Psychologist · PhD in Applied Psychology
Iara Teixeira
I study how work shapes psychological health, and why its costs are never distributed at random.
My research sits between occupational health psychology and critical social science. I look at psychosocial risks at work through gender, sexuality, migration and occupational class, with a focus on Portugal, Brazil and Europe.
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How work shapes health across industrial and service sectors, using the Job Demands-Resources model and COPSOQ instruments.
- 2026
- 2025
- 2025
Research programme
TRAMA extends my research on occupational health to the use of algorithms in managing work. The programme takes an intersectional perspective to examine how working conditions and social inequalities shape experiences of algorithmic management and their relationship with mental health.
Read about TRAMAConceptual framework · Under review
The IOH Framework
Psychosocial risk is not simply distributed. It is allocated, and the pattern is never random.
A structural lens on how workers' positions in intersecting labor-market hierarchies shape the demands, resources, recognition and vulnerability they meet at work.
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Research
Books
PublishedOccupational Health, Psychosocial Risks and Prevention Factors in LGBTQIA+ Populations in Portugal
In editorial processSegurança Psicossocial e Inclusão no Trabalho: Gênero, interseccionalidade e gestão organizacional
In editorial processR sem medo: Um guia amigável de análise de dados para quem nunca programou
Open to collaboration
Research partnerships, co-authorship, funded projects, invited talks and applied work on psychosocial risk and workplace inclusion.