Dr Sofia Barbosa Boucas
Reader (Education) in Psychology
Quad North 101
- Email: sofia.barbosaboucas@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 267970
Membership and affiliation
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) (FHEA; PR090511) (United Kingdom) (2015 - Present)
- Member - European Cooperation in Science & Technology (COST) Association (Belgium) (2011 - Present)
- Chartered Psychologist specialising in Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology, and Full Member (Member ID: 8786) - Portuguese Council of Psychologists [Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses - O.P.P.] (Portugal) (2010 - Present)
- Full Member - Portuguese Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies [Associação Portuguesa de Terapias Comportamental e Cognitiva - A.P.T.C.C.] (Portugal) (2001 - Present)
- Member and PGwT Contact for the University of Reading, Faculty of Life Sciences, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences - Postgraduates who Teach (PGwT) - Psychology Network (Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom) (2006 - 2011)
- Member - Psychology Postgraduate Affairs Group (PsyPAG) (United Kingdom) (2002 - 2011)
Media interests
- Howarth, T. (2024, August 1). Struggle to focus? You could be the 1 in 20 people with cognitive disengagement syndrome [Interview with Sofia Barbosa Bouças]. BBC Science Focus. https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/cognitive-disengagement-syndrome
- Barbosa Bouças, S. (2024, July 19). Sonha muito acordado? Você pode ter a Síndrome do Desinteresse Cognitivo [Translated version - Brazilian Portuguese]. The Conversation.
- Barbosa Bouças, S. (2024, July 4). Daydream a lot? Feel sluggish? Stare into space? You might have cognitive disengagement syndrome [Reprint]. Brunel University London.
- Barbosa Bouças, S. (2024, July 4). Daydream a lot? Feel sluggish? Stare into space? You might have cognitive disengagement syndrome [Reprint]. Microsoft Start.
- Barbosa Bouças, S. (2024, July 4). Daydream a lot? Feel sluggish? Stare into space? You might have cognitive disengagement syndrome [Reprint]. Press Trust of India.
- Barbosa Bouças, S. (2024, July 4). Daydream a lot? Feel sluggish? Stare into space? You might have cognitive disengagement syndrome [Reprint]. PsyPost.
- Barbosa Bouças, S. (2024, July 4). Daydream a lot? Feel sluggish? Stare into space? You might have cognitive disengagement syndrome [Reprint]. Yahoo! News.
- Barbosa Bouças, S. (2024, July 4). Daydream a lot? Feel sluggish? Stare into space? You might have cognitive disengagement syndrome [Original article]. The Conversation.
- Barbosa Bouças, S. (Guest), Assis, I. (Guest), & Khan, H. (Host). (2024, February 14). Disability and dyslexia - Making a support profile for students (No. 9) [Audio podcast episode]. In Let’s talk about it!
- Otermans, P. C. J., & Barbosa Bouças, S. (2021, July, 1-30). Advance HE Assessment Torch Bearers 2021: The use of rubrics for marking and feedback [Video]. Advance HE.
- Barbosa Bouças, S. (Guest), & Aditya, D. (Host). (2021, May 1). The importance of transferable skills and employability specific skills training in Higher Education (HE) to improve student employability in the post-pandemic job market (No. 3) [Audio podcast episode]. In Project OI.