Invited Speakers

Chance, luck and geniality: three key ingredients for scientific success

Carlos António Assis

Assistant Professor of the Animal Biology Department at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon

Carlos A. Assis is a Marine Biologist and Assistant Professor of the Animal Biology Department at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, and a researcher of the Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre – MARE and the Aquatic Research Net – ARNet. As a professor, Carlos is presently responsible for the teaching of courses in the areas of ichthyology, marine living resources, environmental biology and conservation, and history of biology, but he has also taught in the areas of systematics, zoology, and aquatic ecology. As a researcher, Carlos’ interests are mainly centered in the morphological study of the three pairs of fish otoliths and in the history of biology.

Well-Being & Sustainability: The spillover effect of social corporate responsibility practices on consumers' adoption of sustainable behaviors and on the consumption of sustainable products

Rita Coelho do Vale

Associate Professor of Marketing at Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, coordinator of the Behavioral Insights Unit and coordinator of Strategic Marketing Advanced Program at Executive Education level

Rita Coelho do Vale main research interests are on decision-making processes, self-regulation and its impact on choice and consumption decisions, impulsive buying behavior, and sustainability issued related with consumption. She teaches currently both in the Masters of Science, the Executive Masters, as in several executive education courses. She holds a Ph.D. in Marketing from Tilburg University (the Netherlands), an MBA from Faculdade de Economia-UNL, and a bachelor's degree in Economics- specialization in Business Administration from Faculdade de Economia- Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

The role of error in a post-crisis science landscape

Sarahanne Field

Assistant professor at the University of Groningen, in the Netherlands

Sarahanne's metascientific research focuses broadly on scientific reform: its community, culture, and practices. Her research suggests that despite its shared enterprise, scientific reform is a heterogenous, diverse body of sub-communities, who each contribute to the enterprise in their own unique way, and that progress in the reform movement is contingent upon recognising the diversity of its constituents. She is passionate about integrating reflexivity in quantitative disciplines, developing methods for selecting targets for replication, marrying open science with qualitative research and interrogating scientific reform practices and anticipating their downstream consequences.