Antonela Pereira Jesus

Assistant Professor
Faculty - Antonela Pereira Jesus

antonelajesus@ucp.pt

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PhD in Social Work from ISCTE-IUL, since 2018/2019 she has been an Invited Lecturer in the Bachelor and Master degrees of Social Work at the Faculty of Human Sciences (UCP - Lisbon). Member of the Cross-national Social Work and social innovation platform project, integrated in the CRC-W: Católica Research Center for Psychological, Family and Social Wellbeing. Founding member of the Nucleus of Doctoral Students in Latin American Social Work (NUDLA). Researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-IUL) between 2014 and 2019.

Main areas of research: Social Work, Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation, with publications about such areas/themes.

With professional experience in the fields of special education, employment and social entrepreneurship.

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Action research: a key instrument for Social Work intervention in social problems

Antonela Pereira Jesus (with Carla Tralhão). 2025. European Conference on Social Work Research 2025
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Social innovation, human development and social change: challenges to Social Work based on an analysis of the Portuguese context

Antonela Pereira Jesus (with Antonela Jesus). 2025. European Conference on Social Work Research 2025
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Social Intervention and Impact: Reflections

Antonela Pereira Jesus (with Antonela Jesus). 2025. dhi.hypotheses.org
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Managers and Leaders. Are they different?

Antonela Pereira Jesus (with Antonela Jesus). 2024. dhi.hypotheses.org
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Política social e Família em Portugal

Antonela Pereira Jesus (with Antonela Jesus). 2024. Família, Proteção social e Política social no Brasil e em Portugal
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The growing rhetoric of entrepreneurship in times of crisis

Antonela Pereira Jesus (with Antonela Jesus). 2024. Social work and social innovation
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The growing rhetoric of entrepreneurship in times of crisis: futures challenges of Social Work in the case of Portugal.

Antonela Pereira Jesus (with Pereira Jesus, Antonela). 2024. Social Work and Social Innovation. Emerging trends and challenges for practice, policy and education in Europe.
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Ubuntu & human rights

Antonela Pereira Jesus (with Teresa Escabelado Martins). 2023. The Ubuntu practitioner
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Ubuntu & Human Rights: Contributions of an Indigenous Philosophy to the Training of Portuguese Social Workers

Antonela Pereira Jesus (with Escabelado, Teresa & Jesus, Antonela). 2023. The Ubuntu Practitioner: Social Work Perspectives
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Artigo de encerramento. O compromisso da relação humana versus instrumentalização das práticas profissionais. Urgências e desafios

Antonela Pereira Jesus (with Antonela Jesus). 2022. Serviço social, direitos humanos e relações interculturais
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Educação Sustentável em SS Versus Desafios de uma cultura de publish or perish

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2022.
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Ensinar inovação social a estudantes de Serviço Social em estruturas de competitividade: aproximação à metodologia de ApS

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2022. Formação em Serviço Social: Que caminhos para um mundo mais justo e sustentável?
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Serviço Social, Direitos Humanos e Relações Interculturais

Antonela Pereira Jesus (with André, Graça & Jesus, Antonela). 2022. Universidade Católica Editora
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Serviço Social, Direitos Humanos e Relações Interculturais | EBook

Antonela Pereira Jesus (with André, Graça & Jesus, Antonela). 2022. Universidade Católica Editora
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This is (un)acceptable. Portuguese social workers perspectives and positions towards the rightwing populism

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2022. European Conference on Social Work Research 2022
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Ubuntu & Direitos Humanos

Antonela Pereira Jesus (with Antonela Jesus). 2022. IV Colóquio Internacional de Ciências Sociais da Educação, Braga, Portugal, 12/05/22
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An elephant in the room? (Re)building possibilities and challenges for promoting relationships between supervisors and PhD students at neoliberal university

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2021. International Social Work Education and Development Online Conference 2021
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Between the lockdown of universities and the new reality: students reflections for the co-creation of a social work curriculum in the 21st century

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2021. European Conference on Social Work Education 2021
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Empreendedorismo e inovação no serviço social do século XXI. Que desafios?

Antonela Pereira Jesus (with Antonela Jesus). 2021. Produção de conhecimento, prática profissional e políticas públicas
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Internet at our service in times of pandemic. Ethical challenges in a «new world»

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2021. European Conference on Social Work Education 2021
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Social Work Students Voices: Lessons learned from the pandemic

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2021. IFSW European Conference on Social Work 2021
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Resiliência dos alunos do curso de Serviço Social: que significados?

