Organisation of scientific events

Member of the Organizing Committee of Quality of Life, Symptom Research and Patient Reported Outcomes in Cancer Clinical Trials, European Parliament, Brussels, 07 to 09 September by 2011 (com European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer, EORTC; Matias, Marisa; Bottomley et al., Andrew).

Member of the Organizing Committee of IV Ciclo Anual Jovens Cientistas Sociais, Centro de Estudos Sociais, 16 October 2008 to 17 June 2009 (com Araújo, Marta Matias, Marisa).

Member of the Organizing Committee of International Colloquium 'Caminhos de futuro: novos mapas para as ciências sociais e , Coimbra, Portugal, 18 to 21 June by 2008 (com Martins, Catarina; Ribeiro, Margarida Calafate; Matias, Marisa; Peixoto, Paulo; Pereira, Tiago Santos).

Member of the Organizing Committee of III Annual Lecture Cicle 'Jovens Cientistas Sociais', Centro de Estudos Sociais, Coimbra, Portugal, 24 October 2007 to 25 June 2008 (com Araújo, Marta Matias, Marisa).

Member of the Organizing Committee of International Conference "The Dynamics of Patient and Health Organizations in Europe", École Superieure de Mines de Paris, France, 10 to 11 June by 2007 (com Akrich, Madeleine; Rabeharisoa, Vololona; Nunes, João Arriscado; Matias, Marisa; Filipe, Ângela Marques).

Member of the Organizing Committee of II Annual Lecture Cicle 'Jovens Cientistas Sociais', Centro de Estudos Sociais, Coimbra, Portugal, 18 October 2006 to 25 June 2007 (com Araújo, Marta; Mendes, José Manuel; Matias, Marisa).

Member of the Organizing Committee of International Symposium "Medicine, Health and Society in Europe: Trends and Prospects", Coimbra, Portugal, 15 to 17 December by 2004 (com Nunes, João Arriscado Matias, Marisa).

Presentations in scientific events

Nunes, João Arriscado; Carvalho, Antonio; Filipe, Ângela Marques; Matias, Marisa; Neves, Daniel (2010), "Deliberation, Performativity and Research Design in the Public debate of Nanotechnologies", paper presented at Practicing Science and Technology, Performing the Social - EASST2010, Trento, Italy, 02 to 04 September.

Matias, Marisa; Arriscado Nunes, João ; Neves, Daniel; Roriz, Marta; Marques Filipe, Ângela (2010), ""Advocating Rarity": Rare Disease Organizations in Portugal", paper presented at Anthropology and Health: Trends for the Next decade, Coimbra.

Matias, Marisa; Arriscado Nunes, João ; Carvalho, António; Marques Filipe, Ângela; Neves, Daniel (2010), "Enacting the Deliberative Citizen: The Case Study of the Public Debate on Nanotechnologies", paper presented at Interacções entre leigos, peritos e decisores políticos, Lisboa, ICS-UL, 29 a 30 de Novembro.

Matias, Marisa; Nunes, Joãp Arriscado; Filipe, Ângela Marques; Carvalho, Antonio (2009), "Embodied Narratives, Participation and Peformance in Emergent Technologies: Debating Nanotehcnology ", paper presented at 9th Conference of the European Sociological Association, Lisboa, ISCTE, 02 to 05 September.

Nunes, João Arriscado; Matias, Marisa; Filipe, Ângela Marques (2009), "Research engagement, dissemination of activism and health governance: the case of rare disease organizations in Portugal ", paper presented at 9th Conference of the European Sociological Association , Lisboa, ISCTE, 02 to 05 September.

Matias, Marisa; Arriscado Nunes, João (2008), "Participação pública e capacitação", paper presented at Participação e Redes de Intervenção e de Investigação, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, 26 to 26 November.

Matias, Marisa; Neyland, Daniel; Matos, Ana Raquel; Nunes, João Arriscado; Woolgar, Steve; Healey, Peter (2008), "Articulating New Accountability Systems", paper presented at ResIST Stakeholders Meeting - Africa, University of Stellenbosch, 05 to 05 November.

