Joana Maria Veloso do Amaral (A91B-B25F-0790)

Curriculum Vitae

Joana Maria Veloso do Amaral

Dr. Joana Amaral holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of Kent, UK. The author of "Making Peace with Referendums: Cyprus and Northern Ireland" (Syracuse University Press: New York, 2019), her publications focus on various topics related to peace negotiations and mediation, such as public communication, peace referendums, armed groups, the inclusion of opposition movements and civil society, and the use of sanctions in peacemaking. Her most recent positions were as Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Marburg and Researcher and Project Manager at the Berghof Foundation in Berlin, both in Germany. Her work on peace processes has particularly focused on Colombia, Northern Ireland and Cyprus. Throughout her research and practitioner work she has engaged with numerous negotiators, stakeholders and civil society activists in various peace processes and has worked and collaborated with different peace institutions and NGOs around the world, such as the United Nations, the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) in Cyprus, the German-Colombian Peace Institute CAPAZ in Bogota and the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace Security and Justice at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland.

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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo: Joana Maria Veloso do Amaral

Nomes de citação

Amaral, Joana

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID: A91B-B25F-0790
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7000-1530

Domínios de atuação

Ciências Sociais - Ciências Políticas

Idiomas

Idioma	Conversação	Leitura	Escrita	Compreensão	Peer-review
Português (Idioma materno)
Inglês	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)
Espanhol; Castelhano	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)	Utilizador proficiente (C2)

Formação

	Grau	Classificação
2012/09/16 - 2017/04/26 Concluído	International Relations (Doctor) Especialização em Conflict Analysis University of Kent Department of Politics and International Relations, Reino Unido "Negotiations with Peace Settlement Referendums: Comparing the Annan Plan and Good Friday Agreement Experiences (https://kar.kent.ac.uk/63870/)" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)	Pass with no corrections / Summa Cum Laude (mérito máximo)
2009/10/01 - 2012/03/15 Concluído	International Relations (Mestrado) Especialização em Peace and Conflict Studies Universidade do Minho Escola de Economia e Gestão, Portugal "Mediator of Third Party? : A Holistic Approach to Mediation in Cyprus" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)	Thesis defense: 18 Final Mark: 16
2001/10/01 - 2006/02/15 Concluído	International Relations (Licenciatura) Especialização em Economic and Political International Relations Universidade do Minho Escola de Economia e Gestão, Portugal "Not applicable" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)	15

Percurso profissional

Ciência

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2024/05/01 - Atual	Investigador Auxiliar (carreira) (Investigação)	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2022/03/01 - Atual	Investigador (Investigação)	Independent Research Consultant, Alemanha

2020/09/01 - 2022/02/28	Investigador (Investigação)	Berghof Forschungszentrum für konstruktive Konfliktbearbeitung, Alemanha

2018/01/01 - 2021/02/28	Pós-doutorado (Investigação)	University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Alemanha

2019/06/01 - 2019/07/31	Investigador visitante (Investigação)	German-Colombian Peace Institute CAPAZ, Colômbia

2017/09/01 - 2018/05/15	Investigador Contratado (Investigação)	United Nations University Policy Center, Japão

2014/03/03 - 2016/12/31	Assistente de Investigação (carreira) (Investigação)	University of Kent Department of Politics and International Relations, Reino Unido

2013/09/23 - 2014/09/30	Investigador visitante (Investigação)	University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Alemanha

2014/06/09 - 2014/07/18	Investigador visitante (Investigação)	Queen's University Belfast - The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute For Global Peace, Security And Justice, Reino Unido

2014/02/01 - 2014/02/28	Investigador visitante (Investigação)	Peace Research Institute Oslo Cyprus Center, Chipre
	Peace Research Institute Oslo Cyprus Center, Chipre

Docência no Ensino Superior

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2015/07/01 - 2021/02/28	Assistente (Docente Universitário)	University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Alemanha

2012/12/01 - 2013/06/14	Assistente (Docente Universitário)	University of Kent Department of Politics and International Relations, Reino Unido

Projetos

Bolsa

	Designação	Financiadores
2019/01/01 - 2021/02/28	A Public Peace Process? Progress Disclosure in Peace Negotiations in Colombia and Northern Ireland N/A Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento Philipps-Universität Marburg, Alemanha	Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung Concluído
2018/01/01 - 2018/12/31	Bridging Scholarship - to Enable Outstanding Female Scholars with a PhD to Further Their Academic Career N/A Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Alemanha	Marburg University Research Academy (MARA) Concluído
2015/04/15 - 2017/11/27	Elite Mediation and Grassroots Support for Peace Settlements: Differential Community Support in Cyprus and Northern Ireland SFRH/BD/99489/2014 Bolseiro de Doutoramento University of Kent Department of Politics and International Relations, Reino Unido Philipps-Universität Marburg, Alemanha	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído
2013/09/01 - 2014/09/30	Visiting Researcher Scholarship N/A Investigador University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Alemanha	Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Concluído
2014/01/15 - 2014/02/28	PIO Fieldwork Grant N/A Investigador University of Kent Department of Politics and International Relations, Reino Unido	Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Cyprus Concluído

