Organisation of scientific events

Organization of Seminar+Round-table discussion titled "O desastre como sistema: contributos de uma perspectiva de sistemas complexos para a compreensão-ação dos desastres" [The disaster as a complex system: contributions from a complex systems perspective for the understanding-action on disasters" , with Ana Teixeira de Melo as moderator and Leandro Roberto Neves as invited speaker, 26 de Julho (2h30m), online, organised at Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra., Online, 26 to 26 July by 2024.

Organization of From psychologies otherwise/earthwise to feminist social science: A rountable conversation, Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Online, 27 to 27 September by 2022.

Member of the Organizing Committee of Conference ´Complexity and change: thinking, practices and processes for addressing global challenges ´, Online, 05 to 09 September by 2022 (com Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Campos, Rita ; Caves, Leo; Garnett, Philip).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Modes of Thinking (in) Complexity: Key Challenges for Theory, Research and Practice, Online, 06 to 06 May by 2022 (com Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Caves, Leo; Gershenson, Carlos; El-Hani, Charbel; Renault de Barros, Letícia).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Oficina "As emoções e a investigação científica: Aprender conversando", integrada no Ciclo de Metodologias Roda de Saberes, facilitada por Raquel Ribeiro e Cristiano Gianolla, online, 10 to 10 November by 2021 (com Campos, Rita; Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Silva, Patrícia).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Workshop Modes of Thinking (in) Complexity: Key challenges for theory research and practice" (7h30m), as a Satellite Meeting of the Conference on Complex Systems 2021, Online, 22 to 22 October by 2021 (com Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Caves, Leo; Gershenson, Carlos ; El-Hani, Charbel).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Co-Coordenação e moderação do Grupo de Trabalho 77 " no CONLAB 20-21, XIV Congresso Luso-Africano-Brasileiro "Utopias Pós-crise. Artes e saberes em movimento", Online, 17 to 17 September by 2021 (com Melo, Ana Teixeira de Campos, Rita).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Researching Science: Communication between languages, discourses and cultures], 3 hours, workshop, online, facilitated by Maria Manuela Guilherme e Sofia Branco Sousa, integrated in the Cycle of Methodologies Roda de Saberes [Wheel of knowledges]., Online, 17 to 17 June by 2021 (com Campos, Rita; Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Silva, Patrícia).

Member of the Organizing Committee of "Methodological Challenges of the Pandemic", Round-table discussion (3h),integrated in the Cycle of Methodologies Wheel of Knowledges, Online, 08 to 08 April by 2021 (com Campos, Rita; Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Silva, Patrícia ).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Conference on Complex Systems CCS2020, Online, 07 to 12 December by 2020 (com Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Argyrakis , Panos ; Aloric, Aleksandra; Cimini, Giulio ; Diaz-Guilera, Albert; Gershenson, Carlos; Klaus , Jaffe; Jalan, Sarika ; Kanetidis, Michael; Mateos, Jose Luis ; Salinas Ayaviri, Silvia ; Sayama, Hiroki; Teixeira, Andreia Sofia ; Wilinski, Mateusz ; Υalcin , Cigdem ).

Member of the Organizing Committee of "Narrativas Museais: processos de descolonização, participação e visibilização de outras histórias da história a partir de algumas experiências transformadoras" , facilitada por Lorena Sancho Querol e Luciane Lucas dos Santos, Oficina (3h) integrada no Ciclo de Metodologias Roda de Saberes, Online, 23 to 23 November by 2020 (com Campos, Rita; Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Silva, Patrícia ).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Relações entre Arte e Ciência- Tertúlia organizada no âmbito do Ciclo Roda de Saberes, Virtual, 01 to 01 October by 2020 (com Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Campos, Rita; Silva, Patrícia; Virgulino Silva, Mauricio).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Pesquisa colaborativa e saberes de experiência: recursos metodológicos da investigação biográfica e cartografia, faciltiada por Elsa Lechner e Letícia Renault, Virtual, 29 June 2020 (com Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Campos, Rita ; Silva, Patrícia).

Member of the Organizing Committee of "Collaborative research and knowledge drawn from experience: methodological resources from biographical research and cartography", facilitated by Elsa Lechner e Letícia Renault, Online workshop, 03 to 03 June by 2020 (com Campos, Rita; Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Silva, Patrícia).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Workshop "Action research has an epistemological option for collaborative research", facilitated by Sueli de Lima and Paulo Peixoto. Workshop integrated in the Cycle of Methodologies Wheel of Knowledge/Knowing. , Virtual workshop, 04 to 04 May by 2020 (com Campos, Rita; Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Silva, Patrícia ).

Member of the Organizing Committee of "The complexity of the relationship between power, research and practice", round-table discussion (3h) integrated in the Cycle of Methodologies Roda de Saberes [Wheel of knowledges/wheel of knowing], facilitated by Ana Teixeira de Melo, Rita Campos, Patrícia Silva, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra, 05 March 2020 (com Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Campos, Rita; Silva, Patrícia).

