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Second-year PhD student in International Relations: International Politics and Conflict Resolution (FEUC-CES, University of Coimbra). Experience in qualitative research from a gender and human rights-based approach. Specialised in the analysis of armed conflicts, migration, and feminist geopolitics in Palestine, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nigeria.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Judith Jordà Frias
Date of birth
1990/08/23

Citation names

  • Jordà Frias, Judith

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3E1C-9AA7-1A4B
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0003-7076

Email addresses

  • uc2021154685@student.uc.pt (Professional)
  • judith@lletresimons.cat (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Political Sciences - Political Science
  • Social Sciences - Sociology - Anthropology
  • Humanities - Languages and Literatures

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
French Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Italian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Catalan (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Swahili (generic) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/09 - 2027/09
Ongoing
PhD programme in International Relations: International Politics and Conflict Resolution (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
"Decolonial Feminist Heterotopias in Critical Peace and Conflict Studies" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
18/20
2018/09 - 2019/06
Concluded
Master in International Relations and African Studies (Master)
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
"The 'white woman's burden': sex trafficking from Black Feminist Geopolitics" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
8,67/10
2013/09 - 2015/06
Concluded
Bachelor in Anthropology/Ethnology (Licence)
Université de Strasbourg, France
"Education as an axis of perpetuation in the Israeli occupation." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
11,729/20
2008/09 - 2013/05
Concluded
Translation and Interpretation (Licence)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
1,34
Affiliation

Other Careers

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/05 - 2023/07 Assistente Técnico (Assistente Técnico) Eticas Research and Consulting, Spain

