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- University students' perceptions of the impact of service-learning on the final beneficiariesPublication . Ribeiro, Luísa Mota; Miranda, Francisca; Oliveira, Ana; Correia, Maria; Ribeiro, Célia; Peixoto, Ricardo; Dias, Paulo César; Themudo, Carmo; Costa, Helena Gil da; Costa, Joana Cunha e; Silva, Marta; Pona, Rita Paiva eService-learning (SL) is a methodology that contributes to outcomes in students' academic learning, civic participation, and personal growth (Bringle & Clayton, 2021). There are several studies that analyze the impact of SL on university students (e.g., Allen et al., 2021; Fong et al., 2021; Samino García, 2023; Smith et al., 2021). However, research focused on the impact of SL on final beneficiaries is still scarce. The present study aimed to analyze university students’ perceptions regarding the perceived impact of SL experiences on the final beneficiaries. It may be challenging to directly access the final beneficiaries to assess the impact or there might be ethical restrictions on collecting sensitive data from them. We believe that students’ perceptions can provide valuable insights into the perceived impact on the final beneficiaries, considering their direct involvement in the activities and their deeper understanding of the changes and benefits they observe. Moreover, adopting this research approach allow us to give voice to university students, recognizing the significance of their perceptions and interpretations as active and reflective participants. This study involved 58 students from Universidade Católica Portuguesa, mostly female (77.6%) and aged between 19 and 61 years (M = 24.11; SD = 8.55). Students were enrolled in different programs (management, nursing, psychology, and social work) and were involved in 9 different SL projects. Most of the students developed SL projects in elderly care home/day care center, but there were also SL projects in daycare/kindergarten/school, institution that supports vulnerable families, community intervention project, foster home, and institution that supports social reinsertion. Thus, the final beneficiaries of the SL projects included elderly people (mostly), children and/or youth, homeless people, vulnerable families, and people with addiction problems. After the conclusion of the SL projects, students were asked to complete an online questionnaire that included an open-ended item about the impact of the projects on the final beneficiaries (“Analyze how the service developed had an impact on the community/final beneficiaries (group of people addressed by the project)”). Data were analyzed using NVIVO. The results point to a perceived positive impact of the SL projects on the final beneficiaries, in several domains, such as: high satisfaction/enthusiasm, improved quality of life, improved health, higher self-esteem, reintegration into society, development of knowledge (e.g., about managing emotions). The results contribute to understand the perceived impact of the SL methodology on the final beneficiaries, a topic that has been understudied in the literature. Practical implications will be discussed, considering practical guidelines for the design and improvement of future SL projects.
- Working with social robots. An exploratory study through the lenses of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)Publication . Giger, Jean-Christophe; Piçarra, Nuno; Pochwatko, GrzegorzRecent years saw the robots' role at work progressing from tool to partner (Warta et al, 2016). These changes in the work place require a behavioral outlook. In the present study, 90 participants where show a video of three social robots (robots designed to interact and collaborate with people, to engage them at an interpersonal and socio-affective level [Breazeal, 2008]). These robots represented three different design approaches, mechanical, humanoid and android, with participants randomly assigned to one of the three conditions. After listening to a short explanation about the social robot's features and function and watching a short film, they were asked to complete the following rating scales: usefulness, ease of use, attitude towards working with social robots and intention to work with social robots in the near future. The first analysis studied the effects of different robot design on the perception of the robot's usefulness, ease of use and intention to work using a multiple analysis of variance. The second analysis studied the usefulness of the TAM in understanding the intention to work with social robots conducting a hierarchical multiple regression analysis. Results show that, the more the robot design is human-like the less it is perceived as useful and easy to use. Robot design accounted for 6% of the explained variance of the intention to work with a social robot. The inclusion of the variables from TAM increased the amount of variance explained to 58%, thus underlining the importance of socio-cognitive factors in human-robot interactions.
- Improving morbidity information in Portugal: evidence from data linkage of Covid-19 cases surveillance and mortality systemsPublication . Feteira-Santos, R.; Camarinha, C.; Nobre, M. de Araújo; Elias, C.; Costa, A.; Bacelar-Nicolau, L.; Furtado, C.; Nogueira, P.