Member of the Organizing Committee of "Some words don't speak. They scream. Reflections about insurgent words, forms of knowledge and methodologies", Workshop integrated in the Methodologies Cycle Roda de Saberes [Wheel of knowledges/knowing], facilitated by Teresa Cunha, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra, 13 February 2020 (com Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Campos, Rita ; Silva, Patrícia ).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Responsability in looking on the suffering of other" Round-table discussion/Debating club titled, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra, 09 to 09 January by 2020 (com Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Campos, Rita ; Silva, Patrícia ).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Cycle of Methodologies Roda de Saberes [Wheel of knowledge/knowing] (organisation and documentation of workshops and round-table discussions; construction and facilitation of databases of methodological resources and methodological profiles of researchers], CES, Coimbra, 01 to 09 January by 2020 (com Campos, Rita; Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Silva, Patrícia).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Collaborative methodological practices, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra, 16 to 16 December by 2019 (com Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Campos, Rita ; Silva, Patrícia ).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Ethical Challenges (Round-table discussion/debating club), Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra, 07 to 07 November by 2019 (com Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Campos, Rita ; Silva, Patrícia ).

Member of the Organizing Committee of "Investigação, Docência e Formação: Que desafios para as Universidades e Centros de Investigação, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra, 03 to 03 July by 2019 (com Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Pato de Carvalho, Cláudia ; Ribeiro, Raquel; Castela, Tiago ).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Approaches to the visual and material culture in cultural studies, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra, 05 to 05 June by 2019 (com Silva, Patrícia; Campos, Rita; Melo, Ana Teixeira de).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Methodology Cycle Roda dos Saberes, CES-UC, Coimbra, 02 May 2019 (com Campos, Rita; Sílvia, Patrícia ; Melo, Ana Teixeira de).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Visual Methodologies (workshop), Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra, 02 to 02 May by 2019 (com Campos, Rita; Silva, Patrícia ; Melo, Ana Teixeira de).

Member of the Organizing Committee of workshop "The Voynich Challenge" (3 hours) [focused on exploring the nature of interdisciplinary relations and practices of interdisciplinarity and targeting an interdisciplinary audience of research students and academics], University of York, York, United Kingdom, 17 to 17 August by 2018 (com Melo, Ana Teixeira de Caves, Leo).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Co-organisation and facilitation with Leo Caves of the workshop "Complex Thinking Academy at YCCSA" (4 hours) [focused on the concept and practice of complex thinking] at the York Cross-Disciplinary Centre for Systems Analysis, University of York. UK, targeting an interdisciplinary audience of research students and academics, York, United Kingdom, 20 to 20 July by 2018 (com Melo, Ana Teixeira de Caves, Leo).

Organization of (Member of the Scientific Committee) International Conference on Applied Psychology and Human Behavior, Madeira, 09 to 12 July by 2018.

Member of the Organizing Committee of Co-organisation and co-facilitation with Dr. Leo Caves of a world café event, titled "Appreciating YCCSA" as part of the York Centre for Complex Systems Analysis Away Day, aimed at supporting the evaluation and re-definition of YCCSA's strategy, mission, goals, objectives and action plans, as a centre for interdisciplinary research., York, 14 to 14 September by 2017 (com Caves, Leo; Teixeira de Melo, Ana ; , YCCSA staff).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Co-organisation, with Leo Caves of the workshop (1h30m) "An experiment in inter /cross/trans-disciplinary dialogue and model (co-)construction" integrated in the Complexity Reading Group of the York Centre for Complex System's Analysis, aiming to explore interdisciplinarity processes and promote positive practices, YCCSA, University of York, York, UK, 30 to 30 November by 2016 (com Caves, Leo Melo, Ana Teixeira de).

Member of the Organizing Committee of Co-organisation, with Leo Caves (Department of Biology, University of York and York Centre for Complex Systems Analysis) of a workshop (7 hours), at the University of York, incorporating reflecting team methodologies, to facilitate the development of ideas and working progress of an interdisciplinary working group aimed at the collaborative development of a Book focused on the Teaching of Complexity, with the tentative titles of "Dialogues in Teaching Complexity Science" or "Conversations in Complex Systems" [project suspended]. This group was created by invitations addressed by the organizers of the ESRC Seminar Series: Complexity and Method in Social Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Approach", held at the University of Warwick, namely Emma Uprichard, Associate Professor of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies of the University of Warwick, UK; Brian Castellani, Professor, University of Kent, USA and David Byrne, University of Durham, UK, YCCSA, University of York, York, UK, 06 May 2016 (com Caves, Leo Teixeira de Melo, Ana ).

Organization of 1º Encontro Crescer em Família, Trofa, 01 to 01 October by 2010.

Organization of Encontro Carta Aberta à Prevenção, organizado pelo Movimento Carta Aberta à Prevenção , Lisboa, 09 to 10 October by 2008.

Organization of XII Jornadas do GAF: "As necessidades das crianças e famílias: avaliação e intervenção em situações de risco, Viana do Castelo, 26 to 26 May by 2006.

