Journal article

Knight L, Neiva Ganga R, Tucker M. 2024. Integrated care system leadership: a rapid realist review Leadership in Health Services, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Neiva Ganga R, Fitzsimmons DA, Smith GM, Mustafa A. 2023. Reducing care home falls: a real-world data validation of a multifactorial falls-intervention digital application BMC Digital Health, 1 :1-9 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Crone S, Ganga R. 2023. Revisiting the impact of Liverpool as ECoC 2008: the lost opportunity to reconcile cultural policy and evaluation Arts and the Market, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Smith GM, Dixon C, Neiva Ganga R, Greenop DT. 2022. How Do We Know Co-Created Solutions Work Effectively within the Real World of People Living with Dementia? Learning Methodological Lessons from a Co-Creation-to-Evaluation Case Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Ganga RN, Wise N, Perić M. 2021. Exploring implicit and explicit cultural policy dimensions through major-event and neoliberal rhetoric City, Culture and Society, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Ganga RN, Wilson K. 2020. Valuing family carers: the impact of House of Memories as a museum-led dementia awareness programme International Journal of Care and Caring, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Machado Gomes R, Teixeira Lopes J, Cerdeira L, Vaz H, Peixoto P, Cabrito B, Machado-Taylor L, Machado-Taylor L, Brites R, Patrocinio T, Neiva Ganga R, Silvia S, Silva JP. 2018. Asymmetric Mobility and Emigration of Highly Skilled Workers in Europe: The Portuguese case Praszałowicz D. Migration Studies - Polonia Review, 169 :143-164 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Neiva Ganga R, Silva JP, Vaz H, Gomes R, Lopes JT, Cerdeira L, Silva S, Cabrito BG, Magalhaes D, Machado-Taylor ML, Peixoto P, Brites R, Patrocinio T. 2018. From Portugal to Europe. A micro-level Sociology of scientific migration in times of Eurozone crisis. Revista Migraciones Internacionales, 9 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Gomes R, Cabrito B, Cerdeira L, Machado-Taylor ML, Neiva Ganga R, Brites R, Patrocinio T, Silva JP, Peixoto P, Silva S, Lopes JT, Vaz H. 2017. L'émigration portugaise qualifiée dans le contexte européen Dubucs H, Mourlane S. L'Europe en mouvement, Publisher Url Public Url

Ganga R, Silva JP, Gomes R, Vaz H, Lopes JT, Silva S, Cerdeira L, Cabrito B, Magalhaes D, Machado-Taylor MDL, Peixoto P, Patrocinio T, Brites R. 2016. Portuguese Scientists' Migration: a study on the 2008 crisis aftermath International Migration, 54 :43-55 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Lopes JT, Silva JP, Ganga R, Gomes RM, Magalhães D, Vaz H, Cerdeira L, Silva S, Peixoto P, De Lourdes Machado M, Brites R, Patrocínio T, Cabrito BG. 2016. The decision to emigrate: A study from the perspective of dispositional plurality Sociologia, Problemas e Praticas, 81 :37-56 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Cerdeira L, Machado-Taylor MDL, Cabrito B, Patrocinio T, Brites R, Gomes R, Lopes JT, Vaz H, Peixoto P, Magalhaes D, Silva S, Ganga R. 2016. Brain drain and the disenchantment of being a higher education student in Portugal JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY AND MANAGEMENT, 38 :68-77 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Cerdeira L, Machado-Taylor MDL, Patrocínio T, Cabrito B. 2015. “Exportar” mão-de-obra qualificada a custo zero: quanto perde Portugal com a “fuga de cérebros”? Revista Educação em Questão, 53 :45-75 DOI Publisher Url

Cruz I, Neiva Ganga R. 2015. Práticas de Consumo: Valores e orientações Cruz I, Neiva Ganga R. Revista da Faculdade de Letras do Porto. Série Sociologia, 2015 Publisher Url Public Url

Lopes LT, Silva JP, Neiva Ganga R, Gomes R, Vaz H, Cerdeira L, Magalhaes D, Machado-Taylor ML, Peixoto P, Brites R, Silva S, Patrocinio T. 2015. Socialização e percursos (e)migratórios em Portugal: uma análise a partir de retratos sociológicos Lehmann BA. Cadernos de Educação, Publisher Url Public Url

Coelho SL, Widdop P, Leguina A, Gato MA, Mortara A. 2015. Consumer Practices: Values and orientations (Portuguese) Neiva Ganga R, Silva I. Publisher Url

Neiva Ganga R, Fonseca L. 2013. A Produção de Conhecimento Situado e Implicado: caminhos e descobertas de uma etnografia global sobre educação cultural e artística contemporânea Hernandéz F, Terrasêca M, Paiva J. Educação, Sociedade & Culturas, 40 :31-53 Publisher Url Public Url

Neiva Ganga R. 2012. Europos kultūros institucijos kaip glokalizmai: Fundação de Serralves ir Šiuolaikinio meno centro atvejai Repšienė R. Lietuvos kultūros tyrimai, Public Url

Neiva Ganga R. 2011. From the Soviet Exhibition Palace to the Contemporary Art Centre: Cultural Democratisation or Elitist Enclosure? Raney K. Engage -The international journal of visual art and gallery education, :19-28 Publisher Url Public Url

Ganga R. 2009. Deindustrialisation, culture and education strategies: A case-study of tate Liverpool's youth-programme International Journal of Learning, 16 :481-494 DOI Publisher Url

Ganga R, Rebelo S. Actively Aging in a Nursing Home (Portuguese) Desafios - Revista Interdisciplinar da Universidade Federal do Tocantins, 2 :200-214 DOI Publisher Url

Neiva Ganga R. Is the European Capital of Culture the quick-fix solution to the sustained development of our cities? The Vilnius case in question (Lithuanian) Ravaitytė J. Post - Scriptum.org: revue de recherche interdisciplinaire en textes et medias,