- See the change! - using visual storytelling in NGO strategic communicationPublication . Teixeira, PauloAt a time when change seems to be the norm and all human systems seem to be permanently and persistently changing at a faster pace than ever, one of the key capacities needed for organisations to survive, grow and evolve is to change and adapt to change. This fast paced ever changing world makes it difficult for Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs), specially those that work for social inclusion or that advocate for social causes, to make people stop and see what is, in the vast majority of cases, invisible and distant to them. All over the world, XXI Century NGOs battle to make social issues and the positive social change that they accomplish seen, understood and given importance by donors, actual and potential, and society as a whole. As one might imagine this is not an easy task, social problems are complex, uneasy realities, that usually don’t appeal to those not involved and social programmes, projects and interventions are full of technical and social data (indicators and metrics) not easily decoded and understood by those who are not trained in social sciences. Even more, this is an area where populism, demagogic rhetoric and even hate speech are more present each day, posing more and new challenges to these NGOs communication. In this paper we will look into the use of photography and photography based visual storytelling in strategic communication by NGOs (in this case Portuguese NGOs) to give visibility to social issues and communicate the social change or even social impact that they are able to promote through their projects and interventions. We will start by discussing the, already mentioned, challenges that all NGO Communication Strategies must address, and look into the importance of having a strong strategic communication, aligned with organisational purpose and mission, to achieve goals like awareness, engagement and fundraising. Then we will suggest that Storytelling is a communicational tool that is being used more and more each day by organisations and managers and a fundamental tool for successful NGO communication. History and stories are how most, if not all, of us have learned and retained most of the information, concepts and social codes that have been passed on to us, and that we have retained and operationalised in our socialisation practices and processes. The narratives create a context of "interest" and involvement that captures the attention and a mental imagery facilitating the passage of information. It is for this reason that storytelling and narrative creation can play such a relevant role when we want to "pass" strategic messages. In this paper we will focus our attention on how the use of the visual elements, in this case photography, can enhance the, already significant, power of storytelling. Authors such as Shani Orgad explore the dimensions and roles that strategic communication and the use of visual storytelling can have at different levels within NGOs, creating bridges between their mission and functions such as fundraising or advocacy. As photography supported visual storytelling is the focus of this paper, we will reflect on the power of photography to impress, pass emotions and involve viewers, specially when we talk about social problems and social change. From the ideas of Susan Sontag on the power of photography to the specific use of photography to impress and engage audiences on social issues, presented in works by authors like Alice Baroni, Lillie Chouliaraki, Jane Davison, Tiffany Fairey, Marta Zarzycka or Barbie Zelizer. We will look into the specific role that photography can have in passing stories and emotions that can be fundamental both to make the invisible visible and to raise support, tangible or intangible, for social causes. It is with that framework in mind that we analyse how three Portuguese NGOs use (or not) photography and visual storytelling in their websites and social media and if those uses are in line with their purpose, mission and objectives. Finally we will present some main conclusions on the use of photographic visual storytelling by these NGOs and draw some reflections on what could be done to maximise their impact and make them more inline with the theoretical framework used in this paper and is part of a broader research for a PhD in Communication Studies.
- Patients with delayed sleep-wake phase disorder sleep less during daylight saving timePublication . Reis, Cátia; Pilz, Luísa K.; Kramer, Achim; Lopes, Luísa Vaqueiro; Paiva, Teresa; Roenneberg, Till
- An elephant in the room? (Re)building possibilities and challenges for promoting relationships between supervisors and PhD students at neoliberal universityPublication . Jesus, Antonela PereiraPhD student pathway studies demonstrate how this teaching cycle has high dropout, dissatisfaction, and mental health problems (McAlpine & Norton, 2006; Stubb, Pyhältö & Lonka, 2011; Anttila et al., 2015; Levecque et al., 2017). These are problems with external and internal factors that play against each other and the relationship with supervisors is a widely recognized aspect to minimize and, in certain situations, prevent such situations (Dharmananda & Kahl, 2012; Filho & Martins, 2006; Hunter & Devine, 2016). However, this relationship can serve both as a source of support and as a critical element (Schmidt & Hansson, 2018). These relationships are contextualized in a neoliberal culture, including the imposition of the “publish or perish culture” in which teaching and pedagogy lose strength in the face of research understood as an end in itself (Moosa, 2018). Considering the commitment of social work to the promotion of human relations both in formationWeidman & Stein, 2003) and in practice (IFSW, 2014)this paper proposes to analyze and understand students' experiences and perceptions regarding the doctoral supervision relationship, in today’s context. More specifically, this work deepens the students' conceptions about the following aspects: i) the reasons that led to the choice of the supervisor and the expectations regarding this process, namely in terms of the support received and in the academic socialization; ii) satisfaction with the relationship, favoring the characteristics and competences indicated in this area, the components of the support received as well as their articulation with critical moments in the doctoral course; iii) the way they envisage the repercussions of neoliberal logic in academia including, but not limited to, their articulation with the frequency and quality of the supervisory process; iv) and finally the way they perceive the supervisor as a role model of professional socialization, in the investigative and pedagogical aspect., this research is a qualitative, descriptive and phenomenological study using semi-structured interviews with 15 students from the 2nd and 3rd year of PhD.
