Teresa Forte is a researcher of Social and Political Psychology at the Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioral Intervention, FPCE-UC (FCT stimulus of Scientific employment- individual support call 5th edition). She is part of the coordination team of the European project CONCILIARE Confidently Changing Colonial Heritage funded by HORIZON-CL2-2023-HERITAGE-01 and was a key figure in the proposal's preparation and application. She has a European Joint Ph.D. in Social Representations and Communication conducted as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow (ITN-People MSCA-IDP 2013, no. 6072799) at the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology of La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy). Her background is in Clinical and Health Psychology (Integrated Master on Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions) at the FPCE-UC. She interned at the Laboratory of Social Psychology of Cognition and Communication (Federal University of Catarina, Brazil). She co-authored 28 articles published in peer-reviewed journals (plus 4 under revision) 9 book chapters, 34 oral communications (plus 6 submitted) and 11 posters in international conferences on Social Psychology, Science communication, Political Psychology, Sociology, and Public Policies. She also engaged in science communication in the regional press and conducted scientific and technical translations (EN-PT/PT-EN) in edited books. She is currently co-teaching at undergraduate and MSc-level the courses of Political Psychology, Science Communication in Psychology, Advanced Seminars in Psychology, Laboratory of Psychology and Laboratory of Methods. She is also part of the teaching corpus of the European Doctorate on The International Joint Ph.D. in Social Representations, Culture and Communication ( La Sapienza, Rome, Italy) in which she has been a board member since 2024. She is also a founding member of the Social Psychology section of the Portuguese Association of Psychology. Her experience in research encompasses several international and nationally funded projects on political radicalization, inter-group processes and emotions, social auditing to prevent human traffic; the psychosocial impact of the financial crisis in Southern European countries and Social Representations of History (UC as part of international consortiums); Science and Health Communication in evaluations of the impact of outreach materials and initiatives at the European Researchers Night; Political Science on European political communication and impact on civic participation; and Sociology on the impact of multiple stakeholders¿ networks in creating and communicating sustainable socio-ecological contexts and exchanges to strengthen territorial cohesion and development policies. She is also developing a research line of Political and ideological communication and values aimed at understanding the persistence and change of values in the Portuguese context in the XX and XXI centuries and mapping anti-democratic risks. She integrates an international consortium (University of Calgary, Canada, and Federal University of Ceará, Brazil) for advancing intercultural capacity and communication for psychological and social service provision. She is currently co-supervising two PhD FCT-funded students (2020; 2023) and two master students on social psychology topics, having mentored 3 international students, and co-supervised 7 dissertations in Political Science and Public Administration. She has been part of the jury of 14 Master dissertations in Social Psychology, is an ad hoc reviewer in international journals (e.g. Journal of Social and Political, Public Understanding of Science; Psychology; Healthcare), and is part of the evaluation committee of the Msc of Psychological Science at the UC. She was also a founding member as head of knowledge of an ethical consulting service (EITIC)