The Center for Psychology, CPUP, is a Portuguese scientific unit at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto. It was created in 1980 with the mission to foster high-quality psychological researcher tuned to the state-of-the-art scientific development and committed to promoting an inclusive society that embraces the well-being of individuals. Since 2014, an interinstitucional agreement with the University of Maia, UMAIA, has broaden the scope of action and consolidated a longstanding collaboration among the team members.

What drives CPUP is the perennial motivation to overcome the psychological and educational challenges communities face by developing and proposing evidence-based solutions, while providing scientists and professionals prompted by these challenges solid and modern training.

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Editorial Boards

Frontiers in Psychology

Social Psychology

Expert Panels

CoLab

Aga Khan Foundation

Belmiro Azevedo Foundation

Counsulting &
Service Provisioning

Poland National Science Center

Flanders Research Foundation

Dutch Research Council

US National Science Foundation

FCT

Porto City Hall

International Stays

Brazil

France

Finland

Green Cape

Spain

CPUP partners 190+ researchers spread across 31 countries

60 funded Research Projects in 2022

International Funding
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Strategic Goals

UN 2030
Sustainable Development Goals

Research Excellence

Improving the quality of scientific production

Strong Research Community

Promoting synergies among researchers and international networks

Advanced Training and Research Integrity

Strengthening the collaboration with Ph.D. Programs

Relevance to Society

Encouraging the transfer of scientific knowledge and the engagement with stakeholders

Research Integrity

Fostering the openness and transparency of research

Aligned with the UN’s appeal for the responsible contribution of organizations and stakeholders to the world and its people, CPUP is committed to the promotion of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. The Research Projects contemplate nine of these goals, and set the long-run ambition to better inform public policy and help promote a fair, equal and sustainable society oriented by scientific knowledge.

Board of Directors

Paula Mena Matos

Associate Professor

Director
Univesity of Porto

Joana Cadima

Assistant Professor

Vice Director
University of Porto

Isabel Pinto

Associate Professor

CND Research Group
University of Porto

Orlanda Cruz

Associate Professor

DE Research Group
University of Porto

Joana Carvalho

Assistant Professor

HS Research Group
University of Aveiro

São Luís Castro

Full Professor

NCL Research Group
University of Porto

Célia Sales

Associate Professor

RCPW Research Group
University of Porto

Advisory Committee

Alessandra Souza

Researcher

University of Porto Representative

Tiago Bento Ferreira

Associate Professor

University of Maia Representative

Marina Lemos

Full Professor

Psychology Ph.D. Program Representative

Conceição Nogueira

Associate Professor

Ph.D. Program in Human Sexuality Representative

João Salgado

Associate Professor

Ph.D. Program in Clinical Psychology Representative

Carolina Guedes

Ph.D. Student

Ph.D. Students Representative

Catarina Canário

Researcher

Integrated Researchers Representative

Margarida Rangel Henriques

Associate Professor

Integrated Professors Representative

Open Science Action Representative

Andreia Nunes

Ph.D. Student

Knowledge Transfer Action Representative

Maria Barbosa Ducharne

Assistant Professor

Funding, Research Projects & Network Action Representative

Mariana Martins

Assistant Professor

Scientific Production Support Action Representative

Teresa Limpo

Assistant Professor

Communication Action Representative

Staff

Alexandra Carvalho

Technical Assistant

Marilia Carvalho

Science Manager