Faculdade de Motricidade Humana

Starting in the 2025/26 academic year, the Faculty of Human Kinetics (FMH) at the University of Lisbon launched the Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R) process, aiming to obtain the HR Excellence in Research Award from the European Commission.

Through this initiative, FMH seeks to strengthen its research culture and institutional practices in alignment with the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. The goal is to create an environment where researchers — at all career stages — can develop their potential, contribute to scientific advancement, and pursue their careers under fair, transparent, and supportive conditions.

By adopting the HRS4R framework, FMH commits to improving its human resources policies and research support structures. This includes enhancing recruitment and evaluation procedures, promoting equality and inclusiveness, expanding opportunities for training and mentoring, and reinforcing responsible and sustainable research practices across all disciplines of human movement science.

The HR Excellence in Research Award, granted after an independent assessment by EURAXESS — a European Commission initiative that promotes research careers and mobility across Europe — represents a significant step in FMH’s commitment to fostering a research environment that values people as its greatest asset. Pursuing this award provides a framework for continuous improvement, fosters collaboration, enhances international visibility, and ensures that FMH remains an attractive and competitive institution for researchers across Europe and beyond.

Research Team

Steering Committee (responsible for the overall coordination of the process at FMH):

• Duarte Fernando da Rosa Belo Patronilho de Araújo - (Research and Innovation)
  • Consulting Committee at the Rectorate, CIPER Coordinator
• Pedro José Madaleno Passos - FMH Coordinator, (Internal Regulations and HR Policies)
  • Dean of FMH
• Luís Manuel Lameiro Santos - (Working Conditions)
  • Executive Director
• Luciana Pires Ferreira - (Human Resources)
  • Head of the Human Resources Management Division
• Ana Cristina Guerreiro Espadinha - (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion)
  • Vice-Dean for Equality and Inclusion, Chair of the Scientific Council, representing R2 Researchers (Assistant level) 
• Anna Georgievna Volossovitch - (Quality)
  • Vice-Dean for Quality, representing R3 Researchers (Associate level)
• Teresa Margarida Crato Patrone de Abreu Cotrim - (Working Conditions)
  • FMH Safety Delegate, Coordinator of the Ergonomics Work Safety Area
• Pedro Jorge do Amaral de Melo Teixeira - (Ethics and Integrity)
  • Chair of the Department of Sport and Health, Founder of the FMH Ethics Council, representing R4 Researchers (Full Professor level)
• Adilson Passos da Costa Marques - (Human Resources)
  • Chair of the Department of Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (DECSH)
• Henrique Arteiro Sousa Lopes - (representing R1 Researchers – PhD students)

Executive committee (Working group - responsible for the overall implementation of the process at FMH):

• Duarte Fernando da Rosa Belo Patronilho de Araújo - (Research and Innovation)
• Maria Filomena Araújo Costa Cruz Carnide - (Research and Innovation)
  • representing R3 Researchers (Associate level) 
• Analiza Mónica Lopes de Almeida Silva - (Research Careers and Mobility)
  • representing R4 Researchers (Full Professor level)
• Ana Isabel Amaral Nascimento Rodrigues de Melo - (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion)
• Rui Miguel Bettencourt Melo - (Working Conditions) 
• Vera Moniz Pereira da Silva - (Researcher Assessment, Recruitment and Career Progression)
• Tiago Miguel Patrício Ribeiro - (Research Careers and Mobility)
• Augusto Gil Brites de Andrade Pascoal - (Equality and Inclusion)
  • representing R2 Researchers (Assistant level)
• Paulo Alexandre Silva Armada da Silva - (Ethics and Integrity)
• Andreia Filipa Jesus Carvalho
  • (representing R1 Researchers – PhD student)

Supporting Links

• HR guidelines
• European Charter for researchers
• Decree-Law no.66/2018
• Portaria no. 43/2020
• Decree-Law n.º124/99 de 21 de abril
• Ethical Code
• Codes of Conduct