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Margarida Maria Ferreira Diogo Dias Pocinho

Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Penteada University Campus , Floor 1, Office 1.101

http://comunidade.uma.pt/margaridapocinho/

mpocinho@staff.uma.pt

(+351) 291 705 278 / 5278

Biographical Notes

Professor at the University of Madeira, Faculty of Arts and Humanities; attended international advanced courses in music therapy at Université Paris V and U.S. culture and society as Fulbright Fellow at New York University, USA. She is a collaborator researcher at the Institute of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Coimbra (Portugal), evaluator of project fellowships - FCT; 3 books and a large number of papers in psychology and education; has supervised 57 M.A. and 15 Ph.D. dissertations. She is member of General Council of the University of Madeira.
She was Visiting Professor at University of Zielona Góra, Poland, and member of its Research Centre, the Connectivity Centre.
Currently, she is conducting research in Psychology of Tourism with a Project funding by ARDITI "Madeira tourist wellbeing" with the partnership of CIEO - CinTurs (future Research Centre of Tourism, Sustainability and Well-Being of University of Algarve), where she is an integrated researcher. She is also conducting research in the field of Positive Psychology and Creativity.

Publications

- Alunos universitários com altas habilidades: dos desafios às intervenções, Pocinho, M., 978-65-5456-140-2, ENCONTROGRAFIA EDITORA COMUNICAÇÃO E ACESSIBILIDADE LTDA, 2025

- Apresentação de Pólo de Investigação na área de Psicologia, Pocinho, M., IV.ª das Artes e Humanidades, 2025

- Bridging divides: harnessing positive psychology to build trust and navigating change, Pocinho, M., GOOD CONNECTIONS V TRUST AND CHANGE ACROSS DIVIDES University of Parma, 25-27.03.2025, 2025

- Diferenças de Género no Bem-Estar dos Alunos e Professores, Pocinho, M. & Freitas, C., 1st International Congress Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Gender and Inclusion, 2025

- Empatia, Autocompaixão e Género: Caminhos para a Inclusão e Prevenção do Bullying Escolar, Pocinho, M. & Sousa, M., 1st International Congress Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Gender and Inclusion, 2025

- How attachment based educational practices can contribute to reduce stigma at schools?, Pocinho, M. & Pereira, D., 0141-8211, EJED-European Journal od Education, 2025, 8

- II Congress of European Society on Family Relations (ESFR), II Congress of European Society on Family Relations (ESFR), 2025

- International School Psychology Association Conference ISPA 2025 16-19Jul25, International School Psychology Association Conference ISPA 2025 16-19Jul25, 2025

- O desenho da figura humana na Ilha da Madeira/The Drawing of the Human Figure in Madeira Island: Evidence of Validity, Pocinho, M., Weschler, S., & Neves, G., 1806-3446, Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa, 2025, 7

- Programa de treino de competências lógico-matemáticas na educação pré-escolar, Ferraz, I. & Pocinho, M., 978-989-9230-07-1, Universidade da Madeira, 2025

Academic Qualifications

- PhD in Educação, 2004, University of Madeira

- Master Degree in Ciências da Educação, 1996, Universidade de Coimbra/Fac. de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação

- Undergraduate Degree in Psicologia, 1992, Universidade de Coimbra/Fac. de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação

Current Duties

- Presidente of the Faculdade de Artes e Humanidades