Research Networks
Research Network Name Representative Role Period
COST ACtion Drylands Facing (CA16233) WG1 co-chair; Core group member; Management Committee member 2016 - 2021
Social Science Extreme Event Research Network Investigadora Since 2018
Covid-19 in African, Asian and North American Drylands Working Group Lead 2020 - 2022
Drylands Facing Change COST Action Management Committee member; Core group member; WG1 co-chair 2021 - 2022
Professional Associations
Association Period
European Association of Social Anthropologists Since 2024
The International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture Since 2024
Portuguese Primatological Association Since 2005
Organization/Coordination of Events
Type of Organization/Coordination Event Type Event Title Organizer Period
Member of scientific event committee Conference CEI-ISCTE 10 years anniversary conference Centro de Estudos Internacionais (CEI), ISCTE-IUL 2023
Member of scientific event committee Conference IV Encontro Anual de Antropologia do Ambiente Universidade de Coimbra 2023
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Other Type of Event Co-convenor (with Catarina Casanova, UL, and Nazaré Ceita, U. Sao Tomé e Príncipe) of Panel HP09 - Local responses to global environment challenges: case studies from Sub-Saharan Africa (West and Central) at ADI CEsA Lisbon Conference 2023: Towards New Rhythms of Development, July 10th-13th, 2023. European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI). EADI and CESA, ISEG-Lisbon School of Economics and Management 2023
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL Conference Covid-19 in Drylands Conference, Maasai Mara, Kenya University of Bayreuth 2022
Member of scientific event committee Congress VIIIth Iberian Primatological Conference Asociación Primatológica de Espanola (APE); Associacao Portuguesa de Primatologia (APA); Faculty of Psychology, University of Barcelona 2022 - 2023
Member of scientific event committee Congress The Commons We Want: Between Historical Legacies and Future Collective Actions", Nairobi, Kenya International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) 2022 - 2023
Member of scientific event committee Congress III Annual Environmental Anthropology Meeting ISCSP; Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa 2022
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Seminar or Seminar Cycle Seminar in International Studies: What does it mean to decolonize conservation? Reflections with Maasai in East Africa (Mara J. Goldman) Centro de Estudos Internacionais (CEI), ISCTE-IUL Since 2022
Member of scientific event committee Other Type of Event Co-convenor of Panel "The impacts of Covid-19 on tourism and conservation in dryland communities" at the RAI Anthropology and Conservation Virtual Conference Royal Anthropological Institute 2021
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Workshop Mystical Natures science retreat, Quinta dos Salgueiros, Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal Centro de Estudos Internacionais (CEI), ISCTE-IUL 2021
Member of scientific event committee Conference II Annual Meeting of Environmental Anthropology Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa 2021
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Conference II Annual Meeting of Environmental Anthropology Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa 2021
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL Workshop Deserts and Fire Workshop ISCTE, U. Oxford, U. Padua, ISA 2021
Member of scientific event committee Workshop Pastoralist-to-Pastoralist International Virtual Forum on Covid-19 - Featuring pastoralists from Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia & Tanzania University of Oxford 2021
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Other Type of Event ASA The Africa and COVID-19 Series Panel: Drylands facing Covid-19: Collaborative research on gendered impacts, electoral politics and local (mis)understandings of the pandemic in dryland Eastern Africa African Studies Association 2020
Member of scientific event committee Workshop Drylands Facing Change COST Action Working Group 1 meeting University of Nis 2020
Member of scientific event committee Congress VIIth Iberian Primatology Conference Associacao Portuguesa de Primatologia 2019
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Congress VIIth Iberian Primatology Conference Associacao Portuguesa de Primatologia 2019
