, Animal images database: validation of 120 images for human-animal studies, Animals
- 2019, Animal images database: validation of 120 images for human-animal studies
- 2019, Animal Images Database: Validation of 120 Images for Human-Animal Studies
Tese / Dissertação
- 2025, Mestrado, TRABALHAR POR TURNOS? CONSEQUÊNCIAS NO BEM-ESTAR FÍSICO E PSICOLÓGICO DOS TRABALHADORES
- 2025, Mestrado, O PAPEL DO CAPITAL PSICOLÓGICO E DO ENVOLVIMENTO NO TRABALHO NA RELAÇÃO ENTRE A INTELIGÊNCIA EMOCIONAL E O DESEMPENHO PROFISSIONAL EM PROFISSIONAIS DE EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA
- 2022, Doutoramento, Meet your meat: Psychological factors impacting on attitudes towards animals, their consumption, and plant based alternatives
- 2016, Mestrado, Am I too cute to eat? The effect of cuteness appeal on the promotion of a more plant-based diet
- 2016, Mestrado, Am I too cute to eat? The effect of cuteness appeal on the promotion of a more plant-based diet
Capítulo de livro
- 2025, Climate Change Adaptation for Disaster Risk Reduction
Revisão de livro
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Relatório
- 2024, Risk management strategies & market opportunities for commercialisation of new biopolymer production technologies, http://hdl.handle.net/10437/15140
- 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
Artigo em conferência
- 2025-02, Biopolymer production: Market opportunities, challenges and consumer acceptance , XVII Congreso de Psicología Ambiental – PSICAMB
Resumo em conferência
- 2025-02, Turning eco-anxiety into pro-environmental behaviour: Risk perception as mediator , XVII Congreso de Psicología Ambiental
- 2024-06-03, Translating eco-anxiety into proenvironmental behaviour: The mediation of risk perception [Paper Presentation]., 32nd Society for Risk Analysis -Europe
Poster em conferência
- 2024-09-01, Exploring the relation between eco-anxiety and risk perception and their effect on pro-environmental behavior, 5th SRA-E Iberian Chapter Meeting
Outra produção
- 2022, From meat to beets: Exploring pathways towards more sustainable meat alternatives, 27th IAPS
- 2022, From meat to beets: Exploring pathways towards healthier meat alternatives, 1ª Conferência de Saúde Societal
- 2021, Meet your meat: The effect of familiarity and animal resemblance on meat consumption and substitution, XVI PhD Meeting
- 2021, Meet your meat: How to trigger transitions towards more plant-based diets, 5th LiSP Annual Meeting
- 2021, It’s the veggie effect! The halo effect on consumers' perceptions of meat alternatives, XVI PhD Meeting
- 2021, How to trigger transitions towards more sustainable and healthier diets, Encontro Ciência 2021
- 2021, From meat to beets: Exploring pathways to more plant-forward diets, Psychology of Human-Animal Intergroup Relations (PHAIR Society)
- 2021, From meat to beets - Exploring pathways to more plant-forward diets, Society for the Psychology of Human-Animal Intergroup Relations (PHAIR)
- 2021, An Appetite for Meat? Disentangling the Influence of Animal Resemblance and Familiarity, Pangborn Symposium
- 2020, Meet your meat: The effect of meat-animal association on meat consumption and substitution, 4th LiSP Annual Meeting
- 2019, Primeiro estranha-se, depois entranha-se!? Percepções de consumidores face a produtos alternativos ao consumo de carne, Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia
- 2019, Perceptions toward meat alternatives, XV PhD Meeting
- 2019, Minding animals: Validation of a large set of open-source animal images on 11 evaluative dimensions, 3rd LiSP Annual Meeting
- 2019, How do people perceive meat and alternatives to meat consumption?, Bridg’it
- 2019, Animal.ID – Animal Images Database: Validation of Animal Images on 11 Evaluative Dimensions, International Convention of Psychological Science (Paris)
- 2018, Todos os animais são iguais?, Animais-companheiros nas vidas dos humanos: Desafios sociais e éticos
- 2018, Meet your meat: The effect of meat-animal association on meat consumption and substitution., XIV PhD Meeting in Social and Organizational Psychology
- 2017, Meet your meat: The effect of meat-animal association on meat consumption and substitution, 2nd LiSP Annual Meeting
- 2016, Am I too cute to eat? the effect of cuteness appeal towards the promotion of a more plant-based diet, XII PHD Meeting in Social and Organizational Psychology
