Biography

Rachel Carvalho is a PhD candidate in the program "Democracy in the Twenty-First Century" linked to the Centre for Social Studies (CES) at the University of Coimbra. From August 2023, she was awarded with a FCT (Science and Technology Foundation) Research Fellowship, grant reference: 2022.12416.BD. Prior to joining FCT cohort of fellows, Rachel was a Project Coordinator in Brazil. She has over 15 years' experience spread across sustainability consultancy, stakeholder engagement, partnership development, event production and workshops with communities. She's driven to work for intelligent organizations, with integrity, to create positive and lasting change for our planet and people. She holds a BA Social Science an MSc in Development Practice (MDP Brazil) by Rural University of Rio de Janeiro. She's also a certified in Environmental Management by Federal University of Viçosa and Environmental Education by Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. She is passionate about people, public policies, education, community organization, participatory methodologies and poetry.