Professional Associations
Association Period
Member of HEAL-Network for the Ethnography of Healing. Since 2021
ISARS-International Society for Academic Research on Shamanism Since 2015
ISARS-International Society for Academic Research on Shamanism Since 2015
SIEF- International Society for Ethnology and Folklore Since 2014
SIEF- International Society for Ethnology and Folklore Since 2014
APA-Portuguese Association of Anthropology Since 2013
Greek Society of Ethnology Since 2010
EASA-European Association of Social Anthropologists Since 2006
EASA-European Association of Social Anthropologists Since 2006
Organization/Coordination of Events
Type of Organization/Coordination Event Type Event Title Organizer Period
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Congress Panel: Challenges, Uncertainties and Resistances in Contemporary Religion and Spirituality (with A. Panagiotopoulos). 8th APA Congress, Évora, Portugal, 9 September 2022. 2022
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Congress International Conference of the International Society for Academic Study on Shamanism (ISARS). Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, 25-28 August 2022. ISARS 2022
Coordination of scientific event (with scientific committee) at ISCTE-IUL Debate Session Roundtable "What is New about Neo-Shamanism?". NAR-CRIA e ISARS 2021
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Congress 4rth International Conference of the International Society for Academic Study on Shamanism (ISARS). 2021
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Conference 'Exploring Sacred Landscapes: Religio-Spiritual Challenges, Environmental Challenges'. One-day Conference, organized by NAR-Núcleo de Antropologia da Religião (Network for the Anthropology of Religion), Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA). Member of the Organizing and Scientific Committee (with Joana Martins, Anastasios Panagiotopoulos, Anna Fedele). Lisbon, Portugal, 29 June 2021. 2021
Member of scientific event's organizing committee Seminar or Seminar Cycle Webinar Series of NAR-Núcleo de Antropologia da Religião (Network for the Anthropology of Religion), Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA), March-December 2021, Lisbon, Portugal 2021 - 2022
Member of scientific event committee -- 3rd International Conference of ISARS: 'Relations, connections, cosmologies: shamanism and spirit possession under the ethnographic lens' Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 2019
Member of scientific event's organizing committee -- 3rd International Conference of ISARS: 'Relations, connections, cosmologies: shamanism and spirit possession under the ethnographic lens' Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 2019
Member of non-scientific event's organizing committee -- Panel organized 'Fluidity and transformation in contemporary religiosity: re-tracking the sacred in a changing world',(with Denise Lombardi) at the 14th SIEF Congress, 4-17 April 2019, Theme: Track Changes: Reflecting on a Transforming World. Santiago de Compostela, Spain. 2019
Member of scientific event committee -- 12th International Conference of the International Society for Academic Study on Shamanism: 'Sacred Landscapes and Conflict Transformation: History, Space, Place and Power in Shamanism' Universidade de Panteion e Universidade de Atenas 2015
Member of scientific event committee -- 11th International Conference of the SIEF Working Group on Ethnology of Religion: 'Making Sense of Religion: Performance, Art and Experience' CRIA (NAR) e FCSH-UNL 2014
Member of scientific event's organizing committee -- 11th International Conference of the SIEF Working Group on Ethnology of Religion: 'Making Sense of Religion: Performance, Art and Experience' CRIA (NAR) e FCSH-UNL 2014
Member of non-scientific event's organizing committee Other Type of Event Panel organized ‘Creativity and Improvisation in contemporary Religious Experience’, (with Clara Saraiva) at the V Conference of the Portuguese Association of Anthropology, Vila Real, Portugal. 2013
Member of non-scientific event's organizing committee Other Type of Event Panel organized ‘Challenging religiosity in an uncertain Europe: the role of “New Spirituality” (with Katerina Ferkov) at the 12th EASA biennial conference, 10-13 July 2012, Paris, France. 2012
Awards
Award Description Year
2023 ISCTE-IUL Award (Prémio ID ISCTE) for best article 2023
Scientific Editing/Reviewing Activities
Type of Activity Journal Title Journal ISSN Quartile Period Language
Member of scientific journal editing staff Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Springer Nature 2662-9992 Q1 (T10) Since 2023 English
Member of scientific journal editing staff Religion and Society 2150-9301 Q1 Since 2020 English
Member of scientific journal editing staff Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change 2589-1316 -- Since 2018 English
Member of scientific journal editing staff European Journal of Sociology and Anthropology. -- 2015 - 2017 English
Member of scientific journal editing staff Shaman – Journal of the International Society for Academic Research on Shamanism. 1216-7827 Q3 Since 2015 English
Diffusion Activities
Activity Type Event Title Activity Description Year
Publication in general diffusion news outlet Podcast Interview, New Books Network, Series: New Books in Religion, 29 November 2022 2022
Participation in general diffusion news tv show Reportage 'Eco da Alma', on the theme of popularity of contemporary spirituality, programme 'Linha da Frente', channel RTP1 2021
Talk/Conference in public diffusion event 'Religion and Spirituality in the Public, Private and Remote Space: a Portuguese-Greece Comparison'. Participation in the Roundtable 'Space in religion and religion in space' Paper Presented: 'Religion and Spirituality in the Public, Private and Remote Space: a Portuguese-Greece Comparison'. 2021