Matias, Marisa; Arriscado Nunes, João; Matos, Ana Raquel; Neves, Daniel (2008), "Accountability through Participation: Emerging Configurations of Knowledge and Active Citizenship", paper presented at "Acting with science, technology and medicine" da Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) & European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST), Rotterdam, 20 to 23 August.

Matias, Marisa; Arriscado Nunes, João; Filipe, Ângela; Carvalho, António (2008), "Seduction, concern and control: debating nanotechnologies", paper presented at "Acting with science, technology and medicine" da Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) & European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST), Rotterdam, 20 to 23 August.

Nunes, João Arriscado; Matias, Marisa; Filipe, Ângela Marques (2008), "Novos actores colectivos e novos conhecimentos no campo da saúde", paper presented at VI Portuguese Conference of Sociology: Mundos Sociais, saberes e práticas, Lisbon, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 25 to 28 June.

Nunes, João Arriscado; Matias, Marisa; Filipe, Ângela Marques; Carvalho, António (2008), "O debate público sobre as ciências e tecnologias emergentes: o caso da nanotecnologia", paper presented at VI Portuguese Conference of Sociology: Mundos sociais, saberes e práticas, Lisbon, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 25 to 28 June.

Matias, Marisa; Nunes, João Arriscado; Matos, Ana Raquel; Neves, Daniel (2008), "'Um direito de todos, um dever do Estado': A participação pública e o controlo social a partir da experiência dos Conselhos de Saúde", paper presented at VI Congresso Português de Sociologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 25 to 28 June.

Nunes, João Arriscado; Matias, Marisa; Neves, Daniel; Matos, Ana Raquel (2008), paper presented at VI Portuguese Conference of Sociology: Mundos sociais, saberes e práticas, Lisbon, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 25 to 28 June.

Matias, Marisa (2008), "Comment to the Session ''Teorias e Metodologias de Investigação e de Intervenção: Analisar para Transformar?", paper presented at Caminhos de futuro: novos mapas para as ciências sociais e humanas, Auditório da Faculdade de Direito e Auditório da Reitoria da Universidade de Coimbra, 19 to 21 June.

Nunes, João Arriscado; Matias, Marisa; Filipe, Ângela Marques; Carvalho, António (2008), "Encenar, desenhar e debater futuros: os desafios das ciências e tecnologias emergentes", paper presented at VII Jornadas ESOCITE, Jornadas Latino-Americanas de Estudos Sociais das Ciências e das Tecnologias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, UFRJ, 28 to 30 May.

Matias, Marisa; Nunes, João Arriscado; Matos, Ana Raquel; Neves, Daniel (2008), "Participação pública e capacitação: experiências comparadas na Europa e Brasil", paper presented at VII Jornadas ESOCITE, Jornadas Latino-Americanas de Estudos Sociais das Ciências e das Tecnologias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, UFRJ, 28 to 30 May.

Matias, Marisa (2008), "Desenvolvimento sustentável e intervenção local", paper presented at International Seminar, Auditório da Biblioteca Municipal de Soure, Portugal, 17 to 17 May.

Nunes, João Arriscado; Filipe, Ângela Marques; Matias, Marisa (2008), "Os novos actores colectivos no campo da saúde: o papel das famílias nas associações de doentes", paper presented at II Jornadas de Ciências Sociais e Humanas em Saúde, Lisbon, Escola Superior de Tecnologias da Saúde, 04 to 05 April.

Matias, Marisa; Nunes, João Arriscado; Neves, Daniel; Matos, Ana Raquel (2008), paper presented at II Jornadas de Ciências Sociais e Humanas em Saúde, Lisbon, Escola Superior de Tecnologias da Saúde, 04 to 05 April.

Matias, Marisa; Allegretti, Giovanni; Cunha, Eleonora (2007), "As Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação na gramática dos Orçamentos Participativos: tensões e desafios de uma abordagem essencialmente subordinada", paper presented at II Congress of the Brazilian Association ComPolítica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, 05 to 07 December.

