Nuno Torres

Nuno Torres holds a PhD in Psychoanalytic Studies, at the University of Essex, U.K. He is editor of two books and has published more than 30 papers on national and international peer reviewed journals. His academic work is centered on developing a biopsychosocial model integrating socio-emotional developmental and psychoanalytic models to understand the developmental pathways to psychopathology. Presently Nuno’s main research interests are centered on social development of children.  More specifically 1) what is the role of Oxytocyn on preschoolers’ social behavior, social bonds and problem behaviours; 2) what is the effect of father involvement on child social development. He has taught courses in England and Lisbon both at graduate and undergraduate levels in Developmental psychology, Developmental psychopathology, Statistics, Research Methods and Psychoanalysis. He has expertise in both quantitative analysis and qualitative methods including auto-biographic in-depth interviews.