SOFIA MATEUS FRANCISCO

Sofia Mateus Francisco is a Researcher at the School of Psychology and Life Sciences, affiliated with the Instituto Lusófono de Investigação e Desenvolvimento and working within the HEI-Lab - Digital Laboratories of Environments and Human Interactions. Her research focuses on cyberbullying and its intersections with moral disengagement, empathy, and digital interventions.

Her research interests center on

• Cyberbullying dynamics
• Moral disengagement in digital contexts
• Empathy-based interventions
• Serious games for behavioral change
• Online aggression analysis

Sofia's recent publications (all from 2024) demonstrate expertise in:

• Developing cyberbullying measurement frameworks
• Designing serious games for neurodiverse populations
• Creating NLP-based cyberbullying detection systems
• Longitudinal social media analysis
• Psychosocial interventions through digital tools

She actively participates in research projects and academic presentations, including contributions to the World Anti-Bullying Forum and collaborations on Warning Impact (public responses to severe weather warnings) and Projeto Emoceanário (empathy-focused initiatives).