Research unit: Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences (CICS.NOVA)
Research areas: Sociology of culture, Sociology of youth, Sociology of communication and media studies, Activism and Social movements, Research Methodology
José Alberto Vasconcelos Simões
Training
| Year | Degree | Institution | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctorate | Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (FCSH) | Sociology |
Research projects
| Title | Funding source | Start | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Growing between Screens: Uses of digital media by children (3-8 years old), funded by Entidade Reguladora para a Comunicação Social (ERC), CICS.NOVA, FCSH-UNL | Completed | ||
| Networked youth activism: digital media, social movements and participatory culture among young activists (2014-15), CESNOVA-FCSH & CIES-ISCTE-IUL, funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), Principal researcher | Completed | ||
| Net Children Go Mobile (2012-14), CESNOVA-FCSH, Catholic University Sacro Cuore (Milan), funded by European Commission and FCT, Portuguese team coordinator | Completed | ||
| EU Kids Online III. Stimulating and co-ordinating investigation into the use of new media by children (2011-14), CESNOVA-FCSH; London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), funded by Safer Internet Plus programme, research team member | Completed | ||
| EU Kids Online II. Enhancing knowledge regarding European children’s use, risk and safety online (2009-11), FCSH, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), funded by Safer Internet Plus programme, research team member | Completed | ||
| Digital inclusion and participation. Comparing the trajectories of digital media use by majority and disadvantaged groups in Portugal and the USA (2009-11), FCSH, FLUP and University of Texas at Austin, research team member | Completed | ||
| EU Kids Online (2006-09), FCSH, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), funded by Safer Internet Plus programme, research team member | Completed | ||
| Urban Youth Subcultures: ideology, performativity and cultural consumption. The case of hip-hop movement (2001-2004), research team member | Completed | ||
| Social construction of exclusion in two youth cultures in the city of Lisbon (1999-2000), funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) (1999-2000), research team member | Completed | ||
| Youth cultures in exclusion spaces (1997-98), funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), research team member | Completed | ||
| Socioeconomic Survey of Higher Education Students (1996-97), Funded by Conselho Nacional para a Acção Social no Ensino Superior (CNASES), research team member | Completed |
Professional experience
| Position | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher at CesNova - Centre of Sociological Studies from FCSH-UNL | ||
| Member of the EU Kids Online Network, London School of Economics and Political Science | ||
| Collaborator of the Permanent Observatory of Youth, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon (ICS-UL) | ||
| Member of the Editorial Board of Forum Sociológico journal |