Teaching Activities
Teaching Year Semester Course Name Degree(s) Coordinator
2025/2026 State and Politics in Africa Institutional Degree in Escola de Sociologia e Políticas Públicas; Yes
2025/2026 Contemporary African Issues and Debates -- Yes
2025/2026 Introduction to Political Science Institutional Degree in Escola de Sociologia e Políticas Públicas; Yes
2025/2026 African Social and Cultural Dynamics Master Degree in African Studies; Yes
2025/2026 Epistemology and Methodology of African Studies Doctorate Degree (PhD) in African Studies; Yes
2025/2026 Master Project in African Studies -- Yes
2025/2026 Contemporary Africa: History and leading actors Institutional Degree in Escola de Sociologia e Políticas Públicas; No
2025/2026 Africa and the World Institutional Degree in Escola de Sociologia e Políticas Públicas; Yes
2025/2026 Introduction to Political Science Bachelor Degree in Political Science; Yes
2024/2025 Contemporary African Issues and Debates -- Yes
2024/2025 Epistemology and Methodology of African Studies Doctorate Degree (PhD) in African Studies; Yes
2024/2025 Master Dissertation in African Studies Master Degree in African Studies; No
2024/2025 Master Project in African Studies -- Yes
2023/2024 State and Politics in Africa Institutional Degree in Escola de Sociologia e Políticas Públicas; Yes
2023/2024 Contemporary African Issues and Debates -- Yes
2023/2024 Research Design Master Degree in African Studies; No
2023/2024 Epistemology and Methodology of African Studies Doctorate Degree (PhD) in African Studies; Yes
2023/2024 Economy and Power in Africa -- Yes
2023/2024 African Diasporas, Migrations and Rights -- Yes
2023/2024 Master Dissertation in African Studies Master Degree in African Studies; Yes
2023/2024 Project Seminar in International Studies Doctorate Degree (PhD) in International Studies; Yes
2023/2024 Contemporary Africa: History and leading actors Institutional Degree in Escola de Sociologia e Políticas Públicas; Yes
2022/2023 State and Politics in Africa Institutional Degree in Escola de Sociologia e Políticas Públicas; Yes
2022/2023 Contemporary African Issues and Debates -- Yes
2022/2023 Research Design Master Degree in African Studies; No
2022/2023 Phd Thesis in African Studies -- Yes
2022/2023 Theoretical Seminar in African Studies II Doctorate Degree (PhD) in African Studies; Yes
2022/2023 Project Seminar in International Studies Doctorate Degree (PhD) in International Studies; Yes
2022/2023 Epistemology and Methodology of African Studies Doctorate Degree (PhD) in African Studies; Yes
2022/2023 Economy and Power in Africa -- Yes
2022/2023 Phd Thesis in African Studies Doctorate Degree (PhD) in African Studies; Yes
2022/2023 Phd Thesis in African Studies -- Yes
2022/2023 Theoretical Seminar in African Studies I -- Yes
2022/2023 Project Seminar in International Studies -- Yes
2022/2023 History of Africa -- Yes
2021/2022 State and Politics in Africa Institutional Degree in Escola de Sociologia e Políticas Públicas; Yes
2021/2022 Contemporary African Issues and Debates -- Yes
2021/2022 Research Design Master Degree in African Studies; Master Degree in International Studies; No
2021/2022 Project Seminar in International Studies Doctorate Degree (PhD) in International Studies; Yes
2021/2022 Governance and Globalization Master Degree in Political Science; Yes
2021/2022 Epistemology and Methodology of African Studies Doctorate Degree (PhD) in African Studies; Yes
2021/2022 Economy and Power in Africa -- Yes
2021/2022 African Diasporas, Migrations and Rights -- Yes
2021/2022 Project Seminar in International Studies Doctorate Degree (PhD) in International Studies; Yes
2020/2021 State and Politics in Africa -- Yes
2020/2021 Research Design Master Degree in African Studies; Master Degree in International Studies; No
2020/2021 Theories and Policies of Development -- Yes
2020/2021 Governance and Globalization Master Degree in Political Science; Yes
