PhD student in Gender Studies (2022-present) and scholarship holder through the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies (CIEG), working under the supervision of Dr. Maria João Cunha. Completed her master’s degree in Family and Gender (2018-2021) from Lisbon University’s School of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP-UL), with the thesis titled “Sexuality Education in High School: The Case Study of LC Highschool”.
Research Interests: School-based Sexuality Education; Sexuality communication in family context; Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis; Contemporary anti-gender movements.
Title: “Parental Perceptions on Sexuality Education: Discourses and gender constructs”
Main goal: Understanding the parental perceptions on the intersections between gender and Sexuality Education (school-based and in the family context)
Summary: This research emerges in the context of the rising mobilization of public and political discourses by the anti-gender movements, in regard to school-based sexuality and gender education. Although possible parental backlash is one of the obstacles mentioned by teachers to the implementation of school-based Sexuality Education (Balter et al., 2016; Johnson et al., 2014), studies have concluded over the last decade that families are very receptive to this implementation (Carvalho et al., 2019; Kantor & Levitz, 2017; McKay et al., 2014). However, the existing literature on the subject does not contribute to problematizing the role that hierarchical gender relations play in shaping these parental perceptions, as well as their effects on the development of Sexuality Education programmes.
The proposed research will follow a mixed methods approach, specifically the explanatory sequential design (Creswell & Clark, 2017). Firstly, through online questionnaires, following a statistical data analysis. Secondly, through focus groups and subsequent Critical and Feminist Discourse Analysis. This methodology aims to analyze how parental experiences, perceptions and discourses on Sexuality Education intersect with hierarchical gender relations, according to R. Connell's relational and multidimensional model (Connell & Pearse, 2015).
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Ana Rosa is a Ph.D. student in Gender Studies at the School of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Lisbon, with a research scholarship granted by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through the Interdisciplinary Center for Gender Studies (CIEG). She is a visiting researcher at the Complutense University of Madrid. She holds a bachelor's degree in Political Science and International Relations and a master's degree in Anthropology, both from the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Nova University Lisbon. She also holds a Master's degree in Advanced Studies in Philosophy from the Complutense University of Madrid. She received merit scholarships from the respective faculties for both master's degrees. She recently completed the project "Dynamics of Sexpolitics: A Case Study on the Unionization of Sex Workers" with a research grant from the Portuguese Anthropological Association. She has participated in various conferences, cultural and activist projects, translations, and projects in the process of publication.
Research project: Resist, dissent, create: A transnational approach to social movements around sex work in Portugal and Spain
Summary: In this research project, I aim to conduct a comparative study focused on the dynamics of associative movements related to sex work. Several countries in Europe, as well as a part of the European Parliament, have recently affirmed their commitment to a neo-abolitionist approach to sex work (Procedure reference 2022/2139(INI)). Simultaneously, within this context, there is evidence of the rise of social movements of sex workers (SW) advocating for their social recognition and labor rights. Specifically in Portugal and Spain, there is evidence of emergence and affirmation of SW movements (de Jesus Moura et al, 2022; Graça, 2019; Rosa, 2022). Thus, there is a sociopolitical context undergoing transformation in which debates related to sex work are reignited and mobilize both theoretical reflections and legal changes with material impacts on the daily lives of SW. Therefore, I propose to analyze the contemporary paradigm of sex workers’ social movements, examining the influence of gender and sexuality issues on these processes, and how these dynamics impact forms of dissident political action. This research will be carried out through a transnational and transdisciplinary multimethodological approach, primarily using methods of legal and journalistic analysis, participant observation, and interviews.
Topics of interest: Gender Studies, Sexualities, Feminism, Queer Theory, Philosophy, Anthropology, Sociology, Political Science, International Relations
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Bernardo Coelho is a sociologist, visiting assistant professor at ISCSP at the University of Lisbon, researcher and founding member of CIEG-ISCSP at the University of Lisbon (Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies). He teaches gender sociology, contemporary sociological theories and research methods and techniques. He is one of the coordinators of the gender and sexuality section of the Portuguese Sociological Association. He takes part in national and international research projects. He is the author and co-author of several books, articles and book chapters. In 2009 he published a book on prostitution and escorts and his doctoral thesis is on escorts and their male clients.
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PhD in Sociology, full professor in Sociology at ISCSP, Institute of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lisbon, coordinator of CIEG, Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies (ISCSP), an FCT research center. This center brings together researchers, at a national level, from several disciplinary fields that study gender topics.
She was the President of the European Sociological Association (ESA) between 2009 and 2011.
At ISCSP-ULisboa, she is the Coordinator of the Sociology Unit.
In addition to creating and teaching several courses in the field of sociology and research methodology, she created several master and post-graduate courses in the field of sociology, family and gender.
She has directed several research teams belonging to national and international networks, under the themes of family, gender, marriage, divorce, work and family, poverty, drug addiction, youth and children/youth protection.
She also actively participates in several European research networks.
She is part of the national team responsible for implementing the European Social Survey in Portugal since its beginning in 2002.
In recent years she integrated research teams under the Framework Programs 6 and 7 WORKCARE (2006-2009) and WORKCARE Synergies (2009-2011).
She has 16 published books and over 60 book chapters and published articles in national and international journals in several languages.
She was President of the Portuguese Association of Sociology (APS) between 2002 and 2006.
Furthermore, she held various positions in the European Sociological Association and the International Sociological Association.
Website: http://www.analiatorres.com/
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Latest relevant publications:
Torres, Anália (2013), “Bridge over troubled waters: family, gender and welfare in Portugal in the European context” (em coautoria com, Bernardo Coelho and Miguel Cabrita),in European Societies, 15, Issue 4, pp. 535-556.
Torres, Anália (2012), A Mysterious European Threesome: Workcare Regimes, Policies and Gender. (em coautoria com B.Coelho, I.Cardoso, & R.Brites) International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences, 1(1), pp. 31-61.
Torres, Anália (2009), Welfare and Everyday Life, (em coautoria com Maria das Dores Guerreiro e Luís Capucha, org.), Oeiras, Celta Editora.
Torres, Anália (2009), “Do European Values have a sex?”, (em coautoria com Maria das Dores Guerreiro e Luís Capucha), in Welfare and Everyday Life Portugal in the European Context, Vol.III, Lisboa, CIES, ISCTE-IUL, Lisboa, Celta Editora.
Torres, Anália (2014), “Mulher, Trabalho e natalidade”, in Demografia, Natalidade e Políticas Públicas, Lisboa, Conselho Nacional de Ética para as Ciências da Vida, pp. 53-73.
Diana Maciel has an undergraduate degree in sociology (2004), masters in Family and Society (2008), and a PhD with a thesis on "Gender on the individual perspective: Agency, constraints, resources and opportunities", by ISCTE-IUL. She is a founding member of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies and researcher at the Centre for Public Administration and Public Policies of ISCSP-ULisboa. She participated to this date in research projects in the areas of family, gender, drug addictions and longitudinal studies. She published three book chapters (one as single author and two co-authored) and a book. She presented papers at national and international conferences.
Dália Costa has PhD in Sociology (Sociology of Family); Master degree in Sociology; a Post-Graduation Course in Criminal Sciences and a degree in Social Policy.
Is Assistant Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences (www.iscsp.utl.pt). Teaches in Bachelors and Masters since 1996 in the field of Social Policy, including Criminology, Victimology, Violence in the Family, Social Services, Family and Gender, Conflict Management and Mediation, among others. Is also part of the teaching body of the PhD in Sociology (Open-http://www.sociologia-opendoc.ulisboa.pt/ Corporation) and in the PhD in Social Policy. Coordinates the Postgraduate Course of Criminology and Social Welfare, in ISCSP-ULisboa (http://iepg.iscsp.ulisboa.pt/pos-graduacoes/estudos-sociais/criminologia-e-reinsercao-social/).
Is Vice-President, co-founder and Researcher in CIEG (Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies) and Researcher at CAPP (Centre for Administration and Public Policies) – both Research Centres in which has coordinated and developed several research projects. Has several publications and participates in various seminars and conferences.
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