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José Pereira Coutinho has a licentiate's degree in agronomic engineering (ISA-UTL), a master's degree in business management (ISCTE), and a PhD in sociology (ISCTE-IUL). Between 2006 and 2008, he designed and coordinated sociological/anthropological projects on forest fires based on public funding (DGRF, AFN). Between 2008 and 2012, he was a doctoral fellow at the Foundation for Science and Technology, the Portuguese public agency that supports science, technology, and innovation in all scientific domains. In 2012, he defended his thesis «Modernity, religiosity and university» (in Portuguese). Between 2012 and 2016, a few articles of his were published in national and international journals, for instance: 2016, "Religiosity in Europe: an index, factors, and clusters of religiosity", Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas. Since 2018, he is a full member of the Research Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, of the Catholic University of Portugal (CITER-UCP). His research focuses on Catholicism, religiosity, socialisation, and youth. In 2018 and 2019, several articles of his were published in international journals, for instance: 2019, "Religiosity in Portugal: characterization, comparison, and evolution" (in Portuguese), Religião e Sociedade; 2019, "Religiosity of Portuguese youth: recent evolution and comparison with population aged 29 or older" (in Portuguese), Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais. He participated in the CITER-UCP project 'Religious identities and social dynamics in Lisbon Metropolitan Area', which started in 2018. His book Religion in Portugal: Sociological Analysis (in Portuguese) was published, in 2020, by Imprensa de Ciências Sociais.
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PhD, Modernity, religiosity, and university, University Institute of Lisbon
Award Date: 6 Jun 2012
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CITER - Research Centre for Theology and Religious Studies: UID/06176/2025. Pluriannual 2025-2029.
Palma, A. (PI), Boas, A. V. (PI), Coutinho, J. P. (PI), Lamelas, I. (PI), Duque, J. M. (PI), Teixeira, A. (PI), Angélico, J. P. L. (PI), Varanda, M. I. P. (PI), Bartolomei, T. (PI), Franca, M. (PI) & Rodrigues, L. M. F. (PI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/29
Project: Research
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Catholic youth movements in Portugal
Coutinho, J. P. (PI), Teixeira, A. (CoPI), Franca, M. (Researcher), Messias, T. (Researcher) & Rodrigues, L. M. F. (Researcher)
1/01/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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COLIVING2020: Common home and new ways of living interculturally: Public theology and ecology of culture in pandemic times
Boas, A. V. (PI), Palma, A. (Researcher), Teixeira, A. (Researcher), Martins, A. (Researcher), Pereira, A. (Researcher), Matoso, A. (Researcher), Ferreira, A. M. S. (Researcher), Martins, A. (Researcher), Arêas, C. (Researcher), Martins, J. C. D. O. (Researcher), Morujão, C. (Researcher), Tuna, C. (Researcher), Wehr, C. (Researcher), Ramos, C. (Student), Cuda, E. (Researcher), Pires de Almeida, F. (Student), Domingues, F. (Researcher), Bensussan, G. (Researcher), Routhier, G. (Researcher), Bolinhas, I. (Researcher), Vieira, I. E. (Adjunct Professor), Varanda, M. I. P. (Researcher), Lamelas, I. (Researcher), Souza Candiotto, J. D. F. (Researcher), Sudário, J. (Researcher), Silva, J. (Associate Professor), Duque, J. M. (Full Professor), Félix, J. (Researcher), Carvalho, J. (Researcher), Angélico, J. P. L. (Researcher), Coutinho, J. P. (Researcher), Teixeira, J. R. (Assistant Professor), Lóia, L. (Associate Professor), Rodrigues, L. M. F. (Associate Professor), Provinciatto, L. G. (Student), Almendra, L. M. (Assistant Professor), Ribeiro Ferreira, M. L. (Researcher), Amorim Pilla, M. C. (Researcher), Bingemer, M. C. (Researcher), Brasete, M. F. (Researcher), Henriques, F. (Researcher), Esperandio, M. R. (Researcher), Fontes, P. F. D. O. (Assistant Professor), Gomes, P. V. (Researcher), Hefti , R. (Researcher), Cunha, R. (Student), Vasconcelos, R. (Student), Dimas, S. (Researcher), Branco, S. (Researcher), Caldeira, S. (Researcher), McReynolds, S. (Researcher), Vilas Boas, S. D. S. (Researcher), Bartolomei, T. (Researcher), Messias, T. (Researcher), Folloni, A. (Researcher), José Tammayo Acosta, J. (Researcher), Dickson, C. (Researcher), Lucas Maria, E. (Researcher), Zeferino, J. (Researcher), Figueira, E. (Researcher), Barsalini, G. (Researcher), Julien, J. (Researcher), de Oliveira, J. (Researcher), Candiotto, C. (Researcher), Ambrósio, J. (Researcher), von Sinner, R. (Researcher), Barros, D. (Researcher), Murad, A. (Researcher), Tavares, S. (Researcher), Maringoli, Â. (Researcher), Deane-Drummond, C. (Researcher), Schliesser, C. (Researcher), Maçaneiro, M. (Researcher), Rodrigues da Conceição, D. (Researcher), Capelli, M. (Researcher), Nogueira, P. (Researcher), Lopes, M. (Researcher), Ausloos, H. (Researcher), Rossi, L. A. S. (Researcher), Dietrich, L. J. (Researcher), Mauri, E. (Researcher), Leonel, J. (Researcher), Artuso, V. (Researcher), Gonzaga, W. (Researcher), Beato, S. (Researcher), Malzoni, C. V. (Researcher), Manzatto, A. (Researcher), Büssing, A. (Researcher), Takehito, K. (Researcher), Gareau, T. P. (Researcher) & Pabón, C. (Researcher)
