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Ana Horta is research fellow at the Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Ciências Sociais (Portugal). She holds a degree (licenciatura) in Sociology, a MSc in Communication, Culture and Information Technologies, and a PhD in Sociology from ISCTE-IUL. She has conducted research on social practices related to energy consumption and energy efficiency in households, media coverage of energy issues and climate change, socio-technical controversies about renewable energies, eating practices and food insecurity, and social memory. Her current research interests include social practices and knowledge related to energy and digital technologies, and embodied dispositions regarding environmental issues and sustainable consumption. She lectured sociology of communication and media at the Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Escola Superior de Comunicação Social. She was a member of the Working Group on Social Behaviors to prepare the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency. She has been a member of Observa – Observatory on Environment, Society and Territory – since its establishment. She has participated in the organization of the Energy & Society Conferences. Currently she is member of the coordinating team of the section on Environment and Society of the Portuguese Sociological Association (APS), member of the board of Research Network 12 Environment and Society of the European Sociological Association (ESA), and member of the management committee of the COST Action "European Energy Poverty: Agenda Co-Creation and Knowledge Innovation".
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Funding (7)
EXPL/IVC-SOC/2340/2013
PTDC/CS-ECS/118877/2010
PTDC/CS-SOC/111214/2009
PTDC/CS-SOC/100376/2008
MIT-Pt/SES-SUES/0037/2008
Works (50 of 91)
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Truninger, M. (Coord.), Horta, A., Cardoso, S. G., Augusto, F. R., Teixeira, J., Fontes, A. (2019). Alimentação em tempos de crise. (Colecção Observatórios 7). Lisboa: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais.
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Guerra, J., Horta, A., Santos, M. D., Schmidt, L. (2019). Alterações climáticas - vulnerabilidades, desempenhos e perceções. In Ferrão, J., Delicado, A. (Eds.), Portugal Social em Mudança. Objectivos de desenvolvimento sustentável, pp. 37-45. Lisboa. Inst
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Horta, A., Guerra, J., Santos, M. D., Schmidt, L. (2019). Pobreza energética: análise da utilização doméstica de energia, habitação adequada e transportes acessíveis. In Ferrão, J., Delicado, A. (Eds.), Portugal Social em Mudança. Objectivos de desenvolvi
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Ferrão, J., Delicado, A., Horta, A., Gomes, C., Travassos, D., Rowland, J., Santos, M., Tulumello, S. (Eds.) (2019). Reflexões sobre Ambiente, Território e Sociedade: Três Anos do Blogue ATS. Lisboa: Observa. Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade
Ferrão, J., Delicado, A., Horta, A., Gomes, C., Travassos, D., Rowland, J., Santos, M., Tulumello, S. (Eds.) (2019). Reflexões sobre Ambiente, Território e Sociedade: Três Anos do Blogue ATS. Lisboa: Observa. Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade
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Horta, A. (2018). Energy Consumption as Part of Social Practices: The Alternative Approach of Practice Theory. In Debra J. Davidson, Matthias Gross (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Energy and Society, pp. 1-22. Oxford: Oxford University Press
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Schmidt, L. (Coord.) Horta, A., Sousa, J. C. (2018). Ligar. Eficiência energéticas para todos! Caracterização dos consumidores vulneráveis: relatório final. Coord. ICS-ULisboa; ADENE Agência para a Energia e inserida no plano de promoção da eficiência n
Schmidt, L. (Coord.) Horta, A., Sousa, J. C. (2018). Ligar. Eficiência energéticas para todos! Caracterização dos consumidores vulneráveis: relatório final. Coord. ICS-ULisboa; ADENE Agência para a Energia e inserida no plano de promoção da eficiência n
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Horta, A. Gross, M. (2018). On cooling the relevance out. In H. Nasu and J. Strassheim (Eds.), Relevance and Irrelevance: Theories, Factors and Challenges, pp. 187-205
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Truninger, Mónica, Cardoso, Sónia, Augusto, Fábio, Horta, Ana (2017). Policy Brief 2016 Consumo e (in)segurança alimentar. Lisboa: Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa
Truninger, Mónica, Cardoso, Sónia, Augusto, Fábio, Horta, Ana (2017). Policy Brief 2016 Consumo e (in)segurança alimentar. Lisboa: Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa
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Truninger, M., Horta, A. and Teixeira, J. (2014). Editorial Introduction: Childrens Food Practices and School Meals. International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 21 (3), 247-252
Truninger, M., Horta, A. and Teixeira, J. (2014). Editorial Introduction: Childrens Food Practices and School Meals. International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 21 (3), 247-252
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Delicado, A., Horta, A., Fonseca, Susana (2014). Energia: das fontes à eficiência energética. In Schmidt, L. & Delicado, A. (Eds.), Ambiente, alterações climáticas, alimentação e energia: a opinião dos portuguese (pp. 145-197). Lisboa: Imprensa de Ciência
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Schmidt, L., Horta, A., Pereira, S. (2014). Public discourse on (old and new) nuclear energy technologies before andafter Fukushima. Proceedings Pre-Congress Conference Sustainability and Environmental Sociology (pp. 99-117). Yokohama: SUSKEN / JAES / ISA
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