Biography

Sofia José Santos is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra (FEUC), and a Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the same university. She holds a PhD in International Relations from FEUC and a Diploma of Advanced Studies in Communication Sciences from ISCTE-IUL. Since 2008, she has been conducting research from a critical perspective in the areas of media and international politics, media, peace and violence, (de)securitisation processes, political communication, internet and technopolitics, and media and masculinities. She currently coordinates the UNCOVER project as Principal Investigator (in collaboration with Júlia Garraio) and is a team member of the PROTEST project and the COST Action PEACE network. Since 2016, she has also been an Associate Researcher at OBSERVARE, the research centre of the Autonomous University of Lisbon (UAL). Her academic experience includes co-coordinating the PhD in Democracy in the 21st Century and coordinating the MA in International Relations - Peace, Security and Development Studies, as well as holding postdoctoral research positions at OBSERVARE/UAL (2015-2016) and CES (2015). She also worked as a researcher and communications coordinator at Promundo-Europe (2014-2015). She was a Visiting Scholar at the Flemish Peace Institute, in the "Peace and Society" research line, and a Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of Anthropology at Utrecht University. In addition to publications, conferences, and national and international research projects, her academic and professional journey is marked by active involvement in social movements (such as Academia Cidadã and Cidadãos por Coimbra), participation in international networks (including EDEN, PEACE, MenCare, and MenEngage), and collaboration with international think tanks and NGOs, such as NOREF, Palladium, and Equimundo. Her work has been published by international academic publishers such as Routledge, Springer, and Emerald, and in peer-reviewed journals including Media and Communication, European Journal of Women's Studies, Contexto Internacional and Janus.net.