Research
Current research interests
Constructions of Otherness-as-monstrosity in contemporary societies
Constructions of race and gender in colonialisms and postcolonial situations
Fears of disaster and white fantasies in the Anthropocene
Intersectional iconographies of race in media and visual products
Research Projects
28-09-23 - 27-09-27 - "CA22135 - Data Matters: Sociotechnical Challenges of European Migration and Border Control (DATAMIG) / as a member of the Management Committee ", coordinated by Aristotle (Aristotelis) Tympas , sponsored by European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST).
2024-01-01 - 2026-12-31 - "PROTEMO Emotional dynamics of protective policies in an age of insecurity (GA 101132433)", coordinated by Cristiano Gianolla, sponsored by EUROPEAN COMMISSION - HORIZON EUROPE SCHEME.
2022-01-15 - 2025-01-14 - "UrbanoScenes. Post-colonial imaginaries of urbanisation: A future-oriented investigation from Portugal and Angola", coordinated by Simone Tulumello (ICS), sponsored by FCT (as a consultant).
2021-03-22 - 2024-03-21 - "UNPOP. UNpacking POPulism: Comparing the formation of emotion narratives and their effects on political behaviour", coordinated by Cristiano Gianolla (CES), sponsored by FCT (as a research collaborator).
2020-09-09 - 2020-09-09 - "CA19129 - Decolonising Development: Research, Teaching and Practice (DECOLDEV) / as a Managment Committee member for PT", coordinated by Aram Ziai, Julia Schönenberg - Kassel University, DE, sponsored by European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST).
2019 - 2020 - "R&R.PASPRES Racism and Radicalization. Past and Present ", coordinated by Paola Persano (Associate professor at SPOCRI/Dipartimento di Scienze politiche, della comunicazione e delle relazioni internazionali, UNIMC, sponsored by University of Macerata.
2018-07-15 - 2021-07-14 - "(De)OTHERING: Deconstructing Risk and Otherness: hegemonic scripts and counter-narratives on migrants/refugees and 'internal Others' in Portuguese and European mediascapes", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by FCT.
Project Partnership:
- Silvia Roque (coPI)
2013-10 - 2018 - "InteRGRace (Interdisciplinary Research Greoup on Race and Racisms)", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by FISPPA, University of Padova.
Project Partnership:
- Vincenza Perilli
- Tatiana Petrovich Njegosh
- Annalisa Frisina
- Daniele Salerno
- Elisa AG Arfini
- Alessandro Pes
- Alessio Surian
- Valeria Deplano
2010 - 2012 - "Collaborative project Mig@net (www.mignetproject.eu/)", coordinated by prof. Sandro Mezzadra (Bologna unit), University of Bologna, sponsored by EU commission, 7th Frame program (2010-2012). Project Funding: 1.397.240. .
2008 - 2011 - "Collaborative project GeMIC (www.gemic.eu/)", coordinated by prof. Sandro Mezzadra (Bologna unit), University of Bologna, sponsored by EU commission, 7th Frame program 2008-2011. Project Funding: 1.019.250 .
2007 - 2010 - "Collaborative project ATACD (http://www.atacd.net/29.html)", coordinated by prof. Sandro Mezzadra (Bologna unit), University of Bologna, sponsored by EU commission, 6th Frame program (2007-2010). Project Funding: 643.797 (GBP: 549.386).
2006 - 2018 - "[Research associate] Interuniversity European project Nordic colonialism (2004-ongoing) - at Roskilde University, Unity coordinated by Prof Lars Jensen. [http://forskning.ruc.dk/site/en/project s/the-nordic-colonial-mind(6acb1223-d5aa-4de0-a0f3-bfef2e879f34).html]", coordinated by Lars Jensen, sponsored by Nordic Council NOS-HS (www.postkolonial.dk/Welcome).
2005 - 2008 - "Colonialism, Postcolonialism and Political Theory", coordinated by prof. Sandro Mezzadra (Unversity of Bologna), sponsored by Italian Ministry of Education (MIUR) through the University of Bologna (ex 60%).
2005 - 2007 - "Italian feminisms", coordinated by profs. Nirmal Puwar (Goldsmiths University, UK) and Jackie M. Andall (formerly from University of Bath, UK) - members of the editorial collectve of Feminist Review (UK), sponsored by Feminist Review (UK).
2005 - 2007 - "Women, citizenship and political participation in Italy ", coordinated by profs. Alisa del Re and Laura balbo (University of Padova), sponsored by University of Padova.
2005 - 2006 - "'Security policies and Gender governance in the Italian cities of Modena and Bologna'. The results of this research project have been published by Carocci (Rome), 2006.", coordinated by profs. Tamar Pitch (University of Perugia, Italy) and Massimo Pavarini (University of Bologna) , sponsored by Italian Ministry of Education (MIUR).
2002 - 2003 - "History and present use of the political concept of 'Western civilization'", coordinated by prof. Tiziano Bonazzi (former head of the Dept. Politica Istituzioni Storia now 'Political studies' at the University of Bologna), sponsored by (ex) Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bologna.
2001 - 2002 - "Laboratorio di analisi politica", coordinated by prof. Carlo Galli (University of Bologna), sponsored by Istituto Gramsci of Emilia-Romagna, Bologna (IGER) .
Networks
COST ACTION (CA19129) - Decolonising Development: Research, Teaching and Practice (2020-2024)
COST ACTION CA22135 - DATAMIG: Data Matters: Sociotechnical Challenges of European Migration and Border Control (2023-2027)
STS Mig Tec (independent network of scholars at the intersection of science and technology studies) (2019-)