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| Teaching Year | Semester | Course Name | Degree(s) | Coordinator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/2026 | 2º | Research Design | Master Degree in International Studies; | No |
| 2025/2026 | 2º | Political Dynamics of the Mena Region | Institutional Degree in Escola de Sociologia e Políticas Públicas; | Yes |
| 2025/2026 | 2º | Nationalism and Ethnicity in the International System | Master Degree in International Studies; | Yes |
| 2025/2026 | 1º | Europe as A Global Actor | -- | Yes |
| 2025/2026 | 1º | Master Dissertation in International Studies | Master Degree in International Studies; | Yes |
| 2025/2026 | 1º | Global Challenges | Institutional Degree in Escola de Sociologia e Políticas Públicas; | No |
| 2025/2026 | 1º | Phd Thesis in Political Science | Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Political Science; | Yes |
| 2025/2026 | 1º | Seminar in International Studies | Doctorate Degree (PhD) in International Studies; | No |
| 2025/2026 | 1º | Social Movements, Policies and Poetics of Gender and Sexuality | Master Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies on Gender and Sexuality; | Yes |
| 2025/2026 | 1º | Archives and Other Sources Studies | Institutional Degree in Escola de Sociologia e Políticas Públicas; | No |
| 2024/2025 | 2º | Political Dynamics of the Mena Region | Institutional Degree in Escola de Sociologia e Políticas Públicas; | Yes |
| 2024/2025 | 2º | Nationalism and Ethnicity in the International System | Master Degree in International Studies; | Yes |
| 2024/2025 | 1º | Globalization and Governance in International Relations | Master Degree in International Studies; | Yes |
| 2024/2025 | 1º | Phd Thesis in Political Science | Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Political Science; | No |
| 2024/2025 | 1º | Seminar in International Studies | Doctorate Degree (PhD) in International Studies; | No |
| 2024/2025 | 1º | Thesis in International Studies | Doctorate Degree (PhD) in International Studies; | No |
| 2024/2025 | 1º | Social Movements, Policies and Poetics of Gender and Sexuality | Master Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies on Gender and Sexuality; | Yes |
| 2023/2024 | 2º | Political Dynamics of the Mena Region | Institutional Degree in Escola de Sociologia e Políticas Públicas; | Yes |
| 2023/2024 | 2º | Nationalism and Ethnicity in the International System | Master Degree in International Studies; | Yes |
| 2023/2024 | 1º | Globalization and Governance in International Relations | Master Degree in International Studies; | No |
| 2023/2024 | 1º | Phd Thesis in Political Science | Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Political Science; | No |
| 2023/2024 | 1º | Seminar in International Studies | Doctorate Degree (PhD) in International Studies; | No |
| 2023/2024 | 1º | Archives and Other Sources Studies | Institutional Degree in Escola de Sociologia e Políticas Públicas; | No |
| 2022/2023 | 2º | Political Dynamics of the Mena Region | Institutional Degree in Escola de Sociologia e Políticas Públicas; | Yes |
| 2022/2023 | 2º | Seminar in International Studies | Doctorate Degree (PhD) in International Studies; | No |
| 2022/2023 | 1º | Globalization and Governance in International Relations | Master Degree in International Studies; | No |
| 2021/2022 | 2º | Political Dynamics of the Mena Region | Institutional Degree in Escola de Sociologia e Políticas Públicas; | No |
| 2021/2022 | 2º | Seminar in International Studies | Doctorate Degree (PhD) in International Studies; | No |
| 2021/2022 | 1º | Globalization and Governance in International Relations | Master Degree in International Studies; | No |
| 2020/2021 | 2º | Political Dynamics of the Mena Region | Institutional Degree in Escola de Sociologia e Políticas Públicas; | Yes |
| 2020/2021 | 1º | Globalization and Governance in International Relations | Master Degree in International Studies; | No |