- Remote work, career strategies and organisational challenges by the European countries in the post-2019 pandemic scenario: preliminary results of the EURECA projectPublication . Piteira, Margarida; Pinto, Joana Carneiro; Cervai, Sara; Hildred, Kiall; Corte, Catarina; Duarte, Rosana; Martinis, MartinaCurrent work intends to present the preliminary results of an international project (EURECA) developed by a team from Católica Research Centre for Psychological, Family and Social Wellbeing of Faculdade de Ciências Humanas/Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP), SOCIUS/CSG/Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa (ISCAL)/Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa (IPL), and Università degli Studi di Trieste (UniTs, Italy). The EURECA Project, still in progress, seeks to understand the career management strategies and remote work design in response to the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. Quantitative and qualitative studies have resulted from the project. Data collection took place between 2022/2023 in several European countries. The quantitative studies (4 in total) were based on a questionnaire assessing career dimensions, and a total of 739 European hybrid workers have participated in it. These 4 studies have highlighted: (1) perceived (objective and subjective) career success; (2) strategic career behaviours among European remote workers; (3) country-Level Individualism vs Collectivism comparisons; and, (4) a comparative study between Poland and Portugal on remote working and career management. Regarding the qualitative data, two case studies were generated (Italy and Portugal), and 17 organisations were observed. The main objective of the latter was to understand the role of remote work for career management and the resulting organisational challenges. Theoretical, methodological, and practical implications are further discussed and avenues for future research advanced.
- Social work students voices: lessons learned from the pandemicPublication . Jesus, Antonela Filipa Spínola Rodrigues; Barata, RitaThe closure of universities and the transition to online education due to the COVID-19 crisis, led to a period of change in contexts characterized by face-to-face education (McFadden et al., 2020). In this pandemic period, the SW literature has addressed the use of digital technology during their stay at home (Papouli, Chatzifotiou & Tsairidis, 2020), the experiences of BSW and MSW students during the COVID-19 pandemic (Paceley et al., 2021), field instructors and students in order to analyze difficulties and innovations in internships (Csoba & Diebel, 2020), good practices developed by universities (Morley & Clarke, 2020) and the access conditions of students in (a emerging) online education, also comparing online with face-to-face teaching (Dinh & Nguyen, 2020). With this background, this study explores the perspectives of social work students of the bachelor's degree in Portugal on experiences in the online teaching-learning process, through the deepening of the following aspects: (i). access and conditions for online emergency education at home (e.g. specific space for study, access and quality of the internet); (ii). perspectives on the online teaching experience (positive and negative aspects, access to educational materials, motivation, interpersonal relationships, among others); (iii). pedagogical practices and activities (frequency, importance, and adaptation); (iv). Satisfaction with emergency online education in general, deepening several dimensions. Data collection was carried out with an online survey, with open and closed questions (according to the dimensions identified), and participants were recruited from social networks. The data obtained through the closed questions of the survey are subject of treatment and quantitative analysis, with descriptive statistics, with the SPSS software. Qualitative data analysis was conducted through content analysis. We conclude the presentation with the implications of the students' perspective to identify innovative practices and the possibility to rethink curricula and practices for the post-pandemic future and eventual moments of crisis.
- The old-age social minima in Portugal: policy trajectory, trends and adequacyPublication . Branco, FranciscoThe paper focuses on the old-age social minima in Portugal, considering the first layer of social protection in old age, that consists of the minimum pension of contributory system (MP), the social pension (SP) and the Solidarity Supplement for the Elderly (SSE), two non-contributory social minima for the elderly. The Portuguese old-age social minimum are also composed by several additional supplements. The paper adopts, despite the use a statistical quantitative data, mainly, a qualitative approach following an historical institutionalism orientation. Two dimensions will be explored. Firstly, the policy trajectories of the old-age regime of social minima in Portugal, looking at the main drivers of the policy changes that occurred since their creation and the recent trends observed. Secondly, the features and the analysis of the patterns of adequacy proportioned by these different social minima, namely considering the UE poverty threshold and the Rendimento Adequado em Portugal (RAP) referential, a minimum income standard established according to the standard budget method.