ANDRÉ FILIPE VALADAS SARAMAGO (2D1C-12FC-CBB4)

Curriculum Vitae

ANDRÉ FILIPE VALADAS SARAMAGO

ANDRÉ FILIPE VALADAS SARAMAGO is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra and Researcher at the Research Centre for Anthropology and Health and at the Orient Institute. He has a PhD in International Politics from Aberystwyth University and a Masters and Bachelors Degree in International Relations from the Institute of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Lisbon. His research is focused on the intersection between critical international theory, historical sociology, science and environment studies and East Asia studies. ANDRÉ FILIPE VALADAS SARAMAGO é Professor Auxiliar de Relações Internacionais na Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra e Investigador do Centro de Investigação em Antropologia e Saúde e do Instituto do Oriente. Possui um Doutoramento em Política Internacional pela Universidade de Aberystwyth e Mestrado e Licenciatura em Relações Internacionais pelo Instituto Superior de Ciência Sociais e Políticas da Universidade de Lisboa. A sua investigação foca-se na intersecção entre teoria crítica internacional, sociologia histórica, ciência e ambiente e estudos asiáticos.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: ANDRÉ FILIPE VALADAS SARAMAGO

Citation names

Saramago, André

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 2D1C-12FC-CBB4
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4034-1702

Email addresses

asaramago@fe.uc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Faculdade de Economia, Universidade de Coimbra, Av. Dr. Dias da Silva, 165 , 3004-512, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4034-1702 (Professional)
https://uc-pt.academia.edu/AndréSaramago (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Political Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2016 Concluded	PhD in International Politics (Doutoramento) Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom "Orientation in World Politics: Critical Theory and Long-Term Perspectives on Human Development" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	A
2010 Concluded	Mestrado em Relações Internacionais (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal "Entre a Intervenção e a Autodeterminação: As Administrações Partilhadas como Modelo de Construção de Estados" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17 valores
2009 Concluded	Licenciatura em Relações Internacionais (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal "A Missão das Nações Unidas na República Democrática do Congo: Um Paradigma da Evolução das Missões de Paz das Nações Unidas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	17 valores

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/09/01 - Current	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal

2018/09/01 - 2019/07/30	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade da Beira Interior Departamento de Sociologia, Portugal

2018/09/01 - 2019/02/28	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2017/09/01 - 2018/07/01	Professor Auxiliar de Relações Internacionais \| Auxiliary Professor of International Relations	Universidade Lusíada Porto, Portugal

2011/10/01 - 2015/10/01	PhD student with a scholarship from FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia), SFRH / BD / 73035 / 2010	FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia), Portugal

2011/10/01 - 2015/05/31	Part-Time Teaching Staff	Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom

2009/11/01 - 2010/11/07	Investigador Associado no Projeto de Investigação 'The State Building¿State Failure debate in International Relations: The Case of East Timor', PTDC/CPO/71659/2006	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto do Oriente, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto do Oriente, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2011/10 - 2015/10	Orientation in World Politics: Critical Theory and Long-Term Perspectives on Human Development SFRH / BD / 73035 / 2010	FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia)
2009/11 - 2011/07	The State-Building and State-Failure Debate in International Relations: The Case of East Timor' PTDC/CPO/71659/2006	FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia)

