Curriculum Vitae
Ana Sofia Pereira Caldeira
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Ana Sofia Pereira Caldeira
Citation names
- Caldeira, Sofia P.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 1B1C-18F4-9B4E
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-7681-6952
Knowledge fields
- Social Sciences - Media and Communications
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2016/09 - 2020/10/09
Concluded
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PhD Student (Department of Communication Sciences) (Doctorat)
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
"Instagrammable Femininities: Exploring the gender politics of self-representations on Instagram and women’s magazines" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2014
Concluded
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Antropologia - Culturas Visuais (Mestrado)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
"Identidade em Fluxo: A Auto-Representação Fotográfica e o Caso Prático do Instagram" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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17 |
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2012
Concluded
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Realização I (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica)
RESTART, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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4,6 de 5 |
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2011
Concluded
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Arte e Multimédia (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Portugal
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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16 |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2022/09 - 2025/03 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Comunicação Aplicada Cultura e Novas Tecnologias, Portugal |
| 2021/04/01 - 2022/09 | Auxiliary Researcher (Research) | Universidade Lusófona, Portugal |
| 2020/10 - 2021/03 | Postdoc (Research) | Universiteit Gent, Belgium |
| 2016/09/26 - 2020/09 | Researcher (Research) | Universiteit Gent, Belgium |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2025/04 - Current | Auxiliar Professor and Researcher | Universidade Lusófona, Portugal, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2025/02 - Current | STORYline: Explorar a cidadania jovem através de abordagens intergeracionais e narrativas digitais
2023.11571.PEX
Researcher
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| 2022 - 2025/03 | Exploring Ephemeral Feminisms on Portuguese Instagram
101059460
Principal investigator
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Horizon 2020 |
| 2016 - 2020 | From Women's Magazines to Instagram: A qualitative analysis of photographic representations of femininity in the age of self-representation
SFRH/BD/116452/2016
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2022/01/01 - 2025 | Movimentos feministas glocais: interações e contradições
PTDC/COM-CSS/4049/2021
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Portugal
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Comunicação Aplicada Cultura e Novas Tecnologias, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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| 2023/01 - 2024/12 | On & Off: Atmosferas de des/conexão
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Comunicação Aplicada Cultura e Novas Tecnologias,
Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2022 - 2022 | RestART Europe: Mentoring Second-chance Female Entrepreneurs to Restart the European Arts and Creative Sector
2021-1-DE02-KA220-ADU-000033726
Researcher
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| 2021 - 2022 | future.film.education
2020-1-DE01-KA226-HE-005809
Researcher
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Erasmus Plus
Ongoing
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| 2021 - 2022 | FilmEU: European Universities Alliance for Film and Media Arts
101004047, EPP-EUR-UNIV-2020
Researcher
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Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
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| Conference abstract |
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Activities
Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2021 - 2022 | MA thesis supervision: "Bandersnatch's Audience: A Choice or a Future of an Industry?"
Co-supervisor
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Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Comunicação Aplicada Cultura e Novas Tecnologias,
Portugal
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| 2021 - 2022 | MA thesis supervision: "The standardization problem in films: Montage as a meaning-changing tool. A comparison between David
Lynch’s Dune (1984) and the fan-edited Dune: The Alternative Edition Redux (2012) as a case study of how editing can have
an important impact on gender representation."
Co-supervisor
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Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias Centro de Investigação em Comunicação Aplicada Cultura e Novas Tecnologias,
Portugal
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2025 - Current | Workshop: "(Re)thinking digital feminisms? Imagining feminist futures in the age of platforms
1st edition: 23 April 2025; 2nd edition: 3 June 2025. Lisbon, Portugal.
