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Professor Dr. Michel Regenwetter (Department of Psychology – University of Illinois, USA) will give a workshop entitled “Heterogeneity of Behavior: Order-Constrained Modeling and Data Analytics”. Synopsis:. This workshop addresses a conceptual, mathematical, and statistical framework to model heterogeneity of behavior and better understand the scope of psychological theory. . Workshop participants will learn to move […]

O Programa MOON é um programa novo de prevenção da violência sexual que surge da necessidade urgente de combater esta forma de violência. Em apenas cinco sessões online, que podes completar ao teu ritmo, vais poder aprender como reconhecer situações de risco; quando deves intervir para ajudar e como podes fazê-lo! Se tens interesse, pelo […]

Prof. Dr. Joachim Krueger (Brown University, USA) will give a lecture entitled “Heuristic trust”. When/Where: 26th March 2025, 14h00 – 15h00, at Ispa – Instituto Universitário (Sala de Atos). Mandatory registration at wjrc@ispa.pt

Professor Sandra Soares (WJCR, Universidade de Aveiro) has been appointed to the new National Council for Pedagogical Innovation in Higher Education/Conselho Nacional para a Inovação Pedagógica no Ensino Superior (CNIPES), an initiative aimed at enhancing the quality of education and contributing to the success and well-being of academic communities in Portugal. Please find detailed information […]

The research conducted by Professor Gün Semin (WJCR, Ispa – Instituto Universitário) focusing on the communication of emotions via chemosignals such as body odor, integrates the documentary “Odorat – à la recherche du sens perdu” (Smell: In search of the lost sense),  directed by Cosima Dannoritzer The documentary will air on ARTE TV (France) on […]

Dr. Magda Saraiva (William James Center for Research, Ispa – Instituto Universitário) will give a lecture entitled “Acceptance and correction of misinformation in social interaction contexts”. When/Where: 18th December 2024, 14h00 – 15h00, at Universidade de Aveiro (Auditorium 5.3.27). Those interested can also attend via Zoom. Please email wjrc@ispa.pt for registration and Zoom access details.

A Semana da Ciência e Tecnologia 2024 irá decorrer de 18 a 24 de novembro 2024. Neste âmbito, os investigadores WJCR Inês Mares e Jorge Martins irão dar uma palestra sobre as origens históricas da eletroencefalografia, as suas bases biológicas e algumas das suas aplicações atuais perspetivas futuras.Esta palestra tem como foco o uso do […]

The William James Center for Research (WJCR) is pleased to announce that Ana Filipa Santos will defend her Ph.D. thesis on the 25th October 2024, at 14h30 – Sala de Atos, Ispa – Instituto Universitário. The thesis is entitled “Connecting, feeling, and eating: Understanding the role of attachment and emotion regulation in preschoolers’ obesity risk”, […]

The WJCR is pleased to announce that the “International Conference on Developmental and Life-Course Criminology: Bringing Developmental Criminology to the Core of Crime Prevention Policies” will take place on the 4th November 2024 in Ispa – Instituto Universitário (Lisbon, Portugal). The conference will unite world leading experts in Developmental and Life-Course Criminology to discusss emerging topics […]

Prof. Dr. Susana R. Patton (Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA) will give a lecture entitled “Home sweet home – Using mHealth to deliver behavioral treatmens to youth with Type I Diabetes outside of clinic”. When/Where: 15th October 2024, 12h30 – 13h30, at Ispa – Instituto Universitário (Sala de Atos). Attendace is free.