Centre for Global Studies – Open University (Lisbon – Portugal)
Susana Mourato Alves-Jesus has a PhD in History, specialization of Contemporary History, from the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Lisbon (FCT scholarship holder), with a thesis that resulted in a book (Direitos Humanos em Portugal: História e Utopia [Human Rights in Portugal: History and Utopia] (ed. 2023), awarded by the Portuguese Academy of History, with the Prize CTT Correios de Portugal – D. Manuel I – 2024). She has also a degree in Classical Languages and Literatures from the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Lisbon, and a Master’s degree in Classical Studies, specializing in Comparative Literature, by the same School. Currently, she is an Invited Assistant Professor of Universidade Aberta (Open University of Portugal), and a post-doctoral researcher of the Centre for Global Studies – Universidade Aberta (CEG-UAb) and Université de Paris II-Panthéon-Assas. She is also vice president of the board of the European Institute for Cultural Sciences Padre Manuel Antunes and Editorial Director of Theya Publishers. She participates in several ongoing projects as researcher (namely, co-PI of the Mnemonic Reality project – Volkswagen Stiftung Germany), and is the project manager (on a voluntary basis) of the Dignipédia Global: to Systematize, Deepen and Defend Human Rights in Globalization Context (EEA Grants – Active Citizens Fund | Cidadãos Ativ@s Programme – Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation/Bissaya Barreto Foundation). At CEG-UAb, she coordinates, together with Prof. João Relvão Caetano, the research group “Politics, Human Rights, and Globalization”. In this field, she has presented several communications in national and international scientific meetings, and has contributed with original research for several publications (namely papers and book chapters), as well as participated in dissemination and training sessions on Human Rights. She has actively participated also in various research projects, resulting in reference works in their respective fields (e.g. “Obras Pioneiras da Cultura Portuguesa” [Pioneering Works in Portuguese Culture – 30 vols.]), has a broad experience in proofreading, and also in the organization of scientific events, with the active participation in more than thirty international conferences, as a member of executive and organizing committees.