[Editorial] Introduction to the special issue on COST Action FA1001

This Special Issue gathers selected contributions from experts of the action on several aspects of food structure design explored throughout the actions activity, from basic science to applications and behavior of foods during digestion.

Escola, democracia e autonomia: uma análise das políticas e práticas no cotidiano escolar

Tese de Doutoramento em Ciências da Educação - Especialidade em Política Educativa

A atuação profissional no campo do lazer: reflexões sobre aspectos éticos

Esse estudo tem como objetivo refletir sobre a atuação profissional no âmbito da lazer, abordando a intervenção sob ponto de vista da ética. Partimos da premissa que os valores e relações estabelecidos na sociedade moderna, lócus das práticas de lazer, interferem na interpretação e organização de modos de vida. Aproximando a ação do profissional de Educação Física com o campo do lazer, apontamos para uma atuação influenciada pela conduta ética e política na direção da mediação. Considerando as reflexões sobre ética e atuação profissional, podemos inferir que a área de Educação Física se consolida por exercer o papel social significativo aos processos educativos do lazer. A atuação profissional no lazer possibilita através da mediação na prática a educação para novos olhares e sensibilidades necessários à construção de uma sociedade igualitária e democrática.

Analysis of portuguese residential buildings’ needs and proposed solutions

The Portuguese housing sector experienced a significant growth throughout the 20th century, particularly in the last quarter, after the democratic revolution in 1974. In fact, the number of buildings built between 1970 and 1990 is more than one third of the buildings actually existing in Portugal. Therefore most of them were built before the publication of the first regulation concerning the energy efficiency in buildings. Regarding this scenario, it would be expected that rehabilitation activities would represent most of the current construction activities. However, given some remaining barriers from old social policies, this situation is not observed; actually building retrofitting is the least significant sector, accentuating the degradation level of major part of the Portuguese housing stock. Several studies show that the main problems are found in the buildings envelope elements, such as roofs and façades. Based on this context, the aim of this paper is to introduce some examples of building retrofitting systems that, adapted to the Portuguese main needs and requirements may represent sustainable solutions to overcome the identified needs of Portuguese buildings' envelope.

Girls out of school. State, culture and education in poor rural Lao People's Democratic Republic

Tese de Doutoramento em Sociologia

Introduction to special Issue: future priorities in European media and communication research

(Excerto) The European Journal of Communication seeks to present the best in current research in the broad field of media and communication research. Irregularly, we seek to take stock by inviting a small group of leading scholars to present their work at a symposium on a common theme, which then forms the basis for a Special Issue of the Journal. In 2014, the European Science Foundation (ESF) published one of their ‘Forward Looks’ entitled Media in Europe: New Questions for Research and Policy. We subsequently invited several of the Forward Look’s authors to meet and discuss their work with us at a symposium hosted by the European University Cyprus, and the discussion and revised papers that resulted are published here.

The Pope’s encyclical as a call for democratic social change

(Excerto) By addressing the ideologies and practices of the social dynamics entwined with climate change, the encyclical exposes the profoundly political character of global environmental change and its connection with economics and culture. The publication of the encyclical is action in the public space via language oriented to persuasion which, in Hannah Arendt’s terms, is the very essence of politics.