CV
Patrícia
Ávila
(patricia-avila@iscte.pt).
PhD
and
Master
Degree
in
Sociology.
Associate
Professor
at
ISCTE-IUL
at
the
Department
of
Social
Research
Methods
of
the
School
of
Sociology
and
Public
Policies.
Integrated
Researcher
at
CIES-IUL.
Director
of
the
Doctoral
Programme
in
Sociology
(CIES
and
ISCTE-IUL).
Deputy
Director
at
CIES-IUL
and
Deputy
Director
at
the
Department
of
Social
Research
Methods
(ISCTE-IUL).
Co-coordinator
of
the
Research
Group
'Knowledge
Society,
Competencies
and
Communication',
at
CIES-IUL.
She
has
participated
in
several
research
projects
on
different
themes,
with
particular
emphasis
on
literacy,
adult
education
and
science
and
society.
She
is
the
author
of
several
articles
and
books.
Educational Qualifications
Licenciate in Sociologia, ISCTE-IUL - Instituto Superior Ciências Trabalho e da Empresa, in 1992
M.Sc. in Comunicação, Cultura eTecnologias de Informação, ISCTE-IUL - Instituto Superior Ciências Trabalho e da Empresa, in 1997
PhD in Sociologia, ISCTE-IUL - Instituto Superior Ciências Trabalho e da Empresa, in 2006
Research Fields
Literacy and competencies, Adult Education, Science and Society, Methodologies and social research methods
Research Groups
Knowledge Society, Competences and Communication
Projects
Recent Publications
Scientific journal paper
Lopes, P., Costa, P., Araújo, L. & Ávila, P. (2018). Measuring media and information literacy skills: construction of a test. Communications - European Journal of Communication Research. 43 (4), 508-534
Martins, S. C., Carvalho, H., Ávila, P. & Costa, A. F. (2017). Policies for widening participation and success factors in Portuguese higher education. Creative Education. 8 (2), 210-230
Costa, A. F., Pegado, E., Ávila, P. & Coelho, A. R. (2015). Evaluating the Portuguese National Reading Plan: teachers’ perceptions on the impact in schools. Educational Research for Policy and Practice. 14 (2), 119-138
Book chapter
Jose-Coutinho, A., Ávila, P. & Ricardo-da-Silva, J. M. (2018). Novel memory-based sensory approach to assess large-scale typicality: the case of mainland Portugal red wines. In Fernanda Cosme (Ed.), Grapes and wines - advances in production, processing, analysis and valorization. (pp. 275-303). London: InTech.
Book
Espanha, R. & Ávila, P. (2016). Literacia em Saúde em Portugal. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
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Comunications
Talk
Carvalho da Silva, V. & Ávila, P. (2018). Ficar de fora das (novas) oportunidades: um retrato da população pouco escolarizada que permanece à margem dos processos de educação formal. X Congresso Português de Sociologia .
Seabra, T., Carvalho, H. & Ávila, P. (2018). A composição social da escola enquanto produtora de sucesso escolar: os resultados a matemática dos alunos descendentes de imigrantes no 4º ano de escolaridade . X Congresso Português de Sociologia.
Carreiras, Helena, Ávila, P., Bessa, F. & Malheiro, L. (2018). Institutional representations and professional aspirations of Cadets in Portuguese Military Academies. XIX World Congress of Sociology.
Ávila, P. (2018). Teorias e Métodos. Desafios no ensino e na investigação (comentário no painel . O ensino das teorias sociológicas em debate.
Publication in conference proceedings
Carvalho da Silva, V. & Ávila, P. (2018). Ficar de fora das (novas) oportunidades: um retrato da população pouco escolarizada à margem dos processos de educação formal. In X Congresso Português de Sociologia . (pp. 299-300). Covilhã