Neiva R, Santa K, Ali M, Smith GM. The impact of a digital referral to improve access to Children and Mental Health Services. A prospective observational study with real-world data Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Public Url

Internet publication

Neiva R. 2023. Garáž attendees reveal strong support for Trenčín European Capital of Culture 2026 Publisher Url Public Url

Neiva Ganga R. 2023. How LJMU’s living lab generates real-world data to evaluate the feasibility or effectiveness of a business’s innovation Publisher Url Public Url

Neiva R. 2021. LCR Health Matters Publisher Url

Neiva Ganga R. 2018. House of Memories Brazil – How Museums Can Meet the Global Dementia Challenge Publisher Url Public Url

Garcia B, Neiva Ganga R. 2018. Girls just wanna have fun…ding for their research Publisher Url Public Url

Neiva Ganga R. 2017. Researching digital heritage and cultural wellbeing in the international policy sphere Publisher Url Public Url

Neiva R. 2017. 50th Anniversary of L’Amour de l’Art: Have museum visitor profiles really changed? Publisher Url Public Url

Neiva Ganga R. 2013. Arts and Audiences: between mediation, emancipation and participation (Portuguese) Publisher Url

Neiva Ganga R. 2011. The 10 years legacy of Porto as European Capital of Culture - still debating the cultural audiences (dis)engagement (Portuguese) Publisher Url

Report

Neiva R. 2023. The impact of Knowsley as Borough of Culture 2022 :1-82

Neiva R. 2023. The impact of Halton as Borough of Culture 2021 :1-59

Neiva R, Davies L, Wilson KM. 2022. Arts & Wellbeing: A review of the social value of place-based arts interventions Publisher Url Public Url

Meneses Fernandes J, Leite C, Lapa C, Bragança A, Neiva Ganga R, Lago S, Azevedo T. 2022. Braga 2027. European Capital of Culture Candidate City Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Neiva R, Dubačová L, Kuricová L, Slezák Barčáková T, Žák Sučanská V, Crkoňová H, Peter K, Ľahký Ľ. 2022. First Monitoring Report of Trenčín 2026, Candidate for European Capital of Culture :1-37

Dubacova L, Kuricová L, Barcáková TS, Sucanská Žák V, Holícková B, Milová K, Gúciková M, Husárová N, Radulovic V, Žák P, Kohout P, Neiva Ganga R, Topilin A, Janícková K, Seberíniová B, Kvasnicová Z, Kubizna P, Juricová V, Tisová S. 2021. Trenčín 2026, Candidate for European Capital of Culture bid book Trenčín 2026, Candidate for European Capital of Culture bid book Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Neiva R. 2020. The impact of Wirral as Borough of Culture 2019

Neiva R. 2019. The International Slavery Museum's Transatlantic and Contemporary Slavery Collecting Project: Collecting cultures - A four-year evaluation.

Neiva R, Michael A, Crone S. 2019. Cultural Participation and Interest: Impacts 18 - The impact of the 10 years of Liverpool as European Capital of Culture.

Neiva R, Atkinson M, Crone S. 2019. Neighbourhoods' Impacts 18: The impact of the 10 years of Liverpool as European Capital of Culture

Neiva R, Whelan G, Wilson K. 2017. Evaluation of the House of Memories Family Carers Awareness Day 2017 Publisher Url Public Url

Neiva R. 2017. Brazilian Participatory Art Practices. Is There a Win-Win Situation? :1-47

Gomes R, Cerdeira L, Teixeira Lopes J, Vaz H, Brites R, Cabrito B, Machado-Taylor MDL, Magalhães D, Patrocínio T, Peixoto P, Neiva R, Silva S, Silva JP. 2015. BRADRAMO General Conclusions. DOI Public Url

Gomes R, Cerdeira L, Teixeira Lopes J, Vaz H, Brites R, Cabrito B, Machado-Taylor MDL, Magalhães D, Patrocínio T, Peixoto P, Neiva R, Silva S, Silva JP. 2015. BRADRAMO. Survey Qualitative Analysis (Portuguese)

Gomes R, Cerdeira L, Teixeira Lopes J, Vaz H, Brites R, Cabrito B, Machado-Taylor MDL, Magalhães D, Patrocínio T, Peixoto P, Neiva R, Silva S, Silva JP. 2015. BRADRAMO. Survey Findings (Portuguese). DOI Public Url

Gomes R, Cerdeira L, Teixeira Lopes J, Vaz H, Brites R, Cabrito B, Machado-Taylor MDL, Magalhães D, Patrocínio T, Peixoto P, Neiva R, Silva S, Silva JP. 2015. BRADRAMO. Sociological Portraits: workbook (Portuguese). DOI Public Url

Gomes R, Cerdeira L, Teixeira Lopes J, Vaz H, Brites R, Cabrito B, Machado-Taylor MDL, Magalhães D, Patrocínio T, Peixoto P, Neiva R, Silva S, Silva JP. 2015. Brain drain and academic mobility from Portugal to Europe DOI Author Url Public Url

Gomes R, Cerdeira L, Teixeira Lopes J, Vaz H, Brites R, Cabrito B, Machado-Taylor MDL, Magalhães D, Patrocínio T, Peixoto P, Neiva R, Silva S. 2013. BRADRAMO. Focus Groups: Findings (Portuguese). DOI

Gomes R, Cerdeira L, Teixeira Lopes J, Vaz H, Brites R, Cabrito B, Machado-Taylor MDL, Magalhães D, Patrocínio T, Peixoto P, Neiva R, Silva S. 2013. BRADRAMO. Project Methodology (Portuguese). DOI Public Url

Gomes R, Cerdeira L, Teixeira L, Vaz H, Brites R, Cabrito B, Machado-Taylor MDL, Magalhães D, Patrocínio T, Peixoto P, Neiva R, Silva S. 2013. BRADRAMO. The Qualified Migration: Literature Review (Portuguese). DOI