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/09 - 2027/09 Predoctoral research fellow Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/05 Italian and intercultural teacher Aurora, Gestió de Projectes Socials, Spain
2021/03 - 2022/03 Gender-based violence project technician in North Kivu, DRC Lliga dels Drets dels Pobles (LDP), Spain
2012/11 - 2022/02 Freelance translator and Interpreter Several translation and interpretation agencies and companies, France
L'Altra Editorial, Idiomatic, Utopia, Climate Adaptation Consulting, Congres Edulearn, Treeloc, Solten, Janira, Frères Chez Roquette, KomaberriBat, Seat, Loquax, Singe Words, SOC., France
2019/01 - 2021/05 Course Instructor in asylum and refuge Catalan Refugee Aid Commission (CCAR), Spain
Generalitat de Catalunya Departament d'Ensenyament, Spain
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. "Publication of the chapter: La "carga de la mujer blanca": la trata con fines de explotación sexual desde la geopolítica feminista negra (The burden of the white woman. Sex trafficking from Benin City to Barcelona: sexualization and racialization of black women)". In África, un continente en transformación. Enfoques interdisciplinares, edited by García Andrés, César; Cuadrado Bolaños, Jara; Arconada Ledesma, Pablo, 1-283. Valladolid, Spain: Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid, 2020.
    Published
Book review
  1. Relaciones Internacionales Número 54 • Octubre 2023 - Enero 2024Grupo de Estudios de Relaciones Internacionales Universi. "Hiralal, K. y Jinnah, Z. (2018). Gender and Mobility in Africa. Borders, Bodies and Boundaries. Palgrave Macmillan, 259 pp". Review of Gender and Mobility in Africa. Borders, Bodies and Boundaries. Número 54, (2023): 165-168. https://revistas.uam.es/relacionesinternacionales/issue/view/relacionesinternacionales2023_54/825.
    Published
Magazine article
  1. Jordà Frias, Judith. "Publication of poems in times of conflict in the magazine Ciutat Nova: "Un crit ofegat" (A drowned cry) and "Esperar no Esperar" (Waiting not to wait)", Ciutat Nova, 2018, https://ciutatnova.org.
Online resource
  1. Jordà Frias, Judith. Publication of poems in times of conflict in the magazine Ciutat Nova: "Una vida latent" (A latent life). 2018. https://ciutatnova.org/una-vida-latent/.
  2. Jordà Frias, Judith. Publication of poems in times of conflict in the magazine Ciutat Nova: "La vida a la deriva" (A life adrift). 2018. https://ciutatnova.org/la-vida-a-la-deriva/.
  3. Jordà Frias, Judith. Publication of geopolitical analyses in the magazine Ciutat Nova: "La meva ànima exiliada" (My exilied soul). 2018. https://ciutatnova.org/la-meva-anima-exiliada/.
  4. Jordà Frias, Judith. Publication of analysis in the magazine Ciutat Nova: "Coltan, l'or negre" (Coltan, the black gold). 2018. https://ciutatnova.org/coltan-or-negre/.
  5. Jordà Frias, Judith. Publication of geopolitical analysis in the magazine Ciutat Nova: "Ignorància o indiferència?" (Ignorance or indifference?). 2018. https://ciutatnova.org/ignorancia-indiferencia/.
Translation
  1. Nadia Terranova. Translation of the book "Adeu fantasmes". Barcelona, Spain: L'Altra Editorial. 2020.
  2. Pozo Marín, Alejandro. Corresponding author: Pozo Marín, Alejandro. Translation of the book "Diccionario de la guerra, la paz y el desarme : 100 entradas para analizar los conflictos armados, la paz y la seguridad" (Dictionary of war, peace and disarmament, 100 entries to analyse the armed conflict, peace and security". Barcelona, Spain: Icaria. 2015.
    Published
Website
  1. Jordà Frias, Judith. Publication of conflict analysis articles in the blog "Apartheidstina". 2015. https://apartheidstina.wordpress.com/.
  2. Jordà Frias, Judith. Publication of the Master's Thesis: "Le conflit de l'éducation. Analyse des divergences éducatives" (The conflict of education. Analysis of educational divergences). 2014. https://leconflitdeleducation.wordpress.com/.
  3. Jordà Frias, Judith. Publication of conflict analysis articles in the shared blog: "Llibertat entre murs" (Liberty behinds walls). 2014. https://llibertatentremurs.weebly.com/.
  4. Jordà Frias, Judith. Publication of conflict analysis articles in the shared blog: "Somnis i realitats a l'Orient Mitjà" (Dreams and realities in the Middle East). 2013. http://somnisirealitatsalorientmitja.blogspot.com/2013_03_01_archive.html.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/08 "Decolonial waves of protests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" 1st International Congress of Peace Research
Instituto de la Paz y los Conflictos, Unviersity of Granada (Granada, Spain)
2023/06/22 "Decolonial Feminist Heterotopias in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" BISA 2023
British International Association Studies (Glasgow)
2023/03/31 "Decolonial Feminist Heterotopias in Peace and Conflict Studies" Congress of the Portuguese Political Science Association
Portuguese Political Science Association (APCP) (Covilhã, Portugal)
2023/02/20 "Decolonial waves of protests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" Multidisciplinary futures of United Nations peace operations
BISA Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Working Group and the Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice (Milton Keynes, United Kingdom)
2022/09/08 "Heterotopias in Peace and Conflict Studies" Master Class on Advanced Dictatorship Research - Mapping and Organizing Research on Dictatorships: Open access Repository (MORDOR)
University of Ostrava (Ostrava, Czech Republic)
2022/09/02 "The local and spatial turn through the anti-Monusco protests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" 15th Pan-European Conference on International Relations
Panteion University of Athens (Athens, Greece)
2022/07/12 "Heterotopias: local and spatial turn in postliberal peace" Summer School of the Standing Group on International Relations: International Relations Upside Down: Challenges and Opportunities in a Post-pandemic World
Universitat Ramon Llull (Barcelona, Spain)
2019/10/24 "The houses demolition as an apartheid strategy" XII Arab and Muslim World Researchers Forum (FIMAM)
European Institute of the Mediterranean (Barcelona, Spain)
2019/10/01 "Sex trafficking from Benin City to Barcelona: sexualization and racialization of black women" First International Congress for young researchers on Africa - Training Congress on Sustainable Development (CODES)
University of Valladolid (Valladolid, Spain)
2017/11/29 "Otherness and conflict" Round table at the Blanquerna University titled "Otherness and conflict"
Magazine Ciutat Nova & Blanquerna University (Barcelona, Spain)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2023/07 - 2023/10 Peace, Imperialism and Postcolonialism --- Conference organized by the Coimbra Group Peace Studies initiative at the University of Coimbra. Held on October 6th 2023 at the Faculty of Economics in Coimbra (Portugal) to collectively exchange knowledge and discuss the contemporary world. The programme is available here: https://www.uc.pt/en/feuc/events/peace-imperialism-and-postcolonialism/ (2023/10/06 - 2023/10/06)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/05 Bridging the Gap: Peace, Politics, and Social Change -- Every two years the 2nd year doctoral researchers of the Doctoral Programme in International Relations - International Politics and Conflict Resolution, offered by the Faculty of Economics in collaboration with the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra, organises a Summer School gathering their research interests. The programme is available here: https://padlet.com/fernandacurbage1/summer-school-2023-pirc-ces-ucoimbra-tdutk2axrpa4v3st. (2023/05/24 - 2023/05/26)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/03/16 - 2022/03/16 Organisation and moderation of the conference: "Household and care sector from a decolonial feminism: daily struggles in El Maresme" | Speakers: Rocío Medina (Professor of Philosophy of Law/"Grup Antígona" (UAB) Rocío Echeverría (Political and social activist. Member of Col·lectiu Micaela) (2022/03/16)
Conference (Co-organisor)
Lliga dels Drets dels Pobles (LDP), Spain
2021/06/11 - 2021/06/11 Organisation and moderation of the conference: "Black Feminisms: A decolonial analysis in eastern DR Congo" | Speakers: Jeanne Rolande (Trainer and researcher on feminisms and international migrations), Leidys Mena Valderrama (Sociologist, ethno-educator and activist. Writer for Afroféminas) Clementine Baza (Teacher, psychologist and pedagogue. Founder and director of Nos Unimos) (2021/06/11)
Conference (Co-organisor)
Lliga dels Drets dels Pobles (LDP), Spain
2021/05/10 - 2021/05/10 Organisation and moderation of the conference: "The European Union, a critical vision" | Speaker: Héctor Sánchez Margalef is a researcher at the CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs) (2021/05/10)
Conference (Co-organisor)
Lliga dels Drets dels Pobles (LDP), Spain
2019/01 - 2021/05 Organisation and oral presentations in workshops on interculturality and migration through several dynamics from a critical approach against racist, xenophobe and sexist rumours, as well as management, monitoring and justification of the courses. (2019/01 - 2021/05)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
Catalan Refugee Aid Commission (CCAR), Spain