Organization of Conferência com Prof. Doutora Karol Kumpfer, Viana do Castelo, 21 to 21 January by 2005.

Organization of Violência na Família. Que Medidas, Práticas e Intervenções, Viana do Castelo, 21 to 21 May by 2004.

Organization of I Encontro Nacional de Casas-Abrigo, Viana do Castelo, 20 to 20 May by 2004.

Organization of Cuidar da Comunidade: Políticas, Práticas e Desafios na Prevenção Primária das Toxicodependências, Viana do Castelo, 16 to 17 May by 2003.

Presentations in scientific events

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Renault, Letícia (2024), "Tackling complexity through configurational approaches: A call for methodological creativity and mixed-methods approaches around the Complexigraphy method", paper presented at Conference on Complex Systems 2024, University Exeter, 02 to 06 September.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Teixeira, Andreia Sofia; Caves, Leo; Renault, Letícia; Duarte Lopes, Paula; Garnett, Philip; Ribeiro, Raquel; Santos, Filipe (2024), "Requirements and challenges for AI-supported systems of (co)augmented intelligences organised by complex thinking", paper presented at Satellite meeting of the Conference on Complex Systems "Complex Systems and Collective Intelligence", University Exeter, 02 to 02 September.

B. D. Vieira, Priscila; Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2024), "Ethical and political well-being: Need for a conceptualisation [Poster]", paper presented at 33rd International Congress of Psychology "Psychology for the Future: Together in Hope", 21-26 July 2024, , Prague,Czech Republique, 21 to 26 July.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2024), "Expanding Possibilities: What does Love(Force) have to do with it?", paper presented at 4th International Possibilities Studies Conference Network , Cambridge, UK, 08 to 12 July.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Caves, Leo (2024), "Workshop "A Framework for 'Gardening' Epistemically Potent Environments",", paper presented at 4th International Possibilities Studies Conference Network , Cambridge, UK, 08 to 12 July.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2024), ""Beauty"[Keynote] ", paper presented at IADENOVATION, an event ""Powered by the New European Bauhaus"., Lisbon, 05 June.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2024), "Experiências de Amor(-Força) em situação de desastre: Do potencial para a mudança das relações para a mudança ecossistémica [Experiences of Love-(Force) in situations of disaster: from the potential from change of relations to the ecosystemic change]", paper presented at "Desastres, Ambientes e Relações Humanas [Disasters, Environment and Human Relations], Online, 21 May.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2024), "Learning and changing under the power of transformative bonds"", paper presented at Empowering Youth Leaders - Trauma Informed Education and Care, organised by Qualificar para Incluir, Porto, 21, Porto, 21 to 27 April.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Caves, Leo (2024), "Facilitation of workshop "Synergy creation in Emotions & Politics research in Europe" ", paper presented at workshop "Synergy creation in Emotions & Politics research in Europe" , to facilitate synergies among 5 EU funded research projects (CIDAPE, CO3, MORES, PLEDGE, PROTEMO) on Politics and emotions, 23 January.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Renault, Letícia (2024), "Choreographing possibilities through complex thinking: Contributions from the Complexigraphy method", paper presented at The Virtual Universe of Possibility Studies Conference, Online, 15 to 16 January.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2023), "Intervention with multichallenged families: the necessity for an interdisciplinary ("Dissolved") Psychology for social justice", paper presented at XXIX National Encounter of Students of Psychology, Covilhã, 05 to 07 October.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Renault, Letícia (2023), "Mapping the complexity of case conceptualisations underlying assessments and interventions with multichallenged families with at-risk children", paper presented at QRMH9 Qualitative Research in Mental Health Conference, Budapest, 31 August 02 September.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2023), "Chair of Oral Session 14", paper presented at QRMH9 Qualitative Research in Mental Health Conference, Budapest, 31 August 02 September.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2023), "Complex Thinking for a Science of Possibilities", paper presented at 3rd International Conference of Possibilities Studies, Dublin, 17 to 21 July.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Caves, Leo (2023), "Environ-ings: Epistemically potent environments for complex knowings", paper presented at Seminar Series History, Philosophy, Biology Teaching Lab, of the Federal University of Bahia , Online, 13 to 13 June.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Renault, Letícia (2023), "Complex Thinking choreographies and transformative processes", paper presented at Applying Education in a Complex World, Toronto and online, 26 to 28 April.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2023), "Keynote speaker in the roundtable discussion titled : "Addressing the rising challenges: methodologies of citizen involvement and engagement", paper presented at 37th EFPSA [European Federation of Psychology Students Association] Congress: Unravelling Psychology's role in policy-making", 29 to 29 March.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2023), "Chair of panel "Embodiment"", paper presented at 4th International Conference on Philosophy of Mind: the 4E's Approach to the Mind/Brain", Braga, 06 to 08 March.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2023), "Chair of the session "4-E cognition I"", paper presented at 4th International Conference on Philosophy of Mind: the 4E's Approach to the Mind/Brain", 06 to 08 March.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Renault, Letícia (2023), "From cartographing to choreographing complex thinking: new possibilities for "seeing" and acting on the thinking", paper presented at 4th International Conference on Philosophy of Mind: the 4E's Approach to the Mind/Brain", Braga, 06 to 08 March.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2022), "Sessão de discussão contributos da ciência, ODS 3", paper presented at Contributo da Ciência para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável. Pessoas, prosperidade, planeta. Por organização da Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Lisboa, 12 to 14 December.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Renault, Letícia (2022), ""Complexigraphies: Une méthodologie d'analyse qualitative des mouvements d'une pensée complexe" [Complexigraphies: A qualitative methodology for analysing the movements of a complex thinking]", paper presented at Congrés Scientific International "Comprendre les processus de changement: Apports des méthodes qualitatives et mixtes", Université de Liége, Liége, Belgium, 13 to 14 October.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Renault, Letícia (2022), "Complex Thinking As A New Inter And Transdisciplinary Domain for Theory, Research, and Practice: A Complex Knowledge Organisation ", paper presented at 7th International Conference Interdisciplinary Social Sciences "At the crossing of paradigms: Considering heteredoxy in the social sciences, Athens and online, 21 to 23 July.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Campos, Rita (2022), "Facilitating Scientific Events Guided By Complex Thinking: A Case Study Of An Online Inter/Transdisciplinary Advanced Training School", paper presented at InSITE 2022: Informing Science + IT Education Conferences, Online, 06 to 07 July.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2022), "Facilitation of the workshop", paper presented at Workshop "Modes of Thinking (in) Complexity: Key Challenges for Theory, Research and Practice. Workshop II", Online, 06 to 06 May.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Renault de Barros, Letícia (2022), "Diagramming complex thinking: Challenges and opportunities in qualitatively analysing the complexity of thinking patterns and movements", paper presented at 6th World Conference on Qualitative Research,, Online, 26 to 28 January.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2021), "Promoting Complexity in Scientific and Interdisciplinary Group Discussion: Development of the 'Relatoscopes' and 'Observatron' methods.", paper presented at Conference on Complex Systems, Lyon [online presentation], 25 to 29 October.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Caves, Leo Simon Dominic (2021), "Outreach in Complexity Studies for Transforming 'Everyday' Modes of Thinking: The Complex Thinking Academy", paper presented at Conference on Complex Systems 2021 (2021), Lyon [online presentation], 25 to 29 October.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2021), "From thinking complexity to thinking (more complexly) in complexity", paper presented at Satellite workshop of the Conference on Complex Systems 2021 "Modes of Thinking (in) Complexity, Online, 22 to 22 October.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2021), "omplexidade, desenvolvimento e mudança: Reflexões a partir de uma perspectiva de pensamento complexo", paper presented at CONLAB, XIV Congresso Luso-Africano-Brasileiro "Utopias Pós-crise. Artes e saberes em movimento, Online, 15 to 17 September.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2021), "Conceptualisating and designing (Co)Augmented Intelligence(s) enacting Complex Thinking: reflecting on the morphological constraints, challenges and implications", paper presented at 4th International Workshop on Morphological Computing - MORCOM 2021, integrated in the 2021 Summit of the International Society for the Study of Information, Online, 12 to 19 September.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2021), "Enhancing clinical intuition as second-order complex thinking: Enactivist foundations and challenges", paper presented at Enaction in perspective and foresight, Online, 23 to 27 August.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2021), "The role of the family's potential for change in the construction of positive sustainable futures", paper presented at 10th ESFR Conference "Sustainable relationships? Families, personal lives and global change", Online, 18 August.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2021), "How complex is your thinking? Challenging complexity in complexity science [Invited Keynote]", paper presented at Complex Systems Seminar, Weekly Summer Series, Online, 04 to 04 August.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2021), "From Love-Force and families as a complex systems towards an integrative approach to the complexity of Love [Available at https://youtu.be/3IGsehUke-s]", paper presented at 32nd International Congress of Psychology, ICP2020+ "Psychology in the 21st century, Open minds, societies & world", Online, 19 to 24 July.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2021), "Dissolving Psychology: Psychology of Inter/Transdisciplinarity and an Interdisciplinary identity for Psychology", paper presented at 32nd International Congress of Psychology, ICP2020+ "Psychology in the 21st century, Open minds, societies & world", Online, 19 to 24 July.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Caves, Leo Simon Dominic; Campos, Rita (2021), "The complex thinking academies as scientific extension activities and laboratories of transformation (1h30m, workshop)", paper presented at Congresso de Comunicação de Ciência SciComPT, Online, 23 to 25 June.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Nolasco, Carlos; Fontes, Fernando; Monteiro, José Pedro; Pato de Carvalho, Cláudia; Campos, Rita (2021), "Communicating Science of a research centre in the social sciences, humanities and arts: The case of the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra", paper presented at Congresso de Comunicação de Ciência, SciComPT, Online, 23 to 25 June.