Outputs

Publications

Book	Saramago, André. Grand Narratives in Critical International Theory. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. 2024. Published • 10.4324/97810032221777
Book chapter	Professor Andrew Linklater; Saramago, André. "English School". In Theories of International Relations, 77-96. Londres, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022. Published Professor Andrew Linklater; Saramago, André. "Marxism". In Theories of International Relations, 99-118. Londres, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022. Published Garrido, Susana; Saramago, André. "Trade and social responsibility in a post-Covid 19 world". In The “ILO Chair” at FEUC: Talks on the Future of Work, 83-88. Coimbra, Portugal: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2022. Published Saramago, André. "Natureza, Controlo e Crise Ecológica: Uma perspetiva figuracional". In Norbert Elias: Política, Educação e Processos Sociais, 143-162. Espírito Santo, Brazil: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 2022. Published Saramago, André. "Political Trust in International Relations". In Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Vol. 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. Cham, United Kingdom: Springer, 2021. Published Saramago, André. "Cosmopolitismo e Orientação em Teoria Crítica Internacional". In Emancipar o Mundo: Teoria Crítica e Relações Internacionais, 25-48. Coimbra, Portugal: Almedina, 2021. Published Saramago, André. "Marx, Elias y la concepción materialista de las relaciones humano-naturaleza". In Tiempos de cambio: Diálogos desde Norbert Elias, 185-210. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Editorial de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2021. Published Saramago, André. "Harm and Civilization in Andrew Linklater’s Sociology of States Systems". In Studies on International Relations and Security, 69-85. Lisboa, Portugal: Universidade Lusíada, 2018. Published Saramago, André. "The Shared Administration of Timor-Leste: A Case Study". In Dimensions of State-Building: Timor-Leste in Focus, 49-88. Portugal: Instituto do Oriente, 2011. Published Saramago, André. "Shared Administrations as a Model for State Building: Dealing with State Failure in a Pluralist International Society". In Dimensions of State-Building: Timor-Leste in Focus, 13-22. Portugal: Instituto do Oriente, 2011. Published Saramago, André; Canas Mendes, Nuno. "Fulfilling Their Role: States and ASEAN in a World of Inclusion and Competition". In A New Asian Century: Dynamics and Implications, 67-78. Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur: UUM College of Law, Government and International Studies, 2011. Published
Book review	Saramago, André. "The Idea of Civilization and the Making of the Global Order by Andrew Linklater". Review of The Idea of Civilization and the Making of the Global Order 6, 7 (2022): 1-1. Published
Edited book	Pereira, Joana Castro; Saramago, André. Non-Human Nature in World Politics. Cham, United Kingdom: Springer International Publishing. 2020. Published • 10.1007/978-3-030-49496-4 • Editor Saramago, André. Climate Change, Moral Panics and Civilization. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. 2018. Published • Editor Saramago, André. Dimensions of State-Building: Timor-Leste in Focus. Lisboa, Portugal: Instituto do Oriente. 2011. Published • Editor
Encyclopedia entry	Saramago, André. "Mandato Internacional". In Enciclopédia Luso-Brasileira de Direito Internacional. Dom Quixote, 2023. Published Saramago, André. "Cosmopolitanism". In Elgar Encyclopedia of International Relations. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023. In press Saramago, André. "Teoria Crítica". In Enciclopédia das Relações Internacionais. Dom Quixote, 2014. Published Saramago, André. "Marxismo". In Enciclopédia das Relações Internacionais. Dom Quixote, 2014. Published Saramago, André. "Andrew Linklater". In Enciclopédia das Relações Internacionais. Dom Quixote, 2014. Published Saramago, André. "Mandato Internacional". In Enciclopédia de Direito Internacional. Sociedade Portuguesa de Direito Internacional, 2011. Published Saramago, André. "Organização Internacional do Trabalho". In Enciclopédia de Direito Internacional. Sociedade Portuguesa de Direito Internacional, 2011. Published Saramago, André. "Conselho de Tutela". In Enciclopédia de Direito Internacional. Sociedade Portuguesa de Direito Internacional, 2011. Published
