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FERNANDO NOGUEIRA DIAS
Fernando Nogueira Dias, born in Peso da Régua, Portugal, on November 11 of 1951, is a PhD in sociology from the University of Beira Interior and professor of the Instituto Piaget. He is coordinator of the Unit for Research in Social and Psychological Sciences of the same Institute. It is now one of the Portuguese sociologists engaged in the development of the sociology of communication and knowledge and clinical sociology.

His writings are dedicated to the development of clinical sociology in Portugal, which, according to the American Sociological Association, “... is a humanistic multidisciplinary expertise, which seeks to improve the quality of life. Sociologists assess clinical situations and alleviate the problems through analysis and intervention. Clinical analysis concerning the critical evaluation of beliefs, policies and / or practices, in order to improve the situation. The clinical intervention, the creation of new systems as well as the change existing ones, based also on the continuous and systematic analysis of its action”.

One of his concerns is to develop clinical sociology based on the sociology of communication and sociology of knowledge, supplementing it with therapeutic intervention.

PUBLISHED WORKS

Droga e Toxicodependência na Imprensa Escrita: Discurso e Percurso, Lisboa, Instituto Piaget, 2001; Padrões de Comunicação na Família do Toxicodependente: Uma Análise Sociológica, Lisboa, Instituto Piaget, 2001; Sistemas de Comunicação, de Cultura e de Conhecimento: Um Olhar Sociológico, Lisboa, Instituto Piaget, 2001; Sociologia da Toxicodependência, Lisboa, Instituto Piaget, 2002; Educação e Projecto de Vida: Antes e Depois da Toxicodependência, Lisboa, Instituto Piaget, 2003; Relações Grupais e Desenvolvimento Humano, Lisboa, Instituto Piaget, 2004; A Manipulação do Conhecimento, Lisboa, Editora Nova Vega, 2005; O Medo Social e os Vigilantes da Ordem Emocional, Lisboa, Instituto Piaget, 2008.