Sofia José Santos
Biography
Sofia José Santos is an Assistant Professor in International Relations at the Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, and a Researcher at the Center for Social Studies, where she coordinates the UNCOVER project as a Principal Investigator. Since 2008 she has developed research on media, peace and violence, media and foreign policy; internet and technopolitics; and media and masculinities. Within CES, she is also co-editor of Alice News. She holds a PhD and an MA in International Politics and Conflict Resolution from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, a degree in International Relations from the same university, and a Diploma in Advanced Studies in Communication Sciences from ISCTE-IUL. Previously, she was an Invited Assistant Professor in International Relations at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra (2016-2019), a postdoctoral researcher at OBSERVARE / UAL (2015/2016) and CES (2015), and researcher and coordinator of media and communication in Promundo-Europa (2014-2015). She was also a visiting scholar at the Flemish Peace Institute and a Marie Curie fellow at the Universiteit Utrecht. In addition to publications, conferences and national and international research projects, it is also worth mentioning her work in co-coordinating and co-editing the P@x Bulletin of the NHUMEP Peace Studies Group, her involvement in international networks, social movements, and the several research works she has undertaken for international think tanks and development agencies such as NOREF, UKAID, Palladium, and Promundo-US. Her current research interests focus on media, international relations, peace and violence; media and masculinities; and critical internet studies.
ORCID
Projetos
MEDIATIZED EU
Mediatized Discourses on Europeanization and Their Representations in Public Perceptions
PEACE
Peace Research Community Europe
UNPOP
UnCoveR
Sexual Violence in Portuguese Mediascape
Latest Publications
Book Chapter
Garraio, Júlia; Amaral, Inês; Basílio Simões, Rita; Santos, Sofia José (2023), Forward and backwards Sexual violence in Portuguese news media, in Karen Boyle and Susan Berridge (org.), The Routledge Companion to Gender, Media and Violence. London: Routledge
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Garraio, Júlia; Amaral, Inês; Basílio Simões, Rita; Santos, Sofia José (2023), Forward and backwards Sexual violence in Portuguese news media, in Karen Boyle and Susan Berridge (org.), The Routledge Companion to Gender, Media and Violence. London: Routledge
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Garraio, Júlia; Toldy, Teresa; Alexandre de, Sousa Carvalho; Santos, Sofia José; Amaral, Inês (2023), "Gender Ideology" in Portugal: the Circulation and Political Performance of Anti-Gender Discourses in Society and Politics, in Alberta Giorgi, Júlia Garraio, Teresa Toldy (org.), Religion, Gender, and Populism in the Mediterranean. London: Routledge, 31-54