CIDESD | Centro de Investigação em Desporto, Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano

What CIDESD | Centro de Investigação em Desporto, Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano does

CIDESD (Centro de Investigação em Desporto, Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano) is a university-affiliated research center hosted at the Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) in Vila Real, Portugal, focused on research in sport, health, and human development, with particular emphasis on psychomotricity across the lifespan. It is one of three Portuguese institutions — alongside FMH-UL and Universidade de Évora — that collectively deliver first-cycle training in Psychomotor Rehabilitation in Portugal, and it co-organizes the recurring National Congress of Psychomotricidade with the Portuguese Association of Psychomotricidade (APP), publishing accepted work in the journal 'A Psicomotricidade'.

The center does not sell commercial products. Its operating activity is concentrated in (i) organizing the recurring national congress, (ii) co-publishing the peer-reviewed journal 'A Psicomotricidade' as a registered creative work, and (iii) supporting the three partner universities' undergraduate Psychomotor Rehabilitation programs through faculty participation and dissemination. Its go-to-market is event- and community-driven: participation is distributed through the APP national membership network and through the academic channels of UTAD, FMH-UL, and UE.

CIDESD's only direct revenue streams are transactional: congress registration fees and journal article publication/acceptance fees. The entity is embedded in Portugal's public higher education and research infrastructure under UTAD's governance, with no venture, private equity, or external investor ownership present in the source data. International reach is achieved through academic collaborations with Université de Toulouse, Università di Verona, Universiteit Leiden, and Fundação Champalimaud, primarily via plenary congress participation and joint research rather than commercial channels.

Name

CIDESD | Centro de Investigação em Desporto, Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano

Legal name

Centro de Investigação em Desporto, Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano

Website

https://cidesd.utad.pt

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

CIDESD is a non-commercial university research center at UTAD in Vila Real, Portugal, focused on psychomotricity, sport, health, and human development. It serves Portuguese psychomotor practitioners, researchers, and students through the National Congress of Psychomotricidade and the journal 'A Psicomotricidade'.

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Vila Real

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Portugal

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Europe

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Services

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Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Congress registration fees: Participants register for the 2nd National Congress of Psychomotricidade, generating revenue from attendance fees. Registration confirmation is required to access accommodation discounts.
2. Journal article publication fees: Accepted congress papers may be submitted for publication in the journal 'A Psicomotricidade', subject to review and acceptance fees.

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Core offering

CIDESD is a university-based research center that conducts scientific research in sport, health, and human development. It produces academic publications, hosts national scientific congresses such as the National Congress of Psychomotricidade, and publishes the journal "A Psicomotricidade." Its activities are non-commercial and aimed at the academic and research community.

Product overview

CIDESD (Centro de Investigação em Desporto, Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano) is a research center that does not offer commercial products or services. It is an academic research institution focused on psychomotor development, health, and human development research. The website primarily serves as a portal for the 2º Congresso Nacional de Psicomotricidade, which is a national congress on psychomotor science organized in partnership with Portuguese universities (UTAD, FMH-UL, UE) and the Associação Portuguesa de Psicomotricidade.

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Products and services

• National Congress of Psychomotricidade A national academic congress convened by CIDESD for researchers, faculty, and students to present and discuss research in psychomotricidade and related fields of sport, health, and human development.
• A Psicomotricidade (Journal) A scientific journal published by CIDESD covering research in psychomotricidade, targeting the academic research community in sport, health, and human development.
• Scientific Research Services in Sport, Health and Human Development Ongoing academic research services conducted by the center's staff in sport sciences, health, and human development, supporting institutional research output for the academic community.

