Team

Universidade de Coimbra

Cláudia Cavadas
Principal Investigator (PI) of the GendER@UC EEA Grants project

Cláudia Cavadas is group leader of the Center of Neurosciences and Cell Biology (CNC), University of Coimbra, Associate professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy, and member of the board of AMONET - Portuguese Association of Women Scientists. Cláudia Cavadas is the Former Vice-Rector for Research and Director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research of the University of Coimbra (iiiUC). She was responsible for the coordination and scientific guidance of the whole team, and for ensuring the strategic implementation of structural change measures in collaboration with the R&D Units.

Jorge Noro
Executive Coordinator of Institute of Interdisciplinary Research (iiiUC) & Focal point of iiiUC.

Jorge Noro is the iiiUC focal point for the SUPERA project and will be responsible for coordinating the team in articulation with the R&D Units; and the SUPERA project.

José Augusto Ferreira
Scientific advisor

José Augusto is responsible for the scientific guidance of the entire team to support the PI or replace her if necessary.

Pâmela Aguiar
Project Manager of the GendER@UC EEA Grants project

Pâmela Aguiar is responsible for managing the work plan for the GendER@UC EEA Grants project, ensuring that its activities are carried out. She is the point of contact for the promotion of gender equality in UC research (such as conferences, workshops, and training), with those responsible for science management for the self-diagnosis of the R&D Units, drafting materials for gender mainstreaming in research and science management, and support for the project's communication activities.

Clara Barata
Strategic Areas Science Manager of University of Coimbra.

Clara Barata is responsible for the mentoring and bootcamp execution tasks, design and implementation of ERC@UC e MarieCurie@UC, workshops, conferences and other activities

Natacha Leite
Strategic Areas Science Manager of University of Coimbra

Natacha Leite is responsible for the mentoring and bootcamp execution tasks, design and implementation of ERC@UC e MarieCurie@UC, workshops, conferences and other activities

Ana Santos Carvalho
Researcher & Science Communication Coordinator at Institute of Interdisciplinary Research

Ana Carvalho is coordinator of the Postdoc@UC initiative. Ana Carvalho will be responsible for the execution and evaluation of the communication plan.

Luís Dias
Full Professor at Faculty of Economics (FEUC)

Luís Dias is the focal point for the SUPERA project at FEUC. His research covers multi-criteria decision analysis, group negotiation and decision making, and sustainability assessment. Luís Dias will be responsible for monitoring the expected results and their sustainability.

Jorge Almeida
ERC Fellow at UC and Director of the ProAction Lab

ProAction Lab is a lab with an aggressive policy of inclusive recruitment. Jorge Almeida will be the point of contact for the ERC@UC and MarieCurie@UC initiatives.

Luís Pereira Almeida
Coordinator of the largest biomedical center at UC (CIBB)

CIBB is made up of more than 400 researchers. Luís Almeida will be responsible for ensuring the successful implementation of the proposed activities in CIBB, with the center acting as the first pilot.

Centros de Estudos Sociais (CES)

Mónica Lopes
Researcher at Center for Social Studies (CES) Coordinator of the European project SUPERA – Supporting the Promotion of Equality in Research and Academia

Mónica Lopes, recently co-coordinated the evaluation study of the pilot project "Engineers for a day"; and integrated the EEA Grants Local Gender Equality project, among others.
Mónica Lopes will be responsible for the content and implementation of the workshops and training, as well as for the technical and scientific review of the remaining activities.

Universidade da Islândia

Thorgerdur Einarsdottir
Professor of Gender Studies at the University of Iceland

Background in the social sciences, she received PhD in sociology from the University of Göteborg in 1997.