Campos, Rita ; Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Silva, Patrícia ; Gonçalves, Marisa (2021), "Co-facilitation with Rita Campos, Patrícia Silva e Marisa Gonçalves (convidada)", paper presented at "Methodological challenges of the pandemic", Round-Table discussion (3h), Integrated in the Cycle of Methodologies Wheel of Knowledges, Online, 08 to 08 April.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2021), "From research to practice: qualitative methods for complex thinking in 'real-world' interventions", paper presented at 5th World Conference on Qualitative Research (WCQR2021), 20 to 22 January.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2020), "Performance et relationnalité dans la pratique de la pensée complexe: apports d'une approache énactive", paper presented at Semináire international L'énaction: réflexiones et pistes méthodologiques, Virtual, 10 to 17 December.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Caves, Leo Simon Dominic; Garnett, Philip; Campos, Rita (2020), " Building Foundations for Complex Thinking: A call for inter/transdisciplinary collaborations. Poster presentation", paper presented at Conference on Complex Systems2020 (CCS 2020), Online, 07 to 11 December.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2020), "Managing complexity through the complexity of our thinking: Key research questions and challenges to the development of a meta-heuristic [Poster presentation]", paper presented at Conference on Complex Systems 2020 (CCS 2020), online, 07 to 11 December.

Campos, Rita ; Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Virgulino Silva, Maurício; Silva, Patrícia (2020), "Co-facilitation or roundtable discussion ", paper presented at Relations between Science and Arts [Roundtable discussion integrated in the Cycle of Methodologies "Relations between Arts and Science", Virtual, 01 October.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2020), "Commentator on the seminar "Deconfined talks #11: Mental illness and abandonment during the pandemic period", paper presented at Deconfined talks #11: Mental illness and abandonment during the pandemic period, Virtual, 15 September.

