I am a psychologist and a researcher at the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra. I am interested in processes of human flourishing and well-being, positive change and development and resilience, in Families and Communities, especially targeting contexts of multiple risks and challenges and of child protection and promotion. I adopt a Systems and Complexity-Informed approach to the study of Family Processes. I have conducted action-based and applied research focused on the development, implementation and evaluation of models, resources and tools for family assessment and intervention. I am interested in the field of Complexity Studies from a theoretical, methodological and applied point of view, in relation to processes of change in complex systems. My research aims at the development and evaluation of theoretical models, resources and strategies for the practice of 'Complex Thinking' applied to the management of change in complex systems, particularly social human systems, in the coupling with their environments. Additionally, my work encompasses themes related to Interdisciplinary Methodologies and Methods and Inter/Transdisciplinarity processes, in relation to abductive modes of knowing and discovery and other themes of the Philosophy of Sciences (e.g. Epistemologies).