2020/2021 Master Project in African Studies: State, Politics and International Relations Track -- Yes
2020/2021 Master Project in African Studies: Management of Socio-Economic Development Track -- Yes
2020/2021 Epistemology and Methodology of African Studies Doctorate Degree (PhD) in African Studies; Yes
2020/2021 Economy and Power in Africa -- Yes
2020/2021 Master Project in African Studies -- Yes
2020/2021 Planning, Management and Evaluation of Programs and Projects -- Yes
2019/2020 State and Politics in Africa -- Yes
2019/2020 Research Design Master Degree in International Studies; No
2019/2020 Master Dissertation in African Studies: State, Politics and International Relations Track -- Yes
2019/2020 Master Dissertation in African Studies: Management of Socio-Economic Development Track -- Yes
2019/2020 International Relations in Africa -- Yes
2019/2020 Phd Thesis in African Studies IV -- Yes
2019/2020 Contemporary African Politics - Political Systems, Institutions and Political Parties -- Yes
2019/2020 African Social and Cultural Dynamics Master Degree in African Studies; Yes
2019/2020 Governance and Globalization Master Degree in Political Science; Yes
2019/2020 Master Dissertation in African Studies: State, Politics and International Relations Track -- Yes
2019/2020 Master Dissertation in African Studies: Management of Socio-Economic Development Track -- Yes
2019/2020 Epistemology and Methodology of African Studies Doctorate Degree (PhD) in African Studies; Yes
2019/2020 Economy and Power in Africa -- Yes
2019/2020 Internship in African Studies -- Yes
Supervisions
Post-doc Supervisions (1)
Concluded (1)
Student Name Title/Topic Language Institution Initial Year Concluding Year
Susan A. de Oliveira The roughness of reality: language politics and poetic creolization in Áwala cu sangui and Arde el monte de noche, by Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel Portuguese Iscte --
Ph.D. Thesis (36)
Ongoing (32)
Student Name Title/Topic Language Status Institution Initial Year
Francesca Mercurio Mapping Africa´s Agency in the Security Field: The West Africa´s Maritime Security Architecture amidst Growing Insecurities in the Gulf of Guinea English Developing Iscte 2022
Jose Marcos Mavungo Petróleo e Instituições em Cabinda (2002-2018): Benção, Maldição ou Oportunidade? Portuguese Developing Iscte 2022
Vitor Borges Friary Reafricanização nos cultos religiosos de matriz africana no Brasil, no Benin e na Nigéria Portuguese Developing Iscte --
Francesca Mercurio Mapping Africa´s Agency in the Security Field: The West Africa´s Maritime Security Architecture amidst Growing Insecurities in the Gulf of Guinea English Developing Iscte 2020
Zeferino Cariço André Pintinho A visão estratégica da política externa de Angola no processo de reforma das forças de defesa e segurança da Guiné-Bissau English Developing Iscte 2018
Renato Telo de Freitas Barbosa Pereira Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Africa- An Extensive Multi-Context Approach English Developing Iscte 2018
José Luís Caetano Higino de Sousa As implicações do tráfico de armas ligeiras sobre a paz e a segurança na África Central - A região dos grandes lagos no período de 2006-2016 English Developing Iscte 2018
Cristina Gemmino Angola e Moçambique (1975-1992): a cidadania cultural e a representação étnica em foco English Developing Iscte 2017
Toivo Evaristo Haipinge Comportamento eleitoral em Angola: análise histórico-geográfica das regiões angolanas adaptadas ao voto (1992-2017) English Developing Iscte 2017
Filomena Capela Correia Amaral O conceito de propriedade no quadro da implementação de uma gestão sustentável da floresta congolesa English Developing Iscte 2017
Filomena Capela Correia Amaral O conceito de propriedade no quadro da implementação de uma gestão sustentável da floresta congolesa Portuguese Developing Iscte 2022
Yazalde Marcos de Morais Fortes Cross-Cultural Management - Global African Knowledge English Developing Iscte 2022
