Author: William James Center for Research

Prof. Dr. Ingo Schlupp ( University of Oklahoma, USA) will give a lecture entitled “Instant speciation in a livebearing fish, the Amazon molly”. About the Speaker:Dr. Ingo Schlupp  is a Professor of Biology at the University of Oklahoma and Director of the International Stock Center of Livebearing Fishes. His research focuses on evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology, […]

Prof. Dr. Tânia Brandão (ISPA-Instituto Universitário, Portugal) will give a lecture entitled “Intervenção psicológica em grupo nas doenças crónicas” About the Speaker:Dr. Tânia Brandão is an Assistant Professor at ISPA – Instituto Universitário and co-director of the Master’s Degree in Health Psychology. She is an integrated researcher at the William James Center for Research, where […]

Prof. Dr. Bruce D. Bartholow (University of Iowa, USA) will give a lecture entitled “Reward dysregulation and risk for alcohol use disorder: A neurophysiological approach.” About the Speaker:Dr. Bruce D. Bartholow earned his PhD in Psychology from the University of Missouri (USA) in 2000. He is currently a Professor at the University of Iowa, having […]

Prof. Dr. António Manuel Duarte (University of Lisbon, Portugal) will give a lecture entitled “Psicologia da Apreciação da Arte”. About the Speaker:Dr. António Manuel Duarte is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Lisbon, where his teaching and research focus on the fields of Psychology of Art […]

Congratulations to Professor António J. Santos on being nominated as a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development.

Prof. Dr. Sara Cruz (University of Aveiro, Portugal) will give a lecture entitled “Neurodevelopment: Research Contributions on Typical and Atypical Development”. About the Speaker:Dr. Sara Cruz is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Education and Psychology, University of Aveiro. Her research lies in (neuro)developmental psychology, examining the interplay between brain function, cognition, and behaviour […]

Prof. Dr. Alex Kacelnik (University of Oxford, UK) will give a lecture entitled “How Parenting, deception, exploitation, reciprocity and vengeance: life in a bird community”. About the Speaker:Dr. Alex Kacelnik is an Emeritus professor of Behavioral Ecology at the University of Oxford (UK). He studied biology in Buenos Aires and completed a doctorate at Oxford […]

O WJCR e o ISPA informam a comunidade académica que o Professor Klaus Fiedler, da Universidade de Heidelberg, faleceu a 14 de maio de 2026. Este acontecimento representa uma grande perda para o campo da cognição social em geral, e em particular na Europa, uma vez que se tratava de um investigador com um papel […]

In the Jornal de Notícias article, P.h.D. student Afonso Borja Santos explores how childhood adversity and masculinity norms may influence youth delinquency and the role of socialisation in shaping behaviour. Read the article with Afonso Borja Santos, HERE.

Prof. Dr. David Gonçalves (Ispa – Instituto Universitário, Portugal) will give a lecture entitled “Fish Muay Thai: the Biology of Winning in Siamese Fighting Fish”. About the Speaker:Dr. David Gonçalves is an  Associate Professor at ISPA – Instituto Universitário. His research focuses on the physiological mechanisms and evolutionary implications of animal behavior, with particular emphasis […]