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• APP - Associação Portuguesa de PsicomotricidadecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Portuguese Association of Psychomotricidade is the primary organizer of the 2nd National Congress of Psychomotricidade, with CIDESD at UTAD serving as the host institution. APP is a non-profit scientific-professional association whose objectives include promoting knowledge of the psychomotor professional profile, advancing scientific research, and facilitating national and international contacts.
• Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUTAD hosts CIDESD and the 2nd National Congress of Psychomotricidade on its campus. UTAD provides the physical infrastructure (Aula Magna, Edifício Geociências, Edifício de Ciências do Desporto) and administrative support for the event.
• FMH - Faculdade de Motricidade Humana da Universidade de LisboacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFMH-UL is one of three Portuguese universities providing undergraduate education in Psychomotor Rehabilitation and is a co-organizer of the congress, contributing academic speakers and the Coordinator of its Psychomotor Rehabilitation degree program.
• Universidade de Évora (UE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUE is one of three Portuguese universities providing undergraduate education in Psychomotor Rehabilitation and co-organizes the congress, contributing researchers and academic staff as speakers and scientific committee members.
• Fórum Europeu de Psicomotricidade (European Forum of Psychomotricity)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe European Forum of Psychomotricity, led by Rui Martins (CIDESD researcher), provides international academic oversight and legitimacy to the congress, ensuring European-level scientific standards and cross-border participation.
• Fundação ChampalimaudminorOthersDanbee Kim, a researcher at Fundação Champalimaud (a leading neuroscience research institution in Portugal), is a featured plenary speaker at the congress, presenting on the relationship between movement and brain function.
• Université de ToulouseminorOthersJean Michel Albaret, psychomotor practitioner, researcher, and professor at Université de Toulouse and Université Paul Sabatier, serves as a plenary speaker on psychomotor and learning difficulties.
• Università di VeronaminorOthersFranco Boscaini, psychomotor practitioner, psychologist-psychotherapist, and Coordinator of the Master's in Psychomotricity at Scuola di Psicomotricità (Italy), is a plenary speaker at the congress, specializing in psychomotor development and intervention.
• Universiteit LeidenminorOthersGuida Veiga collaborates with the Focus on Emotions research group at Leiden University (Netherlands), conducting joint research and publications on spontaneous behaviors, social interactions, and body mediation techniques.

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Recent moves4 records

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Direct peers

• Faculdade de Motricidade Humana (FMH-UL): Co-organizer of the National Congress and one of only three Portuguese universities offering the first-cycle Psychomotor Rehabilitation degree. FMH conducts research in sport sciences, physical education, and psychomotor rehabilitation with comparable scale and student-researcher base.
• Universidade de Évora - Departamento de Desporto e Saúde: Co-organizer of the National Congress and the third Portuguese university delivering the first-cycle Psychomotor Rehabilitation degree. Hosts active psychomotor researchers (e.g., Guida Veiga) collaborating with international groups on the same topic areas as CIDESD.
• Institut de Formation en Psychomotricité (Université de Toulouse): Hosts the psychomotor training institute directed by Jean Michel Albaret, who is a plenary speaker at CIDESD's congress. Functions as the French counterpart training and research hub for psychomotricity.
• Scuola di Psicomotricità - Università di Verona: Hosts the Master's in Psychomotricity coordinated by Franco Boscaini (congress plenary speaker). Direct psychomotricity counterpart institution in Italy with comparable training and research remit.

Broad incumbents

• Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (NIH): Specialized public university focused entirely on sport and physical activity sciences with a comparable research-center structure. Much larger scale than CIDESD, but operates in the same academic category of sport-and-health research institutions.
• German Sport University Cologne (DSHS): Large specialized sport sciences university with multiple research centers covering sport, health, and human movement. Comparable organizational model to CIDESD as a university-hosted research center, though at materially greater scale.
• Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences (GIH): Public specialized university in sport and health sciences with research divisions that overlap with CIDESD's sport, health, and human-development scope. Similar role as a national research hub in a small Nordic market.

Emerging players

• Associação Portuguesa de Psicomotricidade (APP): The national scientific-professional association that co-organizes the National Congress. Functions as the professional counterpart to CIDESD's academic research role, sharing the same ecosystem and overlapping on journal publishing.

Regional players

• Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto (FADEUP): Portuguese faculty of sport with research centers in physical activity and health. Closest Portuguese peer outside the Psychomotor Rehabilitation consortium, sharing CIDESD's sport-and-health research DNA but with broader, less psychomotor-specific focus.

Others

• European Forum of Psychomotricity (EFP): Pan-European body overseeing psychomotricity scientific standards, presided over by CIDESD researcher Rui Martins. Not a research center itself, but the supranational body to which CIDESD's congress and journal are accountable.

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