Current research interests

Linguistic ethnography

Linguistic agency and citizenship

Multilingualism and migration

Textually mediated activity

Literacies

Language policies in higher education institutions

Situated learning and knowledges

Discourse and institutions

Research Projects

2023-11-01 - 2027-10-31 - "EC2U ", coordinated by Ludovico Thilly, sponsored by ERASMUS - EDU -2023 - EUR-UNIV.

2020 - 2024 - ""European Campus of City-Universities (EC2U)".", coordinated by Universidade de Coimbra, sponsored by Erasmus +, Comissão Europeia.
    Project Partnership:
              - University of Salamanca
              - University of Poitiers
              - University of Pavia
              - University of Iasi
              - University of Jena
              - University of Turku

2019 - 2022 - "PRONE - Peace Relations, Ontologies and Narratives in Europe: EU and its Eastern Neighbours. Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence", coordinated by Raquel Freire, sponsored by Programa Jean Monnet , Comissão Europeia.

2017 - 2020 - "CODES - Communication, Diversité Culturelle et Solidarité", coordinated by João André - Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, sponsored by Erasmus +.

2017 - 2018 - " Na Ponta da Língua: Histórias, Memórias e Inovação na Emigração", coordinated by Elsa Lechner, sponsored by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.

2015-10-01 - 2018-08-31 - "ILOCALAPP (Incidentally Learning Other Cultures And Languages through an APP)", coordinated by Andrea Ceccerelli, University of Bologna, sponsored by Erasmus + - KA2 - Cooperation for Innovation and Exchange of Good Practices Strategic partnerships for higher education .
    Project Partnership:
              - University of Bologna, Italy
              - University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland
              - Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

2013-10-3 - 2017-10-3 - "New Speakers in a Multilingual Europe", coordinated by Bernardette O'Rourke & Joan Pujolar, sponsored by Cooperação Europeia no domínio da Investigação Científica e Técnica| Ação COST IS1306.
    Project Partnership:
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2013 - 2014 - " "E-LOCAL for all"", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Lifelong Learning Programme (Transversal programme, KA2-Languages, Accompanying Measures).Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission. Coordenação: Universidade de Bolonha.
    Project Partnership:
              - Universidade de Bologna, Itália (coord.)

2011 - 2014 - ""Migration studies and the biographical approach: building a collaborative framework in the Portuguese contexts"", coordinated by Elsa Lechner, sponsored by FCT.
    Project Partnership:
              - - Le Sujet dans la Cité e Instituto da África Ocidental

2010 - 2012 - "E-LOCAL: Aprender Outras Culturas e Línguas com Novas Tecnologias", coordinated by Margarida Calafate Ribeiro, CES, Portugal, sponsored by Comissão Europeia (Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency - EACEA).
    Project Partnership:
              - Universidade de Bolonha, Itália

2010 - 2011 - "Português Palma da Mão", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Instituto Camões.

2007 - 2011 - "Novas Poéticas de Resistência: o Século XXI em Portugal", coordinated by Graça Capinha, CES, sponsored by FCT.

2004 - 2008 - "ICOPROMO", coordinated by Prof. Doutora Manuela Guilherme, sponsored by Leonardo da Vinci.

1995 - 2000 - "A Sociedade Portuguesa Perante os Desafios da Globalização: Modernização Económica, Social e Cultural ", coordinated by Boaventura de Sousa Santos, sponsored by PRAXIS/2/2.1/CSH/637/95 .

Networks

AILA Language and Migration Network - International Association of Applied Linguistics

BABYLON, Centre for Studies of the Multicultural Society, Universidade de Tilburg, Holanda (Director Jan Blommaert)

Language and Superdiversity

Linguistic Ethnography Forum

New Speakers in a Multilingual Europe COST ACTION

SeDiS - Associação de Estudos sobre Discurso e Sociedade
    Net Partnership:
              - Luisa Martin-Rojo e Marta Tordesillas Colado, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
              - Celso Alvarez Caccamo e Esperanza Morales López , Universidade da Corunha
              - Teun van Dijk, Montserrat Ribas e Julia Williams Camus ,Universidade Pompeu-Fabra, Barcelona
              - Gloria Álvarez Benito (U. de Sevilla)
              - Antonio M. Bañón Hernández (U. de Almería)
              - Olga Cruz Moya (U. Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla)
              - Mohamed El-Madkouri Maataoui (U. Autónoma de Madrid)
              - Carmen Gregori Signes (U. de València)
              - Luci Nussbaum (U. Autònoma de Barcelona)