Campos, Rita ; Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Vaz Sousa, Joana (2020), "Pensando a complexidade da pandemia na acoplagem dos sistemas socioambientais", paper presented at Conversas desconfinadas #10: Pensando a complexidade da pandemia na acoplagem dos sistemas socioambientais, Virtual, 08 September.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Campos, Rita ; Silva, Patrícia (2020), "Co-moderação da tertúlia ", paper presented at A complexidade da relação entre poder, investigação e prática (Tertúlia, 3 horas, integrada no Ciclo de Metodologias Roda de Saberes), Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra, 05 March.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Campos, Rita; Silva, Patrícia (2020), "Co-facilitation of round-table discussion ", paper presented at Responsibility in looking on the suffering of the others. Round-table discussion integrated in the Methodologies Cycle Roda de Saberes [Wheel of knowledges/knowing], 09 to 09 January.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Pato de Carvalho, Cláudia; Allegretti, Giovanni (2019), "Collaborative Methodological Practices (Workshop)", paper presented at Collaborative Methodological Practices (Workshop integrated in the Cycle of Methodologies Wheel of Knowledges/Knowing), Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra, 16 to 16 December.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2019), "When families change us and how families change", paper presented at I Seminar Families In Focus: Good practices of the intervention of the Centres for Parental Counselling and Family Support with multichallenged families, Guimarães, 28 to 29 November.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Campos, Rita (2019), "Moderation/facilitation of the round table discussion/debating club "Ethical Challenges" integrated in the Methodologies Cycle Roda de Saberes [Wheel of Knowledges/Knowing]", paper presented at Desafios Éticos (round table discussion/debating club), Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra, 07 to 07 November.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Caves, Leo (2019), "Complex Thinking and Emergence", paper presented at The Second International TRANSIT Workshop on Cross-disciplinary Research: Emergence, University of York, United Kingdom, 27 to 28 March.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Caves, Leo (2019), "Co-facilitation of Guided discussion session titled "Relational Thinking for Emergence" for the final integration of event", paper presented at The Second International TRANSIT Workshop on Cross-disciplinary Research: Emergence, University of York, United Kingdom, 27 to 28 March.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2018), "From love as a (non) emotion to love as an emergent relational force: Crossing of perspectives under a complex systems approach ", paper presented at Permanent Seminar of Phenomenology, Universidade de Évora, 14 to 14 December.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2018), "Complex thinking applied to family change: A guide for case conceptualization", paper presented at 9th Congress of the European Society on Family Relations, Families through the lens of diversity, Porto, 05 to 08 September.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Alarcão, Madalena (2018), "Complex thinking applied to family change: A guide for case conceptualization", paper presented at 9th Congress of the European Society on Family Relations, "Families through the lens of diversity, Porto, 05 to 08 September.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2018), "Workshop titled ""A route through family complexity: processes, resources and strategies to support the change and strengthening of the multichallenged family"", paper presented at Month of Maltreatment Prevention, by organisation of the Comission for Protection of Children and Youth of Góis, Góis, 18 to 18 April.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2017), "Famílias que florescem: A arte de jardinar o amor em Família. Implicações para as políticas e práticas de suporte à família", paper presented at IV Forum Abrigo. Sec XXI: O desafio de ser crianca, Montijo, 04 to 04 May.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2016), "The Self-Organization od Love", paper presented at YCCSA Seminar, University of York, York Centre for Complex Systems Analysis, 26 to 26 February.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Alarcão, Madalena (2015), "Preliminary foundations of an informed grounded theory of the family as a complex system: implications for investigating family development", paper presented at 17th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Braga, 08 to 12 September.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2015), "Family adaptational change processes: from the transformations of coupling as a process, to patterns/bonds and networks of coupling", paper presented at 17th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Braga, 08 to 12 September.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2015), "A parentalidade no seio de uma rede complexa de relações, desafios e mudanças: o papel do amor como padrão auto-organizado e organizador na emergência e prática da parentalidade" enquadrado no tema "Desafios da parentalidade"", paper presented at das 1ºas Jornadas Técnicas da Rede Nacional de CAFAP "Do (outro) lado da família- (Des) Construir conceitos, estereótipos e relações", Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Coimbra, 14 to 15 May.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2015), "Exploring, Participating and Constructing Complexity: How a Complex Complexity Science looks like to a curious family psychologist", paper presented at Epistemology of method and complexity", integrado na "ESRC Seminar Series:Complexity and Method in Social Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Approach", University of warwick, 08 to 08 May.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2015), "Como mudam as famílias? Apontamentos para uma participação profissional positiva na mudança e adaptação familiar", paper presented at I Jornadas Sociais Guarda, Auditório Paço da Cultura, Guarda, 20 to 20 March.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2014), "Promover a parentalidade positiva por via da ligação à criança: Conteúdos, processos e implicações para a intervenção", paper presented at Seminário "Ser família!... Desafios da parentalidade positiva", realizado no Cineteatro João Ribeiro, Vouzela, por organização da Comissão de Proteção de Crianças e Jovens de Vouzela, Vouzela, 26 to 26 November.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2014), "Processos de adaptação e mudança em percursos de múltiplos desafios: Da família como sistema complexo ao amor como processo auto-organizado e organizador da adaptação familiar", paper presented at Seminário Transversalmente Família organização do centro de acolhimento temporário Solar do Mimo, Seia, 21 to 21 November.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Alarcão, Madalena (2014), "Qualitative methods for the exploration of complexity in human social systems: Applications in family psychology", paper presented at European Conference on Complex Systems '14, Lucca, Italy, 22 to 26 September.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Alarcão, Madalena (2013), "). Coordination of changes during professional training for working with multichallenged families: An exploratory, discovery-oriented study", paper presented at European Conference on Complex Systems'13, Barcelona, 16 to 20 September.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Alarcão, Madalena (2013), "Fatores e processos de mudança familiar em situações de negligência da criança: Estudo de caso", paper presented at VIII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia, Aveiro, 20 to 22 June.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2013), "Caminhos integradores na compreensão, avaliação e gestão do risco", paper presented at 3ª Conferência sobre o Abuso e Negligência de Crianças,por organização da SPECAN, Porto, 18 to 19 January.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Alarcão, Madalena (2012), "O papel da comunidade no fortalecimento da família e da criança", paper presented at VIII Simpósio Nacional de Investigação em Psicologia, Aveiro, 20 to 22 June.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Silva Peixoto, Carlos (2012), "Caminhos integradores na compreensão, avaliação e gestão do risco", paper presented at 3ª Conferência sobre o Abuso e Negligência de Crianças (18-19 Janeiro), por organização da SPECAN, Porto, 18 to 19 January.