Chapters

Neiva R, Wilson H, Tucker M. 2023. Structured literature reviews for Business Professional Doctorates: A case study Matos F, Rosa A. ECRM 2023 22nd European Conference on Research Methods in Business and Management Academic Conferences and publishing limited. online 9781914587726 DOI Author Url Publisher Url

Neiva Ganga R. 2022. Evaluating Cultural Legacy – From Policy to Engaged Research Wise N, Maguire K. A Research Agenda for Event Impacts :229-247 Edward Elger 978 1 83910 924 9 Publisher Url Public Url

Gomes R, Teixeira Lopes J, Vaz H, Cerdeira L, Silva S, Silva JP, Brites R, Peixoto P, Neiva R, Machado-Taylor ML, Cabrito B, Patrocinio T, Magalhaes D, Veiga C. 2021. Exodus of skills and academic mobility from Portugal to Europe (Portuguese) Pereira C, Malheiros J, Peixoto J. Estado da Emigração No. 01 :37-60 Observatório da Emigração, CIES-Iscte. Lisbon 978-972-8048-70-9 Publisher Url Public Url

Semedo A, Neiva R, Celia O. 2020. Experiences of visiting museums. Motivations and perceptions (Portuguese) Soares Neves J, Frayão Camacho C. Nos 50 Anos de L´Amour de L´Art. Dívidas, Críticas e Desafios Editora Mundos Sociais. Lisbon 978-989-8536-73-0 Publisher Url

Teixeira L, Gomes R, Vaz H, Cerdeira L, Neiva Ganga R, Silva JP, Silva S, Peixoto P, Machado L, Cabrito B, Patrocinio T. 2019. The Social Production of the Emigrating Self: An Analysis from Sociological Portraits (Portuguese) Gomes R. A mobilidade académica e a emigração portuguesa qualificada Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. Coimbra

Neiva Ganga R. 2018. Between Education, Culture and Emigration – an auto-reflection on a professional pathway inflexion (Portuguese) Ramos M, Capucha L, Tavares I. Quem são e o que fazem os sociólogos em Portugal? Mundos Sociais. Lisbon 978-989-8536-67-9 Publisher Url

Peixoto L, Gomes R, Lopes JT, Cerdeira L, Brites R, Cabrito B, Neiva Ganga R, Machado-Taylor ML, Silva S, Patrocinio T. 2017. MobiGrants: New Agents of Brain Drain in Portuguese Higher Education Giousmpasoglou C, Marinakou E, Paliktzoglou V. Brain Drain in Higher Education: The Case of the Southern European Countries and Ireland :153-202 Nova Science Publishers. New York 978-1-53611-978-7 Publisher Url Public Url

Neiva Ganga R, Fonseca L. 2014. The "Works of Art" - the educational work of Casa da Música (Portuguese) Santos E, Ganga R, Ferreira J, Almeida J. Novas Subjetividades: retratos de objetos emergentes Psicossoma. Viseu 978-972-8994-66-2 Publisher Url

Neiva Ganga R, Gomes R, Lopes J, Vaz H, Cerdeira L. 2014. Brain Drain. The Qualify Portuguese emigration (Portuguese) Neiva Ganga R, Santos E, Almeida J, Ferreira J. Novas Subjetividades: retratos de objetos emergentes Psicossoma. United Kingdom 978-972-8994-66-2 Publisher Url

Silva Cruz I, Neiva R, Wahlen S. Contemporary Collaborative Consumption: An Introduction Silva Cruz I, Neiva R, Whalen S. Contemporary Collaborative Consumption Trust and Reciprocity Revisited :1-15 Springer 9783658213466 Author Url

preprint

Fitzsimmons DA, Neiva Ganga R, Smith GM, Ali M, Greenop DT. 2023. Models of “Real World” health research: A critical review DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Santa K, Dixon C, Neiva Ganga R, Trainor G, Smith G, Furfie V, Brown H. 2023. Facilitating the access of the wider community into child and adolescent mental health services in Liverpool and Sefton (UK): The co-customisation of the CYP as One platform with young people; parents and health service providers DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Conference publication

Santa K, Dixon C, Trainor G, Smith G, Neiva R. 2022. An Examination of Living Lab Methodology Within the Mental Health Field: A Case Study 28th International Mental Health Nursing Research Conference - Book of Abtracts, 28th International Mental Health Nursing Research Conference :81-82 Publisher Url

Smith GM, Neiva Ganga R, Trainor G, Furfie V, Mooney C, Morton J. 2021. Children and Young People's Mental Health Services Referral Innovation. Co-design and validation methodology Vervoort K, White M, Leon R. Change the future together: Co-creating impact, sustainable & healthier cities and communities, Open Living Lab Days :221-227 Publisher Url Public Url

Neiva Ganga R, Smith GM, Greenop DT, Ali M, Fitzsimmons DA. 2020. Real-World Validation of Health Innovation: a systematic review The Conf 2020, 2019 Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference Publisher Url Public Url

Neiva Ganga R. 2015. Objeto, Artista e Público – miscigenações entre arte e educação Semedo A, Senra S, azevedo T. Processos de musealização : um Seminário de Investigação Internacional : Atas do Seminário, Processos de Musealização Publisher Url Public Url

Cerdeira L, Machado-Taylor MDL, Cabrito B, Brites R, Patrocinio T, Gomes R, Magalhaes D, Vaz H, Lopes JT, Peixoto P, Ganga R, Silva S. 2015. Brain Drain: Who Wins? Who Loses? The case of Portugal Spender JC, Schiuma G, Albino V. IFKAD 2015: 10TH INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON KNOWLEDGE ASSET DYNAMICS, 10th International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics (IFKAD) :2059-2070 Author Url

Neiva Ganga R. 2007. Education, Music and the City: What is the possible inclusion? (Portuguese) https://www.iscte-iul.pt/index.php?cf=3, First International Conference of Young Urban Researchers

Neiva Ganga R, Almeida Santos S, Barroso B. 2006. On the Right Path: An ethnography about the meanings of reinsertion in two educational centres (Portuguese) Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciencas da Educacao da Universidade do Porto, Fórum Jovens Cientistas 2007