Matias, Marisa; Allegretti, Giovanni; Cunha, Eleonora (2007), "ICT Technologies within the Grammar of Participatory Budgeting: Tensions and Challenges of a mainly 'Subordinate Clause' Approach", paper presented at International Colloquium "Changing politics through digital networks: The role of ICTs in the formation of new social and political actors and actions", Florence, Italy, 05 to 07 October.

Matias, Marisa; Nunes, João Arriscado (2007), "L", paper presented at Colloquium Expérimenter, éprouver, assembler, Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, École Supérieure des Mines de Paris, France, 27 to 28 September.

Matias, Marisa; Nunes, João Arriscado; Filipe, Ângela Marques (2007), "Patient organizations as emerging actors in the space of health: The case of Portugal", paper presented at VIII Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA), Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society, Glasgow, Scotland, 03 to 06 September.

Matias, Marisa (2007), "How does the environment challenge health conceptions? Environmental health, public participation and health policies", paper presented at VIII Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA), Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society, Glasgow, Scotland, 03 to 06 September.

Matias, Marisa; Nunes, João Arriscado; Filipe, Ângela Marques (2007), "Os familiares de doentes e a emergência de novos actores colectivos no campo da saúde", paper presented at International Colloquium 'Saúde e Sociedade. Os contributos (in)visíveis da família, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, 17 to 18 May.

Matias, Marisa (2007), "Uma introdução à justiça ambiental", paper presented at Seminar "Contra o Deserto Verde", Centro de Estudos Sociais, Coimbra, Portugal, 02 to 02 May.

Matias, Marisa (2007), "Running a PhD in a research centre: construction or co-construction of a research object?", paper presented at International Seminar on PhD graduation: From practice to research policy, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, 26 April 26 March.

Matias, Marisa; DiChiro, Giovanna (2007), "Whose science? Whose knowledge? The challenge of environmental justice: the case of waste pickers in Belo Horizonte", paper presented at Woods Hole Spring 2007 Workshop, Collaborative generation of environmental knowledge and inquiry, Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA, 18 to 22 April.

Matias, Marisa (2006), "Articulando a saúde e o ambiente: saberes, justiça e saúde sustentável", paper presented at Seminar at the Political Psycology Research Group, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 06 to 06 December.

Arriscado Nunes, João; Matias, Marisa (2006), "Engaging Health and Environment: ", paper presented at Conference of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology 2006, Reviewing Humanness: Bodies, Technologies and Spaces, Lausanne, Switzerland, 23 to 26 August.

Fernandes, Lúcia; Matias, Marisa (2006), "Estratégias de acção futura dos movimentos ambientalistas: casos europeus e da América Latina no domínio do co-processamento de resíduos industriais", paper presented at Workshop of the 11º World Congress of Public Health, organized by ABRASCO, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 21 to 25 August.

Matias, Marisa (2006), "Democracia e participação", paper presented at Workshop "Desenvolvimento local e educação e formação ao longo da vida: Estratégias para a democracia", Escola Superior de Educação de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, 13 to 14 January.

Matias, Marisa (2006), "Gestão de risco ou (re)acção perante incerteza? O caso da co-incineração de resíduos industriais perigosos em Portugal", paper presented at Seminar "Incerteza e tomada de decisão: Os contributos do princípio da precaução", organizado pela Associação Portuguesa de Engenharia do Ambiente, Lisbon, Portugal.

Matias, Marisa (2005), "O cancro como doença ambiental", paper presented at II Conference of AE - Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Bissaya Barreto "Intervir em Oncologia… Um contínuo desafio", ESEBB, Coimbra, Portugal, 24 to 25 November.

Fernandes, Lúcia; Matias, Marisa (2005), "The siting of household waste management facilities in Portugal", paper presented at 10th International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, S. Margherita di Paula, Cagliari, S. Margherita di Paula, Italy, 03 to 07 October.

Matias, Marisa (2005), "Environmental Justice and Health: Conflicts over Toxic Waste in Portugal", paper presented at 7th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) - «Rethinking Inequalities», realizada em Tórun, Torun, Poland, 09 to 12 September.

Matias, Marisa (2004), "Health, Environment and Sustainability: Waste Management and Public Policies", paper presented at International Symposium Medicine, Health and Society in Europe: Trends and Prospects, Coimbra, Portugal, 15 to 17 December.

