CPUP is a reference host of forefront fundamental and applied Psychological research guided by the claim for solutions tailored to the current social scenario.
Our research programs embrace the scientific domains defined by the American Psychological Association, APA, including Learning, Memory and Reading, Educational Psychology, Parenting and Child Development, Gender, Gender Equality and Social Identity, Prejudice and Ethnic Issues, Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Sexuality and Sexual Health, Psychotherapy and Health Psychology, and Neuropsychology.
The research projects that contemplate such a plethora of domains are carried out by five research groups supported by well-equipped lab facilities fit to the research requirements. Please, explore below to learn more about the Research Groups, the Research Projects, the Labs, as well as about the Publications stemming from this work.
CPUP sustains five Research Groups devoted to fundamental and applied investigation on contemporary psychological and socially relevant issues, targeting a diverse population. They are composed of teams of young and senior researchers who, though focused on the themes that define their specialty, interact over cross-cutting themes and provide a comprehensive and complementary approach to the main psychological and social dimensions of human life.
GROUPS
Created in 2021, the Observatory for Social Challenges aims to understand the perspectives of citizens residing in Portugal on a diverse range of social issues that pose significant challenges to democracy, social justice, equality, and effective social inclusion and wellbeing (e.g., perceptions of corruption, populism, LGBT rights, gender equality, immigration, discrimination against minority groups, and sex work). Data is collected on a regular basis, using a combination of online and telephone surveys, with quotas for age, gender, and region to ensure that the samples are representative of the population. The Observatory will provide valuable knowledge and recommendations to inform decision-making and public policies.
The Research Projects developed at the Center for Psychology span the Research Groups, feeding from the fruitful synergy of our researchers and their backgrounds. The quality of the projects has been continually acknowledged with competitive national, international, and European funding awarded by expert evaluation panels.
At CPUP, our research is focused on meeting the most urgent needs of our society. By centering our efforts on people, we ensure that our research is not only well-informed but also socially relevant. The active involvement of voluntary participants is essential to our process. Their diverse experiences and perspectives serve to enrich our research, helping to tailor our findings to the real needs of the communities we study. By including representative participants, we make our scientific results more robust and widely applicable, enabling them to drive public policies, clinical interventions, and other actions with a direct and meaningful impact on society.