Neiva Ganga R. Tate Liverpool, Tate Gallery, Šiuolaikinio Meno Centras and Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art Saldanha S, Trigo C, Pardinhas MJ, Eca T. Risks and Oportunities for Visual Arts Education in Europe, Insea European Regional Congress Publisher Url

Neiva R. Arts Education: Questioning object, artist, audience and research Azevedo M. European Educational Research Association Publisher Url

Neiva R, Vaz H, Gomes R, Teixeira Lopes J, Cerdeira L, Silva S. Brain Drain: Portraits of high qualify Portuguese emigration to Europe Seddon T. European Conference on Educational Research

Machado-Taylor MDL, Gomes R, Teixeira Lopes J, Cerdeira L, Cabrito B, Brites R, Patrocinio T, Magalhaes D, Vaz H, Peixoto P, Neiva R, Silva S. Gender disparities on Brain Drain Places and Belongings: Gender and Family Relations in Transnational Space Author Url Publisher Url

Neiva R. Was it a Brave or a Stupid Decision? – An Ethnography of Tate Liverpool’s Educational Strategies Guimaraes S. ECER 2014, The Past, the Present and the Future of Educational ResearchAt: Porto

Neiva R, Fonseca L. Questioning the Educational Role of a Cultural Institution in a Post- Communist Country – the case of the Contemporary Art Centre Cotton T. ECER 2010, Education and Cultural Change Author Url

Neiva R. Research Notes From a Global Ethnography – Questioning the place of the ethnography and of the ethnographer on multi-site research Varjo J. ECER 2010, Education and Cultural Change Author Url

Film

Neiva R. 2021. Real-world validation: Dr Rafaela Neiva Ganga offers her top tips Publisher Url

Poster

Neiva R, Smith G, Ali M, Stanley G, Greenop D, Fitzsimmons D. 2021. Care Home Multifactorial Fall-prevention Digital App: A Real-world Data Validation In The North West Region Of The United Kingdom online

Sirois F, Christensen H, Tucker I, Millings A, Easton K, Radin P, Bennion M, Neiva R. 2019. Developing and Testing an AI Empathy Agent NewMind Plenary Author Url Public Url

Books (authored)

Gomes R, Teixeira Lopes J, Silva JP, Neiva R, Vaz H, Cerdeira L, Cabrito B, Magalhães D, Machado- -Taylor ML, Peixoto P, Brites R, Silva S, Patrocínio T. 2019. The Qualified Portuguese Emigration: Exodus or Diaspora? (Portuguese) Gomes R. Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra 978-989-26-1707-7 DOI Publisher Url

Semedo A, Ganga R, Oliveira C. 2018. Visitar Museus e Monumentos : Um Estudo Piloto de Fatores Motivacionais FLUP-CITCEM 9789898351999 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Lopes JT, Vaz H, Cerdeira L, Peixoto P, Ganga R, Silva S, Machado MDL, Silva JP, Brites R, Magalhães D, Patrício T, Cabrito B. 2015. Between the Periphery and the Centre: Qualified Portuguese Emigrants' route maps (Portuguese) Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra 9789892610672 DOI Publisher Url

Neiva Ganga R. 2014. New Subjectivities: Portraits of Emerging Objects (Portuguese) Neiva Ganga R, Santos E, Ferreira J, Almeida J. Psicosoma. Viseu 978-972-8994-66-2 Publisher Url

Reis LAD, Santos J, Duarte SFP. 2013. Essays on Gerontology (Portuguese) 9788579850608

Gomes R, Lopes JT, Vaz H, Cerdeira L, Neiva Ganga R, Silva S, Peixoto P, Machado-Taylor ML, Patrocinio T, Brites R, Magalhães D. Brain Drain. Sociological Portraits of the Portuguese Qualified Emigration (Portuguese) Bertrand. Lisboa 9789722531009 Publisher Url

Cruz I, Ganga R, Wahlen S. Contemporary Collaborative Consumption Trust and Reciprocity Revisited Springer 9783658213466

Thesis/Dissertation

Neiva R. 2016. Casa da Musica. An ethnography of cultural education of Porto European Capital of Culture 2001 (Portuguese) Fonseca L.

Neiva Ganga R. 2013. European Contemporary Museum Education. A Global ethnography on the policies and practices of the European Capital of Culture (Portuguese) Lopes J, Fonseca L.

Books (edited)

2014. Research Methodologies on Ageing Neiva Ganga R, Pocinho R, Silva A, Santos E, Vilhena J, Nino L, Tatay C, Azeredo Z, Zamora H. :1-116 Psicosoma. Viseu 9789728994631 Publisher Url

Scholarly edition

Neiva Ganga R. 2010. Pedagogical Practices for Portuguese Sign Language (Portuguese)

Neiva Ganga R. 2008. Vocational Training Management for Portuguese Sign Language (Portuguese) Publisher Url

Neiva Ganga R. 2007. Curricula Writing and Evaluation for Portuguese Sign Language (Portuguese) Publisher Url

Exhibition

Neiva R. Journey Through the Symbolic. Individual Exhibition Sobral Centeno Publisher Url

Neiva R. Emerging Art Now – 1st Edition Publisher Url

Neiva R. Time, Fatima Santos Publisher Url

Professional activities

External collaboration:

Bielsko-Biała, European Capital of Culture 2029 (candidacy), Internacional Advisor, monitoring and evaluation. 2024

Braga, European Capital of Culture 2027 (candidacy), Internacional Advisor, monitoring and evaluation. 2022

Trenčín, European Capital of Culture 2026, Internacional lead for monitoring and evaluation. 2021

http://www.mp.usp.br/, Museu Paulista, Museu Paulista. 2018

National Museums Liverpool, Cultural value. 2016

http://isociologia.up.pt/en/investigador/rafaela-neiva-ganga, University of Porto, Institute of Sociology - Artistic Creation, Cultural Policies and Practices. 2007