Luís Cassandra Pires dos Santos Democracia Representativa vs Multipartidarismo em São Tomé e Príncipe Portuguese Developing Iscte 2022
Cristina Gemmino Angola e Moçambique (1975-1992): a cidadania cultural e a representação étnica em foco Portuguese Developing Iscte 2022
Maria Eunice Furtado Moreno A participação da mulher na política local em Cabo Verde: os desafios familiares, sociais, culturais e políticos (1990-2016) Portuguese Developing Iscte 2022
Toivo Evaristo Haipinge Comportamento eleitoral em Angola: análise histórico-geográfica das regiões angolanas adaptadas ao voto (1992-2017) Portuguese Developing Iscte 2022
Fernando Osmar Pombal Ribeiro As autoridades tradicionais angolanas e o poder local: uma relação de conflituosidade ou complementaridade - um estudo em dois grupos étnicos Ovimbundus e Kimbundus Portuguese Developing Iscte 2022
Huang Zehong Practice and Research Regional Medical Laboratories Jointly Built by County Level Hospitals and third Parties English Developing Iscte 2022
Rosa Maria da Silva Gonçalves Trauma, violência e medo presentes na produções literárias angolanas escritas em virtude da guerra civil - vozes que ecoam realidades Portuguese Developing Iscte 2022
Natalia da Luz Martins Juventude e movimentos sociais em África: O caso do Mali Portuguese Developing Iscte 2022
Ângelo Abel Sapinala A descentralização e a institucionalização das autarquias locais em Angola Portuguese Developing Iscte 2022
Palmira dos Santos Reis Do Nativismo do século XIX ao protonacionalismo das primeiras décadas do século XX. Os casos de Angola e da Costa do Ouro (1840-1930). Portuguese Developing Iscte 2022
Gabriel Bila Nhanha Volatilidade Eleitoral e Partidos da Oposição em Regimes Autoritários Competitivos Africanos: um estudo das eleições gerais de 1992-2022 em Angola Portuguese Developing Iscte --
Rui André Lima Gonçalves da Silva Garrido Lusophone Africa in the homophobic rising of the African continent: A comparative study of Angola, Cape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe Portuguese Delivered Iscte --
Renato Telo de Freitas Barbosa Pereira Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Africa- An Extensive Multi-Context Approach English Developing Iscte --
Francesca Mercurio Mapping Africa´s Agency in the Security Field: The West Africa´s Maritime Security Architecture amidst Growing Insecurities in the Gulf of Guinea English Developing Iscte --
Mariama Carmen Jadama Minteh De las Tradiciones Radicales Negras al Panafricanismo: La contribución de las mujeres en la contrucción de ideologias africanas. Portuguese Developing Iscte --
Cristina Gemmino Angola and Mozambique (1975-1992): cultural citizenship and ethnic representation Portuguese Developing Iscte --
Zeferino Cariço André Pintinho The strategic vision of Angola's foreign policy in the reform process of Guinea-Bissau's defence and security forces Portuguese Developing Iscte --
Ângelo Abel Sapinãla Decentralization and institutionalization of municipalities in Angola Portuguese Delivered Iscte --
Natalia da Luz Martins Youth and social movements in Africa: The case of Mali Portuguese Developing Iscte --
Ana Vanessa Tavares da Veiga Breaking the monopoly of power: African youth political agency in gerontocratic systems English Developing Iscte --
Concluded (4)
Student Name Title/Topic Language Institution Initial Year Concluding Year
Renato Telo de Freitas Barbosa Pereira Inovação, Empreendorismo e Desenvolvimento Económico em África: Uma Abordagem Pós-Positivista e "Topo da Pirâmide" para Moçambique Portuguese Iscte 2018 2023
Zeferino Cariço André Pintinho A Política Externa de Angola no Processo de Reforma das Forças de Defesa e Segurança da Guiné-Bissau (2007-2020). Portuguese Iscte 2018 2022
José Luís Caetano Higino de Sousa As Implicações do Tráfico de Armas sobre a Paz e a Segurança na África Central ? A Região dos Grandes Lagos Portuguese Iscte 2018 2022