In collaboration with feminist organisation UMAR. Co-organised with Camila Lamartine (NOVA University). (2025)
Workshop
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| 2023/09 - Current | ECREA off-year conference "Contested Visibilities: Everyday politics and online imaginaries of the body." 6-8 September 2023, Lusófona University, Lisbon, Portugal- Co-organised by the Digital Culture and Communication, Gender, Sexuality and Communication and Visual Cultures sections and their YECREA representatives. (2023/09) | |
| 2022/11 - 2022/11 | II MeLCi Lab Autumn School "Media, gender, intersectionality and mediated social mobilizations." Autumn school for early career researchers, co-organised with Carla Cerqueira (Lusófona University). 15-18 November 2022, online. (2022/11 - 2022/11) | |
| 2022/10 - 2022/10 | ECREA pre-conference workshop "The Work-in-Progress in Social Media Research." Workshop co-organiser, with ECREA's DCC management team. 12 October 2022, online. (2022/10 - 2022/10) | |
| 2021/02/01 - 2021/02/05 | Project leader - "#homesofInsta for a #lockdownlife: a digital exploration of everyday aesthetics and mediated domesticity on Instagram." Collaborative project, co-organised with Sander De Ridder (Ghent University). Included in SMART Data Sprint 2021. 1–5 February 2021, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. (2021/02/01 - 2021/02/05) | |
| 2019/10/21 - 2019/10/22 | YECREA seminars - "Alternative scholarly communication for young scholars." Seminar co-organiser with Ally McCrow-Young (University
of Copenhagen) and Giulia Manica (University of Nottingham), as part of the Infrastructures and Inequalities conference. 21-22
October 2019, Helsinki, Finland. (2019/10/21 - 2019/10/22)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
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| 2019/04/23 - 2019/04/26 | Week-long Workshop - "You're being framed - framing and construction of news coverage." Co-organising and teaching of a one-week long workshop for 1st year Bachelor students of Political & Social Sciences, as part of the PSW Project Week 2019, 23–26 April, Ghent University. With Anke Lion and Emma-Lee Amponsah (Ghent University). (2019/04/23 - 2019/04/26) | Universiteit Gent, Belgium |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2023/10 - 2023/10 | Workshop: The Social Moving Image: Meme Analysis With Tiktok Metadata. AoIR 2023, 18–21October 2023, Philadelphia, USA. | |
| 2023/07 - 2023/07 | Summer School: Digital Methods for Critical Consumer Studies 2023. Lake Como School of Advanced Studies & Fondazione Alessandro Volta, 24 – 28 July 2023, Como, Italy. | |
| 2023/01 - 2023/01 | DMI Digital Methods Winter School and Data Sprint 2023. University of Amsterdam, 9 – 13 January 2023. | |
| 2022/09 - 2022/09 | Invited speaker for round table on scientific employment and funding | SOPCOM Summer School 2022 |
| 2022/01/31 - 2022/02/04 | Digital Media Winter School: SMART Data Sprint 2022. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 31 January - 4 February 2022, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. | |
| 2022/02 - 2022/02 | Invited speaker for seminar organised in the scope of research project MyGender. With Ana Marta M. Flores (NOVA University Lisbon) and Elena Pilipets (University of Klagenfurt). | MyGender Seminar |
| 2021/11/17 - 2021/11/19 | Workshop: Comparative Research in Media Studies. Lusófona University, University of Oslo & University of Bergen, 17 & 19 November 2021, online. | |
| 2021/05/31 - 2021/06/04 | Summer School: Digital Methods For Critical Consumer Studies. Lake Como School of Advanced Studies & Fondazione Alessandro Volta, 31 May - 4 June 2021, online. | |
| 2019 - 2019 | Talk on social media, self-representation, and art. With Sandra Camacho (FLUL, University of Lisbon). Moderator: Ana Cristina
Pereira (Público). Included in the contemporary art event Ilhéstico, Porta 33. September 2019, Funchal, Portugal.
Exhibition
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| 2018/10 - 2018/10 | Optimizing cooperation in international research groups. Doctoral Schools, Ghent University, October 2018.