| 2019/2020 | 2º | Political Dynamics of the Mena Region | -- | No |
| 2019/2020 | 1º | Globalization and Governance in International Relations | Master Degree in International Studies; | No |
| 2018/2019 | 2º | Political Dynamics of the Mena Region | -- | No |
| 2018/2019 | 1º | The Middle East in World Politics | -- | No |
| 2017/2018 | 2º | Political Dynamics of the Mena Region | -- | No |
| 2016/2017 | 2º | Political Dynamics of the Mena Region | -- | No |
| 2015/2016 | 2º | Political Dynamics of the Mena Region | -- | No |
Integrated Researcher
CEI-Iscte - Centre for International Studies
(ESPP)
[Democracy, Activism and Citizenship]
Office AA2.11
Teaching Activities
Supervisions
Ph.D. Thesis (12)
Ongoing (11)
| Student Name | Title/Topic | Language | Status | Institution | Initial Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ana Mónica Gomes Pereira Canário | English | Developing | Iscte | -- | |
| Sophia Maria Kelsch | "More than just a scarf":#KeffiyehThursday and the cybercultures of resistance beyond the borders of Palestine | English | Developing | Iscte | 2024 |
| João Pedro das Neves Silva de Oliveira Borralho | Hunger strikes in Palestine: Resisting military occupation, administrative detention and carceral power | English | Developing | Iscte | 2022 |
| Abbas Ismail | International mediation strategies in the middle east conflicts: Effective settlement in Lebanon vs. Divisive stalemate in Syria | English | Delivered | Iscte | 2022 |
| Wael Zboun | The European Role in setting the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: The Israeli settlements products at EU markets as a framework | English | Developing | Iscte | 2022 |
| José Manuel Rosendo Rodrigues | Projetos Curdos na Síria e no Iraque, autonomia, idenpendência e pan-curdismo (2011-2020) | Portuguese | Developing | Iscte | 2022 |
| Makbule Evin Öztasdönderen | Turkey-PKK Conflict: 2015 Failed Process and its Impact on the Kurdish Question | English | Developing | Iscte | 2022 |
| Annelien Groten | The impact of local coping strategies in refugee camps in the Gaza Strip. | English | Developing | Iscte | 2019 |
| Joana Sofia Rafael Pereira | Afghan Women in the Diaspora: Resistance Against the Taliban’s Gendered Oppression Post-2021 | English | Developing | Iscte | -- |
| Ashley Ann Beatrice Dell'Orso | Against Whiteness, Towards Abolition-Democracy: Dialogues on Race in U.S. Universities | English | Developing | Iscte | -- |
| Carolina Anjos Fernandes | From Spanish Colonialism to Moroccan Occupation: The Influence of Colonial Capitalism On the Role of Sahrawi Women Today | English | Developing | Iscte | -- |
Concluded (1)
| Student Name | Title/Topic | Language | Institution | Initial Year | Concluding Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annelien Groten | Between Aid and Action: Aid, empowerment and resistance amongst fishermen in Gaza Strip. | English | Iscte | 2019 | 2022 |
M.Sc. Dissertations (51)
Ongoing (12)
| Student Name | Title/Topic | Language | Status | Institution | Initial Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nolwenn Martins | Portraying the Invisible: Media Coverage of Sex Trafficking in Cyprus | English | Delivered | Iscte | 2024 |
| Giulia Nicolini | A study on the portrayal of Israel/Palestine in Italian Schoolbooks | English | Developing | Università di Bologna | 2019 |
| Laila Letafat | The Role of UN Women in Supporting Women’s Rights in Afghanistan under Taliban Rule. | Developing | Iscte | 2025 | |
| Helen Ulrike Petra Bucher | Cultural Resistance & Identity Preservation: The Kufiya in the Palestinian Struggle for Liberation | Developing | Iscte | 2025 | |
| Eira Witsø | Suppressing food sovereignty - why the Israeli settler colonial project depends on weakening Palestinian food sovereignty | Developing | Iscte | 2025 | |
| Ivone Da Assunção Simões | Challenging European responsibility: the transnational activism of the Global Sumud Flotilla | Developing | Iscte | 2025 | |