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2020. II Congresso Ibérico de Resiliência e Bem-Estar
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Social Innovation & Social Work: The effects of political guidelines for professional training and practice

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2020. ISIRC, The International Social Innovation Research Conference
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Social work, human rights and intercultural relations

Antonela Pereira Jesus (with Graça André). 2020.
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The commitment of the human relationship in an intercultural world versus the instrumentalization of professional practices. Urgencies and challenges

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2020. Social Work, Human Rights and Intercultural Relations. Universidade Católica Editora, Lisboa
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The commitment of the human relationship in an intercultural world versus the instrumentalization of professional practices. Urgencies and challenges.

Antonela Pereira Jesus (with Pereira Jesus, Antonela). 2020. Social Work, Human Rights and Intercultural Relations.
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Como nos (re)ajustamos às diretrizes políticas numa sociedade em mudança? Potencialidades e limites do Empreendedorismo (Social) para o Serviço Social

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2019. 5º Congresso Internacional de Serviço Social: Horizontes de mudança: tendências e práticas do Serviço Social
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De um Estado Social Ativo à «propaganda» do Empreendedorismo: efeitos de uma individuação das políticas sociais. Que desafios ao Serviço Social?

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2019. ESPANET, The European Network for Social Policy Analysis
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For the Social Work perspetive, what are the potentialities of the entrepreneurship and innovation to social responses in the context of structural problems?

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2019. EASSW Conference: Meanings of Quality of Social Work Education in a Changing Europe
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How do we adapt to policy guidelines in a changing society?

Antonela Pereira Jesus (with Antonela Jesus). 2019. ECSWR 2019 - European conference on social work research, Leuven, 10/04/19
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How do we adapt to policy guidelines in a changing society? Entrepreneurship’ limits and potentials for social work

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2019. ECSWR 2019
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Qualifying for Innovation in Social Work. Limits and potential of entrepreneurship as a strategy of social integration

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2019. EASSW Conference: Meanings of Quality of Social Work Education in a Changing Europe
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Direitos Humanos, justiça social e diversidade: potencialidades e constrangimentos para o Serviço Social na Europa e na América Latina

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2018. X International Social Work Seminar “Social Work Facing Human Rights Challenge in Times of Uncertainty
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Social Work of the 21st Century: potentialities and limites

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2018. SWSD 2018 – Social Work, Education and Social Development Conference
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Inovação em Serviço Social: potencialidades e constrangimentos do empreendedorismo (social) como estratégia do assistente social

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2018. X International Social Work Seminar “Social Work Facing Human Rights Challenge in Times of Uncertainty
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Pais empreendedores e trajetória acadêmica dos filhos universitários: uma abordagem comparativa Portugal-Brasil

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2018. Trabajo Social Global-Global Social Work
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Inovação e Empreendedorismo no Serviço Social do Séc. XXI

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2017. Seminário Internacional de Serviço Social: Tradição e Inovação de um campo em mudança
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Inovação e empreendedorismo no Serviço Social do Século XXI: Limites e Potencialidades

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2017. IX International Seminar, CEDH-UCP
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The relation role in the cooperation to scientific knowledge production in Social Work. The Luso-Brazilian experience in the University Institute of Lisbon PhD Social Work Programme

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2017.
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The relationship in the cooperation for Social Work's knowledge production. The Luso-Brazilian experience in the University Institute of Lisbon PhD Social Work Programme

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2017. EUROPEAN CONFERENCE EASSW-UNAFORIS 2017
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A Dignidade Humana e o Direito de todos os povos: Um desafio do Serviço Social Contemporâneo na Europa e na América Latina

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2016. XV Encontro Nacional de Pesquisadoras(es) em Serviço Social
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Social Work and social entrepreneurship: a new framework for practice

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2016. 6th European Conference for Social Work Research
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Social Work and social entrepreneurship: a new framework for practice

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2016. Ciência Viva 2016
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O papel do Empreendedorismo Social no Terceiro Setor

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2014. 2ª Edição do EEG - Research Day
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O papel do empreendedorismo social no terceiro setor : uma nova solução no domínio da Alzheimer na Região Autónoma da Madeira?

Antonela Pereira Jesus 2014.