Research
Current research interests
Critical Inercultural Dialogue
Democratisation theory
Populisms
Migrations and democracies
Critcal Heritage Studies
Narratives and emotions
Research Projects
2021-03-22 - 2024-03-21 - "UNPOP - UNpacking POPulism: Comparing the formation of emotion narratives and their effects on political behaviour", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation.
2021-01-01 - 2022-02-28 - "FRANET - The fundamental rights situation of long-term residents in the EU", coordinated by João Paulo Dias, sponsored by European Union Fundamental Rights Agency.
2018-02-01 - 2021-01-31 - "ECHOES - European Colonial Heritage Modalities in Entangled Cities", coordinated by Jon Oldfiels & Paulo Peixoto, sponsored by European Commission - Horizon 2020.
2017 - 2017 - "Study of Social Technology Ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa", coordinated by Christopher Csíkszentmihályi, sponsored by Comic Relief, Indigo Trust and Nominet Trust.
2011-10-01 - 2016-12-31 - "ALICE - Strange Mirrors, Unsuspected Lessons: Leading Europe to a new way of sharing the world experiences", coordinated by Boaventura de Sousa Santos, sponsored by European Research Council.
Networks
Alice - Epistemologies of the South
Alumni of the European Master in Human Rights and Democratisation (E.MAlumni)
European Consortium on Political Research (ECPR) Standing Group on Political Sociology
Inter-Thematic group on Migration (ITM)
International Political Science Association (IPSA)
International Sociological Association (ISA)
Junior Sociologists Network of the International Sociological Association (JSN)