Emily Cabral da Silva Santos (8F17-EC78-8981)

Curriculum Vitae

Emily Cabral da Silva Santos

I am a PhD student in Public Policy at the University of Aveiro and a member of the Research Unit in Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies (GOVCOPP). Passionate about the ocean and nature, I am currently conducting research for my PhD thesis on the contribution of NGOs to the creation and implementation of public policies for governance in transboundary protected areas, specifically Biosphere Reserves. I am also a founding member of the ECOP Network Programme for the UNESCO Ocean Decade in Portugal and a member of the Lusophone Ocean Decade Hub in Brazil. My professional goal is to facilitate connections between science, policy, and society, contributing to participatory and effective nature governance. I believe that cooperation between civil society and government is essential for developing solutions to the environmental challenges we face today.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Emily Cabral da Silva Santos

Citation names

SANTOS, Emily

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 8F17-EC78-8981
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1618-1603

Email addresses

cabralemily@ua.pt (Professional)
cabral.emilysantos@outlook.com (Personal)

Addresses

Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://govcopp.ua.pt/index.php/user/842 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Political Sciences
Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography - Environmental Sciences
Social Sciences - Other Social Sciences - Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Elementary (A2)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2018/10/02 - 2029/01/30 Ongoing	Public Policies (Doctorate) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Sociais Políticas e do Território, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação em Governança Competitividade e Políticas Públicas, Portugal
2015/03/05 - 2017/02/23 Concluded	Master in Development and Environment (Master) Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil UFPE - Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Brazil "Governança na Gestão de Territórios Turísticos em Área Protegida" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2007/04/25 - 2011/08/15 Concluded	Tourism (Bachelor (1st cycle)) Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil UFPE - Departamento de Hotelaria e Turismo, Brazil " Imagem de Destinos Turísticos: uma Análise da Imagem Turística de Gravatá - PE" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2010/08/01 - 2011/07/30	Research Trainee (Research)	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
	UFPE - Departamento de Hotelaria e Turismo, Brazil

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2015/05/01 - 2017/06/30	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Centro Universitário IBGM, Brazil

2016/03/01 - 2016/07/30	Trainee Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
	UFPE - Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Brazil

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2022/07/04 - 2024/12/24	Content Reviewer	Majorel, Portugal

2017/06/01 - 2018/08/30	Director of Professional Qualification and Training	Prefeitura de Maragogi, Brazil

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/10/02 - Current	PhD Student	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
	Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Sociais Políticas e do Território, Portugal
2025/01/13 - 2025/09/30	Internship	Último Recurso, Portugal

2017/06/01 - 2018/08/30	Technical Coordination - Maragogi on the Responsible Tourism Route	Prefeitura de Maragogi, Brazil
	Secretaria de Turismo, Brazil (...)

