Academic Management Positions
Position Unit/Area Begin Date End Date
Director Doctorate Degree (PhD) in African Studies 2024-12-05 2026-12-04
Director Doctorate Degree (PhD) in African Studies 2022-12-05 2024-12-04
Coordenador Department of Anthropology 2021-09-01 2022-05-21
Coordenador Department of Anthropology 2019-08-01 2021-08-01
Coordenador Department of Anthropology 2016-02-26 2018-09-01
Coordenador Postgraduate Seminar in Factory of Ideas 2014-09-01 2015-05-02
Presidente Comissão Científica 2013-07-17 2016-07-17
Director Center for International Studies 2013-07-17 2016-07-17
Director [047] Development and Global Health 2011-09-01 2013-02-01
Membro (Docente) Plenário do Conselho Científico 2010-10-01 2014-11-25
Director [047] Development and Global Health 2010-09-01 2011-08-01
Director Centro de Estudos Africanos (CEA-IUL) 2010-05-25 2013-07-17
Presidente Comissão Científica 2010-05-25 2013-07-17
Professional Associations
Association Period
AEGIS Since 2015
GIS - Grupo Imigração e Saúde 2007 - 2012
Centro de Estudos Africanos - IUL 2005 - 2013
Organization/Coordination of Events
Type of Organization/Coordination Event Type Event Title Organizer Period
Member of scientific event committee Conference 11th Iberian Congress of African Studies (CIEA11) Centro de História - FLUL 2020
Member of scientific event committee Conference Cacheu, way of slaves. Stories and memories of slavery and trafficking in West Africa Centro de História, UNIARQ 2020
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference Portugal and the PALOP: Education Cooperation (COOPEDU) CEI-IUL 2018
Member of scientific event committee Conference 10º Congresso Ibérico de Estudos Africanos Universidade de Granada 2018
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Conference International Conference on FGM/C CEI-IUL 2017
Member of scientific event committee Conference I MAP-FGM International Seminar, Madrid, 3-4th February 2017 Universidade Rey Juan Carlos 2017
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL Conference 5th European Conference of African Studies CEI-IUL 2013
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL Conference Género e Pluralismo Terapêutico. Acesso das mulheres aos cuidados de saúde privados em Africa 2013
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) outside of ISCTE-IUL Conference Health and governance in sub-Saharan Africa 2013
Member of scientific event committee Conference SIEF (Societé Internationale d?Ethnologie et de Folklore) 10th Congress: Lisbon, 18-21 April 2011 2011
Member of scientific event committee Conference A Prevenção e Resolução de Conflitos em Africa 2011
Scientific Editing/Reviewing Activities
Type of Activity Journal Title Journal ISSN Quartile Period Language
Scientific journal editor Cadernos Estudos Africanos 1645-3794 Q4 Since 2016 Portuguese
Member of scientific journal editing staff Méthod(e)s: African Review of Social Sciences Methodology 2375-4753 -- Since 2015 English
External Professional Activities
Employer Country Description Period
A3ES Portugal (Lisboa) President (Evaluation of the undergraduate and graduate degrees in African Studies in Portugal) 2021
FCT Portugal (Lisboa) Jury member (Evaluation panel for Politcal Science) 2020 - 2023
Diffusion Activities
Activity Type Event Title Activity Description Year
Participation in general diffusion news tv show Lusophone Education Participation in the Civil Society program (RTP2) on education in the PALOP and PALOP students studying in Portugal 2022
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Research and Teaching of Humanitarian Action in Universities in Portuguese-Speaking Countries Covid in Africa. Communication 2021
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Clara Carvalho and Antónia Barreto. 2020. Technical and vocational education and the labour market in Guinea-Bissau. Communication to the conference Africa Knows, 2020. Panel G41. Online, December 15. https://www.africaknows.eu 2020
Publication in general diffusion news outlet Carvalho, Clara. 2020. COVID-19 em África. Porque se espera sempre o pior? Blogue Antropia. Blog entry 2020
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event Clara Carvalho 2020. FGM in Africa: health or human rights policies? Clara Carvalho 2020. FGM in Africa: health or human rights policies?Communication to the seminar "Cicatriz de uma mulher: um olhar sobre a Mutilação Genital Feminina", HeForShe Coimbra, December 12 2020