Sofia José Santos
Biography
Sofia José Santos is an Assistant Professor in International Relations at the Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, and a Researcher at the Center for Social Studies, where she coordinates the UNCOVER project as a Principal Investigator. Since 2008 she has developed research on media, peace and violence, media and foreign policy; internet and technopolitics; and media and masculinities. Within CES, she is also co-editor of Alice News. She holds a PhD and an MA in International Politics and Conflict Resolution from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, a degree in International Relations from the same university, and a Diploma in Advanced Studies in Communication Sciences from ISCTE-IUL. Previously, she was an Invited Assistant Professor in International Relations at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra (2016-2019), a postdoctoral researcher at OBSERVARE / UAL (2015/2016) and CES (2015), and researcher and coordinator of media and communication in Promundo-Europa (2014-2015). She was also a visiting scholar at the Flemish Peace Institute and a Marie Curie fellow at the Universiteit Utrecht. In addition to publications, conferences and national and international research projects, it is also worth mentioning her work in co-coordinating and co-editing the P@x Bulletin of the NHUMEP Peace Studies Group, her involvement in international networks, social movements, and the several research works she has undertaken for international think tanks and development agencies such as NOREF, UKAID, Palladium, and Promundo-US. Her current research interests focus on media, international relations, peace and violence; media and masculinities; and critical internet studies.
ORCID
Agenda
November 10, 2023, 11h00
Projetos
UnCoveR
Sexual Violence in Portuguese Mediascape
UNPOP
MEDIATIZED EU
Mediatized Discourses on Europeanization and Their Representations in Public Perceptions
Latest Publications
Book Chapter
Santos, Sofia José; Lapa, Tiago (2022), A desinformação pelos olhos e mãos da UE: Desconstruindo e interligando narrativas e práticas digitais de (in)segurança, in Maria Raquel Freire e Daniela Nascimento (org.), União Europeia como Ator Internacional: Paz e Segurança nas Narrativas e Práticas. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 249-287
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Garraio, Júlia; Solovova, Olga; Santos, Sofia José (2022), "The (In)visibility of Racialized Border Violence? A Ukrainian Killed in Lisbon Airport", State Crime Journal, 11, 1, 90-109
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Santos, Sofia José; Júlia, Garraio; Alexandre de Sousa, Carvalho; Inês, Amaral (2022), "A space to resist rape myths? Journalism, patriarchy and sexual violence", European Journal of Women's Studies, 29, 2, 298-315
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