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL Other Type of Event COST Action 16233 (Drylands Facing Change: Interdisciplinary Research on Climate Change, Food Insecurity, Political Instability) General Assembly Centro de Estudos Internacionais em colaboracao com a Universidade de Evora 2019
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Seminar or Seminar Cycle Drylands Facing Change Seminar Centro de Estudos Internacionais 2019
Member of scientific event committee -- Vth Iberian Primatology Conference, Evora, Portugal Associacao Portuguesa de Primatologia 2015
Member of scientific event's organizing committee -- Vth Iberian Primatology Conference Associacao Portuguesa de Primatologia 2015
Member of scientific event's organizing committee -- Ist Iberian Primatology Conference Associacao Portuguesa de Primatologia --
Awards
Award Description Year
Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence Grant, University of Bayreuth (EUR 124,716.60) - https://www.africamultiple.uni-bayreuth.de/en/Research/1research-sections/mobilities/Covid-19/index.html 2022
CEI-Iscte R&D Award 2021
ISCTE-IUL Scientific Award (EUR3000) 2021
CU Population Center Faculty Affiliate Seed Grant (University of Colorado) (USD 10,000) 2021
COVID-19 Quick Response Research Award (USD 4,500) 2020
COVID-19 Working Groups for Public Health and Social Sciences Research Award - National Science Foundation-funded Social Science Extreme Events Research (SSEER) network and the CONVERGE facility at the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder (USD 1,000) https://converge.colorado.edu/working-groups/covid-19-in-african-asian-and-north-american-drylands/ 2020
The Jean Rouch Award for Collaborative Filmmaking, the Society for Visual Anthropology (American Anthropological Association) Award shared with Maasai research collaborators/filmmakers (Narok, Kenya) 2013
"Through our Eyes: A Maasai Photographic Journey": Official Selection at the 2010 Colorado Environmental Film Festival, Golden, USA 2010
Outstanding Achievement Award, Colorado State University Media Festival, Colorado State University 2010
Best Graduate Student Oral Presentation Award, Front Range Student Ecology Symposium, Colorado State University 2008
James E. Ellis Graduate Mentorship Program Award, USAID - Global Livestock- Collaborative Research Support Program (GL-CRSP) 2002
Scientific Editing/Reviewing Activities
Type of Activity Journal Title Journal ISSN Quartile Period Language
Member of scientific journal editing staff SUSTAINABILITY 2071-1050 Q2 -- English
Member of scientific journal editing staff LAND 2073-445X Q2 -- English
External Professional Activities
Employer Country Description Period
A3ES Portugal External Assessment Team Member for new Master Degree in Anthropology, Globalization and Climate Change, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal (External Assessment Team Member for new Master Degree in Anthropology, Globalization and Climate Change, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal) 2021
Resource Equity and the Women's Land Rights Research Consortium United States of America Consultant 2019
Fauna and Flora International United Kingdom (Cambridge, UK) Consultant (Trainer in participatory photography for biodiversity conservation) Since 2018
University of Colorado-Boulder (Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, UC-Boulder) & Department of Geography, UC-Boulder) United States of America (Boulder, CO) Consultant (Consultant, Examining Processes of Knowledge Coproduction for Climate Adaptation in East Africa project, National Science Foundation Grant #1354542 ) 2014 - 2015
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Kenya (Nairobi) Consultant (Consultant at Pastoral Livelihoods and Wildlife Conservation Project) 2004
Diffusion Activities
Activity Type Event Title Activity Description Year
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Mystical Natures: Exploring connections betweens environmental and religious changes in Mongolia Public seminar at the Lisbon Geographic Society (Anthropology Section) 2023
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Oportunities and Advantages of Participating in a COST Action - A researcher's experience: Joana Roque de Pinho, Drylands Facing Change CA 16233 COST Actions 2022 Info Session - International research networks opportunities 2022
