Docente
Cristiana Dias De Almeida

Resume

PhD in Social Work from the Faculty of Humanities of the Portuguese Catholic University and the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Coimbra (Interuniversity Doctoral Program in Social Work)-2022, with a thesis titled "Network Governance in Local Territories: from ideal to reality. Analysis of the Social Care and Support Service." Doctoral Research Fellow (reference SFRH/BD/132279/2017) funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (2017-2022). Master's degree in Sociology - specialization in local policies and decentralization: the new areas of the social (2009) (Master's thesis titled "Domestic Violence. What policies?") and Bachelor's degree in Sociology (2002) (Final Seminar in Sociology of Administration and Local Power on the theme of Partnerships and Local Development), at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra. Currently holds the position of Assistant Professor/Director of the bachelor's degree in social work at Lusófona University - University Centre of Porto. Conducts research activities at the Intrepid Lab - CETRAD - Centre for Transdisciplinary Studies for Development. Previously served as Assistant Professor in the bachelor's degree in social work at the Miguel Torga Higher Institute (2022/2023); at the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Catholic University of Braga (2021/2022); and Guest Lecturer/Assistant Professor (2018-2022) at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Coimbra. Published articles in specialized journals on social policies, network governance, social intervention, social innovation, and social impact assessment. Works in the field(s) of Social Sciences with an emphasis on Sociology, Social Work, Social Affairs, Other Social Science, and Political Sciences.

Graus

• Mestrado
  Master's degree in Sociology - specialization in local policies and decentralization
• Licenciatura
  Bachelor's degree in Sociology
• Doutoramento
  Social Work (Interuniversity Doctoral Program in Social Work)
• Pós-Graduação
  Evaluation of social programmes and projects

Publicações

Journal article

• 2023-08-02, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, VALUING DIVERSITY - A UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE / CONSTRUIR RELAÇÕES, VALORIZAR A DIVERSIDADE - UMA EXPERIÊNCIA UNIVERSITÁRIA, E-Revista de Estudos Interculturais
• 2023-08, The role of Activities of Daily Living in the empowerment process of people with disabilities, Revista Temas Sociais
• 2023, The importance of research in the training and professional practice of social workers: a literature review, Revista Ibero-Americana de Humanidades, Ciências e Educação
• 2023, Social Intervention with Homeless People: The role of national and local social policies / A Intervenção Social com Pessoas em Situação de Sem-Abrigo: O papel das políticas sociais de âmbito nacional e local, Revista Temas Sociais
• 2020-02-24, Welfare State in Portugal delegated powers or disclaims responsibility?
• 2018-04, Network Governance: strengths and weaknesses in the implementation of public policies / Governança: virtualidades e fragilidades na implantação de políticas públicas

Thesis / Dissertation

• 2022, PhD, Network Governance in Local Territories: from ideal to reality. Analysis of the Social Care and Support Service / Governança em territórios locais : do ideal à realidade : análise do Serviço de Atendimento e Acompanhamento Social
• 2000, Master, Domestic violence: what policies? The impact of social policies on combating domestic violence in the municipality of Montemor-o-Velho / Violência doméstica : que políticas? O impacto das políticas sociais no combate à violência doméstica no Concelho de Montemor-o-Velho

Book chapter

• 2022, Intimo Colorido: introductory reflections for new social entrepreneurs / Intimo Colorido: reflexões introdutórias para novos empreendedores sociais, Empreendedorismo Social e Intraempreendedorismo: Oportunidades para a Intervenc¸a~o Social Contempora^nea, Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra

Conference paper

• 2018, Local Social Intervention Network. A change in the governance model for social action policies in the fight against poverty and social exclusion / Rede Local de Intervenção Social. Uma mudança no modelo de governação nas políticas de ação social no combate à pobreza e exclusão social, II Congresso Ibero-Americano de Intervenção Social – Direitos Sociais e Exclusão

Conference abstract

• 2023-04-04, Governance models adopted to combat poverty and social exclusion in Portugal / Modelos de governança adotados no combate à pobreza e exclusão social em Portugal, XII Congresso Português de Sociologia
• 2023-04-04, Fighting poverty: between intention and action / Combate a pobreza: entre a intenção e a ação, XII Congresso Português de Sociologia
• 2023-04, Local governance models: the influence of human relationships in the "life cycle" of the social policies, ECSWR 2023 - 12th European Conference for Social Work Research
• 2022-08, Network governance in local territories: from ideal to reality, The international 'Social Work & Society' Academy (TiSSA) 2022 Conference - Sustainable social work in times of crises
• 2019-11, Contemporary Democracy: the role of network governance in social policy, VIII Internacional Conference of Sociology and Social Work 2019
• 2019-09-01, Local intervention based on logics of governance: social innovation or process innovation?, 11th International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC)
• 2019-06, Social impact assessment: What are the challenges for Social Work?