Seminar
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Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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| 2017/06 - 2017/06 | Summer School: Digital Ethnography in Practice. RMIT Europe and the UOC University of Catalunya, June 2017, Barcelona.
Other
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Universidad Abierta de Cataluña, Spain
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| 2017/03 - 2017/05 | Loading: Methods and approaches in Digital Humanities. Ghent University, March - May 2017.
Seminar
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Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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| 2025/03 | Invited member of the jury for PhD dissertation in Communication Sciences (NOVA University) – Camila Lamartine. Dissertation successfully defended on 13 March 2025. | Camila Lamartine (PhD) |
| 2025/03 | Invited member of the jury for PhD dissertation in Communication Sciences (Lusófona University) – Ionara da Silva. Dissertation successfully defended on 31 March 2025. | Ionara da Silva (PhD) |
| 2024/12 | Invited substitute member for the jury for PhD dissertation in Communication (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) – Maria Castellví Lloveras. Dissertation successfully defended on 2 December 2024. | Maria Castellví Lloveras (PhD) |
| 2023/12/12 | Invited member of the jury for Master dissertation in Comunicação, Cultura e Tecnologias da Informação (ISCTE) ¿ Ana Teresa
da Costa Fonseca. Dissertation sucessfully defended on 12 December 2023.
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Ana Teresa da Costa Fonseca (Master)
Instituto de Telecomunicações ISCTE-IUL, Portugal
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| 2023/01/04 | Invited member of the jury for Master dissertation in Management and Curation of Information (Universidade Nova de Lisboa). Jennifer Gabriella Andrade de Oliveira. Dissertation successfully defended on 4 January 2023. | Jennifer Gabriella Andrade de Oliveira (Master) |
Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2020 - Current | Member of the Associacao Portuguesa de Ciencias da Comunicacao (SOPCOM) | Member |
| 2016 - Current | Member of the Centre for Cinema and Media Studies (CIMS). | Affiliated Member |
Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2022/10 - Current | Chair of the section Digital Culture and Communication, ECREA - European Communication Research and Education Association . | |
| 2021/09 - 2022/10 | Vice-chair of the section Digital Culture and Communication, ECREA - European Communication Research and Education Association . | |
| 2021 - 2022 | Member of Steering Committee (2021 - 2022) Gender and Diversity Plan, Lusófona University.
Member
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| 2018 - 2021 | ECREA Young Scholars Representative (YECREA) - Section Digital Culture and Communication |
Conference scientific committee
| Conference name | Conference host | |
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| 2023 - 2023 | IAMCR 2023 | |
| 2023 - 2023 | AoIR 2023 | |
| 2022 - 2022 | IAMCR 2022 | |
| 2022 - 2022 | Mapping the Magazine 7 | |
| 2022 - 2022 | ECREA 2022 | |
| 2021 - 2021 | IAMCR Nairobi 2021 | |
| 2021 - 2021 | CIIA 2021 - 8th International Congress of Audiovisual Researchers | |
| 2021 - 2021 | ECREA 2021 | |
| 2020 - 2020 | ECREA 2020 - Braga | |
| 2018 - 2018 | ECREA 2018 - Lugano | |
| 2018 - 2018 | Etmaal 2018 - Gent |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2023/02 - 2033/06 | Co-lecturer of the course "Scientific Research Methodologies." (2022/2023) For PhD students in Media Art and Communication, Lusófona University. | ||
| 2023/12 - 2024/01 | Digital Cultures and Gender Studies. (2023/2024) Co-lecturer in 3 week module of the course Media, Society and Culture I, for PhD students in Communication Sciences, Lusófona University. | (Doutoramento) | Universidade Lusófona, Portugal |
| 2023/01 - 2023/01 | Workshop: Reflections on Ethics for Social Media and Digital Cultures Research. Two hours workshop hosted at CICANT, in cooperation with the FEMGlocal project. 27 January 2023, online. | ||
| 2022/12 - 2022/12 | Invited guest lecture - Feminismos Instagramáveis? Entre o quotidiano, o estético e o político. (15/12/2022). For the Organizational Communication, course Research Seminar (Prof. dr. C. Quico), Lusófona University. | ||
