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Filomena Parada

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Auxiliary Researcher at Lusófona University, CeiED (Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in
Education and Development). Has a PhD in Psychology awarded by the Faculty of Psychology
and Education, University of Porto.

Is an external collaborator at Minds Hub Research Group at the University of Helsinki (coordinator: Professor Katariina Salmela-Aro) and at the Research Group Relationships, Change Processes and Wellbeing (coordinator: Prof. Célia Sales), Centre for Psychology at University of Porto. Also is a member of the Associates Network at ICeGS (International Centre for Guidance Studies), University of Derby, and Associate Member of the Education Social Justice and Transformation Research Group, University of Portsmouth.

She was a MSCA Individual Fellow (at the University of Jyväskyla, and a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Coimbra and a Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia.

Áreas de interesse académico e científico Areas of academic and scientific interest

  • Psychology and Education, specifically, youth transitions and the development of sustainable careers, including research careers;
  • Lifelong learning and guidance.

Publicações Selecionadas Selected Publications

  • Parada, F., Upadyaya, K., & Salmela-Aro, K. (2023). Upper secondary academic education and vocational education and training in comparative perspective. In M. Berends, B. Schneider, & S. Lamb (Eds.). The Sage handbook of sociology of education (pp. 388-406). Sage. ISBN 978-1-4739-6745-1. 
  • Parada, F., & Salmela-Aro, K. (2022). Real-time processes of career goal construction: A case study approach with implications for the development of self and agency. Identity, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/15283488.2022.2030233
  • Parada, F. (2021). Transitioning to work in the South of Europe: Pathways, priorities and expectations. In A. Marshall & J. Symonds (Eds.). Young Adult Development at the School-to-Work Transition: International Pathways and Processes (pp. 151-172). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190941512.003.0007