Projects

Other

	Designation	Funders
2017/08/01 - 2017/12/20	Maragogi na Rota do Turismo Responsável n/a Technical development Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, Brazil	Concluded
2010/08/01 - 2011/07/30	Risk Reduction Strategies for Food Consumption by Tourists in Porto de Galinhas: A Beach Vendor Perspective n/a Researcher Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil UFPE - Departamento de Hotelaria e Turismo, Brazil	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Pró-reitoria de Pesquisa Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Vanice Santiago Fragoso Selva; Carolina Neves Souza; Renata Laranjeiras Gouveia; SANTOS, Emily. "Práticas Turísticas em Áreas Protegidas: um olhar sobre Área de Proteção Ambiental - APA Costa dos Corais, Brasil.". edited by Ediciones Universidad Central do Chile, 912-922. Santiago do Chile, Chile: Universidad Central del Chile, 2016. Published
Conference abstract	SANTOS, Emily; Moreno Pires, Sara. Corresponding author: SANTOS, Emily. "A Capacidade de Influência das ONGA nas Reservas da Biosfera Transfronteiriças de Portugal". Paper presented in Research Summit 2026, Aveiro, 2026. Rafaella Marques; Michelle Helena Kovacs; SANTOS, Emily; Rodrigo de Faro Fernandes. "Risco percebido e comércio ambulante: Uma análise da percepção de riscos no consumo de alimentos por turistas de Porto de Galinhas, na perspectiva dos vendedores de praia.". Paper presented in VIII Congresso Virtual Brasileiro - Administração, 2011. Published
Conference poster	SANTOS, Emily; Vanice Santiago Fragoso Selva. Corresponding author: Vanice Santiago Fragoso Selva. "La Gouvernance dans la Gestion du Tourisme dans des Aires Protegée: le cas du conseil de l'APA Costa dos Corais - Brésil.". Paper presented in 8th International AsTRE Conference, 2018. Vanice Santiago Fragoso Selva; SANTOS, Emily; Carolina Neves Souza. "Relações Radiais de Governança na APA Costa dos Corais". Paper presented in I Seminário de Pesquisa da APA Costa dos Corais, 2016. SANTOS, Emily; Vanice Santiago Fragoso Selva. "O papel do Conselho Gestor no Desenvolvimento do Turismo na APA Costa dos Corais". Paper presented in I Seminário de Pesquisa da APA Costa dos Corais, 2016.
Journal article	SANTOS, Emily; Moreno Pires, Sara. Corresponding author: SANTOS, Emily. "O Papel das Organizações Não Governamentais de Ambiente nas Políticas Públicas". Revista Gestão & Políticas Públicas 14 2 (2024): 270-290. https://revistas.usp.br/rgpp/article/view/222005/212462. Published Emily Cabral da Silva Santos; Sara Moreno Pires. "O Papel das Organizações Não Governamentais de Ambiente nas Políticas Públicas". Revista Gestão & Políticas Públicas (2024): https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2237-1095.rgpp.2024.222005. 10.11606/issn.2237-1095.rgpp.2024.222005 SANTOS, Emily; Viviane dos Santos Silva. Corresponding author: Viviane dos Santos Silva. "Dimensiones Sensoriales de la Experiencia de Consumo en Bodegas Portuguesas". Estudios y Perspectivas en Turismo 26 3 (2017): 698-717. https://www.cieturisticos.com.ar/wp/volumenes/. Open access • Published Rafaella Marques; Michelle Helena Kovacs; SANTOS, Emily; Rodrigo de Faro Fernandes; Anderson Gomes; Maria de Lourdes de Azevedo Barbosa. "Riscos percebidos por turistas e estratégias de redução de risco utilizadas por ambulantes de praia no Brasil: uma análise na perspectiva dos vendedores de alimentos não industrializados.". Turismo & Desenvolvimento 2 (2012): 687-700. https://proa.ua.pt/index.php/rtd/article/view/12983. Published
Thesis / Dissertation	SANTOS, Emily. "Governança na Gestão do Turismo em Áreas Protegidas". Master, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 2017. https://bdtd.ibict.br/vufind/Search/Results?join=AND&bool0%5B%5D=AND&lookfor0%5B%5D=emily+cabral+da+silva+santos&type0%5B%5D=Author&illustration=-1&daterange%5B%5D=publishDate&publishDatefrom=&publishDateto=.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2026/07/16	A Capacidade de Influência das ONGA nas Reservas da Biosfera Transfronteiriças de Portugal	Research Summit 2026 Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2026/05/28	The Influence of NGOs on the Governance of Transboundary Biosphere Reserves in Portugal	III European (Local) Public Innovation Conference School of Public Management, Communication and Tourism of Bragança Polytechnic University (EsACT-IPB) (Mirandela, Portugal)
2026/05/28	The Influence of NGOs on te Governance of Transboundary Biosphere Reserves in Portugal	III European (Local) Public Innovation Conference School of Public Management, Communication and Tourism of Bragança Polytechnic University (EsACT-IPB) (Portugal)
2022/10/14	The role of NGOs in the design and implementation of public policies: a systematic review of literature	XXIII Encontro da REALP Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (Tomar, Portugal)
2018/10/10	La Gouvernance dans la Gestion du Tourisme dans des Aires Protégée.	8th International AsTRES conference Tourism, Heritage and Public Policies IREST : INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ET D'ÉTUDES SUPÉRIEURES DU TOURISME (Paris, France)
2017/09/27	Tourism in Maragogi: the role of Public Administration in a Protected Area	I Ciclo de palestras sobre Turismo e Hotelaria em Maragogi Instituto Federal de Alagoas - IFAL Maragogi (Maragogi, Brazil)
2016/10/19	Governance Relations at APA Costa dos Corais Marine Protected Area	I Seminário de Pesquisa APA Costa dos Corais Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (Tamandaré, Brazil)
2016/10/19	The role of the Management Council in the tourism development at Costa dos Corais MPA.	I Seminário de Pesquisa APA Costa dos Corais Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (Tamandaré, Brazil)
2015/09/29	Governance in the management of Tourist Territories in Protected Areas	XIX Seminário Integrador e VI Seminário de Tese - Governança Ambiental : uso eficiente dos recursos naturais para um desenvolvimento sustentável Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente (Recife, Brazil)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2015/07/01 - 2015/10/05	Member of the organizing committee of the XIX Integrator Seminar and VI Thesis Seminar of the Post Graduate Program in Development and Environment - PRODEMA/UFPE. Duties: create and disseminate communication material for the event; attract students to participate; organize the logistics of the event; contact speakers and arranging logistics; accreditation of attendees before and during the event; collaborate in the preparation of the final report of the event. (2015/09/28 - 2015/10/01) Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, Brazil

