Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Amandine Desille
Citation names
- Desille, Amandine
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 731B-3BD7-ADD3
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-1813-8521
Addresses
- Rua Branca Edmée Marques, 1600-276, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://migrural.hypotheses.org (Blog)
Knowledge fields
- Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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French (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | |
Hebrew | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Proficiency (C2) | |
Portuguese | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | |
Spanish; Castilian | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | |
Chinese | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2013/09 - 2017/06/01
Concluded
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PhD in Geography (Doctor of Philosophy)
Université de Poitiers, France
Tel Aviv University, Israel "Governing or being governed? A scalar approach of the transformation of State power and authority through the case of immigration
and integration policies of four frontier towns in Israel" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2008/09 - 2010/06
Concluded
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Msc Population and Development (Master)
Université de Liège, Belgium
"Grassroots organizations and socio-professional mobility of Chinese migrant workers in the Pearl River Delta " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2005/09 - 2008/06
Concluded
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Business management (Bachelor)
University of International Business and Economics School of International Trade and Economics, China
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2003/09 - 2008/06
Concluded
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Business management (Bachelor)
NEOMA Business School - Campus de Reims, France
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2023/03/01 - Current | Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal |
2021/04/16 - 2022/06/08 | Postdoc (Research) | Université de Bordeaux - UMR Passages, France |
Université Bordeaux Montaigne, France | ||
2018/09/01 - 2021/02/16 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2023 - 2024 | Entre-Cidades - as historias que os lugares contam
21226
Researcher
Republica Portuguesa Direção-Geral das Artes, Portugal
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Republica Portuguesa Direção-Geral das Artes
Ongoing
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2022/03 - 2023/12 | MILE - Migrant Integration through Locally designed Experiences
Researcher
Integrim LAB, Belgium
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Asylum Migration and Integration Fund
Concluded
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2018/09/01 - 2020/08/31 | MigRural, Return mobilities to rural Portugal: an assessment of the production of place
794030
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
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EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Concluded
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2013/10/01 - 2016/09/30 | Integrim
PhD Student Fellow
Université de Poitiers, France
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EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2023/03/01 - 2027/02/28 | RePlace - Reframing Non-Metropolitan Left Behind Places Through Mobility and Alternative Development
Post-doc
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal
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Ongoing
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2023/12 - 2024/02 | Diversity in the European Parliament
NA
Supervisor
Integrim LAB, Belgium
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European Network Against Racism |
2021/04/16 - 2022/06/08 | Localacc
Post-doc Fellow
Institut Convergences Migrations, France
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Ongoing
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2012/08 - 2013/09 | The integration of French Jewish immigrants in Israel
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Research Fellow
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Concluded
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2016 - 2018 | Wardens of Memory
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Researcher
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Ongoing
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2011/08 - 2012/03 | Mapping the needs of Latin American young immigrants
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Research Fellow
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Concluded
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2009/09 - 2010/07 | Grassroots organizations and socio-professional mobility of Chinese migrant workers in the Pearl River Delta
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Master Student Fellow
Université de Liège, Belgium
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Concluded
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2009/04 - 2009/08 | Rural enterprise development in China: Experiences and lessons learnt
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Research Fellow
Organisation internationale du Travail, Switzerland
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Concluded
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2008/02 - 2008/06 | Youth Migration in China
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Research Fellow
UNIDO Beijing Regional Office, China
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Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book |
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Book chapter |
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Journal article |
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Journal issue |
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Newsletter article |
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Newspaper article |
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Report |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Website |
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Working paper |
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Artistic / Performance
Video recording |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2023/12 | Heritage and mobility from a multisensorial perspective | Una Europa TRT1 "Cultural Heritage in the context of Migrations and Global Mobilities"
Panthéon Sorbonne (Paris, France)
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2023/09 | Is EU funding a de facto integration policy? | ESA RN27 mid-term conference
Nova/Lusofona (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2023/08 | Sensing mobile Ukrainian cultural heritage in Portugal | II Encontro Luso-Brasileiro de Geografias Emocionais
IGOT-ULisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2023/04 | Geography films as a means of publication, films for teaching, and community-led filmmaking: a personal reflexion | AAG annual conference
AAG (Denver, United States)
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2022/10 | How do we do fair and equitable representations of people and realities through research, visual design, and video? | Ideas that Change the World - Diversity and Inclusion through Digital Storytelling
Timisoara University (Timisoara, Romania)