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Alarcão, Madalena (2012), "Beyond the family life-cycle: Understanding family development in the 21st century through complexity theorie", paper presented at 6th Congress of the European Society on Family Relations (ESFR) "Families in Changing Europe: Challenges, Conflicts and Intervention", , Lillehammer; Norway, 26 to 29 September.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Alarcão, Madalena; Pimentel, Inês (2012), "The scale for the assessment of practitioner's basic in-home sessions skills: Validity and Reliability", paper presented at 6th Congress of the European Society on Family Relations (ESFR) "Families in Changing Europe: Challenges, Conflicts and Intervention, Lillehammer, Norway, 26 to 29 September.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Alarcão, Madalena (2012), "The family at the center of interdisciplinar research in complex systems: A call for future research programs", paper presented at European Conference on Complex Systems'12, 03 to 07 September.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2012), "Apoiar a família multidesafiada no contexto da proteção da criança", paper presented at Conferência intitulada "Apoiar a família multidesafiada no contexto da proteção da criança", por organização da Comissão de Proteção de Crianças e Jovens de Arouca., Arouca, 17 to 17 May.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2012), "Sobre os riscos do presente e a oportunidade do futuro: Reflexões em torno dos desafios da intervenção em contextos de múltiplos desafios"", paper presented at Famílias em risco: contextos, problemas e desafios" organizado pelo Instituto de Ciências da Família da Universidade Católica Portuguesa de Lisboa, Lisboa, Lisboa, 04 to 04 May.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Alarcão, Madalena (2012), "A psicologia clínica em equipas interdisciplinares na intervenção familiar baseada na comunidade: Afirmar a diferença na proximidade", paper presented at 1º Congresso Nacional da Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, "Afirmar os Psicólogos", 18 to 21 April.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Alarcão, Madalena (2012), "A intervenção com famílias multidesafiadas pobres em contexto domiciliário: Desafios ao psicólogo e à sua formação", paper presented at 1º Congresso Nacional da Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses, "Afirmar os Psicólogos", Lisboa, 18 to 21 April.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Alarcão, Madalena (2012), "O papel das avaliações em situações de risco e perigo na facilitação da mudança parental", paper presented at 1º Congresso Internacional de Parentalidade do Instituto de Psicologia e Neuropsicologia do Porto, 09 to 10 March.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2011), "Factores de protecção e risco: como aumentar os factores de protecção. Reflexão a partir de uma perspectiva centrada na família", paper presented at na Conferência "Primeiro as crianças e depois... as crianças" organizada pela Comissão de Protecção de Crianças e Jovens de Resende, Resende, 19 to 19 November.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2011), "A família multidesafiada: compreender para apoiar", paper presented at Encontro da Rede Nacional de CAFAPs, por organização da Rede Nacional de CAFAP, Mealhada, 27 to 27 September.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2011), "O que sabemos e o que não sabemos sobre parentalidade e educação parental em situações de risco e perigo: contributos da investigação", paper presented at "Formação parental e sistema de protecção de crianças e jovens em perigo: Caminhos percorridos e a percorrer", no Curso de Especialização "Temas de direito da família e das crianças" Organizado pelo Centro de Estudos Judiciários, Porto, 20 to 20 June.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2011), "From risks to decisions to change: The Integrated Family Assessment and Intervention Model (IFAIM) as a family-centered approach" no painel "Risco: avaliação e intervenção", paper presented at 2nd. International Conference Child Abuse and Neglect,, Porto, 14 to 15 May.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2011), "Da família multidesafiada à família multiproblemática. Uma mudança de paradigma?", paper presented at Avaliação do risco e intervenção familiar, organizado pelo Centro Social e Paroquial Vera Cruz, 28 to 28 October.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2010), "Planear, oferecer, co-construir e (co)avaliar a intervenção familiar e parental: o papel dos CAFAP e sua organização, organizado pelo CAFAP da Caritas de Coruche", paper presented at Parentalidades- modelos e estratégias de intervenção parental, Coruche, 23 to 23 November.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Alarcão, Madalena (2010), "The home as a privileged context and object of systemic assessment and intervention practices with multidefied families", paper presented at 7th Congress of the European Family Therapy Association , Paris, 29 to 31 October.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Alarcão, Madalena (2010), "Integrated Family Assessment and Intervention Model- An integrative collaborative systemic approach in the crossroad of clinical, educational, social, community and forensic practices", paper presented at 7th Congress of the European Family Therapy Association, Paris, 29 to 31 October.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2010), "o MAIFI: Uma abordagem integradora, comunitária e centrada na família no cruzamento das abordagens terapêuticas, sociais, educativas, comunitárias e forenses", paper presented at 1º Encontro Crescer em Família", por organização da Associação ASAS, Trofa, 01 to 01 October.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2010), "Parentalidades preferidas em contextos de múltiplos desafios: estratégias de apoio centradas nas forças", paper presented at I Jornadas Sociais, "Desafio Social", organizadas pela Associação Vidas Cruzadas, Abrantes, 06 to 06 July.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2010), "Reconstituindo discursos, integrando práticas e saberes nos processos de apoio às famílias multi-desafiadas: o exemplo do MAIFI", paper presented at no I Encontro Temático Obra Diocesana de Promoção Social "Boas práticas institucionais no trabalho com famílias, Universidade Católica, Porto, 23 to 23 April.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2009), "Intervenções com famílias? Que resultados? Que resultados criamos com os resultados que procuramos?", paper presented at III Congresso do Instituto Profissional do Terço "O DOM do presente, as IPSS's do Futuro", 25 to 25 November.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2009), "Dos jovens às famílias: Os Centros de Apoio Familiar e de Aconselhamento Parental na promoção e protecção do fortalecimento e bem-estar de famílias com crianças e jovens", paper presented at IV Encontro Técnico Crescer Ser, 15 to 15 October.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2009), "Algumas questões para reflexão levantadas a partir do enquadramento e experiência do MAIFI", paper presented at Encontro Nacional de Avaliação das Actividades das CPCJ no ano de 2008,painel/grupo de trabalho com o título "O diagnóstico das situações e a decisão, execução e revisão de medidas de promoção e protecção de crianças, que envolvam apoio à família. Que res, Braga, 18 to 18 May.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2009), "Dos riscos à protecção. Da protecção à construção de forças", paper presented at Factores de Risco e Protecção que afectam a população infantil e juvenil", organizado pela REAPN Aveiro em colaboração com as Redes Sociais da Plataforma Supraconcelhia da Rede Social do Baixo Vouga, 02 to 02 April.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2009), "As forças da família face aos riscos: desafios e potencialidades de uma avaliação colaborativa", paper presented at 3ª Encontro sobre Maus Tratos, Parentalidade e Intervenção Psicossocial e Jurídica, organizado pela Associação de Solidariedade e Acção Social de Santor Tirso (ASAS), Maia, 13 to 13 March.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2008), "O trabalho com famílias multidesafiadas", paper presented at "Eu falo contigo, fala comigo", organizado pela Associação Crescer Ser, Porto, 17 to 17 October.