Journal article	Baião, Teresa; Saramago, André. "Loss of a common horizon: ALBA and the contradictions of the Bolivarian Revolution". JANUS NET e-journal of International Relation 15 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.26619/1647-7251.15.1.11. Open access • Published • 10.26619/1647-7251.15.1.11 Saramago, André. "Dualism and Anti-Dualism in the Anthropocene: Process Sociology and Human/Nature Relations in the Great Evolution". Historical Social Research 48 1 (2023): 190-212. https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.48.2023.09. Published Hughes, Jason; Saramago, André; Dunning, Michael; Hughes, Kahryn. "Fields, Worlds and Figurations: Using Elias to Revisit Depth Conceptual Imagery and Emancipatory Critique". Sociologia e Antropologia 12 1 (2022): 53-80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2238-38752022v1212. Published • 10.1590/2238-38752022v1212 Saramago, André. "Post-Eurocentric grand narratives in critical international theory". European Journal of International Relations 28 1 (2021): 6-29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13540661211058797. Published • 10.1177/13540661211058797 Saramago, André. "Reality-congruence, emancipatory politics and situated knowledge in International Relations: a process sociological perspective". International Relations 34 2 (2019): 204-224. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0047117819879473. Published • 10.1177/0047117819879473 Saramago, André. "Jürgen Habermas and the democratization of world politics". JANUS NET e-journal of International Relation 1 10 (2019): 14-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.26619/1647-7251.10.1.2. Published • 10.26619/1647-7251.10.1.2 Burke, Danita Catherine; Saramago, André. "Singapore’s Use of Education as a Soft Power Tool in Arctic Cooperation". Asian Survey 58 5 (2018): 920-941. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2018.58.5.920. Published • 10.1525/as.2018.58.5.920 Saramago, André. "Problems of Orientation and Control: Marx, Elias and the Involvement-Detachment Balance in Figurational Sociology". Human Figurations: Long-term perspectives on the human condition 4 2 (2015): Published Farias Ferreira, Marcos; Saramago, André. "Booth e Smith em Aberystwyth: A teoria serve sempre alguém e algum propósito". R:I Relações Internacionais 36 (2013): 47-59. Published Saramago, André. "The welfare state, democracy and capitalism in the critical theory of Jürgen Habermas". Revista Estudos do Século XX 13 (2013): 371-387. http://dx.doi.org/10.14195/1647-8622_13_21. Published • 10.14195/1647-8622_13_21
Newsletter article	Saramago, André. "The intellectual legacy of Andrew Linklater", Figurations: Newsletter of the Norbert Elias Foundations, 2023, http://norbert-elias.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Figurations_59.pdf.
Online resource	Saramago, André. 'Process Sociology and the Global Ecological Crisis', E-IR Series on Process Sociology. 2023. https://www.e-ir.info/2023/03/31/process-sociology-and-the-global-ecological-crisis/. Saramago, André. 'Thinking with Elias: International Relations and Human Rights', Thinking with Elias Podcast. 2021. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6zXvSkE05gN1c5jfMtjg49. Saramago, André. 'ASEAN’s multilateral diplomacy answer to COVID-19’, DiploBlog. 2020. https://www.diplomacy.edu/blog/aseans-multilateral-diplomacy-answer-covid-19. Saramago, André. 'With all eyes on China, Singapore makes its own Arctic moves', The Conversation, 26 February. 2018. https://theconversation.com/with-all-eyes-on-china-singapore-makes-its-own-arctic-moves-92316. Saramago, André. "International Relations as a Means of Orientation", Welsh Centre for International Affairs Blog. 2014. https://wciavoices.wordpress.com/2014/07/04/international-relations-as-a-means-of-orientation/.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/01/19	Human-nature relations in the Anthropocene: Theoretical contribution from process sociology	Seminar on International Relations Theory University of Lacanshire (Lacanshire, United Kingdom)
2023/06/23	Dualism, anti-dualism and the international in the Anthropocene	47th British International Studies Association Conference British International Studies Association (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
2023/06/22	Process sociology in Andrew Linklater’s critical international theory	47th British International Studies Association Conference British International Studies Association (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
2023/05/10	A teoria crítica de Andrew Linklater como meio de orientação num sistema internacional em transformação	A Função da Teoria nas Relações Internacionais: Perspetivas e Debates Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/03/14	Antropoceno ou Capitaloceno: Os desafios da crise ecológica em Relações Internacionais	Seminário de Política Internacional Contemporânea Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2022/06/15	Post-Eurocentric grand narratives in critical international theory and the challenge of global survival	46th British International Studies Conference British International Studies Conference (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne , United Kingdom)