Participation in general diffusion news tv show Be a Global Citizen Podcast Interviewed for Podcast Be a Global Citizen! 2021
Participation in general diffusion news tv show "Antes de Mim" Documentary - Episode 9 I was main protagonist of “Antes de mim”, a documentary focusing on my grandfather, Jorge Roque de Pinho, a hunter and conservationist, and my career as an environmental social scientist 2020
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event European Researchers Night Virtual roundtable 2020
Participation in general diffusion news tv show TV interview, RTP-Africa TV Interview for RTP-Africa on Lake Chad, climate change and natural resource-based conflict 2019
Member of organizing committee of knowledge diffusion event Ciencia Viva - Programa Criar Futuro Climate change module for secundary school students 2019
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Documentary screening and debate: Utcho Cora documentary Invited discussant "Utcho Cora", a documentary on climate change and rice production in Parque Natural dos Tarrafes do Rio Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau. Bagabaga Productions. Associação Renovar a Mouraria, May 12th, 2018, Lisbon, Portugal [Public event] 2018
Coordination of knowledge diffusion event Voices of Cantanhez Participatory photo exhibit (co-elaborated with Bissau-Guinean farmers/photographers) at the School of Foreign Studies, Osaka University, Japan 2016
Coordination of knowledge diffusion event Voices of Cantanhez Participatory photo exhibit (co-elaborated with Bissau-Guinean farmers/photographers) at Minoh Association for Global Awareness (MAFGA), Osaka, Japan 2016
Coordination of knowledge diffusion event Voices of Cantanhez – a participatory photo exhibit on socio-ecological changes in Guinea-Bissau Co-curator (with the Fotógrafos of Cabambol) Escola Dr. Manuel Fernandes, Abrantes, Portugal Participatory photo exhibit (co-elaborated with Bissau-Guinean farmers/photographers) at Escola Dr. Manuel Fernandes, Abrantes, Portugal 2015
Coordination of knowledge diffusion event Voices of Cantanhez – a National Park Narrated by its Inhabitants Participatory photo exhibit (co-elaborated with Bissau-Guinean farmers/photographers) at LARGO Residencias Artísticas, Lisbon, Portugal 2015
Products
Product Type Product Title Detailed Description Year
Digital Materials or Audiovisual Resources Podcast: Rain and Ovoo worship in the Mongolian mountains Photo-podcast #3, Mystical Natures Project (MYNA, FCT) 2024
Digital Materials or Audiovisual Resources Land, Churches, and Maasai Culture - Fieldork in Kenya Photo-podcast #2, Mystical Natures Project (MYNA, FCT) 2023
Digital Materials or Audiovisual Resources MYNA: Exploring Religious and Environmental Changes in Drylands MYNA project website https://myna-project.cei.iscte-iul.pt/ 2023
Digital Materials or Audiovisual Resources Podcast: Reflections on fieldwork in Mongolia – MYNA Project Photo-Podcast #1 https://vimeo.com/813171866 Podcast, FCT Project Mystical Natures (PTDC/SOC ANT/2990/2020) 2023
Art Installation/Exhibition/Performance Voices of Cantanhez Invited photo exhibit, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidadde de Coimbra (2-3 Nov. 2023), Seminario Intercalar do projecto FCT MARGINS 2023
Digital Materials or Audiovisual Resources Of God, Rain and Motorbikes: Change in the East African Drylands A short video (3:34 min.) exploring conflicting perspectives on climate change and other transformations in a Kenyan Maasai community and livelihood options, that I directed & produced for the USAID-funded project Pastoral Transformations to Resilient Futures: Understanding Climate from the ground Up 2013
Art Installation/Exhibition/Performance Maasai Voices on Climate Change (and other changes, too) Participatory documentary. Society for Visual Anthropology's Jean Rouch Award for Collaborative Filmmaking (2013) 2013
Digital Materials or Audiovisual Resources Pastoralist Voices on Climate Change Short video on the collaborative approach of the USAID-funded Pastoralist Transformations to Resilient Futures: Understanding Climate from the Ground Up project (Colorado State University), addressing climate change- related issues in the East African rangelands. 2011
Art Installation/Exhibition/Performance Through Our Eyes: a Maasai Photographic Journey Documentary (30 minutes), directed by Lindsay Simpson & Joana Roque de Pinho. Output of a Center for Collaborative Conservation Fellowship Project at Colorado State University 2010