Rui André Lima Gonçalves da Silva Garrido Cidadania, Direitos Humanos e Minorias Sexuais na África Lusófona Portuguese Iscte 2015 2021
M.Sc. Dissertations (53)
Ongoing (14)
Student Name Title/Topic Language Status Institution Initial Year
José Fernandes Júnior Os Desafios de Personalização do Poder na Guiné-Bissau Developing Iscte 2023
Abrão Djompi Non-Governmental Organizations and Health in Guinea-Bissau: The Case of the Bijagós Islands Developing Iscte 2025
Malamine Mandjam O I Congresso do PAIGC (Cassacá, 1964) e a luta de libertação da Guiné-Bissau e Cabo Verde Developing Iscte 2025
Cumorsau Na Tum-Na Batalha de Como (1964) e a luta de libertação nacional da Guiné-Bissau Developing Iscte 2025
José Filipe dos Santos Nascimento Identidade e condição do retornado na cidade de Chaves; Developing Iscte 2025
Nuno dos Reis Costa Condinho Congo e Angola Developing Iscte 2025
Amadú Mutaro Djaló PAGIC Diplomacy during the National Liberation Struggle in Guinea-Bissau Developing Iscte 2025
Jéssica Lira Santos Horror as critical language: race, gender, and intermediality in Get Out and The Stepford Wives Portuguese Developing Iscte 2025
Mariama Embaló Representação das medias sobre mulheres candidatas à presidência da república nos Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa Developing Iscte 2024
Juliana Cristina Ramos da Silva Holanda The genealogy of the matriarchs of Opô Afonjá and historical reparation in the sciences Developing Iscte 2024
Daniela Augusta Galhardo Marques de Oliveira Ressurgimento de regimes militares na África Ocidental: análise dos governos de junta militar do Burkina Faso, da Guiné-Conacri, do Mali e do Níger. Developing Iscte 2024
Hacer Tuba Kanra An Ottoman Armenian neighborhood in Istanbul in the 19th century English Developing Iscte 2020
Sonia Cristina Pandeirada Pinho Mulheres empreendedoras em Moçambique English Developing Iscte 2020
Etinha José Sato Ié Cultural adaptation and understanding of airport rules: A study of the experience of Guinea-Bissau passengers Developing Iscte --
Concluded (39)
Student Name Title/Topic Language Institution Initial Year Concluding Year
Diakenga Lucas Victor PROJECT TO OBTAIN A MASTER´S TITLE Portuguese Iscte 2024 2025
Benhamquerem Bernardo Indem Women´s organizations of the liberation movements in Angola. Portuguese Iscte 2024 2024
Ana Vanessa Tavares da Veiga The Political participation of youth in Africa: forms of participation in the context of West Africa Portuguese Iscte 2023 2024
Pofá Manuel Ié Understanding the Military Involvement in Guinea-Bissau Politics English Iscte 2023 2024
Maren Wilmes Feminism as a new opportunity for joint action?Possibilities and limitations for more sustainable outcomes in development cooperation through a feminist policy approach using the case of Germany and Mozambique English Iscte 2023 2024
Mashood Djaló The Evolving Role of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Solving Conflict in theSub-Saharan Region from 2011 to 2021: The cases of Mali, Burkina-Faso, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau English Iscte 2023 2023
Djenabu Mané Apathetic or marginalised youth? A case study on Guinea-Bissau Portuguese Iscte 2022 2023
Albino Oliveira Xavier Wassuca Etnicity and vote in Angola Portuguese Iscte 2022 2023
Hugo Hernán Bubenik Decolonial Theory and Pan-Africanist Thought: Trying to Understand the International Agency of African States Portuguese Iscte 2022 2023
Xi Zhao Inclusivity and Bias in the Teaching of International Relations English Iscte 2021 2023
Rosa Isabel Fernandes Agostinho Activisms in an electoral context in Africa: the case of the Jiku Platform in electoral observation by citizens in the 2017 Angolan elections Portuguese Iscte 2021 2022
Anna-Maria Herbert Struggles of women to get to the leadership positions in South Africa. English Iscte 2021 2022
