Current research interests

History of Anthropology, Anti-Racism Education, Abolitionism, Anti-Blackness, Affect Theory, Biopower, and History of Disability

Feminist Theory, Queer Theory, Disability Studies, Critical Race Studies, and Settler Colonial Studies

Research Projects

2021 - 2024 - "UNpacking POPulism: Comparing the formation of emotion narratives and their effects on political behaviour + - ", coordinated by Cristiano Gianolla, sponsored by FCT.

2020 - 2026 - "A Colonial History of Anti-Racism in Education: Anthropology, Race Displacement and Knowledge Transliteration", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by FCT.

2018 - 2021 - "(De)Othering: Deconstructing Risk and Otherness: hegemonic scripts and counter-narratives on migrants/refugees and 'internal Others' in Portuguese and European mediascapes", coordinated by Gaia Giuliani, sponsored by FCT.

2018 - 2018 - "Endeavour Research Fellow. Project Title: Natives, Settlers, and Migrants: a Historical Study of Social Relations in Australia. ", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Department of Education, Australia.