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| 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 |
| IUAES Commission on Nomadic Peoples | Chair | 2025 - 2029 |
Office AA3.38
Research Networks
Professional Associations
| Association | Period |
|---|---|
| IUAES Comission on Nomadic Peoples | 2024 - 2025 |
| 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 | Conference (forthcoming): V Encontro Bienal de Antropologia do Ambiente, Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa. January 30-31, 2025. S | CIAS, CES, CEI-Iscte, SGL | 2025 |
| Member of scientific event committee | Conference | Environment and Religion Panel (Convenor). V Encontro Bienal de Antropologia do Ambiente, Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa. January 30-31, 2025. | CIAS, CES, CEI-Iscte, SGL | 2025 |
| Member of scientific event's organizing committee | Conference | V Encontro Bienal de Antropologia do Ambiente, Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa. January 30-31, 2025. | CIAS, CES, CEI-Iscte, SGL | 2025 |
| Member of scientific event committee | Conference | IX Iberian Primatological Conference - Beyond Boundaries: Integrating Primate Research. Vila do Conde, Portugal, November 21-23, 2024 | APP-Portuguese Primatological Association | 2024 |
| Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL | Debate Session | Public roundtable (forthcoming): Roundtable: A conversation on mobile pastoralism in Kenya, Mongolia and Portugal. Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA-UL). A Mystical Natures project event. Nov. 11, 2024. Organizer (with Miguel Bugalho, ISA). | MYNA project; CEI, ISCTE-IUL; CEABN, ISA-UL | 2024 |
| Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL | Conference | Pastoralism in Transition: Exploring intersections of religious and environmental changes | Centro de Estudos Internacionais (CEI), ISCTE-IUL | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Member of scientific event committee | Conference | "Centro de Estudos Internacionais: 10 Anos" Conference ("10 Years of the Center for International Studies") Conference | Since 2023 | |
| Member of non-scientific event's organizing committee | Conference | 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). | 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 non-scientific event's organizing committee | Workshop | Covid-19 in Drylands Participatory Conference, Maasai-Mara, Kenya | 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's organizing committee | Conference | II Annual Meeting of Environmental Anthropology | Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa | 2021 |
| Member of scientific event 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 |
| Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL | Workshop | Mystical Natures science retreat and seminar, Quinta dos Salgueiros, Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal (MYNA Project, FCT) | 2021 | |
| Member of non-scientific event's organizing committee | Conference | The impacts of Covid-19 on tourism and conservation in dryland communities. Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) Anthropology and Conservation Virtual Conference 2021 | 2021 | |
| Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL | Conference | Deserts & Fire Conference, Portugal | 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 non-scientific event's organizing committee | Seminar or Seminar Cycle | Pastoralist-to-Pastoralist International Virtual Forum on Covid-19 - Featuring pastoralists from Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia & Tanzania | 2021 | |
| Member of non-scientific event's organizing committee | Other Type of Event | 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 Virtual Meeting (Africa and Covid-19 Series) | 2020 | |
| 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 non-scientific event's organizing committee | Workshop | Workshop: Drylands Facing Change COST Action 16233 - Working Group 1 meeting (Climate change, Food security and Migration) | 2020 | |
| Member of scientific event committee | Workshop | Drylands Facing Change COST Action Working Group 1 meeting | University of Nis | 2020 |
| Member of scientific event's organizing committee | Congress | VII Iberian Primatology Conference organization (member of the Organizing Committee) | 2019 | |
| 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 |
| Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL | Seminar or Seminar Cycle | Organizer of "Drylands Facing Change" Seminar | 2019 | |
| Member of scientific event's organizing committee | -- | Vth Iberian Primatology Conference | Associacao Portuguesa de Primatologia | 2015 |
| Member of scientific event committee | -- | Vth Iberian Primatology Conference, Evora, Portugal | Associacao Portuguesa de Primatologia | 2015 |
| Member of scientific event's organizing committee | Congress | V Congresso Iberico de Primatologia, Evora | 2015 | |
