Goncalves, Francisco V
Researcher
University of Leicester
Spain
Biography
Dr. Francisco Valente Gonçalves is a Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher within the INTREPID Forensics Programme (University of Leicester) where he carries a Ph.D. on the decision-making processes of forensic experts. He holds a BSc in Psychological Sciences (ISPA-IU, Portugal and University at de Valencia, Spain) and an MSc in Psychocriminology (ISPA-IU, Portugal) and a PG Dip in Psychotherapeutic Intervention (Instituto CRIAP). Francisco worked as a forensic and clinical psychologist in various contexts such as the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, hospitals, prisons, NGO’s and private practice.
He has been invited as a member of international societies in the areas of psychology, criminology and forensic sciences. Also as a consultant by police agencies in topics related to forensic sciences and accreditation and by NGO’s in the field of psychology.
Francisco is also a guest lecturer at the University of Leicester in topics related to psychology, criminology and forensic sciences, and an invited lecturer at Instituto Paulista de Estudos Bioéticos e Jurídicos (IPEBJ, Brazil).
Research interests:
Forensic sciences
Decision-making
Psychological Assessment
Counseling.
