Dr Maria Fernandes-Jesus

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Dr Maria Fernandes-Jesus

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m.fernandesjesus@yorksj.ac.uk

Department:

School of Education, Language & Psychology

Organisation:

York St John University

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https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/our-staff/staff-profiles/maria-fernandes-jesus.php

Biography

Job title:

Lecturer in Psychology

Biography:

My research interests focus on how groups and communities resist, contest and overcome social injustice and power inequalities. Themes in my current research include climate and environmental justice, community engagement, collective action and social movements, political agency, youth participation and social inclusion.

Qualifications:

PhD

My Latest

Malafaia, Carla and Fernandes-Jesus, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8868-1968 (2023) Youth Climate Activism: Addressing research pitfalls and centring young people's voice. In: Carvalho, Anabela and Rai, Tarla, (eds.) Handbook of Environmental Communication. De Gruyter Mouton (In Press)
Fernandes-Jesus, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8868-1968, Malafaia, Carla, Ribeiro, Norberto and Menezes, Isabel (2014) Participation among youth, women, and migrants: findings from Portugal. In: Barret, Martyn and Zani, Bruna, (eds.) Political and civic engagement: Multidisciplinary perspectives. Routledge, pp. 311-333
Malafaia, Carla, Fernandes-Jesus, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8868-1968 and Luhtakallio, Eva (2022) Education and climate activism: Youth democratic practices and imaginations towards a common world. Educação, Sociedade & Culturas, 62. pp. 1-18.
Fernandes-Jesus, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8868-1968, Malafaia, Carla, Ferreira, Pedro D., Cicognani, Elvira and Menezes, Isabel (2012) The many faces of Hermes: The quality of participation experiences and political attitudes of migrant and non-migrant youth. Human Affairs: Postdisciplinary Humanities & Social Sciences Quarterly, 22 (3). pp. 434-447.
Fernandes-Jesus, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8868-1968, Cicognani, Elvira and Menezes, Isabel (2014) Civic and political participation: young people of Brazilian origin in Portugal. Psicologia & Sociedade, 26 (2). pp. 572-582.
Fernandes-Jesus, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8868-1968, Ferreira, Pedro D. and Menezes, Isabel (2012) Political Psychology in Portugal: the importance of cross border. Revista Psicologia Politica, 12 (25). pp. 509-530.
Malafaia, Carla, Fernandes-Jesus, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8868-1968, Ribeiro, Norberto, Neves, Tiago, Coimbra, Joaquim Luis and Menezes, Isabel (2013) Civic and Political E-Participation of Young Immigrants: ‘Digital Hope’ for Inclusion? International Journal of E-Politics, 4 (1). pp. 32-49.
Fernandes-Jesus, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8868-1968 and Gomes, Raquel (2020) Multiple Players, Different Tactics, a Shared Goal: Building Bridges and Political Agency While Fighting Against Oil and Gas Drilling. Frontiers in Communication.
Ribeiro, Norberto, Malafaia, Carla, Fernandes-Jesus, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8868-1968, Neves, Tiago, Ferreira, Pedro D. and Menezes, Isabel (2012) Education and Citizenship: Redemption or Disempowerment? A Study of Portuguese-Speaking Migrant (and Non-Migrant) Youth in Portugal. Power and Education, 4 (2). pp. 207-218.
Drury, John, Fernandes-Jesus, Maria ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8868-1968, Mao, Guanlan, Ntontis, Evangelos, Rotem, Perach and Miranda, Daniel (2022) How can Covid mutual aid groups be sustained over time? The UK experience. In: O'Dwyer, Emma and Silva Souza, Luiz Gustavo, (eds.) Psychosocial Perspectives on Community Responses to Covid-19. Routledge, pp. 79-90

My Most Viewed

#	Item title
1	Communities reclaiming power and social justice in the face of climate change	444	234
2	Validation of the Drinking Motives Questionnaire – Revised in six European countries	147	73
3	“Save the Climate! Stop the Oil”: Actual Protest Behavior and Core Framing Tasks in the Portuguese Climate Movement	48	31
4	More Than a COVID-19 Response: Sustaining Mutual Aid Groups During and Beyond the Pandemic	27	18
5	What have we learned about COVID-19 volunteering in the UK? A rapid review of the literature	23	8
6	Beyond the hindrances: experiences of public consultations and the possibility of ethics and relevance in participation	20	9
7	Community engagement in the Transition movement: views and practices in Portuguese initiatives	20	1
8	Europe as a beacon of democracy? Citizenship policies relating to youth and migrants in Portugal	18	22
9	How participation in Covid-19 mutual aid groups affects subjective well-being and how political identity moderates these effects	18	13
10	Reception of climate activist messages by low-carbon transition actors: argument evasion in the carbon offsetting debate	17	7