| 2022/11 - 2022/11 | Workshop: Grants and funding applications. Co-organising and teaching of a two hours workshop for the II MeLCi Lab Autumn School Media, gender, intersectionality and mediated social mobilization, 15-18 November 2022, online. With Daniel Cardoso (Lusófona University). | ||
| 2022/04 - 2022/04 | Invited guest lecture - Feminismos Instagramáveis? Entre o quotidiano, o estético e o político. (27/04/2022). For 2nd year of the Communication Sciences bachelor, course Contemporary Debates in Journalism (Prof. dr. M. J. Brites), Lusófona University. | ||
| 2022 - 2022 | Co-lecturer of the course "Scientific Research Methodologies." (2021/2022) For PhD students in Communication Sciences and in Media Art and Communication, Lusófona University. | ||
| 2021/10 - 2022 | Co-lecturer of the course "Scientific Research Methodologies." (2021/2022) For MA students in Cinematographic Studies and Production and Technologies of Sound, Lusófona University. | (Mestrado) | Universidade Lusófona, Portugal |
| 2021/03 - 2021/03 | Seminar - "Instagrammable Femininities" (15/03/2021). Brown bag seminar at the Centre for Research on Culture and Gender, Ghent University. | Universiteit Gent, Belgium | |
| 2021/02/11 - 2021/02/11 | Invited guest lecture - Between the Everyday, the Aesthetic, and the Political. (19/11/2020). For students of 1st bachelor year, Visuele Cultuur (Dr. S. De Ridder), Vrije Universiteit Brussel. | Visuele Cultuur (Bachelor) | Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium |
| 2017 - 2021 | Invited guest lecture - From Women's Magazines to Instagram. (2017-2021). Yearly guest lecture for the Media and Gender Master Course (Prof. dr. S. Van Bauwel), Ghent University. | (Master) | Universiteit Gent, Belgium |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
| Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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| 2022 | Title: “Instagram, autorrepresentação e controlo: entrevista a Sofia Caldeira.” Article about research interests. Interview conducted by Ivone Ferreira and João Carlos Martins. Published on Interact: Online magazine on arts, culture and technology, issue 36. | Interact: Online magazine on arts, culture and technology |
| 2019 | Title: "O Instagram é uma arma. E pode ser usada contra e a favor dos estereótipos de género." Article about doctoral research project. Written by Ana Cristina Pereira, for the Portuguese newspaper Público. | Público |
Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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| 2016 - Current | Review for: Convergence; DiGeSt: Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies; Dígitos; Feminist Media Studies; Information Communication and Society; International Communication Gazette; International Journal of Film and Media Arts; Journal of Digital Social Research; Journal of Gender Studies; etc. |
Other jury / evaluation
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2021 - 2021 | Selection Jury (2021) for the Research Initiation Scholarships hosted at Lusófona University, funded under the FCT initiative "Verão com Ciência." |
Scientific expedition
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2022/07 - 2022/07 | CAIS: Center for Advanced Internet Studies. (July 2022) Visiting scholar on research group Stick & Flow: A Critical Framework for Investigating Bot Engagement on Social Media.¿ |
Distinctions
Other distinction
| 2022 | Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
Horizon 2020, Belgium
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| 2021 | Seal of Excellence (2021): Certificate delivered by the European Commission for the project proposal "Mapping Everyday Feminism on Portuguese Instagram (MEF-PI)." Submitted under the Horizon 2020s Marie Sklodowska-Curie calls - H2020-MSCA-IF-2020. |
| 2019 | Ghent University Faculty Mobility Funds
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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| 2019 | FWO Grant for participation in a conference abroad
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen, Belgium
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| 2017 | Ghent University Doctoral Schools Funding for Specialist Course
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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