ProChild CoLAB

The UM (University of Minho) is an Academic Associate of the ProChild CoLAB. JusGov (the Research Centre for Justice and Governance) and the EDUM (School of Law at the University of Minho) are among the core UM entities involved in this academic association with the ProChild CoLAB. JusGov researchers are taking part in projects run by the ProChild CoLAB (e.g. Family Contacts and Meetings in Justice and Child Protection Contexts), whose mission is fight poverty and social exclusion in childhood through a transdisciplinary, diversified, integrated scientific approach that articulates the public and private sectors in promoting the well-being and rights of children. Researchers affiliated with the ProChild CoLAB are also engaged in projects run by JusGov.

JusGov Coordinator: Helena Grangeia

Team: Anabela Gonçalves, Cristina Dias, Margarida Santos.

Further details: http://prochildcolab.pt/en/

Concluded initiatives:

2024, The protection of vulnerable people – a multidisciplinary perspective: 2nd Moment – Seminar – The child

2024, Vulnerability and Social Exclusion: The Protection of Sexually Abused Women, Children, and Teenagers

JusGov Research Groups: DH, GLOB, JusLab.