Visiting Researcher Research Group Innovation and Labour Short Bio Prof. Modho Govind has Phd on Sociology of Sciences and Technology. He came to DINÂMIA'CET-IUL in the Summer of 2014 within the Crossing Boundaries (Marie Curie Actions) project, and worked with Prof. Cristina de Sousa. His main research interests include Technology Transfer and Research Methodology. More info + Updated: 03/08/2017

Title: Milicic, V., Thorarinsdottir, R., Santos, M.J., et al.(2017) Commercial Aquaponics Approaching the European Market: To Consumers' Perceptions of Aquaponics Products in Europe, Water, 9 (2) DOI: 10.3390/w9020080. Research Group: Governance, Economy and Citizenry Date: 2017 Publisher: Water Link: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/9/2/80 Publication type: Scientific journal article Research Project: N.A. Abstract: The first commercial aquaponics companies are starting up in Europe. The main focus has been on solving technology issues and optimizing production. However, increasing attention is now being paid to certification and regulations linked to aquaponics, as well as the marketing of products and services. The paper presents the results of a study whose main aim was to estimate consumers’ knowledge about aquaponics and their acceptance of aquaponics products in different European regions. An on-line questionnaire was administered to the general public through the aquaponics network of Food and Agriculture COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action FA1305 “The EU Aquaponics Hub—Realising Sustainable Integrated Fish and Vegetable Production for the EU” in 16 European countries. The methodology includes univariate and multivariate statistical techniques. The results show that, on average, attitudes towards aquaponics were positive, showing no significant differences between those who already knew about aquaponics and those who only heard about it through the survey. More than 50% of respondents had never heard of aquaponics, whilst more than 70% had already heard of hydroponics. No more than 17% of respondents were willing to pay more for aquaponically produced products and no more than 40% more when compared to the price of products from conventional farming. The results confirm three different clusters of potential consumers of aquaponics products. They also suggest an urgent need for implementing integrated and holistic approaches involving all stakeholders in aquaponics, in order to define a marketing plan and efficient communication strategies. This COST action, other projects and public decision makers must invest in educating consumers about aquaponics through the organization of guided tours, thematic workshops and tastings of aquaponics products in order to raise their awareness about this new technology. It is absolutely urgent that public decision makers, in cooperation with aquaponics stakeholders, address the main institutional constraints, namely the introduction of aquaponics as an economic activity and the organic certification of aquaponics products.

Gabriela Farinha Research Group: Governance, Economy and Citizenry Supervisor(s): Pierre Guibentif Summary N.A. Period: 2013 - ... Resources: N.A.

Visiting Researcher Research Group Cities and Territories Short Bio Norberto Costa is Psychologist and PhD Candidate in Social Sciences University of Padua (Italy), who stayed at DINÂMIA'CET-IUL for 2 months in the Summer of 2014, under the supervision of Vera Borges. His research interests include: Collaborative Arts, Wellness Promotion, Phenomenology, and the Embodied Identity. His project is entitled "Eating Disorders and programs to promote wellness'. + info Updated: 03/08/2017

Pilar Conde Research Group: Innovation and Labour Supervisor(s): Helena Lopes Summary N.A. Period: ... - 2016 Resources: N.A.

Pedro da Luz Pinto Research Group: Cities and Territories Supervisor(s): Paulo Tormenta Pinto Summary The curriculum harmonization of European courses, converging for a European Higher Education Area by the so called Bologna Process (1999-2010), relocated the debate on specificity of education in architecture, and its traditional methodology of learning by design, within the University environment. In Portugal, the architect’s basic training embraces a university level education and a one year professional internship, organized by the Architects Association. It requires a Master degree, acquired in a double cycle of three and two years of schooling, and which introduces the future architects to an increasingly diverse field of practices, and compromises research as an educational purpose. Schools reconcile research centers, associated or not to other areas of knowledge, developing graduate courses and research "projects", targeting additional funding and producing "academic" work, which would become the basis of individual and institutional assessment, pressing the university professionalization. In education, career teachers can be both designers, teachers and researchers, and the curricula’s are modeled, reducing the hours of teacher-student contact, for the benefit of a learning model based on student’s autonomous work. Altogether, the pressure for structural and conceptual transformation, the professionalization and the urgency of knowledge production and financing, provide a change of pedagogy and didactics of teaching. Deepening this background, this thesis approaches the structural, organizational and curricular developments, a group of Portuguese architectural schools, describing the changes raised by the Bologna Process and inquiring to what extent they present a change to the organization, the contents and the significance of traditional teaching of the architectural design. Period: 2008 - 2016 Resources: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/12330

Title: Oliveira, M.J., Rato, V., Leitão, C. (2017), From Natur(e) to Architectural Matter, 3rd International Conference on Biodigital Architecture and Genetics, Barcelona, JUN 7-10, 2017. Date: 2017 Publisher: 3rd International Conference on Biodigital Architecture and Genetics Link: https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/publications/from-nature-to-architectural-matter/38007 Publication type: Publication in conference proceedings Research Project: N.A. Abstract: N.A.

Vera Martins Research Group: Governance, Economy and Citizenry Supervisor(s): Teresa Pizarro Beleza, Maria Eduarda Gonçalves Summary N.A. Period: 2013 - 2017 Resources: N.A.

Title: Gonçalves, M.E., Raimundo, J.(2017) Over Troubled Water: E-Health Platforms and the Protection of Personal Data: The Case of Portugal, Portuguese Journal of Public Health, DOI: 10,1159/000477650. Date: 2017 Publisher: Portuguese Journal of Public Health Link: https://doi.org/10.1159/000477650 Publication type: SScientific journal article Research Project : N.A. Abstract: How healthcare is being administered is nowadays one of the distinctive traits expressing the progress of a given society. The steadfast implementation of e-health services has become an indispensable tool in order to bring the provision of healthcare to the next level. Notwithstanding e-health’s actual and promising applications, e-health hinges on highly sensitive information on patients’ personal lives and even intimacy, which, in Member States of the European Union (EU), must comply with the pertinent personal data protection legislation. In effect, health data have been classified as a special category of personal data by Directive 95/46/EC, the Data Protection Directive (DPD). The DPD subjects the processing of personal health data to a specific, stronger protection compared to less sensitive personal data in the form of a prohibition, which can only be excepted when the data subjects grant their explicit consent to the processing or if such consent is overridden by a superior interest provided by the law. Aware of the major changes brought about by technological progresses in this field, the EU initiated in January 2012 a revision of the DPD. Eventually, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) were published in May 2016, to be applicable as of spring 2018. Regulation 2016/679 displays an even greater carefulness with the safeguard of health data than the DPD. Yet, it is unclear whether this legal reform is up to the challenge of current technological developments, particularly, as so-called big data technologies advance. Notwithstanding the impulse that the EU is placing on e-health and cross-border cooperation, e-health systems are developing primarily at the domestic level. In this article, we will seek to review and compare different e-health platforms now operating under the public health system of a EU member state, Portugal, with a specific focus on how the legal protection of personal data is being configured for each of them. Given the growing importance of big data in the field of health, we extend our comparative endeavour to this emerging phenomenon.

Bruno Macedo Ferreira Research Group: Cities and Territories Supervisor(s): Ana Vaz Milheiro, Paulo Tormenta Pinto Summary N.A. Period: 2012-2015 Resources: N.A.