http://hdl.handle.net/10174/166 2026-07-30T21:20:59Z 2026-07-30T21:20:59Z Lima, Joana Serra, Jaime Borges, Maria do Rosário Marujo, Noémi Brito, Mónica http://hdl.handle.net/10174/38806 2025-06-18T07:44:11Z 2025-06-05T23:00:00Z

Title: New Family Dynamics and Family Tourism – Challenges and Impacts in the Context of Tourism in Portugal? Authors: Lima, Joana; Serra, Jaime; Borges, Maria do Rosário; Marujo, Noémi; Brito, Mónica Abstract: The family morphology is changing: marriages are decreasing, divorce rates have risen, and same-sex families are growing globally (Eurostat, 2021; ILGA, 2021). Despite this, families remain central, with 28.8% of EU-27 families having dependent children in 2019 (Eurostat, 2021). While family tourism benefits are recognized (Lehto et al., 2012; Lima et al., 2021), studies on behavioral differences and effects across family morphologies remain scarce (Lima & Eusébio, 2023). This work stems from an ongoing project aimed at reflecting on these changes and their impact on tourism.

2025-06-05T23:00:00Z Borges, Maria do Rosário Lima, Joana Serra, Jaime Marujo, Noémi http://hdl.handle.net/10174/38805 2025-06-18T07:44:00Z 2025-06-05T23:00:00Z

Title: THE DESIRED TOURIST IN ALENTEJO: AN ANALYSIS OF THE RESIDENT’S PERCEPTIONS ON TOURISM Authors: Borges, Maria do Rosário; Lima, Joana; Serra, Jaime; Marujo, Noémi Abstract: The aim of this study is to analyse the perceptions of residents of the Alentejo/Ribatejo (Portugal) destination regarding the tourists they prefer to welcome. In fact, among the various dimensions in which it is relevant to know the perceptions of residents (Carneiro & Eusébio, 2015; Šegota et al., 2022), one of them concerns the identification of the 'most desired' tourist. This approach isn´t common in previous literature and maybe an important starting point to design tourism development strategies that considers social sustainability dimensions.

2025-06-05T23:00:00Z Lima, Joana http://hdl.handle.net/10174/33593 2023-01-23T15:33:40Z 2022-09-30T23:00:00Z

Title: Building bridges between academics and professionals: what?s the role of scientific research on social tourism? Authors: Lima, Joana Abstract: As Bélanger and Jolin, 10 years ago, mentioned, “social tourism sector is at the core of a humanistic vision for tourism” and because of that it isn’t surprising that we are all here discussing social sustainability and tourism as a real hope on a truly better future, a future made for people, where tourism can become a good example and a driver for change. This presentation will focus on why is it important that there exists research on social tourism and why that research may be the bridge between academics and professionals. In tourism, nowadays, many of us say that COVID was a unique opportunity to rethink the tourism sector. UNWTO just dedicated the World Tourism Day, a few weeks ago, to that theme and to think how the sector could be more resilient, sustainable and inclusive, given the huge challenges we are facing (labor market, rising inequalities as well as geopolitical tensions). In those challenges we may see enormous potential for the academia (with research) and the tourism agents (public and private) to collaborate with each other in finding a better path for the sector in the future. Research is the effective way to rethink how we do tourism.

2022-09-30T23:00:00Z Romão, Ana Baltazar, Maria da Saudade Fonseca, Dinis Rosado, David Lopes, Helga http://hdl.handle.net/10174/27465 2020-02-28T10:06:36Z 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Europe and Beyond: Professional Trajectories from The Army to International Organizations Authors: Romão, Ana; Baltazar, Maria da Saudade; Fonseca, Dinis; Rosado, David; Lopes, Helga Abstract: Despite being a small country, Portugal actively participates in international security policies and in the last few years the Portuguese soldiers were involved in the most prominent military operations and crisis management missions (under the umbrella of the UN, NATO, and the EU). The budgetary constraints after the financial crisis of 2011 affected the commitment; even so over 36,000 troops participated in peace missions in over 30 different theatres of operations, covering all the world continents (Arena, 2017). The new generation of Peace Support Operations, include conflict prevention, peacemaking, peacebuilding, peacekeeping, peace enforcement and humanitarian operations. This huge challenge engages mainly military personnel (with multiple and flexible capabilities), but also a large composition of civilian actors, such as police forces, NGO’s and members of multiple agencies. The participating in those scenarios opens possibilities for multinational civil-military cooperation which defies traditional boundaries. We will analyze professional trajectories of Portuguese military that after participating on peace missions are presently engage in civilian international organizations, still contributing to global security activities, under different roles and statutes. Based on deep interviews applied to ex-military, we will follow professional and personal trajectories, first in the military career then in civilian live. Special attention will be given to understand how previous military experience (education and profession) enable and facilitates the integration into international organizations and the commitment to human security

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