Projeto

	Designação	Financiadores
2025/05/01 - 2031/04/30	Public Enemies: Transforming Political Discourse in Peace Processes involving Armed Groups 2023.08434.CEECIND/CP2885/CT0005 10.54499/2023.08434.CEECIND/CP2885/CT0005 Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Em curso
2021/10/01 - 2022/02/28	Research Consultancy on UNDP Staff's Engagement with Non-State Armed Groups (NSAGs) N/A Investigador Berghof Forschungszentrum für konstruktive Konfliktbearbeitung, Alemanha	United Nations Development Programme Em curso
2017/09/01 - 2018/05/15	Sanctions and Mediation Project N/A Investigador United Nations University Policy Center, Japão	Eidgenössische Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten Concluído

Produções

Publicações

Artigo em revista	Joana Amaral. "UN Sanctions and Mediation in Sierra Leone". Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations 28 2 (2022): 274-293. https://doi.org/10.1163/19426720-02802001. Publicado • 10.1163/19426720-02802001 Amaral, Joana. "Civil Society and Peace Referendums: Inclusion and Campaign Mobilization in Northern Ireland and Cyprus". Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 27 3 (2021): 370-388. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13537113.2021.1917288?journalCode=fnep20. Publicado • 10.1080/13537113.2021.1917288 Amaral, Joana. "Spoiling in the Public Sphere: Opposition to Peace Processes and the Referendum Campaign in Colombia". International Negotiation 26 3 (2021): 453-478. https://brill.com/view/journals/iner/26/3/article-p453_6.xml?language=en. Publicado • 10.1163/15718069-bja10014 Amaral, Joana. "Do peace negotiations shape settlement referendums?". Cooperation and Conflict 53 3 (2018): 356-374. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0010836717737569. Publicado • 10.1177/0010836717737569 Amaral, Joana. "Multiparty Mediation in Cyprus 1963-1964". Cyprus Review 25 2 (2013): 73-88. http://www.unic.ac.cy/research/publications/the-cyprus-review/contents-volume-21-and-onwards. Publicado
Capítulo de livro	Amaral, Joana. "Confidencialidad y la Estrategia Comunicacional en las Negociaciones de Paz entre el Gobierno y el ELN". In Un Proceso de Paz Inacabado: Negociaciones de Paz Entre el Gobierno Colombiano y el Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) (2010-2019), editado por Mouli, Cécile; Hernandez, Esperanza. Suiça: Peter Lang, 2023. Publicado Amaral, Joana. "The Covid 19 Humanitarian Ceasefires and Ongoing Challenges for Resistance and Liberation Movements in Peace Negotiations". In On Negotiating Peace: A Compilation of Strategic Frameworks based on the Perspectives of Resistance and Liberation Movements, 148-157. Berlin, Alemanha: Berghof Foundation, 2022. Publicado Amaral, Joana. "Peacemaking Referendums: Advantages and Challenges for Peace Processes". In Contemporary Peacemaking - Peace Processes, Peacebuilding and Conflict, editado por Mac Ginty, Roger; Wanis-St. John, Anthony, 141-157. Cham, Suiça: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. Publicado
Documento de trabalho	Amaral, Joana. 2015. "Pre-Emptive or Preventive Mediation? High-Level Mediation in the Widened Preventive Diplomacy Agenda". https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/es/2019/0014/pdf/ccs-wp-19.pdf. Amaral, Joana. 2014. "Mediating Among the Elites and the Grassroots: A Research Design on Differential Community Support for Peace Settlements in Cyprus and Northern Ireland". http://www.gpsg.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Working_Paper_17.pdf.
Edição de livro	Amaral, Joana; Dr. Véronique Dudouet; Karin Göldner-Ebenthal; Jonathan Harlander; Katrin Planta; Nico Schernbeck; Vanessa Prinz; Luxshi Vimalarajah. On Negotiating Peace: A Compilation of Strategic Frameworks based on the Perspectives of Resistance and Liberation Movements. Berlin, Alemanha: Berghof Foundation. 2022. Publicado • Editor
Livro	Amaral, Joana. Making Peace with Referendums: Cyprus and Northern Ireland. Syracuse, Estados Unidos: Syracuse University Press. 2019. Publicado
Relatório	Amaral, Joana; Dr. Véronique Dudouet. 2023. Engaging Non-State Armed Groups for Peacebuilding and Development Aims: Challenges and Best Practices. Amaral, Joana. 2019. When the People Have the Final Say: Lessons from Referendums in Peace Processes. https://www.swisspeace.ch/publications/policy-briefs/. Amaral, Joana; Lansana Gberie. 2018. UN Sanctions and Mediation in Sierra Leone.
Tese / Dissertação	"Negotiations with Peace Settlement Referendums: Comparing the Annan Plan and Good Friday Agreement Experiences". Doutoramento, University of Kent Department of Politics and International Relations, 2017. https://kar.kent.ac.uk/63870/. "Mediator of third party? : a holistic approach to mediation in Cyprus". Mestrado, Universidade do Minho, 2011. https://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/18816.

Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

	Título da apresentação	Nome do evento Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2023/04/27	Peace Agreement Referendums: Lessons from Cyprus, Northern Ireland and Colombia	Institute for Democracy and Participation Research (IDPF) of the University of Wuppertal (Wuppertal, Alemanha)
2022/03/10	Peacemaking and the Public Sphere	Research Colloquium Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (Boston)
2021/04/06	Confidentiality and Progress Disclosure in the Colombian Negotiations (2012-2016)	International Studies Association (ISA) Conference 2021 International Studies Association (Virtual, Estados Unidos)
2020/10/28	A Public Timing? Confidentiality and Public Communication in the Colombian Peace Negotiations	Zentrumstage Conference Center for Conflict Studies, University of Marburg (Marburg, Alemanha)
2020/07/16	Peacemaking and the Public Sphere: Confidentiality and Public Communication in the Colombian Negotiations	International Association for Conflict Management Virtual Conference International Association for Conflict Management (IACM) (Virtual, Estados Unidos)
2020/01/17	UN Sanctions and Mediation in Sierra Leone	Policy Uptake Event ‘UN Sanctions and Mediation: Complementarities and Complications’ Graduate Institute Geneva (Geneva, Suiça)
2019/03/27	Peace Negotiations with Settlement Referendums: The Cypriot and Northern Irish Experiences Compared	International Studies Association (ISA) Conference International Studies Association (Toronto, Canadá)
2019/03/18	Sierra Leone: UN Sanctions and Spoiler Management	International Studies Association (ISA) Conference International Studies Association (Toronto, Canadá)
2018/02/23	Civil Society in Peace Settlement Referendums: Inclusivity and the Referendum Campaigns in Cyprus and Northern Ireland	International Studies Association (ISA) Conference International Studies Association (San Francisco, Estados Unidos)
2017/03/16	Peace Settlement Referendums: A New Dimension of Success in Peace Negotiations	Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (AfK) and European Peace Research Association (EuPRa) Joint Conference Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (AfK) (Schwerte, Alemanha)
2017/02/23	Mediation Style and Referendum Outcomes: Re-assessing the Effectiveness of Mediation Strategies in Cyprus and Northern Ireland	International Studies Association (ISA) Conference International Studies Association (Baltimore, Estados Unidos)
2016/03/18	The Process Determinants of Support for Peace Settlements in the Annan Plan and Good Friday Agreement Referendums	International Studies Association (ISA) Conference International Studies Association (Atlanta, Estados Unidos)
2015/09/14	Process vs Outcome: Elite Mediation and Communities’ Support for Peace Settlements in Cyprus and Northern Ireland	UK Conflict Research Society Annual Conference University of Kent Politics and International Relations (Canterbury, Reino Unido)
2015/02/17	Getting to the ‘Yes’ Vote: Conflict Mediation and Communities’ Support for Peace Settlements in Cyprus and Northern Ireland	International Studies Association (ISA) Conference International Studies Association (New Orleans, Estados Unidos)
2014/03/29	Elite Mediation and the Cypriot Communities’ Support for the Annan Plan	International Studies Association (ISA) Conference International Studies Association (Toronto, Canadá)
2013/06/20	Mediating Among the Elites and the Grassroots: Explaining Differential Community Support in the Good Friday Agreement and Annan Plan Referendums	British International Studies Association Conference and Exhibition (BISA) University of Birmingham (Birmingham, Reino Unido)
2013/06/06	Mediating Among the Elites and the Grassroots	6th Hellenic Observatory Symposium London School of Economics and Political Science (London, Reino Unido)
2011/11/16	Chipre: De Conflito Intra-estadual a Problema Diplomático Internacional (Cyprus: From Intrastate Conflict to International Diplomatic Problem	OBSERVARE Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)