Gabriel Batalha Ulombe In the twilight of exclusion: Connections to the legacy of the Ovimbundu´s embarrassing identities (2002-2022) Portuguese Iscte 2021 2022
Mary-Louise Christodoulatos Ethical chocolate consumption by millennials in the Netherlands English Iscte 2020 2021
Juliana Birago Agyei-Mensah Impact of board gender diversity on the social and environmental performance of firms; Evidence from Sub-Sahara Africa. English Iscte 2020 2021
Emre Simsek Mediatization of Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Polarized Politics, Ruptured Society English Iscte 2019 2021
Hacer Tuba Kanra The Armenian Üsküdar amid a Conditional Plurality English Iscte 2019 2020
Sónia Cristina Pandeirada Pinho Narratives of middle classness: the lived experiences of women entrepreneurs in Maputo English Iscte 2019 2020
Sónia Cristina Pandeirada Pinho Narrativas de classe média: as experiências de mulheres empreendedoras em Maputo English Iscte 2020 2020
Hacer Tuba Kanra The Armenian Üsküdar amid a Conditional Plurality English Iscte 2020 2020
Elena Valenzuela Serrano "Black Feminine Spain. The construction of a gendered afrohispanic identity by the intellectual-activists Spanish black women." Spanish/Castilian Iscte 2018 2019
María Rodríguez Alcázar ECOWAS promotion of regional integration. Insights from the operations around the 2016 presidential elections in The Gambia English Iscte 2019 2019
Fernanda Matos Lira The agency of the child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo: between agency and structural violence Portuguese Iscte 2019 2019
Luís Alfredo Ribeiro "Midia and electoral campaigns:T.P.A. and TV Zimbo in the coverage of the campaign for the Angolan general elections of 2017 Portuguese Iscte 2018 2019
Elena Valenzuela Serrano Black Feminine Spain. La construcción de una identidad afroespañola en clave femenina por parte de las pensadoras-activistas negras españolas English Iscte 2019 2019
Nadja Soraya Augusto de Sousa Godinho Women in cabinet in post-war Angola. A study on the political representation of women. Portuguese Iscte 2018 2018
Márcia Milene Gomes Assunção Women's Political Representation in Guinea-Bissau Portuguese Iscte 2017 2018
Francisco Antonio João Pedro Social Integration of people without house in Luanda Islanda Portuguese Iscte 2018 2018
Márcia Milene Gomes Assunção Participação e Representação Política das Mulheres na Guiné-Bissau English Iscte 2018 2018
Nadja Soraya Augusto de Sousa Godinho Ministras no pós-guerra em Angola. Um estudo sobre representação política das mulheres. English Iscte 2018 2018
Élida Patrícia Semedo Silva Participação Política das Mulheres em Cabo-Verde - Estudo de caso das eleições legislativas de 2016 Portuguese Iscte 2016 2017
Hélder Emanuel Ferreira Gomes A CPLP após a entrada da Guiné-Equatorial Portuguese Iscte 2016 2017
Eszter Zaborszky Women's Participation in Parliament, The case of Rwanda English Iscte 2016 2017
Tatiana da Costa Graça A Cooperação entre a União Europeia e a União Africana no domínio da Segurança: Análise das missões AFISMA e MISCA Portuguese Iscte 2016 2017
José Júlio Mocho Ceitil Sair da Guiné à Boleia do Futebol Portuguese Iscte 2016 2017
Sara Jorge da Silva Vidal A participação politicas das Mulheres - em Moçambique e na Tanzânia: um estudo comparado. Portuguese Iscte 2016 2017
Hélder Emanuel Ferreira Gomes A CPLP após a entrada da Guiné-Equatorial English Iscte 2017 2017
Eszter Záborszky Women´s Participation in Parliament. The Case of Rwanda. English Iscte 2017 2017
Lúcio Dionísio Pitoca Posse A ideia de nação nos discursos políticos do Presidente da República de Moçambique Armando Emílio Guebuza (2005-2009 e 2010-2014) Portuguese Iscte 2014 2015
M.Sc. Final Projects (1)
Ongoing (1)
Student Name Title/Topic Language Status Institution Initial Year
José Luís Caetano Higino de Sousa The implications of small arms trafficking on peace and security in Central Africa - The Great Lakes region in 2006-2016 Portuguese Developing Iscte --