Research Grants Awarded:

European Comission / Horizon Europe, Med-IREN - protect critical infrastructure from climate change, Ana Bras (PI), Mawada Abdellatif (Co-I), Michaela Gkantou (Co-I), Iacopo Carnacina (Co-I), Grant value (£): €10,000,000 (LJMU - €827,460), Duration of research project: 48 months. 2023

National Museums Liverpool, House of Memories. Digital Dementia Awareness Training for Nursing Students in Higher Education, Dean McShane; Steve Nola; Marcus Hansen, Grant value (£): 10000, Duration of research project: 6 months. 2023

Welsh Government, House of Memories Cymru. Evaluation of a Museum-led Dementia Awareness Training, Steve Nola; Marcus Hansen, Grant value (£): 10000, Duration of research project: 6 months. 2023

AHRC-DCMS, Cultural heritage, people and place: understanding value via a regional case study (AH/Y000242/1), Tamara West (PI); Steve Nola, Grant value (£): £420,657, Duration of research project: 30 months. 2023

European Comission / Erasmus Mundus Design Measures, Culture and Creative Industries Management, Hana Křížková (PI); João Teixeira Lopes (Co-I); Ioannis C. Drivas (Co-I); Eva Gartnerová (Co-I); Peter Purg (Co-I), Grant value (£): 46,861, Duration of research project: 15 months. 2023

LJMU QR Policy Support Fund, The value of mega-cultural events – evidence-based policymaking, David Bryde; Abi O'Connor, Grant value (£): 9,773.69, Duration of research project: 7 months. 2022

What Works Centre for Wellbeing; Arts and Humanities Research Council; Spirit of 2012, Systematic review on the social impacts of place-based arts and cultural interventions, Rafaela Neiva Ganga (PI), Grant value (£): 25,000, Duration of research project: 5 months. 2022

Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership, Evaluation of the Children and Young People Integration Test Sites, Rafaela Neiva Ganga (PI), Grahame Smith (Co-I), Gemma Trainor, (Co-I), Lisa Knight (Co-I), Grant value (£): £52,000, Duration of research project: 24 months. 2022

LJMU QR Policy Support Fund, CYP as One 2.0. - innovation's diversity co-developed to tack mental health inequalities, Rafaela Neiva Ganga (PI), Grahame Smith (Co-I), Grant value (£): £8,873, Duration of research project: 6 months. 2022

LJMU Research and Knowledge Exchange Quality Research, Health Innovation Champions Network, Grahame Smith (PI), Rafaela Neiva Ganga (Co-I), Grant value (£): £27,732, Duration of research project: 5 month. 2022

NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i): NIHR203845, CYP as One: Investigation in how to further support the community through digital innovation, Led by Alder Hey NHS Trust, Grahame Smith (LJMU PI), Rafaela Neiva Ganga (Co-I), Mustafa Ali (Co-I), Gemma Trainor (Co-I), Grant value (£): 143,771, Duration of research project: 12 months. 2022

Halton City Council, Capturing the value of Celebrate Halton, Liverpool Borough of Culture 2021, Grant value (£): 20,000, Duration of research project: 7 months. 2021

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Real-world Validation of "CYP as One", Rafaela Neiva Ganga (PI), Grahame Smith (Co-I), Gemma Trainor (Co-I), Grant value (£): 10,000, Duration of research project: 6 months. 2021

Liverpool Combined Authority, Evaluation of the Liverpool City Region Boroughs of Culture programme, Grant value (£): 90,000, Duration of research project: 48 months. 2019

ERDF, Health Matters - Liverpool City Region, Led by the Innovation Agency, Grahame Smith (PI), Daz Greenop (Co-I), Deborah Fitzsimmons (Co-I), Rafaela Neiva Ganga (Researcher), Mustafa Ali (Researcher), Grant value (£): 2.4 million, Duration of research project: 48 months. 2019

National Museums Liverpool / The National Lottery Fund, Collecting Cultures, Gayle Whelan (Co-I), Grant value (£): 3000, Duration of research project: 3 months. 2019

Arts and Humanities Research Council, Cities of Culture: Turning Evaluation into Policy, Franco Bianchini; Jonothan Neelands, Grant value (£): 45000, Duration of research project: 24 months. 2019

Liverpool John Moores University Quality Research Funding, Cultural Participation Rijeka 2020: The impact of the European Capital of Culture in the local residents’ cultural participation and engagement, Grant value (£): 2000, Duration of research project: 3 months. 2019

EPSRC-funded NewMind Network Plus, Developing an Artificial Intelligence Empathy Agent, Fuschia Sirois (PI); Katherine Easton; Ian Tucker; Matthew R Bennion; Heidi Christensen; Paul Radin, Grant value (£): 45000, Duration of research project: 24. 2018

LJMU Global Challenge Research Fund 2018, The value of museums in meeting the global dementia challenge, Grant value (£): 7088, Duration of research project: 3 months. 2018

AHRC Cultural Engagement Fund, and the Institute of Cultural Capital, Impacts 18. Legacies of Liverpool as European Capital of Culture 10 Years On, PI - Beatriz Garcia, University of Liverpool, Grant value (£): 500,000, Duration of research project: 24 months. 2017

Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Educación Patrimonial para la inteligencia territorial y emocional de la ciudadanía. Análisis de buenas prácticas, diseño e intervención en la enseñanza obligatoria, José María Cuenca-López (IP1), Jesús Estepa-Guiménez (IP2), Roque Jiménez, Mª Ángeles de las Heras, Gabriel Travé, Blanca Miedes, Myriam J. Martín (Univ. Huelva), Roser Calaf (Univ. Oviedo), Beatrice Borghi (Univ. Bologna), Elena Musci (Univ. Basilicata), Alice Semedo (Univ. Porto), Carlos Muñoz (Univ. Concepción), Daniel Schugurensky (Arizona State Univ.), Grant value (£): € 37 200, Duration of research project: 3 years. 2016

