Rita Campos

Contacts

ritacampos@ces.uc.pt
ritacampos@cibio.up.pt
rita.ml.campos@gmail.com
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Biography

Researcher from the Centre for Social Studies from the University of Coimbra (CES-UC), member of the Thematic Line CULTURS-Urban Cultures, Sociabilities and Participation, and of the Observatory for Education and Training Policies (OP.Edu), and co-coordinator of the Methodologies Series "Wheel of Knowledge" and of the Working Group on Citizen Science and Education (CC.Edu). Has a PhD in Biology from the University of Porto, on evolutionary biology and population genetics. Since 2009 is interested in the areas of Science Communication and Non-formal Science Education, and working exclusively on these areas since 2016. Her current research interests are centred in the study and production of science communication, active learning and public engagement in and with science (citizen science) tools about the relations between biodiversity and human health, interlinks between systems (natural, social, cultural) and (environmental) sustainability. She is interested in interdisciplinary approaches and methodologies that enhance the inclusion and participation of the publics, such as context-based education or the visual methodologies, and in mixed methods of evaluation of the produced tools. Maintains regular collaboration with national and international institutions (CIBIO-InBIO, Science Museum of the UC, COI, UFRN). Her work has earned national and international recognition, notably the Distinction Award by the Casa das Ciências (House of Sciences) and the Fresh Ideas Scheme pass by ECSITE.

ORCID

Projetos

HOU$ING

Financialised housing in 21st century Portugal: Social representations, practices, and political stakes

URBiNAT

Healthy corridors as drivers of social housing neighbourhoods for the cocreation of social,environmental and marketable NBS

BIOTraCes

Biodiversity and Transformative Change for Plural and Nature-Positive Societies

BIOASSEMBLER

Integrating bio-inspired assembly into semiconductor manufacturing technology for biosensors

MARGINS

People, rice and mangroves at the margins: A hybrid and contested interface in a changing world

Latest Publications

Article in Scientific journal

Laranjo, Mariana; Amaral, Sara; Caetano, Carolina; Santos, Sílvio; Campos, Rita; Peça, João; Seabra, Catarina M. (2023), "Brain Gain", The Biochemist, 45, 2, 21-27

Article in Scientific journal

Sousa, Joana; Campos, Rita; Mendes, Orlando; Duarte Lopes, Paula; Matias, Madalena; Rosa, Ana Paula; Mendes Fernandes, Raul; Cruz, Cristina; Indjai, Bucar; Infande, Adilson; da Costa, Maira; Salvaterra, Gonçalo; Lourenço, Juelson; Tavares, Dionísio; Camala, Djone; Ainslie, Andrew; Catarino, Luís (2023), "The (dis)engagement of mangrove forests and mangrove rice in academic and non-academic literature on Guinea-Bissau", PLOS ONE, 18, 4, e0284266

Book

Campos, Rita; Melo-Ferreira, José (2022), Mudar ou não mudar? A evolução da camuflagem sazonal e as alterações climáticas.. Porto, Portugal: CIBIO-InBIO-BIOPOLIS