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2022/03 | Explorations visuelles sur les migrations |
Paris Nanterre (Nanterre, France)
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2022/01/28 | I am everywhere and nowhere at once | Those who leave and those who stay: the consequences of emigration for sending countries
CRASSH, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
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2021/09 | Portugais et Portugaises de retour au Portugal rural : (re)production des lieux dans la région frontalière de Trás-os-Montes | Journée d’étude “Je suis partout et nulle part à la fois"
CDMH (Dudelange, Luxembourg)
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2021/07 | Solidarity and the city: How municipalities foster migrant support networks in Europe | IPSA annual conference
Portuguese Political Science Association (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2021/07 | Nodal cities and their role in the circulation of policy models | IMISCOE annual conference
Université de Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
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2021/07 | To which extent can migrants’ participation in cultural heritage pave the way for a de-colonial cultural heritage? | IMISCOE annual conference
Université de Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
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2021/07 | Seen and unseen in migration experiences: Beyond ‘Visual Essentialism’ | IVSA annual conference
Dublin (Dublin, Ireland)
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2020/07 | Visual methods in Migration Studies | IMISCOE annual conference
IMISCOE (Luxembourg)
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2020/02 | Emigration, return and place-making in Portugal | CEU PhD workshop
CEU (Budapest, Hungary)
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2019/08 | Emigration, return and place-making in rural Portugal | RGS annual conference
Royal Geography Society (London, United Kingdom)
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2019/06 | Local autonomy in ordinary cities: the case of Israeli immigrant towns | IMISCOE annual conference
University of Malmo (Malmo, Sweden)
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2019/04 | Integration narratives in times of crisis: an assessment of how the (Spanish) Basque Country and Israel cope with the principle of solidarity | ECPR joint sessions
Université de Mons (Mons, Belgium)
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2018/09 | Scale, place and people | IGU Governance commission conference
IGOT (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2018/08 | Revisiting the diversity-urban development nexus: perspectives from Israeli immigrant towns | IGU annual conference
University of Laval (Québec, Canada)
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2018/07 | “We can save a city with immigration”. Potential and limitations of the ‘immigration and urban development’ nexus in downscaled cities. | IMISCOE annual conference
University Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain)
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2018/06 | A Camera Instead of a Field Diary? On the Use of Visual Methods to Understand Local Immigration Politics | International Visual Sociology Association annual conference
Université d'Evry (Evry, France)
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2018/04 | Kiryat Gat en crise d’image : high-tech et mal-développement en Israël |
CRFJ (Jerusalem, Israel)
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2017/09 | Integration narratives in times of crisis: an assessment of how the (Spanish) Basque Country and Israel cope with the principle of solidarity | European International Studies Association conference
University Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain)
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2017/08 | Immigration and the city: between state planning and residents’ practices and representations. The case of Kiryat Shmona in Israel. | International Conference on Visual Methods
Singapore Institute of Technology (Singapore)
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2017/06 | Immigration and the city: between state planning and residents’ practices and representations. The case of Kiryat Shmona in Israel. | IMISCOE annual conference
Erasmus university (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
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2015/12 | Rescaling of immigration policymaking and policies: towards a local interpretation of the Law of Return | New local governance and international migrations
Université de Poitiers (Poitiers, France)
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2015/07 | Integration narratives in times of crisis: an assessment of how the (Spanish) Basque Country and Israel cope with the principle of solidarity | IRiS and SAST Conference Rethinking integration, New perspectives on adaptation and settlement in the era of superdiversity
University of Birmingham (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
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2015/05 | The various meanings of immigrant integration policies and programs in Israeli peripheral towns | workshop Social integration policies and equitable cities
IGOT (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2014/12 | Immigrant integration policymaking: local autonomy in Israeli economically depressed towns | Integrim annual conference
CEU (Budapest, Hungary)
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2014/06 | Bringing back human agency in integration policy | Diversity in the City: Shifting Realities and Ways Forward
IGOT (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2014/05 | Integration policies in Israeli local governments: is the ‘glocalization’ approach relevant? | Pushing the Boundaries of Migration Studies: Perspectives from the U.S. and France
Harvard University (Cambridge, United States)
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2013/12 | Integration and exclusion logics for immigrant policies – the case of Israel | Integrim annual conference
UVA (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2023/07 - Current | Workshop: Multisensorial research, migrations and inequalities – exploring new methodological pathways (2023/07 - 2023/07)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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IMISCOE network, Netherlands |
Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2020/09 - Current | INTEGRIM Lab | Co-founder and member |
2020 - Current | AFEIL Association française d'études sur Israël | Member |
2014 - Current | Réseau Migrations | Co-founder and member |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2019 - Current | Member of the IMISCOE research initiative DivCult Superdiversity, migration and cultural change: https://www.imiscoe.org/research/standing-committees/930-superdiversity-migration-and-cultural-change
Activities: participation in meetings, proposing panels for conferences
Member
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IMISCOE network, Netherlands |
2019 - Current | Member of the EuroMedMig (EuroMed Research Network on Migration): https://www.upf.edu/web/euromedmig/associated-members
Activities: Participation in lectures, organisation of a local workshop in May 2021, discussant at this workshop, writing
of a policy paper based on that workshop, and on-going writing of a chapter for an edited book to be published in 2022.