Portuguese Commission of Coordination and Development of the North Region, MoVEM: Museums visitants’ experiences and motivations, Alice Semedo; Celia Oliveira, Grant value (£): 25000, Duration of research project: 24 months. 2015

Foundation for Science and Technology, Brain Drain and Academic Mobility from Portugal to Europe, PI - Rui Gomes, University of Coimbra; Co-I Joao Lopes, University of Porto; Co-i Henrique Vaz, Universoty of Porto; Co-I Luisa Cerdeira University of Lisbon, Grant value (£): 89,851, Duration of research project: 36 months. 2013

Portuguese Foundation of Science and Tecnhology, European Contemporary Museum Education. A Global ethnography on the policies and practices., Grant value (£): 86500, Duration of research project: 4 years. 2007

Editorial boards:

Public Policy Journal, Editorial Board, https://www.umpp.uevora.pt/publicacoes/Public-Policy-Portuguese-Journal. 2023

Routledge Books, Reviewer, https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Research-in-the-Creative-and-Cultural-Industries/book-series/RRCCI. 2023

MIDAS - Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares, Reviewer, https://midas.revues.org/. 2017

Wiley, Invited reviewer, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14682435/2019/57/5. 2017

Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, Reviewer, http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1809-9823&lng=en&nrm=iso. 2015

Springer, Invited reviewer, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-658-21346-6. 2015

Portuguese Social Barometer - Arts & Culture, Editor-in-chief, http://www.barometro.com.pt/category/cultura-e-artes/. 2014

Sociologia: Revista da Faculdade de Letras do Porto, Reviewer, http://ler.letras.up.pt/site/default.aspx?qry=id04id111&sum=sim. 2014

International Journal of Learning, Reviewer, http://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=17700156750&tip=sid&. 2008

Public engagement:

Public talk or lecture, Cultural practitioners, policy stakeholders, Invited Speaker, Trenčín, Slovakia, Monitoring & Evaluation of Trenčín, ECoC 2026., Presentation of the Monitoring & Evaluation strategy at the Trenčín, ECoC 2026 reboot week.. 2023

Participatory research, communities impacted by the transatlantic slavery legacy in Liverpool., Researcher, National Museums Liverpool, UK, AHRC-funded project Cultural Heritage, People and Place, Ten co-creation workshops, https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-and-social-sciences/research/in-partnership/cultural-heritage-people-place/#:~:text=The%20Cultural%20Heritage%2C%20People%20and,are%20needed%20to%20capture%20this.. 2023

Public talk or lecture, Policy stakeholders (national and international), Organiser & Speaker, Liverpool, UK, Policy hackathon: The value of cultural mega-events, Reconciling policy & research – the European Capital of Culture case.. 2023

Public talk or lecture, Museum curators, and other cultural practitioners, Invited speaker, International Museum Day, International Council of Museums, Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro, Portugal, House of Memories: museum & dementia, https://www.pportodosmuseus.pt/2022/05/05/coloquio-internacional-museus-e-demencia-que-desafios/. 2022

Participatory research, healthcare professionals, children and young people, and parents, Researcher, Liverpool, UK, NIHR CYP as One, Research design, 3 funding applications, 3 co-creation workshops, 1 conference proceeding (Smith, G. et al., 2021), 1 digital platform co-customised., https://www.seftonliverpoolcamhs.com/. 2022

Participatory research, Healthcare professionals, health comissioners, Researcher, Liverpool, UK, ICS Cheshire and Merseyside Evaluation of the Gateway Meeting, Research design, and 3 co-creation workshops. 2022

Other: Please specify in text box below, health industry, infographic, Author, Explaining real-world validation, infographic, https://lcrhealthmatters.com/explaining-real-world-validation/. 2021

Public talk or lecture, curators, and other cultural practitioners, Invited speaker, International Museum Day, International Council of Museums, Fundacao Cupertino Miranda, Portugal, Arts & Mental Health., https://twitter.com/FCupertinoM/status/1392414314334769157. 2021

Other: Please specify in text box below, health industry, health comissioners, infographic, Author, Safe Steps (infographic). 2020

Other: Please specify in text box below, General, health industry, students, academics, Social Media, Twitter account manager, Twitter account manager @LabLjmu, https://twitter.com/LabLjmu. 2019

Participatory research, Children and young people, SMEs, health professionals, health comissioners, Researcher, Liverpool, UK, Data collection, analysis and dissemination, Centre for Collaborative Innovation in Dementia, accredited by the European Network of Living Labs, https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/research/centres-and-institutes/centre-for-collaborative-innovation-in-dementia#:~:text=Through%20a%20living%20lab%20approach,be%20expected%20from%20normal%20aging.. 2019

Participatory research, health SMEs, health comissioners, Researcher, Merseyside, ERDF LCR Health MATTERS, Research co-design, data collection, and 45 real-world validation reports to the industry, https://lcrhealthmatters.com/. 2019

Public talk or lecture, Museum and other cultural practicioners, Organiser and speaker, Culture and Health: A research agenda for the Liverpool City Region, National Museums Liverpool. Liverpool, UK., Crossing Boundaries: The value of museums in dementia care., https://www.eventbrite.com/e/culture-and-health-a-research-agenda-for-the-liverpool-city-region-tickets-57729888651. 2019

Participatory research, policymakers, Reseacher, Invited Speaker, Liverpool City Region, Liverpool Combined Authority Evaluation of Liverpool's Boroughs of Culture, 1 research framework co-design and 10 seminars. 2019

Public talk or lecture, Health Innovation SMEs; Health Comissioners, Invited Speaker, Excel in Health Event Series, UK North West Coast, Real World Validation, https://lcrhealthmatters.com/excel-in-health-event-series/. 2019

Public talk or lecture, Policy stakeholders, Invited Speaker, National Museums Liverpool. Liverpool, UK., House of Memories – Scale and Impact., Presentation for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sports. 2018