| Aya Esam Abdusllam Ftais | Masters Dissertation | Developing | Iscte | 2025 | |
| Catarina Roldão Correia | A feminist critical discourse analysis of Jordan’s discourse toward the West Bank (1994-2024) | Developing | Iscte | 2025 | |
| Catarina Frankl Borges Sabino Reino | The Political Economy of Asymmetry: Economic Disparities, Dependency, and Media Framing in the Israel-Palestine Conflict | Developing | Iscte | 2024 | |
| Inês Maria Costa Pereirinha | Estudo de como as políticas adotadas pelos governos após ataques terroristas violam os direitos humanos, com especial foco nos direitos das mulheres. Análise mais aprofundada sobre o caso de França e Reino Unido. | English | Developing | Iscte | 2020 |
| Abbas Ismail | Diplomacia de fronteira marítima entre o Líbano e Israel - uma análise de conteúdo sobre fontes primárias | English | Developing | Iscte | 2020 |
| João Miguel Gomes de Almeida Gama Costa | Ação das ONG's na Crise de Refugiados | English | Developing | Iscte | 2020 |
Concluded (39)
| Student Name | Title/Topic | Language | Institution | Initial Year | Concluding Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daria Ospishcheva | Doing Citizenship by Leaving: Political, Ethical, and Aesthetic Acts among Post 2022 Russian Emigrants | English | Iscte | 2024 | 2025 |
| Lea Chiara Pacher | The EU as a (re)producer of colonial continuity? The externalisation of migration to Lebanon and its implications for Syrian refugees’ social realities | English | Iscte | 2024 | 2025 |
| Marta Cristina Santos Dias | "Hybrid Peace": The Perpetuation of Neo-Orientalist Discourses in Peace-building | English | Iscte | 2024 | 2024 |
| Eliana Pessoa do Nascimento Isik | Self-Perception and Stereotypes of Muslim Women in the Context of Humanitarian Action in Turkey. | Portuguese | Iscte | 2024 | 2024 |
| Iara Matos Costa Cristelo | Beyond the Impasse: The UN Security Council Blockade and the Impact on UNRWA's Humanitarian Mission to Protect Civilians in Gaza | Portuguese | Iscte | 2024 | 2024 |
| Shrinwanti Mistri | Transnational feminist solidarity with #MahsaAmini: A postcolonial feminist analysis of digitalfeminist activism during Iran’s 2022 Woman Life Freedom uprisings | English | Iscte | 2024 | 2024 |
| Amro Majdi Fathi Fatayer | How the Portuguese News Media Presented Palestine and Palestinians Post-October 2023: Público and Diário de Notícias as a Case Study | English | Iscte | 2024 | 2024 |
| Oceana da Silva Ferreira | Portugal's 'Law of Return': Selective Reparation and Diplomatic Instrumentalisation | Portuguese | Iscte | 2024 | 2024 |
| Rita Matias Bento | Settler Colonialism and the ongoing Nakba of the Palestinian People: The case of Masafer Yatta | English | Iscte | 2024 | 2024 |
| Filipe Daniel Cantanhede Neves | Social Media and the Israeli-Palestinian question: An analysis of the main narrative themes of the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas on X during the May 2021 crisis | English | Iscte | 2024 | 2024 |
| Francisca Laranjeira Martins Reina | Can the Palestinian speak? Global power hierarchies, silences and resistances in the Women, Peace and Security agenda | English | Iscte | 2024 | 2024 |
| Ana Rita Monteiro Coelho | Decolonisation of Knowledge: Exploring the Decolonisation of Development Cooperation Evaluation | English | Iscte | 2022 | 2023 |
| Carolina Anjos Fernandes | Sahrawi women?s resistance in the refugee camps and in the Spanish diaspora | English | Iscte | 2023 | 2023 |
| Megumi Takai | Intersectional Feminism and the Ultra-Right: Feminist Movements Against Bolsonaro in Portugal | English | Iscte | 2023 | 2023 |
| Joana Sofia Rafael Pereira | Afghan Women and Structural Violence: the implication of discourse in the War on Terror | English | Iscte | 2023 | 2023 |
| Joana Filipa Salgueiro Pereira | The internal denial of the existence of an Apartheid system: The case of Israel | English | Iscte | 2021 | 2022 |