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/11/29 - 2023/12/01 1st international Congress on African and Decolonial Studies https://www.madafrica.es/congreso-estudios-africanos-decoloniales/feminismos-decoloniales/
Conference
1st international Congress on African and Decolonial Studies
Universidad de Sevilla Departamento de Filosofía y Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia, Spain
2022/07/07 - 2022/07/13 XXXVII edition of the UNIPAU's Summer School: "Sahel: an imposed border"
Congress
Sahel: an imposed border
International University of Peace (UNIPAU), Spain
2022/01/19 - 2022/01/19 Conference "Representations of the everyday in conflict affected societies", part of the Online Seminar Series organised by the ECPR Standing Group in Political Violence.
Conference
Representations of the everyday in conflict affected societies
ECPR Standing Group in Political Violence, United Kingdom
2021/07/08 - 2021/07/14 XXXVI edition of the UNIPAU's Summer School: "Necessary change. An ecological, feminist and anti-racist perspective"
Congress
Summer School titled "Necessary change. An ecological, feminist and anti-racist perspective"
International University of Peace (UNIPAU), Spain
2020/01/30 - 2020/02/01 First Catalan Congress of Anthropology
Congress
First Catalan Congress of Anthropology
University of Rovira Virgili (URV), Spain
2019/07/04 - 2019/07/10 XXXIV edition of the UNIPAU's Summer School: "Borders: permeability for weapons and capitals, walls for people"
Congress
Summer School titled "Borders: permeability for weapons and capitals, walls for people"
International University of Peace (UNIPAU), Spain
2019/04/10 - 2019/04/11 6th edition of the conferences on "Visions of the African World"
Conference
Visions of the African World
Universitat de Lleida, Spain
2018/03/14 - 2018/03/17 10th Festival of Geopolitics at the Grenoble École de Management titled "The 21st century, an American century?"
Congress
The 21st century, an American century?
Grenoble Ecole de Management, France
2017/11/17 - 2017/11/17 Conference "The price of our consummation: human exploitation and environmental devastation"
Conference
The price of our consummation: human exploitation and environmental devastation
Justícia i Pau, Spain
2017/07/06 - 2017/07/12 XXXII edition of the UNIPAU's Summer School: "Terror used as a political weapon"
Congress
Terror used as a political weapon
International University of Peace (UNIPAU), Spain
2017/07/03 - 2017/07/04 Conference "Africans in Europe: a long history" organised by the Centre d'Estudis Africans (CEA)
Conference
Africans in Europe: a long history
Centre d'Estudis Africans (CEA), Spain
2016/07/07 - 2016/07/13 XXXI edition of the UNIPAU's Summer School: "The consequences of the armed conflict"
Congress
The consequences of the armed conflict
International University of Peace (UNIPAU), Spain
2016/03/16 - 2016/03/19 8th Festival of Geopolitics at the Grenoble École de Management titled "African dynamics"
Congress
African dynamics
Grenoble Ecole de Management, France
2013/07/18 - 2013/07/24 XXVIII edition of the UNIPAU's Summer School: "Democracy, a guarantee of human dignity"
Congress
Democracy, a guarantee of human dignity
International University of Peace (UNIPAU), Spain