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2026/06/25 - Current	Seminário “Desigualdades Territoriais no Espaço Rural: Soluções de Política Pública a partir das Comunidades", em formato híbrido. Seminar	Desigualdades Territoriais no Espaço Rural: Soluções de Política Pública a partir das Comunidades Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação em Governança Competitividade e Políticas Públicas, Portugal Animar - Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento Local, Portugal
2023/07/25 - 2023/07/28	The II Latin American Congress on Sustainable Development aimed to hold a theoretical and practical discussion on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN). The theme of the 2023 event was “Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” and included presentations by various speakers on topics such as the right to housing and sustainable cities, urban forests and pollution, responsible consumption and production, climate risks in slums, among other subjects. Congress	II Congresso Latino-americano de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Brazil
2023/07/10 - 2023/07/14	The Summer School “Ocean Literacy & Collaboration” was designed for international youth from international master’s and doctoral courses from the Atlantic Region. During the course, I had the opportunity to deeply engage in workshops, interactive visits, and participate in sessions with political representatives and local innovative businesses. Other	Summer School Ocean Literacy & Collaboration UNESCO IOC, Italy
2021/09/16 - 2021/09/17	Hybrid conference focusing on how new theoretical developments can help scientists, politicians and citizens better understand and implement agendas and policies addressing smart, sustainable, and inclusive regional development. Congress	28th APDR Congress Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2025/01/13 - 2025/09/30	Associação Último Recurso	Volunteer

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2026/05/26 - Current	Founding member of the national chapter of Early Career Ocean Professionals Member
2024 - Current	Lusophone Ocean Decade Hub Member

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2015/06/01 - 2017/05/30	Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship Management. Discipline with 80 hours, taught as a curricular component in the professional course in Management Processes.	Processos Gerenciais (Bachelor)	Centro Universitário Brasileiro, Brazil

Scientific expedition

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2021/10/11 - 2022/01/25	Academic mobility by Erasmus Program, to develop bibliographic review article for the Thesis in progress, assisted at the destination university by professor Piotr Kocyba.	Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany

Distinctions

Award

2011	University Award for Academic Performance Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil