Margarida Carmona holds a PhD in Psychology (2022) and currently works as a consultant at UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development, on the topic of Global Citizenship. Her main research interest is to understand, from a social-psychological perspective, the optimal conditions under which all-inclusive identities, such as global citizenship and identification with all humanity, can contribute to build more inclusive, prosocial and empowering communities. Grounding on her PhD research, her recent publications focus on the malleable nature of all-inclusive labels, such as "citizens of the world" and "humans", and their differentiated impact on intergroup relations. As a collaborator of Identification With All Humanity Lab, she is also involved in cross-cultural research examining the social meanings of different global labels in more than 45 countries, and their effect on perceptions about human rights, global concerns, and prosocial actions towards global problems (e.g., global armed conflicts, climate change, etc.). More generally, she is interested in studying intergroup relations among majority and minority groups, particularly within power relations and migrations context. She had previous experience as a project research assistant (2012-2017) in educational, community and social psychology fields. She also has great experience in organizing scientific conferences, as well as is involved in the editorial process of the peer-reviewed journal Psicologia, edited by the Portuguese Association of Psychology. She is graduated in Psychology from University of Aveiro (Portugal, 2006-2009) and MSc in Social and Organizational Psychology from ISCTE- IUL (Portugal, 2009-2011).
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