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2008 - 2022 Catalan cultural entities and socio-political organisations: Member and volunteer in the development of task in the preparation of events (conferences, congresses and festivities) and regular meetings, both in communication and in the planning, distribution and management of volunteers Member and volunteer
2008 - 2022 Member, speaker and organiser of meetings in the "Dialogue Group: an instrument of fraternity" Member, speaker and organiser
2019/09 - 2019/11 Communication volunteer in the African International Film Festival of Barcelona (FICAB) Communication volunteer
2017/01 - 2018/06 Collaborator at the Delàs Centre of Studies for Peace Translation of the book "Dictionary of war, peace and disarmament, 100 entries to analyse the armed conflict, peace and security"
2015/10/01 - 2015/10/30 Volunteer in the olive harvesting campaign within La Recol·lectiva and the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Volunteer in the olive harvesting campaign
2014/03 - 2014/03 Photojournalist stay and field research in Palestine with Rojak Photoreporter and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) Field researcher on the conflict
2013/03 - 2013/03 Photojournalist stay and field research in Palestine with Rojak Photoreporter and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) Field researcher on the conflict

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/05 - 2023/07 Ethics and technology researcher on Social Sciences

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2021/05/31 - Current iiiUC Training: Research Support Tools Research Connect 2.0 Research Support Tools Research Connect 2.0 Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2024/03 - 2024/05 Liberatory Methods for investigating and generating non-capitalist/anti-colonial social power El Cambalache, Mexico
2022/05/24 - 2022/05/25 PRONE 2022 - Methods' Summer School Joint organisation: Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence PRONE (University of Coimbra) Methods' Summer School Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/11/02 - 2022/02/23 Publish without perishing: BNS Resources: Catalogue, Databases; Referencing, Citation; Zotero and Mendeley; Periodicals: Impact Factors; Orcid. Centre for Social Studies, Portugal
2021/04/06 - 2021/06/17 Theoretical and practical tools for research and advocacy from a human rights, gender andintersectionality approach. Final work: "Right to work: Terms of Reference (ToR) on the labour trafficking of migrant women caregivers in El Maresme (2019-2021)" Grupo de Estudios Africanos (GEA), Spain

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
2021/03/19 - 2021/03/26 Introduction to the African reality beyond cooperation Grupo de Estudios Africanos (GEA), Spain

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
2020/11/02 - 2021/01/25 Migration, decolonial feminism and identity Community Action Group: mental health, political violence and Human Rights (GAC), Spain
2019/09 - 2020/07 Why we would read the black classics? Llibreria La Central, Spain
2020/03/04 - 2020/05/04 Logical framework approach in International Cooperation Creu Roja Catalunya, Spain

Community Action Group: mental health, political violence and Human Rights (GAC), Spain
2018/04/17 - 2018/06/05 The god-kings in Africa: analysis about the traditional African power The god-kings in Africa: analysis about the traditional African power Centre d'Estudis Africans (CEA), Spain

Llibreria La Central, Spain
2017/01 - 2017/12 Geopolitics and International Relations Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2017/09 Interview about my academic, activist and professional career, focusing on the anthropological and geopolitical analysis of my researches in Palestine Ciutat Nova