Member
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Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2024/03/08 - Current | Multisensorial approaches in migration studies | IGOT-ULisboa |
2021/03/25 - 2021/03/25 | Migration in the digital era: exploring new data, practices, and lifestyles | IGOT-UL |
2020/02/06 - 2020/02/07 | Moving, living, investing and surviving: housing and migrations in uncertain times | IMISCOE/IGOT |
2019 - 2020 | Ciclo de workshops Emigração e Regresso ao Portugal | IGOT/ISCTE |
2019/05/13 - 2019/05/13 | Groupe Frontières | Maison des Sciences de l'Homme |
2018/10 - 2018/10 | Migrations : nos voix, nos chemins de traverse. Rencontres entre arts, sciences et militances | Migrinter/Telemme/ISSP |
2017 - 2017 | Neoliberalism and the city | The Zvi Yavetz School of Historical Studies |
2016/06/21 - 2016/06/21 | Ethnography and Migrations | Migrinter |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2023/05 - Current | Metodologias de Investigação aplicadas às Migrações | (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal |
2022/05 - Current | Metodologias de Investigação aplicadas às Migrações | (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal |
2024/04 - 2024/06 | Metodologias de Investigação aplicadas às Migrações | (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal |
2024/02 - 2024/06 | International Migration and Integration in Europe | (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal |
2024/02 - 2024/06 | Metodologias de Investigação em Ciências Sociais | (Doutoramento) | Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, Portugal |
2023/09 - 2024/01 | Tendências de transformação das cidades e regiões | (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal |
2023/04 - 2023/06 | Metodologias de Investigação em Ciências Sociais | (Doutoramento) | Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, Portugal |
2021/05/13 - 2021/05/21 | Metodologias de Investigação aplicadas às Migrações | Visual methods in migration studies (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal |
2020/02 - 2020/06 | International Migrations and Integration in Europe | European Studies (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal |
2020/02 - 2020/06 | Research seminar for PhD students | (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal |
2020/05 - 2020/05 | Metodologias de Investigação aplicadas às Migrações 16-hour module on visual methods | Migration studies (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal |
2019/02 - 2019/06 | International Migrations and Integration in Europe | European Studies (Licenciatura) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal |
2019/03 - 2019/04 | Metodologias de Investigação aplicadas às Migrações | Migration Studies (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Portugal |
Interview (tv / radio show)
Program | Topic | |
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2022 - Current | Conversations with IRIS (University of Birmingham) | Visual Methodology in Migration Studies |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2018 - Current | E-migrinter | Migrinter |
Mentoring / Tutoring
Topic | Student name | |
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2019/09 - 2020/06 | Geography of Law and Borders | Monica Braga |
Distinctions
Award
2019 | IMISCOE competitive call for book
IMISCOE network, Netherlands
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Other distinction
2024 | Seminario dos jovens científicos da Academia das Ciências
Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Portugal
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2020 | Springer Nature 2020 Highlights
Axel Springer Publishing International Ltd, United Kingdom
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