Alarcão, Madalena; Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2008), "Participação no painel Programas de Educação Parental: Incredible Years, Parenting Wisely, Strengthening Families, o Tesouro das Famílias, enquadrado no simpósio Avaliação Psicológica, psicoterapia e intervenção familiar, Mesa 2, Educação parental", paper presented at Congresso "Psicologia e Educação, tendências actuais", organizado pelo Centro de Psicopedagogia da FPCEU, Coimbra, 11 to 11 June.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2008), "Os Centros de Apoio Familiar e Aconselhamento Parental (CAFAP) na construção de talentos relacionais: da família à comunidade", paper presented at seminário "Para Cuidar Melhor- Propostas Alternativas", organizado pela Associação Chão dos Meninos, Évora, 26 to 26 May.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2008), "Os Centros de Apoio Familiar e Aconselhamento Parental nos Processos de Suporte à Mudança- Da Família à Comunidade", paper presented at III Jornadas da CPCJ de Ponte da Barca, Ponte da Barca, 11 to 11 April.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2007), "Conferência "Crianças, Pais e Famílias: Leituras e Intervenções"", paper presented at 3º Encontro Confluências, organizado pela Comissão de Protecção de Crianças e Jovens de Constância, Constância, 28 to 28 November.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de; Vieira, Catarina ; Parente, Verónica; Rocha, Carla; Prego, Joana; Gomes, Isa ; Moutinho, Mónica (2007), "Famílias em Missão", paper presented at Pompidou Group Conference "Families, lyfestyles and drugs- reaching families in prevention, Porto, 19 to 19 November.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2007), "Abordagem integrada na intervenção com famílias com menores em situação de risco", paper presented at seminário "Negligenciar o Cuidar" no âmbito das III Jornadas da CPCJ de Albergaria-a-Velha, Albergaria-a-Velha, 18 to 18 May.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2007), "Os talentos das famílias na construção de forças relacionais" no seminário "A Família: problemas e desafios", paper presented at III Jornadas da CPCJ da Murtosa, Murtosa, 17 to 17 May.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2007), "Abordagem integrada na intervenção com famílias com menores em situação de risco", paper presented at seminário "Novos saberes, outros olhares, grandes desafios", integrado na Expo Criança 2007, Santarém, 08 to 08 March.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2007), "Comunicação sobre "Prevenção em meio familiar" ", paper presented at I Simpósio de Alcoologia de Aveiro, por organização do CARDA, Aveiro, 28 to 28 February.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2006), "Abordagem integrada na intervenção com famílias de risco", paper presented at II Jornadas da CPCJ de Ponte da Barca, Ponte da Barca, 19 to 19 May.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2005), "Abordagem Integrada no âmbito da violência", paper presented at Jornadas de Trabalho e Reflexão Violência Familiar", organizadas pela Rede Interinstitucional de Apoio a Vítimas de Violência Doméstica, Figueira da Foz, 11 to 11 May.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2005), "Comunicação sobre Programa "Em Busca do Tesouro das Famílias", paper presented at Seminário "Educação ao Longo da Vida", organizado por estagiárias da licenciatura em Educação, na Universidade do Minho, Braga, 13 to 13 April.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2004), "Comunicação sobre página da Internet do projecto Shelters_net ", paper presented at seminário sobre o Projecto Shelters, organizado pelo Centro de Estudos para a Intervenção Social, Carcavelos, 12 to 12 December.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2004), "Comunicação sobre Programa "Em Busca do Tesouro das Famílias", paper presented at Seminário "Nós" na prevenção-projeto pais XXI, organizador pela fapfeira, Santa Maria da Feira, 02 to 02 April.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2003), "Comunicação sobre Projecto Ecos, e Programa "Em Busca do Tesouro das famílias", paper presented at Seminário "Prevenção Primária das Toxicodependências em Reflexão" organizado pela Câmara Municipal de Barcelos, Barcelos, 16 to 16 September.

Melo, Ana Teixeira de (2003), "Apresentação de comunicação "Projecto Ecos" ", paper presented at simpósio "Cuidar da Comunidade: Políticas, Práticas e Desafios na Prevenção Primária das Toxicodependências", Gabinete de Atendimento à família, Viana do Castelo, 16 to 16 May.