Rita Santos

Contacts

rita@ces.uc.pt

Biography

Rita Santos is junior researcher at the Centre for Social Studies. She is a PhD candidate in "International Politics and Conflict Resolution",University of Coimbra. She holds a MA degree in Peace Studies from the University of Bradford, and a BsC in International Relations, from the University of Coimbra. Over the last fifteen years she has worked on over ten research projects in the fields of Feminism, IR and Security Studies; violence, gender and small arms; Women, Peace and Security; media and political representation of migrants, refugees and "internal others"; gender equality and development aid; critical masculinity studies; and global education. In addition to this, it is also worth mentioning her work in co-coordinating and co-editing the P@x Bulletin of the Peace Studies Group (2008-2014), and the several research and training works she has undertaken for inter/national think tanks and NGO such as AKTO (Portugal), NOREF (Norway), SWEFOR (Sweden), Equimundo, and the Portuguese DNGO Network (Plataforma Portuguesa das ONGD), alongside evaluation and public policy drafting work for Instituto Promundo (Brazil), GENE (Global Education Network Europe), and Instituto Camões (Portugal). Her current research interests include: Feminism and IR/Security Studies; Critical Masculinity Studies; the Metoo movement; gender and racialization in the far right discourse and policy; and antifeminist actors and feminist resistances.

ORCID

Projetos

EQUI-Champions

Promoting inclusion, gender equity and non-violent models of masculinities in sports environments

SAFEBOT

Supporting Adolescents' Feelings & Emotions Through a Chatbot for a Whole-School approach to Students' Emotional Education and Well-Being

UnCoveR

Sexual Violence in Portuguese Mediascape

Latest Publications

Article in Scientific journal

Roque, Sílvia; Santos, Rita; Júlia, Garraio (2026), "Women's Mobilization and Antifeminist Discursive Framings in Portugal's Far Right", Front. Polit. Sci.

Book

Roque, Sílvia; Santos, Rita; Faustino, Maria João; Garraio, Júlia (2024), #MeToo: um segredo muito público. Assédio sexual em Portugal. Lisboa: Avenida da Liberdade editores

Book Chapter

Pereira, Ana Cristina; Roque, Sílvia; Santos, Rita (2023), Police Violence, Racism, and Anti-racism: Opinion Struggles in the Portuguese Daily Newspapers, in Bhatia, M., Poynting, S., Tufail, W. (org.), Racism, Violence and Harm. Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture. Springer International Publishing, 35-56