UNESCO Chair – Education for Global Peace Sustainability
Helena Águeda Marujo
(Portugal)
Helena has a PhD in Psychology (Psychotherapy and Educational Counseling) from the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Lisbon.
She is currently an Associate Professor at the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP) at the University of Lisbon, where she holds the position of Coordinator of the UNESCO Chair in Education for Sustainable Global Peace.
She was Deputy Coordinator of the Coordination Unit for Human Resources Development Policies and the Master’s and Doctorate Program in Human Resources Development Policies and also serves as Executive Coordinator of the Postgraduate Course in Applied Positive Psychology.
She co-created, coordinated, and taught the Postgraduate Course in Education for Sustainable Global Peace.
She is an integrated researcher at the Center for Administration and Public Policies (CAPP, University of Lisbon) and created and coordinated a Mission Unit at ISCSP – ISCSP-Wellbeing, which received the Caixa Geral Social Intervention Award for two consecutive years (2018 and 2019). de Depósitos / ISCSP-ULisboa, a merit award for practices that promote internal well-being and peace.
She has more than 60 scientific publications, including the authorship of eight books. His most recent publications, in Portuguese, and co-authored, are the book “Humanizar as Organizações: Novos Sentidos para a Gestão de Pessoas” (2019) from Editora RH and, from Editora Pactor/ISCSP, the book “Educação para a Sustainable Global Peace: Complexities and Contributions.” (2022). In 2013 she published the book “Positive Nations and Communities” in Springer.
She is part of the team of the international research project “Barómetro da Esperança”, having participated in the book “Hope Across Cultures” (2023), also published in Springer.
She has taught at more than 25 universities on 4 continents.
She was nominated for the 2016 Human Resources Management Awards and the 2017 Outstanding Practitioner Award from the International Positive Psychology Association. She received three awards in the area of Peace (In 2019 she was awarded the Peace Ambassador Award by Peace Run, in 2021 she was awarded the Ambassador Award by the Universal Peace Foundation and in 2023 Peace Ambassador by the Friends for Peace Organization). She received an ISCSP/CAPP research award in 2021.
She is a member of the Council of Advisors of the International Positive Psychology Association, the European Network of Positive Psychology, an Associate of the Taos Institute, a Member of the Medical Advisory Board of Make-A-Wish International, an Anti-Corruption Ambassador (2023) and a member of the Council of Wise Men of the Portuguese Matrix.
FCT Nova School of Science and Technology of Lisbon (Vicarte)
Marcia Vilarigues
(Portugal)
Vilarigues works in the field of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage in the area of Technical Art History and Materials Degradation. Her research motivation focus on the preservation of our material cultural history and on enriching the knowledge of our shared past through the history of historical objects. Since 2011, she is the Director of the Research Unit VICARTE (Vidro e Cerâmica para as Artes: Glass and Ceramic for the Arts, www.vicarte.org). VICARTE is devoted to trans-disciplinary research applied to glass and ceramics, focusing on where art and science intersect, and stimulating the sharing of knowledge, experiences and methodologies. She is also the coordinator of the Master in Glass Art and Science, a two-year course of study that leads students through both the scientific and artistic aspects of what makes glass the special state of matter that it is, and simultaneously offers students time, space, tools and experience in most traditional and innovative glassmaking techniques. Currently, at the national level she is regarded as a leader in research for historic glass and stained glass, and my work is recognized by the scientific community worldwide.
Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon (Vicarte)
Fernando Quintas
(Portugal)
Pintor e Professor Auxiliar da Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa. Possui uma licenciatura e doutoramento em Pintura pela FBAUL, especializando-se em Vidro e Vitral. Desde 1991 tem participado em várias exposições coletivas e individuais, tendo recebido prémios e distinções em pintura e desenho. Participou, em Portugal e no exterior, em diversos workshops sobre a arte do vidro, tendo apresentado os resultados das suas experiencias de investigação, letivas e artísticas, em palestras e conferências em Portugal, França, Itália, Alemanha, Reino Unido Grécia e Tunísia. É um dos membros fundadores da Unidade de Investigação Vicarte “Vidro e Cerâmica para as Artes” (www.vicarte.org) e foi presidente da APV, Associação Portuguesa do Vidro, de 2006 a 2009. Concebeu e realizou a escultura-troféu do prémio APOM (Associação Portuguesa de Museologia) 2017, 2018 e 2019. Frequentou a licenciatura em arquitectura da Universidade Lusíada (Lisboa) entre 1996 e 2000.
