2023-2028
Education
The University of Alabama​
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Graduate School /
School of Social Work
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Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Social Work
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Capstone Graduate Council Fellow
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Doctoral student
2021-2023
University of Stavanger (Norway), Coordinating Institution
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Partner universities:
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University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
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ISCTE-IUL (Lisboa, PT)
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Makerere University (Uganda)
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's Degree
Master of Science in Social Work, Families and Children specialization
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3.56 GPA
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The programme is jointly developed by ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL), University of Gothenburg (UGOT), University of Stavanger (UiS) and Makerere University (MU).
You spend the first semester Lisbon, Portugal, the second semester in Stavanger, Norway and the third semester in Gothenburg, Sweden before moving to one of the four partner institutions to work on your master’s thesis. The language of instruction is English.
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The aim for the programme is that you will graduate having a sound practical foundation in: understanding the diverse and varied contexts, life situations and challenges faced by children and families in Europe and selected international settings; applying skills to work appropriately in and with these contexts; using and developing research to inform knowledge and practice for working with vulnerable children and families; and applying the values of international social work.
2020-2020
Brazilian School of Law (EBRADI) and UNA University Center
Postgraduate Diploma in Applied International Law, with a focus on Human Rights
(PGDip)
Grade: Pass with Distinction
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2016-2019
University of Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI)
Bachelor of International Relations
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I graduated top of my class with a 9.34 average grade (on a 0-10 scale) and a 3.85 GPA on a 4.00 scale.
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My 145-pages undergrad thesis was graded a 10 out of 10.
Academic and Research Experience
Jan. 2022 - Aug. 2023
MSW thesis
ISCTE-IUL, School of Sociology and Public Policy. Portugal.
University of Stavanger, Norway.
Main activities conducted: writing; data collection; data analysis and interpretation; designing techniques and approaches; discipline-specific literature review or multi-disciplinary collaboration; dissemination and presentation of results; sample collection and cataloguing. Methods employed: (i) document analysis; (ii) online survey; and (iii) semi-structured interviews.
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Research topic: Challenging the colorblind curriculum: addressing race, ethnicity, and diversity in Social Work education in Portugal.
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Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/28997
Jan. 2022 - Dec. 2022
Affiliated Researcher (Research Traineeship)
University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law. Human Rights Nudge Project.
Main activities conducted: data collection; data analysis and interpretation; discipline-specific literature review or multi-disciplinary collaboration; dissemination and presentation of results.
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Description of the experience: My main task at the project was to actively research the role of Norway at the European Court of Human Rights (and also Sweden more recently), by looking at all cases where a violation was found by the Court. Through the "coding tree" methodology, I collected both quantitative and qualitative data on human rights cases involving Norway and looked at how the Norwegian Government implemented the judgments (if there is or is not any legislative change, change in jurisprudence, redress at the individual level, etc.). The main databases used for data collection were HUDOC and HUDOC-EXEC.
2018-2021
Junior Research Fellow
University of Vale do Itajaí, “Human Rights & Citizenship” Research Group.
Publications: 6 peer-reviewed articles. Presentations: 3 participations in academic conferences.
Main activities conducted: writing; data analysis and interpretation; designing techniques and approaches; discipline-specific literature review or multi-disciplinary collaboration; dissemination and presentation of results; sample collection and cataloguing.
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Description of the experience: This research group is registered with the School for Legal and Social Sciences of The University of Vale do Itajaí and is also part of the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). As a result of my participation for nearly, I have co-authored a number of papers, participated in academic conferences, and collaborated in different research initiatives in the field of human rights.
2019-2021
Research Assistant to Prof. Marcos Vinicius Viana da Silva (JD/Ph.D.)
University of Vale do Itajaí, School of Legal and Social Sciences
Publications: 8 peer-reviewed articles and 1 book chapter. Presentations: 1 presentation at a research conference.
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Main activities conducted: writing; data analysis and interpretation; designing techniques and approaches; discipline-specific literature review or multi-disciplinary collaboration; dissemination and presentation of results.
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Description of the experience: For 2 years and 2 months I assisted Prof. Silva on several of his research projects, which ultimately resulted in eight co-authored papers/publications across different fields, on themes related to human rights, law, public policy, and migration.
August 2018 – December 2019
Undergraduate Research Thesis
University of Vale do Itajaí, Department of International Relations
Publications: 4 peer-reviewed articles. Presentations: 1.
Main activities conducted: writing; data analysis and interpretation; designing techniques and approaches; discipline-specific literature review or multi-disciplinary collaboration; dissemination and presentation of results.
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Description of the experience: For two and a half semesters I designed and wrote a 145-page long research monograph, which counted as a partial requirement for obtaining a Bachelor of International Relations degree. After a successful defence, I scored the highest grade (10 out of 10), and then later I divided the project into four separate articles, all published by now in Brazilian peer-reviewed journals. The undergraduate thesis was originally written in Brazilian Portuguese and supervised by Professor Marcos Vinicius Viana da Silva, Ph.D./JD.
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Research title: Infâncias e sonhos atrás das grades na terra prometida: Uma análise das violações dos direitos humanos das crianças migrantes aprisionadas em centros de detenção no Canadá no período de 2010 a 2016 [Childhoods and dreams behind bars in the promised land: An analysis of human rights violations of migrant children held in detention centers in Canada from 2010 to 2016].