2022/03/18	Global ecological crisis and the materialist-emergentist conception of human-nature relations	Conference Long-Term Processes in Human History: A tribute to Johan Goudsblom Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2021/10/27	Metabolic rift, the Anthropocene and International Relations	Aula Aberta: Università di Pisa Università di Pisa (Pisa, Italy)
2021/09/17	Ecologia e Utopias Literárias	Aula Aberta: Sciences Po Bordeaux Sciences Po Bordeaux (Bordeaux, France)
2021/09/16	Antropoceno e Relações Internacionais	Aula Aberta: Sciences Po Bordeaux Sciences Po Bordeuax (Bordeaux, France)
2021/06/15	Post-capitalist world ecologies in literary utopias and the problem of the international	Beyond Modernity: Alternative incursions into the Anthropocene Centro de Estudos Sociais-Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2021/06/09	Process Sociology and International Relations	Thinking with Elias: Norbert Elias and Social Research Workshop Norbert Elias Foundation and European Centre for the Study of Culture and Inequality (Online, Netherlands)
2021/04/07	Guerra cultural, austeridade ecológica e os desafios do movimento ambiental	Media e Masculinidades no Contexto da Crise Climática Centro de Estudos Sociais-Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2020	Multiplicity, nature and civilization: A figurational-materialist perspective on the ecological crisis’	XVIII Simpósio Internacional Processos Civilizadores Universidade do Minho (Online, Portugal)
2019/10/17	Teoria crítica internacional no centenário das relações internacionais	5ª Conferência Terrorismo Contemporâneo: Terrorismo e Democracia num Mundo Globalizado University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2019/06/17	Critical international theory: A post-philosophical-utopian perspective	Aberystwyth Academic Centenary Conference Aberystwyth University (Aberystwyth, United Kingdom)
2019/06/12	Marxist Ideology in China’s Ecological Civilization	44th BISA Annual Conference British International Studies Association (London, United Kingdom)
2018/12/05	Utopia, possible futures and objective ethics in process sociology	Norbert Elias Conference Brussels 2018: Global Interdependencies Université Saint-Louis (Brussels, Belgium)
2018/11/21	Exporting China’s Ecological Civilization	1st International Relations Congress Lusíada University-North (Porto) (Porto, Portugal)
2017/12/17	The Anticipatory Motif in Norbert Elias: Detachment, Secondary Re-Involvement and the Politics of the Social Sciences	SDU Guest Seminar University of Southern Denmark (Copenhagen , Denmark)
2016/11/21	Natureza e Civilização	XVI Simpósio Internacional Processos Civilizadores Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo (Vitória, Brazil)
2016/09/11	Process Sociology and Ecological Civilising Processes	RC33: 9th International Conference on Social Science Methodology University of Leicester (Leicester, United Kingdom)
2016/03/10	Grandes Narrativas em Teoria Crítica Internacional	VIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (Lisboa, Portugal)
2015/06/20	Norbert Elias and the Study of World Politics	The Global Imagination: Sociology and Philosophy, First Annual Millennium Journal Theory Symposium London School of Economics (London, United Kingdom)
2015/01/23	Navigating through Global Interdependence: A Process Sociological Perspective on the Impact of International Relations	The Impact of IR as a Social Science Coventry University London Campus (London, United Kingdom)
2014/10/16	Social Scientific Orientation in Crisis and (De)Civilising Processes	Plunging Into Turmoil: Social Sciences and the Crisis University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2014/06/20	Problems of Orientation and Control: Marx, Elias and the Politics of Figurational Sociology	From the Past to the Present and Towards Possible Futures: The Collected Works of Norbert Elias University of Leicester (Leicester, United Kingdom)
2013/10/10	The Critical Project: Freedom, History and Humanity	International Politics Research Seminar Aberystwyth University (Aberystwyth, United Kingdom)
2013/10/09	International Relations as a Means of Orientation	Group on International Political Theory Aberystwyth University (Aberystwyth, United Kingdom)
2013/06/12	The Colonization of Critique: Habermas' Over-Reliance on Systems Theory and Its Implications for Critical Theory	The Aberystwyth-LSE-Sussex Colloquium in International Political Theory London School of Economics and Political Science (London, United Kingdom)
2012/10/04	A Humanist Approach to Critical International Theory: The Dialectics of Social Learning	Critical and Cultural Politics Research Group Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University (Aberystwyth, United Kingdom)