Other: Please specify in text box below, General, cultural practitioners, policy stakeholder, cultural policy funders, Social Media, Twitter account contributer, Twitter account contributer @ICCLiverpool, https://twitter.com/ICCLiverpool. 2016

Conference organisation:

Policy hackathon: The value of cultural mega-events, Organiser & Speaker. 2023

Cities of Culture 30 Years On: Who Has the Edge?, Organiser & Speaker, https://www.cultureliverpool.co.uk/impacts18-international-symposium/. 2018

The value of museums in dementia care, Organiser & Speaker. 2018

Fuga de Cérebros: A mobilidade académica e a emigração portuguesa qualificada, Organiser & Speaker, http://www.bradramo.pt/?page_id=887. 2015

Museum Processes, Organiser & speaker, http://processosdemuseali.wix.com/conferenciaflup2014. 2014

1st Research Methodology School, Organiser & Speaker, http://www.uc.pt/fpce/rms1415. 2014

IV Colóquio Luso-Brasileiro de Sociologia de Educação, Organiser, https://sigarra.up.pt/fpceup/en/NOTICIAS_GERAL.VER_NOTICIA?p_nr=16696. 2014

Portugal, 40 Years of Democracy, Organiser & speaker, http://portugal40anos.eventqualia.net/pt/2014/inicio/. 2014

Youth Cultures and Music: a research pathway, Organiser. 2013

In the Name of the Arts or in the Name of the Audiences?, Session chair & speaker, https://pre2018.culturgest.pt/2012/03-21-enaenp.html#gsc.tab=0. 2013

A Different Kind of Tension. Punk Propaedeutic: Presentation and public discussion of the project Keep it simple, make it fast! (1977-2015), Organiser. 2013

CIVE MORUM – Responsibility, respect and ethics in the social life, Organiser & speaker, https://ciencia.ucp.pt/en/publications/proceedings-cive-morum-2013-i-international-congress. 2013

VII Portuguese Sociological Congress, Organiser & speaker, https://associacaoportuguesasociologia.pt/vii_congresso/. 2012

Tribute to two Eminent Figures at the University of Porto - Manuela Malpique and Stephen Stoer, Organiser, http://sigarra.up.pt/up/en/WEB_BASE.GERA_PAGINA?P_pagina=1005886. 2007

Media Coverage:

Liverpool Health Matters Project - LJMU team 'thought piece', the real world validation process 2023

Liverpool Health Partners (one minute read blog): The Centre for Collaborative Innovation in Dementia - Author: Grahame Smith 2022

Innovation Insights (Idea Drop) Interview with Grahame Smith, Mental Health Nursing Academic, and Rafaela Ganga, Senior Research Fellow, at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). 2021

A Maior Galeria de Arte da Europa. De Braga para o mundo. Umbigo Magazine

Inauguração da exposição ‘Je t’aime. Moi non plus’, de André Lemos Pinto | Galeria Emergentes dst. Pporto. Património Cultural e as Indústrias Criativas,

Interview for the Global Portuguese Scientists

Portugal brain drain spells lasting headache for election winner. Reuters

Can Hull build on its UK City of Culture status beyond 2017? BBC News,

Zet Gallery. Youtube Channel

RDP Internacional - – phone interview for the Global Portuguese Scientist about the Crossing Boundaries research project

Other Professional Activity:

Visiting Scholar at Arizona State University, USA (2023) – Principal Investigator, Urban Placemaking Perceptions & Cultural Mega-Events.. 2023

Visiting Scholar - Xi'an University of Technology, China – Visiting Researcher, UK-China Researcher Links, Health and Well-being Through VR and AR, Newton Fund. 2018

Visiting Scholar at Museu Paulista, Brasil – Principal Investigator, The Value of Museums in Global Dementia Care, GCRF.. 2018

Visiting Scholar at Institute of Sociology, Portugal – Visiting Researcher and guest Lecturer.. 2016

Visiting Scholar at the British Museum, Salford Museum and Art Gallery, New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, and Museum of Liverpool, UK – Fellow, Crossing Boundaries.. 2016

Visiting Scholar at Modena Galerjia, Slovenia – Engage International Summer School, New Galleries, New Audiences, Grundtvig.. 2012

Visiting Scholar at Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Portugal – PhD placement (full-time), European Contemporary Museum Education, FCT (8 months).. 2010

Visiting Scholar at Šiuolaikinio Meno Centras, Lithuania – PhD placement (full-time), European Contemporary Museum Education, FCT (8 months).. 2009

Visiting Scholar at Tate Liverpool, UK – PhD placement (full-time), European Contemporary Museum Education, FCT (8 months).. 2008

Visiting Scholar at Austrian Organization of People Who are Deafblind and People with Significant Vision and Hearing Impairment, Austria – Visiting Researcher, Leonardo Davinci.. 2007

Conference presentation:

Place-based cultural intervention. Capturing the value of Wirral Borough of Culture 2019, Seventeenth International Conference on the Arts in Society, Zaragoza, Oral presentation. 2022

European Ethnography on Museum Education in the Scope of European Capital of Culture. The cases of Tate Liverpool, Šiuolaikinio Meno Centras and Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, ’10th midterm Conference of the European Research Networks Sociology of the Arts & Sociology of Culture, Valletta, Malta, Oral presentation. 2018

The Impacts of Museum-led Dementia Awareness Programmes on Informal Caregivers’ Subjective Wellbeing. A critical analysis about the House of Memories programme, XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, Canada, Oral presentation. 2018

House of Memories: The Impacts of a Digital Museum-led Dementia Awareness Programmes on Informal Caregivers’ Subjective Wellbeing, Edutainment '18 12th International Conference on E-Learning and Games, Xi`an, China, Oral presentation. 2018

From academic mobility to the long-term emigration: lessons from Portugal, 13th Conference European Sociological Association. (Un)Making Europe Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities, Athens, Oral presentation. 2017

From Liverpool with Memory. House of Memories’ national partnerships on dementia care – a critical analysis, 13th Conference European Sociological Association. (Un)Making Europe Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities, Athens, Oral presentation. 2017