| Member of scientific event's organizing committee | Congress | Ist Iberian Primatology Conference -"Iberian Primatology: Present and Future Challenges” (Peniche, Portugal) | 2006 - 2007 | |
| Member of scientific event's organizing committee | -- | Ist Iberian Primatology Conference | Associacao Portuguesa de Primatologia | -- |
Awards
| Award Description | Year |
|---|---|
| 2023 ISCTE R&D Award (EUR 680.67 for 2022 article) | 2023 |
| 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-I&D 2023 (EUR 680) | 2022 |
| CEI-Iscte R&D Award | 2021 |
| ISCTE-IUL Scientific Award (EUR3000) | 2021 |
| CEI-Iscte R&D Award (EUR 560) | 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 |
| ISCTE-IUL R&D Award (EUR 3000) | 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 |
| COVID-19 Working Groups for Public Health and Social Sciences Research Award (USD 1000) | 2020 |
| USA@PT Grant (FLAD) | 2019 |
| PT@USA Grant (FLAD) | 2015 |
| 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 |
| The Wenner-Gren Foundation Global Network Travel Award | 2013 |
| The Jean Rouch Award for Collaborative Filmmaking (American Anthroplogical Association) | 2013 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) Short Research Methods Course (Competitive Award) | 2012 |
| CAPP-ISCSP Travel Grant | 2011 |
| "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 |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) Student Travel Award | 2008 |
| Best Graduate Student Oral Presentation Award, Front Range Student Ecology Symposium, Colorado State University | 2008 |
| HP Research Support (in-kind) | 2008 |
| The Society for Conservation Biology Travel Award | 2007 |
| FLAD Short Term Research Grant | 2007 |
| The Society for Conservation Biology Travel Award | 2006 |
| Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento (FLAD) Travel Grant | 2006 |
| Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Post-Graduation Award (BIO) | 2003 |
| USAID - Global Livestock-CRSP Travel Award | 2002 |
| 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 | LAND | 2073-445X | Q2 | -- | English |
| Member of scientific journal editing staff | SUSTAINABILITY | 2071-1050 | Q2 | -- | English |
| Scientific journal editor | Nomadic Peoples (Special issue on COVID-19 and pastoralists) | 1752-2366 | Q2 | -- | Portuguese |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coordination of knowledge diffusion event | 2024 European Researchers' Night: Tasting the Global Drylands: The sweet and salty milk teas of Kenyan and Mongolian pastoralists | This activity will provide the audience with a sensory experience of Kenya and Mongolian dryland lifestyles through the tasting of two types of milk tea that are key staples in the daily lives of Kenyan and Mongolian pastoralists. Kenyan Maasai chai is is made of cow/sheep's milk, black tea leaves, sugar and sometimes spices or herbs. Mongolian süütei tsai is made with cow's milk, black/green/herbal tea leaves, toasted millet and gem salt. The audience will have the opportunity to sample both | 2024 |
| Coordination of knowledge diffusion event | Roundtable: A conversation on Kenyan, Mongolian and Portuguese pastoralism | A round table at the Instituto Superior de Agronomia with the participation of MYNA project team members Batbuyan Batjav (Mongolia), Stanley ole Neboo, Richard ole Supeet and Lenaai ole Mowuo (Kenya) and guest Júlio Sá Rego. Co-organized with Prof. Miguel Bugalho. | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Member of organizing committee of knowledge diffusion event | Ciencia Viva - Programa Criar Futuro | Climate change module for secundary school students | 2019 |
| 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 |
| 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 Minoh Association for Global Awareness (MAFGA), Osaka, Japan | 2016 |
| 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 – 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 | Amboseli then and now - Pentecostalism and environmental changes | Photo-podcast #6, Mystical Natures Project (MYNA, FCT) - https://vimeo.com/1060845415?fl=pl&fe=vl&pgroup=plv | 2025 |
| Art Installation/Exhibition/Performance | Global change - Local Transformations: Life and ecological knowledge through the lenses of rice farmers in Guinea-Bissau | Invited participatory photo exhibit, Danish Institute for Advanced Study, University of Southern Denmark | 2025 |
| Digital Materials or Audiovisual Resources | Podcast: Rain and Ovoo worship in the Mongolian mountains | Photo-podcast #3, Mystical Natures Project (MYNA, FCT) | 2024 |
| Other Products | Online data set: Mobilities and Socialities: Covid-19 in the Drylands of Africa and Beyond | COVID-19 in Drylands project’s data set contributed to the Digital Research Environment of the Cluster of Excellence "Africa Multiple: Reconfiguring African Studies", University of Bayreuth, Germany. Co-coordinator (with C. Samimi and M. Vazquez Llamas). https://rdspace.uni-bayreuth.de/home; https://www.wisski.uni-bayreuth.de/ [Awaiting DOI] | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