2010/12/05	‘Fulfilling Their Role: States and ASEAN in a World of Inclusion and Competition’,	International Conference on International Studies 2010: A New Asian Century: Dynamics and Implications University Utara Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/09/01 - Current	Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony in Latin America: ALBA and the neoliberal world Order Supervisor	International Relations (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2019/09/01 - Current	Rights of Nature and the Transformation of Political Community: In search of a different model of relationship between humanity and non-human nature Supervisor	International Relations (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2019/09/01 - Current	O Papel da Religião na Resolução de Conflitos e Construção da Paz Supervisor	International Relations (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2018/09/01 - Current	The European Union and the Migrant Crisis: The securitization of the Schengen Area Supervisor	International Relations (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2023/09/01 - 2024/09/24	China's Role in International Society: Foreign Policy and the Idea of a 'Community of Shared Future for Mankind' Supervisor	Relações Internacionais - Paz, Desenvolvimento e Intervencionismo Global (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2023/09/01	A Militarização da Política Externa do Japão face à Ascenção da República Popular da China Supervisor	Relações Internacionais - Paz, Desenvolvimento e Intervencionismo Global (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2024/10/23	Promoting Europeans through a New 'Standard of Civilization': The case of the Eurovision Song Contest (Thesis) Main arguer	Pedro Ramos (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2024/07/24	Fishing for Welfare Improvements: How non-governmental organizations in the United Kingdom and Poland civilize cruelty against farm animals. (Thesis) Main arguer	Adrianna Kapek-Goodridge (PhD) Huddersfield College of Technology, United Kingdom
2023/09/01	O Estado Universal segundo Alexander Wendt: Utopia, Possibilidade ou Inevitabilidade? (Thesis) Main arguer	Francisca Ramos da Cruz Neves (Master) Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/09/01	It is Time for Peace: Exploratory Research on the Study of Peace Emergence (Thesis) Main arguer	Luís Octavio dos Santos Gouveia Junior (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2021/09/01	Security Identity and Foreign Policy Changes: Brazil's Relations with Argentina from 1985 to 2018 (Thesis) Arguer	Heloise Guarise Vieira (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2021/03/01	The 2003 Bush’s rejection of a ‘grand bargain’ and the 2009 Obama’s openings: The Iran nuclear deal as a US foreign policy case study (Thesis) Arguer	Noemi Maria Rocca (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2020/04/01	Identities in Conflict: Dehumanization and peaceless reconciliation in the Israel-Palestinian protracted peace process (Thesis) Arguer	Joana Ricarte (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2024/05/01 - Current	Review of International Studies
2023/09/01 - Current	Millennium: Journal of International Relations
2021/09/01 - Current	Challenges in Sustainability
2020/09/01 - Current	Janus.net
2020/09/01 - Current	Contexto Internacional
2019/09/01 - Current	R:I Relações Internacionais

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2015/09/01 - Current	Norbert Elias Foundation
2011/09/01 - Current	British International Studies Association

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2022/09/01 - Current	Teorias das Relações Internacionais I	Relações Internacionais (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2022/07/31	Marxismo(s) em Relações Internacionais	Relações Internacionais (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2022/07/31	Teorias das Relações Internacionais II	Relações Internacionais (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2021/07/31	Geopolítica e Geoestratégia I	Relações Internacionais (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2023/06/01	The intellectual legacy of Andrew Linklater	Figurations: Newsletter of the Norbert Elias Foundations

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2021/05/26 - Current	Thinking with Elias: International Relations and Human Rights	Thinking with Elias Podcast

Distinctions

Other distinction

2010	Academic Merit Award Scholarship Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2010	PhD Scholarship
2009	Academic Merit Award Scholarship Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2009	Masters Scholarship
2008	German Language Studies Scholarship at the University of Passau - Germany
2008	Visit to NATO Headquarters in Brussels as an award for the article entitled "NATO: A broader security concept and its implications" NATO, Belgium