The Impacts of Museum-led Dementia Awareness Programmes on Informal Carers’ Subjective Wellbeing. A perspective on the House of Memories case-study, European Conference on Educational Research - Reforming Education and the Imperative of Constant Change: Ambivalent roles of policy and educational research, Copenhagen, Oral presentation. 2017

Value of Difference, Museums Association Conference and Exhibition 2016, Glasgow, Oral presentation. 2016

Crossing Boundaries research programme, North of England Workshop for Early Career Researchers in Arts and Humanities, Liverpool, Oral presentation. 2016

A European Ethnography on Museum Education revised: the cases of Tate Liverpool, Šiuolaikinio Meno Centras and Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, ETHNOARTS Ethnographic Explorations of the Arts and Education, University of Porto, Oral presentation. 2016

Other invited event:

NIHR ARC NWC MIDAS Seminar, Virtual - https://hes32-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fyoutu.be%2fnXur1Fk6bVA&umid=1d96dac2-1434-40e5-9a88-39423843b857&a, From Living Lab to Real-world Validation. A journey through methodological innovation. Presenters Grahame Smith & Rafaela Neiva Ganga. 2022

International Museum Day - ICOM, Famalicao, Invited keynote speaker for the International Museum Day - ICOM - Fundação Cupertino de Miranda. 2021

Social Inclusion and Cultural Policies in Cities as European Capitals of Culture, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research, European Capital of Culture and Cross-border Urban Cohesion funded by the Jean Monnet Network on European Capitals of Culture, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research.. 2020

ViMM Project: Consultation for the final version of the Manifesto on Digital Cultural Heritage, Berlin, Under the CULT-COOP-8-2016 EU Call, ViMM brings together European and world’s leading public and private sector organisations working on Virtual Museums and in the wider sector of Digital Cultural Heritage (DCH).. 2018

50th Anniversary of L’Amour de l’Art: Debts, Criticism and Challenges, Lisbon, The 50th anniversary of the first edition of L’Amour de l’Art: Les musées et leur public, by Pierre Bourdieu and Alain Darbel, plays the starting point for this conference, which is intended to reflect upon the current developments in the areas of publics and the evolution of museums, having in mind the intersection between the disciplines of Sociology and Museology.. 2017

Cross Council Mental Health Networking Event, London, The research councils are holding an informal networking event at the Imperial War Museum in London on 31 October 2017. The aim of this event is for potential applicants to learn more about our expectations for successful cross-council mental health opens in new window network plus awards, as well as meeting potential collaborators.. 2017

COST Connect event dedicated to Cultural Heritage in the Digital Era, Brussels, The COST Connect workshop on “Cultural Heritage in the Digital Era” was an open space for participants to identify and discuss how they could best contribute to structuring this field of cooperation that has shown high potential to create societal impact in Europe.. 2017

First Research Seminar in Heritage Education, Porto, ICC Research Associate, Rafaela Ganga, will pitch for ‘Crossing Boundaries’ at the First Research Seminar in Heritage Education, which will take place on 31 March at the University of Porto. This seminar will mark the beginning of ‘Heritage Education for Territorial and Emotional Intelligence of the Citizenship: Analysis of best practices, design and intervention in compulsory school’ — a research project coordinated by the University of Huelva, with support from research partners at the ICC, the University of Porto, the University of Sevilla and the University of Bologna. Crossing Boundaries is a long-term research programme on the holistic value of House of Memories, a museums-led dementia care intervention created by National Museums Liverpool. Rafaela joined the ICC in September 2016 as a full-time Research Associate on the Crossing Boundaries project.. 2017

Award:

Health Innovation Champions Network (£27,732), LJMU Research and Knowledge Exchange Quality Research Funding. 2022

Co-I - CYP as One: Investigation in how to further support the community through digital innovation (£144,00), NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i): NIHR203845. 2022

UK-China Researcher Links Workshop Health and Well-being Through VR and AR, Newton Fund, https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/microsites/researcher-links-workshop. 2018

External committees:

European Capital of Culture - Monitoring & Evaluation, European Commission, European Commission Expert, https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/myarea/personprofile;activeTab=personal. 2021

Newton Prize, UNESCO, UK National Expert. 2019

Membership of professional bodies:

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Higher Education Academy, https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/individuals/fellowship/fellow. 2020

Fellow Royal Society of Public Health, Royal Society of Public Health, https://www.rsph.org.uk/membership/grades/fellow.html. 2019

Research on Arts Education, European Education Research Association, http://www.eera-ecer.de/networks/network29/. 2010

Research Network Sociology of the Arts, European Sociological Association, https://www.europeansociology.org/research-networks/rn02-sociology-arts. 2009

Fellowships:

LCR Health MATTERS, ERDF. 2019

Crossing Boundaries: The value of museums in dementia care, Institute of Cultural Capital, http://iccliverpool.ac.uk/crossing-boundaries/. 2016

€112.500,00, BRAIN DRAIN AND ACADEMIC MOBILITY FROM PORTUGAL TO EUROPE, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, https://grants.uberresearch.com/501100001871/PTDC/IVC-PEC/5049/2012/BRAIN-DRAIN-AND-ACADEMIC-MOBILITY-FROM-PORTUGAL-TO-EUROPE. 2013

€92.684,00, Keep it simple, make it fast! Prolegómenos e cenas punk, um caminho para a contemporaneidade portuguesa (1977-2012), Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, http://isociologia.up.pt/pt-pt/projeto/keep-it-simple-make-it-fast-proleg%C3%B3menos-e-cenas-punk-um-caminho-para-contemporaneidade. 2012

European Contemporary Museum Education, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. 2007

External PGR Supervision - completed students:

Porto Social Work School, MA, An Intervention Project for Senior Residences (Portuguese). 2016

Porto Social Work School, MA, Arts & Health - an intervention at a care home. 2014

Teaching qualification:

BA (Hons) (1st) Education, University of Porto. 2006