1/09/20 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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CITER: Research Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Boas, A. V. (PI), Palma, A. (Researcher), Teixeira, A. (Researcher), Lamelas, I. (Researcher), Duque, J. M. (Researcher), Carvalho, J. (Researcher), Angélico, J. P. L. (Researcher), Coutinho, J. P. (Researcher), Teixeira, J. R. (Researcher), Rodrigues, L. M. F. (Researcher), Bartolomei, T. (Researcher), Martins, A. (Researcher), Messias, T. (Researcher), Correia, J. A. (Researcher), Almendra, L. M. (Researcher), Varanda, M. I. P. (Researcher), Rodrigues, L. M. F. (Researcher), Carvalho, J. (Researcher), Franca, M. (Researcher), Koncz, L. (Researcher), Pereira, A. (Researcher), Carvalho, C. S. (Researcher), Dinis, F. (Researcher), Boareto, J. A. (Researcher), Serrato, A. C. (Researcher), Martins, A. (Researcher), Arêas, C. (Researcher), Candiotto, C. (Researcher), Wehr, C. (Researcher), Schliesser, C. (Researcher), Dickinson, C. (Researcher), Cuda, E. (Researcher), Ausloos, H. (Researcher), Candiotto, J. D. F. (Researcher), Julien, J. (Researcher), Zeferino, J. (Researcher), Oliveira, J. (Researcher), Provinciatto, L. G. (Researcher), Almendra, L. M. (Researcher), Dietrich, L. J. (Researcher), Bingemer, M. C. (Researcher), Gomes, P. V. (Researcher), von Sinner, R. (Researcher), Caldeira, S. (Researcher), Dimas, S. (Researcher), Obirek, S. (Researcher), Vilas Boas , S. D. S. (Researcher) & Neto, T. (Researcher)
1/01/20 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Religious Identities in the Area of Greater Lisbon
Teixeira, A. (PI), Dix, S. (Researcher), Coutinho, J. P. (Researcher), Vilaça, H. (Researcher) & Franca, M. (Researcher)
1/10/17 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
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Religião, território e cronologia
Coutinho, J. P. & Teixeira, A., Feb 2026, Um atlas da religião em Portugal . Teixeira, A. (ed.). Lisboa: UCP Editora, p. 25-58 34 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Secularization or revival, polarization or convergence? An assessment of trends in the religiosity of young adults in twenty-first-century Europe
Coutinho, J. P., Burkimsher, M. & Clements, B., 2025, In: Journal of Religion in Europe. 18, 3, p. 325-367 43 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Less gives less, more gives more: socialisation and religiosity in the Lisbon metropolitan area
Coutinho, J. P., Teixeira, A. & Franca, M., Sept 2024, In: Social Compass. 71, 3, p. 502-524 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Religiously unaffiliated youth in Europe: shifting remnants of belief and practice in contexts of diffused religion and cohort decline
Coutinho, J. P. & Wilkins-Laflamme, S., 1 Jun 2024, In: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 63, 2, p. 406-428 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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DUQUE, Eduardo. Valores e religiosidade em Portugal: comportamentos e atitudes geracionais. Porto: Afrontamento, 2022, 126 p.
Coutinho, J. P., 16 Jun 2023, In: Horizonte. 20, 62, 4 p., e206212.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book review › peer-review
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Is tradition a future for the Catholic Church?
Coutinho, J. P. (Speaker)
25 Mar 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Movimentos juvenis católicos em Portugal: análise quantitativa
Coutinho, J. P. (Speaker)
8 Jul 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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As religiões da juventude em Portugal e na Europa
Coutinho, J. P. (Keynote speaker)
7 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Jovens e religião na Europa: evolução segundo o ESS
Coutinho, J. P. (Speaker)
26 Jun 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Movimentos juvenis católicos em Portugal: análise quantitativa dos movimentos
Coutinho, J. P. (Speaker)
3 Jul 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation