Evolution of science and technology in Portugal and Spain

Article

Evolution of science and technology in Portugal and Spain

October 2022

Science
Luis Sanz Menéndez, CSIC Institute of Public Goods and Policies, Madrid, Spain; Tiago Santos Pereira, Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra, Portugal;

Research and innovation in Portugal and Spain have developed along parallel paths, albeit with some distinctive features. 

“Research can’t be simply turned on and off like a tap; it requires investment in the long term”

Interview

“Research can’t be simply turned on and off like a tap; it requires investment in the long term”

October 2022

Science

Andrew W. Wyckoff, the OECD’s current director of Science, Technology and Innovation, reviews the major challenges posed by the digital transformation in the economic, social and educational sphere. 

Health safety knowledge in Portugal and Spain

Article

Health safety knowledge in Portugal and Spain

October 2022

Social Inclusion
David L. Rodrigues; A. Catarina Carvalho; Diniz Lopes; Margarida V. Garrido; Richard O. de Visser; Rhonda N. Balzarini; Marília Prada;

This article examines how being motivated by disease prevention (“safety”) or pleasure promotion (“pleasure”) shapes the way people construe sexual health and pursue their sexual goals.

Social Research Call 2023 (SRC 2023)

calls

Social Research Call 2023 (SRC 2023)

November 2022

The Social Observatory of ”la Caixa” Foundation launches an open and competitive call to fund excellent, innovative and socially-oriented research projects. Proposals must generate new knowledge to broaden our understanding of the major challenges of today’s society, using quantitative methods.

Call to support research projects on childhood and vulnerability

calls

Call to support research projects on childhood and vulnerability

February 2023

The Social Observatory call to support research projects in social sciences that use data from quantitative surveys on factors of vulnerability in childhood Portugal is open until 5 April.

Looking beyond mobile phones to understand the well-being of Portuguese young adults

Article

Looking beyond mobile phones to understand the well-being of Portuguese young adults

March 2023

Social Inclusion
Tiago LapaTiago Lapa, Gustavo Cardoso, ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa; Charo Sádaba, Javier García-Manglano, Gonzalo Fernández Duval, Grupo de investigación Jóvenes en Transición, ICS, Universidad de Navarra;

In the current context of the COVID-19 pandemic, technologies such as the mobile phone are a double-edged sword. The results of this study show that, on the one hand, problematic use of mobile technologies is associated with lower levels of well-being among young adults. On the other hand, Portuguese young adults believe that mobile technologies have been essential to their well-being through the lockdowns and social distancing rules triggered by the pandemic.

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