Claudia Simão

Claudia Simão is an Invited Assistant Professor at Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics and a Researcher at the Center for Research on Psychological, Family and Social Well-Being (CRC-W) at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. She holds a PhD in Communal sharing and gratitude: How they interrelate from University Institute of Lisbon awarded in 2013.

Her primary research areas include Mindfulness Psychology (100%), Gender Equality Psychology (75%), Prosociality Psychology (75%), and several related fields such as Wishful Thinking, Positive Emotion, Social Emotion, Basic Emotion, and Narcissism. Her work spans multiple disciplines with a strong focus on social psychology, gender studies, and consumer behavior.

Dr. Simão's recent publications demonstrate her expertise in cross-cultural gender studies, remote work dynamics, prosocial behavior, and communal sharing. Her research often involves large-scale international collaborations, as evidenced by her work across 62 countries and multi-author publications. She has been particularly active in 2023-2024 with multiple high-impact publications.

She has received significant scholarly attention, with her work referenced in Wikipedia pages, mentioned in Q&A threads, and widely read on platforms like Mendeley. Her 2023 paper on gendered self-views across 62 countries has been particularly influential with 46 readers on Mendeley and multiple mentions in news outlets.

Dr. Simão actively supervises students, as seen in her role as Co-Advisor for the Telecareer project examining strategic career behaviors among Iberian teleworkers. She also contributes to academic service as a reviewer for conferences and as a guest editor for journals.

Her current research projects include the CRC-W (Católica Research Center for Psychological, Family and Social Wellbeing) running from 2019-2025, focusing on adolescence, health literacy, mental health, and quality of life, and the E-PRIMEMEAL project (2018-2021) examining consumer psychology in healthy meal choices through mobile applications.