Alexandra Manuela Paiva Carneiro is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Faculdade de Educação e Psicologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, and an integrated researcher at Centro de Investigação para o Desenvolvimento Humano, Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Currently, she is also coordinator of the Clínica Universitária de Psicologia (CUP).
She holds a PhD in Applied Psychology from School of Psychology, University of Minho, with the thesis Emotional and Behavioral Problems in Preschoolers: Risk Factors and Assessment Issues.
In the last years developed research in the areas of psychological assessment and psychopathology in preschool age children, routine outcome monitoring, and youth social participation.