CV
Elsa
Pegado
has
a
PhD
in
Sociology
from
ISCTE-Instituto
Universitário
de
Lisboa
and
a
Master's
degree
in
Communication,
Culture
and
Information
Technology
from
the
same
institution.
She
is
a
researcher
at
the
Centre
for
Research
and
Studies
in
Sociology
of
ISCTE-IUL
(CIES-IUL).
Assistant
Professor
at
ISCTE-IUL.
She
has
developed
research
in
the
area
of
sociology
of
health
and
illness,
more
specifically
on
Complementary
and
Alternative
Medicines
and
on
medications;
in
the
area
of
social
inequalities
and
poverty
and
social
exclusion;
and
in
the
field
of
evaluation
methodologies,
evaluation
of
public
policies,
programs
and
projects.
She
is
author
and
co-author
of
several
publications
and
communications
on
these
themes.
Educational Qualifications
Licenciate in Sociologia, ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, in 1993
M.Sc. in Comunicação, Cultura e Tecnologias de Informação, ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, in 1999
PhD in Sociologia, ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, in 2017
Research Fields
Sociology of Health and Illness, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Evaluaion Studies of Policies, Programmes and Projects, Research Methods
Research Groups
Family, Generations and Health
Projects
Recent Publications
Scientific journal paper
Pegado, E. (2020). Medicinas complementares e alternativas: uma reflexão sobre definições, designações, e demarcações sociais. Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas. 93, 71-88
Pegado, E., Lopes, N. & Zózimo, J. (2018). Pharmaceuticalisation and the social management of sleep in old age. Ageing and Society. 38 (8), 1645-1666
Lopes, N., Pegado, E. & Zózimo, J. R. (2017). Ageing and memory medication: social rationales and consumption practices. Sociology of Health and Illness. 39 (7), 1273-1287
Pegado, E., Zózimo, J. & Lopes, N. (2016). Histórias de (uma) vida: desafios e dilemas éticos na investigação com idosos. Sociologia On Line. 12, 5-21
Book
Lopes, N., Zózimo, J, Ramalho, J, Pegado, E. & Pereira, P (2016). Geração Sénior de Almada no século XXI: um retrato social. Lisboa. Deriva Editores.
[ver mais]
Comunications
Talk
Pegado, E. (2018). Modos de relação com as Medicinas Complementares e Alternativas: potencialidades analíticas e operacionalização de um conceito. X Congresso Português de Sociologia.
Pegado, E. (2018). Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Conventional Medicine: Managing pluralism in therapeutic trajectories. Third International Congress of CiiEM | Monte da Caparica | 20-22 junho.
Pegado, Elsa, Zózimo, Joana & Lopes, Noémia (2017). Managing cognitive performance with medication: comparing youths and elders experiences. 13th Conference of the European Sociological Association, Athens,28 august-1september.
Costa, AF, Ávila, P., Pegado, E. & Coelho, A. R. (2017). Testagem e monitorização do MILD. Conferência de apresentação do MILD Manual de Instruções para a Literacia Digital.
Publication in conference proceedings
Pegado, E. (2019). Complementary and alternative medicine and conventional medicine: managing pluralism in therapeutic trajectories. In Annals of Medicine. (pp. 199-199). Almada: Taylor and Francis.