Matias, Marisa (2004), "Saúde, ambiente e sustentabilidade: O caso das novas tecnologias de tratamento de resíduos", paper presented at Seminar "Natureza, sociedade e tecnociência: Esboços do futuro",ao VIII Congresso Luso-Afro-Brasileiro de Ciências Sociais, subordinado ao tema A questão social no novo milénio, Coimbra, Portugal, 16 to 18 September.

Arriscado Nunes, João; Matias, Marisa; Costa, Susana (2004), "Participação pública, controvérsia e justiça ambiental: o caso do aterro de resíduos sólidos urbanos em Taveiro", paper presented at VIII Congress Luso-Afro-Brasileiro de Ciências Sociais, subordinado ao tema A questão social no novo milénio, Coimbra, Portugal, 16 to 18 September.

Arriscado Nunes, João; Matias, Marisa (2004), "Controvérsia científica e conflitos ambientais em Portugal: o caso da co-incineração de resíduos industriais perigosos em Souselas", paper presented at VIII Congress Luso-Afro-Brasileiro de Ciências Sociais, subordinado ao tema A questão social no novo milénio, Coimbra, Portugal, 16 to 18 September.

Arriscado Nunes, João; Matias, Marisa (2004), "Legislative theatre, public knowledge and empowerment", paper presented at VI Conference of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) e European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST), subordinada ao tema Public Proofs: Science, Technology and Democracy, Paris, France, 25 to 28 August.

Fernandes, Lúcia; Matias, Marisa (2004), "Environmental health and contested knowledges: The case of toxic waste", paper presented at VI Conference of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) e European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST), subordinada ao tema Public Proofs: Science, Technology and Democracy, Paris, France, 25 to 28 August.

Menezes, Paula; Matias, Marisa (2004), "Critical theory and the challenges of STS and postcolonial studies of knowledge", paper presented at VI Conference of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) e European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST), subordinada ao tema Public Proofs: Science, Technology and Democracy,, Paris, France, 25 to 28 August.

Arriscado Nunes, João; Costa, Susana; Matias, Marisa (2004), "Os dilemas da biopolítica na era da reprogenética", paper presented at V Portuguese Conference of Sociology Sociedades Contemporâneas: Reflexividade e Acção, Braga, Portugal, 12 to 15 May.

Arriscado Nunes, João; Costa, Susana; Matias, Marisa (2004), "Risco, incerteza e conflitos ambientais em Portugal", paper presented at V Portuguese Congress of Sociology Sociedades Contemporâneas: Reflexividade e Acção, Braga, Portugal, 12 to 15 May.

Arriscado Nunes, João; Correia Jesuíno, Jorge; Diego, Carmen; Costa, Susana; Carvalho, Sandra; Matias, Marisa (2004), "Da regulação à prática: processos de «public accountability» em Portugal", paper presented at V Portuguese Conference of Sociology Sociedades Contemporâneas: Reflexividade e Acção, Braga, Portugal, 12 to 15 May.

Matias, Marisa (2004), "Relation between Health and Environment", paper presented at Workshop "Health Care Policies and Politics", Faculdade de Medicina., Granada, Spain, 23 to 24 March.

Arriscado Nunes, João; Matias, Marisa (2004), "Regulation of Human Genetics and Medically Assisted Reproduction", paper presented at Workshop "Health Care Policies and Politics", Faculdade de Medicina, Granada, Spain, 23 to 24 March.

Matias, Marisa; Costa, Susana (2004), "Gestão de resíduos urbanos e 'public accountability' em Portugal: O caso do aterro de Taveiro", paper presented at Seminar "Responsabilidade, Transparência e Prestação de Contas: Problemas de Public Accountability na Sociedade Portuguesa", Coimbra, Portugal, 18 to 18 February.

Arriscado Nunes, João; Matias, Marisa (2002), "Managing Risk or Acting under Uncertainty? Precautionary Tales of Biomedicine and the Environment", paper presented at Conference Responsibility under Uncertainty, da European Association for the Study of Science and Technology, York, United Kingdom, 31 July 03 August.