Orientação

	Título / Tema Papel desempenhado	Curso (Tipo) Instituição / Organização
2020/03/01 - 2020/09/30	Are We Helping or Hindering? The Impact of Third-party Mediations on Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration Orientador	Joint Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies (Mestrado) University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Alemanha
2020/03/01 - 2020/08/31	A Ripe Moment? The UN Secretary General Mediation and the Cyprus Negotiations 2014-2016 Orientador	Joint Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies (Mestrado) University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Alemanha
2019/03/01 - 2019/09/30	The Impact of Brexit on Loyalist Social Identity in Northern Ireland Orientador	Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies (Mestrado) University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Alemanha
2019/03/01 - 2019/08/31	Gender Equality in the Colombian Peace Process: Merely a Theoretical Objective? Orientador	Joint Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies (Mestrado) University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Alemanha
2015/03/01 - 2015/09/30	The Northern Ireland Women's Coalition and the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement - Why a Seat at the Table is Not Enough Orientador	Double Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies (Mestrado) University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Alemanha

Organização de evento

	Nome do evento Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação)	Instituição / Organização
2013/01/01 - 2013/04/17	Member of the organizing committee of the Annual Politics and International Relations Postgraduate Research Conference at the University of Kent (2013/04/17 - 2013/04/17) Conferência (Membro da Comissão Organizadora)	University of Kent Department of Politics and International Relations, Reino Unido

Participação em evento

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de evento	Nome do evento Instituição / Organização
2013/05/31 - 2013/05/31	Participant in the academic-practitioner exchange workshop ‘Lessons of Power-Sharing for Divided Societies Oficina (workshop)	University of Kent Department of Politics and International Relations, Reino Unido

Comissão de avaliação

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de assessoria	Instituição / Organização	Entidade financiadora
2019/12/01 - 2019/12/15	Reviewer of application for a Senior Research Fellowship, to fund a research position for a visiting professor at the University of Bayreuth. Avaliador	Universität Bayreuth, Alemanha	Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Curso / Disciplina lecionado

	Disciplina	Curso (Tipo)	Instituição / Organização
2018/10/07 - 2019/02/28	Peace Negotiations and Mediation	Master in Peace and Conflict Studies (Master)	University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Alemanha
2015/10/12 - 2018/11/24	Using Interviews in Research - workshop for the Double Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies Kent/Marburg, Centre for Conflict Studies, University of Marburg, 12th of October 2015, 10th of January 2017, 24th November 2018	Joint Master in Peace and Conflict Studies (Master)	University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Alemanha
2018/07/01 - 2018/08/15	Conflict Mediation in Europe	Hessen International Summer School (Bachelor)	University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Alemanha
2015/07/15 - 2015/08/01	Conflict Mediation in the Middle East	Hessen International Summer School (Bachelor)	University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Alemanha
2014/10/01 - 2015/03/31	Conflict Transformation and Peacemaking	Minor in Peace and Conflict Studies (Bachelor)	University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Alemanha
2013/01/01 - 2013/07/14	International History and International Relations	Politics and International Relations (Bachelor)	University of Kent Department of Politics and International Relations, Reino Unido

Membro de associação

	Nome da associação	Tipo de participação
2020/01/31 - Atual	International Association for Conflict Management (IACM)	Membro
2014/03/01 - Atual	International Studies Association (ISA)	Membro
2015/03/01 - 2019/03/01	UK Conflict Research Society	Intern
2014/02/01 - 2016/12/31	Cyprus Academic Dialogue	Membro

Membro de comissão

	Descrição da atividade Tipo de participação	Instituição / Organização
2021/10/01 - 2022/02/28	Member of the Research Ethics Board , responsible for evaluating and issuing appraisal of in-house research projects' observance and respect for research ethics. Membro	Berghof Forschungszentrum für konstruktive Konfliktbearbeitung, Alemanha
2019/03/01 - 2022/02/28	Executive Commissioner for the Peace Section of the International Studies Association. I was elected to this position by the members of the Peace Studies section and my main responsibilities were to advise the commission on any matters of concern to the section.	International Studies Association, Estados Unidos

Revisão ad hoc de artigos em revista

	Nome da revista (ISSN)	Editora
2023/03/15 - 2023/04/26	Global Society (1360-0826)	Taylor and Francis
2019/08/01 - 2019/08/31	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	Routledge
2019/02/01 - 2019/02/28	Democratization	Taylor and Francis
2015/04/01 - 2015/04/30	International Peacekeeping	Taylor and Francis

Distinções

Prémio

2017	Kenneth Boulding Award Runner-Up for Best Graduate Student Paper in the Peace Studies Section International Studies Association, Estados Unidos