Connecting scientific communities with journalists and media across Europe

EuroScitizen WG4 aims to describe good practices to better link scientific communities with journalists and the media, and consequently to present powerful, stimulating and effective messages that can help strengthen the public understanding of scientific literacy and evolution in particular. To accomplish this (WG4 deliverable 1), a a descriptive Europe-wide survey was implemented, and a Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) was carried out to build the data matrix for analysis, prepare the analysis and to perform a first descriptive analysis. The data shown on the poster are our first outputs and suggest how a further analysis can develop, review and generate materials and/or new data regarding this topic. Our purpose is that this approach will permit identifying good practices to facilitate an improved dialogue between scientists, journalists and the media. Poster presented at EuroScitizen Sustainability meeting, 20-22 June 2022, Aveiro, Portuga

Insatisfação corporal e qualidade de vida: o efeito mediador do autojulgamento crítico em mulheres com peso normal e com excesso de peso

Dissertação de mestrado em Psicologia Clínica e de Saúde (Intervenções Cognitivo-Comportamentais nas Perturbações Psicológicas e de Saúde), apresentada à Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade de CoimbraA discrepância entre a perceção da imagem corporal real e a imagem corporal socialmente valorizada define o grau de descontentamento com a imagem corporal. Culturalmente, a imagem corporal ideal está bem definida, a sociedade ocidental valoriza claramente uma aparência física magra e é notório o investimento que a maioria das mulheres faz na tentativa de aproximação a estes ideais de beleza. De facto, diversos estudos referem a insatisfação com a imagem corporal como uma característica normativa, pela sua elevada prevalência. Contudo, não deve ser encarada como benigna já que tem surgido extensamente associada a pobres índices de qualidade de vida e de funcionamento psicossocial. A possibilidade de existirem processos de regulação emocional envolvidos nesta relação tem sido indicada por alguns autores. Assim, a presente investigação, teve como objetivo estudar o efeito de uma atitude julgadora e crítica, por oposição a uma atitude autocompassiva, na relação entre a insatisfação corporal e a perceção subjetiva de qualidade de vida nas mulheres. Quisemos ainda verificar se o efeito mediador do autojulgamento será mais expressivo em mulheres com excesso de peso. Para tal, constituíram-se dois grupos independentes de mulheres com idades entre os 18 e os 24 anos, definidos pelo IMC (IMC≥25; IMC<25), o grupo com excesso de peso incluiu 92 participantes e o grupo com peso normal 200 participantes. Os resultados permitiram concluir que o autojulgamento medeia totalmente a relação entre insatisfação com a imagem corporal e a qualidade de vida psicológica em ambos os grupos, indicando que não é a vivência de insatisfação corporal que tem impacto na qualidade de vida psicológica, mas sim uma vivência interna de julgamento crítico.The discrepancy between the perception of the current body image and the socially valued one sets the degree of body dissatisfaction. Culturally, the ideal body image is well defined, Western societies clearly value a thin physical appearance and the investment that most women do in attempt to get closer to that beauty ideal is well known. In fact, several studies have reported body dissatisfaction as a normative characteristic by its high prevalence; however it should not be seen as benign because it has appeared widely associated with poor quality of life and psychosocial functioning. Some authors have indicated that there may be emotional regulation processes involved in this relationship. Thus, the present investigation aimed to study the effect of a self-judgmental and critical attitude, in opposition to a self-compassive one, in the relationship between body dissatisfaction and subjective perceptions of quality of life in women. We also wanted to investigate whether the mediating effect of self-judgment would be more significant in overweight women. For that reason, the sample was divided into two independent groups of young adult women (aged 18 to 24), defined by BMI (BMI ≥ 25, BMI < 25). The overweight group included 92 participants, and the normal-weight group included 200 participants. Data showed that self-judgment fully mediated the relationship between body image dissatisfaction and psychological quality of life in both groups, indicating that it is not the experience of body dissatisfaction that affects quality of life but it is the internal psychological experience of critical self-judgmen

INTEGRA-TE num arquipélago de saberes

O programa “INTEGRA(-TE): Rotas Científicas para uma Integração Intercultural”, uma iniciativa do Centro Ciência Viva de Bragança, em parceria com o Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, que decorre em 2017 e 2018, procura a criação de oportunidades de aprendizagem e de inclusão social através do cruzamento do conhecimento, da ciência e da cultura, para jovens oriundos dos PALOP que estudam no IPB e residem em Bragança. Criação de um cluster de formação aberto e participativo, e de enriquecimento curricular e pedagógico, que visa promover uma experiência de integração real e de cruzamento de saberes, assente em 3 ilhas de conhecimento: 1) Ciência e Tecnologia: Oficinas de saberes tradicionais e de cultura científica e saídas de campo/workshops ambientais. Construção de uma Rota Científica (Museu Dinâmico Virtual e aplicação para smartphones). 2) Multiculturalidade e Diversidade Cultural: Raízes do Conhecimento: Conteúdos audiovisuais gerados pelos participantes. Label me: Atividades para trabalhar os domínios de identidade, autoestima, respeito pela diferença, cooperação, solidariedade, etc. 3) Educação e Empreendedorismo: Conhece-te e conhece o teu grupo: Aspetos Socioculturais e Dinâmicas de grupo. Educação para o Empreendedorismo: Modelo Criativo Disney e Business Model Canvas.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

GOMA: an active program that aims to empower students in rural areas through education and science

In the heart of Northern Portugal, Armamar is an attractive rural territory with an ageing population and low population density (5680 inhabitants and a population density of 48/km², contrasting with 197/km2 of its district capital, Viseu). Considering urban centers, this region has a thin institutional layer, a weak network of local actors (schools, civil society, local governments) collaborating with academia, and a peripheral economic and geographical position. Due to this dissonance, limited access to science and innovative educational offers resulted, leading to the creation of accentuated barriers, social inequalities and stereotypes, as well as low school performances and overall reduced involvement in active citizenship initiatives. In response, GOMA (Gomes Teixeira Science Academy) was formed in 2022 by the public school (Agrupamento Escolas Gomes Teixeira), Armamar Municipality and the University of Porto. GOMA's formal and non-formal approaches are designed to develop and implement a transdisciplinary education strategy that emphasizes student empowerment and their active- and centered-learning. A key intention is to position the school as an active democratisation hub in this region, addressing locally relevant challenges. Fourteen science-based activities were carried out in 2021/2022. In total, these activities involved over five hundred children (from kindergarten to high school), fourteen teachers and four scientists, in addition to five local or national partners. One of these activities included a two-day workshop - "The science of science communication"-, aimed to bring communication into students' curriculum by improving their oral, written, and designing skills. Additionally, this workshop encouraged students to collaborate, enhance and stimulate discussion, and value each other's opinions and views in a spirit of sharing and cooperation. Participants included fifty-three high school students (from the Natural Sciences and the Social Sciences and Humanities), along with three teachers and one scientist. According to the assessment results, the program had an exceptionally positive impact on students, boosting their capability to incorporate new and relevant communication skills into meaningful core elements; enhancing their curiosity, critical and creative thinking, teamwork and time management; improving awareness of its individual role in contemporary societies; and helping to strengthen their trust in science. This paper aims to present GOMA, a means of fostering science, technology, innovation in rural territories, and a bridge connecting Armamar's school community to its civil society, academia and science. Moreover, it intends to present the "Science of Science Communication" workshop as a tool for active citizenship and citizen empowerment