Margarida Veiga Simão

Full Professor

Scientific Council Member

Psychology section of Education and Guidance Coordinator

Interuniversity PhD Program in Educational Psychology Coordinator

Disciplines
Educational Psychology

Taught Modules
Learning in Educational Context
Peer Violence, Bullying and Cyberbullying
Educational Psychology
Research Seminar
Internship Seminar


Ana Margarida Veiga Simão is a full professor and a researcher in Educational Psychology at the Research Center for Psychological Science (CICPSI) at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Lisbon. Coordinator of the Graduate Training Network (GTN) focusing on the Inter-University Doctoral Program in Educational Psychology with the University of Coimbra and Lisbon; Coordinator of the research area of Educational and Vocational Psychology (Study of Self-regulated Learning; Study of Cyberbullying and Study of Career Studies, Transition, Vocational and Professional Development http://www.peo.psicologia.ulisboa.pt)


Her main research interests focus on Educational Psychology: self-regulation of learning and behavior as well as technology to promote learning and pro-social behavior, Violence in schools, Bullying and Cyberbullying, Teacher’s professional development,  Higher Education Pedagogy.


Cyberbullying: The regulation of behavior through language Financed by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology – Ref. PTDC/MHC¬PED/3297/2014

Problem-solving in math through self-regulated learning for primary education in the Lisbon area ((CML N.º 15033699)


Scientific Council Member

Psychology section of Education and Guidance Coordinator

Interuniversity PhD Program in Educational Psychology Coordinator

Associate Editor Infancia & Aprendizaje Journal for the Study of Education and Development

“Critic-Share. Compartiendo incidentes críticos en Educación” (http://www.critic-share.com/  (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universidad UCINF (Chile), Universidad Austral de Chile, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Universidad Católica del Perú, Universidad de Concepción (Chile), Universidad Nacional Timor Lorosa’e, Universidad de Lisboa (Portugal), Universidad Nicolás  Copérnico de Torun  (Polonia).

Rede Internacional de Investigação-Ação Colaborativa (Estreiadiálogos) http://www.estreiadialogos.com


Veiga Simão, A.M., Ferreira, P., Francisco, S., Paulino, P., & Souza, S. (2018). Cyberbullying: shaping the use of verbal aggression through normative moral beliefs and self-efficacy. New Media & Society. doi:10.1177/1461444818784870

Souza, S. B., Veiga Simão, A.M., Ferreira, A., & Ferreira, P. (2017). University students’ perceptions of campus climate, cyberbullying and cultural issues: implications for theory and practice. Studies in Higher Education. doi: 10.1080/03075079.2017.1307818.

Veiga Simão, A.M., Ferreira, P., Freire, I., Caetano, A.P., Martins, M.J., & Vieira, C. (2017). Adolescent cybervictimization–Who they turn to and their perceived school climate. Journal of Adolescents, 58, 12-23. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.04.009

Veiga Simão, A.M., Malpique, A., Frison, L., & Marques, A. (2016). Teaching Writing to Middle School Students in Portugal and in Brazil: An Exploratory Study. Reading and Writing An Interdisciplinary Journal, 29 (5), 955-979 doi: 10.1007/s11145-015-9606-8. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11145-015-9606-8.

Ferreira, P. C., Veiga Simão, A. M., & Lopes da Silva, A. (2015). Does training in how to regulate one’s learning affect how students report self-regulated learning in diary tasks? Metacognition and Learning, 10(2), 199-230.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11409-014-9121-3.