| Daniela Alexandre Azevedo da Silva | The Deconstruction of the Israeli Militarism: From Its Historic Foundation to Contemporary Attempts of Demilitarising Israeli Society | English | Iscte | 2021 | 2022 |
| Sophia Maria Kelsch | Digital Resistance: #SaveSheikhJarrah and the role of Palestinian Activism on Social Media | English | Iscte | 2021 | 2022 |
| Marleen Kathrin Schneider | Military Cooperation - Legitimising US Involvement in Yemen | English | Iscte | 2021 | 2022 |
| Ana Margarida Quintas Rosado | Reception and integration of refugees and asylum seekers in Portugal: what is the role of the local power? | Portuguese | Iscte | 2020 | 2022 |
| Inês Maria Costa Pereirinha | Human Rights Violations on Post Terrorrist Attacks Situations. | English | Iscte | 2020 | 2021 |
| Faten Ben Slimane | Is Tunisia really in the process of democratization? | English | Iscte | 2020 | 2021 |
| João Miguel Gomes de Almeida Gama Costa | Médecins Sans Frontières and the limitations of Humanitarian Aid: (Filling a gap) | English | Iscte | 2020 | 2021 |
| Myriam Garas | Gender, Nationalism and Revolution: The case of Kurdish Women in Rojava | English | Iscte | 2020 | 2021 |
| Abbas Ismail | A Conflict Analysis on the Maritime Border Dispute between Lebanon & Israel | English | Iscte | 2020 | 2021 |
| Ana Mafalda Sintrão Young | Art as Resistance in Palestine: Graffiti in the Struggle Against the Israeli Occupation | English | Iscte | 2018 | 2020 |
| Bernadette Dangl | How Identity and Role Influence Russian Foreign Policy Behavior in the Middle East:A Focus on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | English | Iscte | 2019 | 2020 |
| João Pedro das Neves Silva de Oliveira Borralho | Egyptian-Israeli Relations: past, present and future in Gaza Strip. | English | Iscte | 2019 | 2020 |
| Elisabete Júlio Domingues | The role of women in conflict resolution: the case of Yemen | English | Iscte | 2019 | 2020 |
| Tatiana Andreia Mota Pires de Aguiar Trilho | How Burman privilege excludes the Rohingya from the contemporary Myanmar society | English | Iscte | 2018 | 2020 |
| Claire Felix | When human rights are negotiable. An anthropological approach towards Greek asylum and migration policies. | English | Iscte | 2019 | 2020 |
| Joana Vilela Fernandes | Robot citizenship and women's rights: the case of Sophia the robot in Saudi Arabia | English | Iscte | 2019 | 2020 |
| José Alberto Abreu do Souto | How did the Post-September 11 War on Terrorism contribute to the securitization of American and British Humanitarian Aid to Yemen? | Portuguese | Iscte | 2018 | 2019 |
| Carolina Silva Duarte Sequeira | GENDERED CONFLICT: WHERE WERE THE WOMEN DURING THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE? - VICTIMS, PERPETRATORS AND PEACEMAKERS | English | Iscte | 2019 | 2019 |
| Lisa Charline Barrière | Between patriarchal Islam and Islamophobia: a comparison between the emancipation models of Muslim women in Morocco and in France | English | Iscte | 2018 | 2019 |
| Maria Maddalena Settembrini | The proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia: the case of the Yemeni Civil War | English | Iscte | 2019 | 2019 |
| Nina Jerak | Upcoming Spring for Reproductive Rights and Health in Tunisia and Egypt?A Comparative Analysis of Reproductive Rights and Health Before and After the 2011 Arab Spring | English | Iscte | 2017 | 2018 |
| Enrico Matteo Rosati | The role of women in the juxtaposition between Islam and Political Islam. Unveiling Arabian Nights. | English | Iscte | 2017 | 2018 |
| Ruth Esther Schwarz | The impact of religion on political decision-making in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. | English | Iscte | 2018 | 2018 |
M.Sc. Traineeship Reports (2)
Concluded (2)
| Student Name | Title/Topic | Language | Institution | Initial Year | Concluding Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ana Margarida Roberto | The environment is gendered: the case of Nigeria | English | Iscte | 2020 | 2020 |
| Abbas Ismail | Maritime Border Diplomacy between Lebanon and Israel | English | Iscte | 2020 | 2020 |
