Curriculum Vitae
Carla Sofia Ferreira Fernandes
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Carla Sofia Ferreira Fernandes
Citation names
- Fernandes, Carla
- Ferreira Fernandes, Carla Sofia
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 5910-D872-71C7
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-2650-9759
Knowledge fields
- Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography - Environmental Sciences
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| French | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | |
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | |
| Spanish; Castilian | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2016/10/01 - 2024/06/04
Concluded
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Social Sustainability and Development (Doutoramento)
Major in Climate Change and Migration
Universidade Aberta, Portugal
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18 |
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2016/08/31
Concluded
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Post-Graduate Specialisation in Climate Change Management (Postgraduate Certificate)
The University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciences, United Kingdom
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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"With merit" |
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2009/09/30
Concluded
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Engineering Applied to Development (Master)
Universidad Abierta de Cataluña, Spain
"A neutralidade da Comissão Europeia no financiamento de ajuda humanitária" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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"Sobresaliente", equivalente a classificações supe |
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2003/03/01
Concluded
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Management and Industrial Engineering (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Mass Customisation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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14 |
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2000/05/31
Concluded
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Management of Production (Postgraduate Certificate)
Chalmers tekniska högskola, Sweden
"sem tese" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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4 out of 5 |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/09/01 - 2024/06/04 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centre for Functional Ecology - Science for People & the Planet, Portugal |
| 2008/09/01 - 2009/08/31 | Science and Technology Management | European Commission, Belgium |
| 2001/09/10 - 2002/03/10 | Research Trainee (Research) | Fraunhofer-Institut für Fabrikbetrieb und -automatisierung, Germany |
| Fraunhofer-Institut für Fabrikbetrieb und -automatisierung, Germany |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/02/22 - 2025/07/07 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade Aberta, Portugal |
| 2016/10/01 - 2024/08/31 | Lecturer (University Teacher) | SIST British University, Morocco |
| 2020/05/01 - 2020/10/01 | Assistant (University Teacher) | The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
| The University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciences, United Kingdom |
Other Careers
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/10/01 - 2024/06/01 | Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) | Springer Nature Deutschland GmbH, Germany |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/12/15 - 2025/01/31 | Evaluation | COST European Cooperation in Science & Technology, Belgium |
| 2016/04/04 - 2016/08/19 | Consultant in Management of Humanitarian Aid Projects for refugees and IDPs | SOS Children's Villages - MENA region, Morocco |
| 2015/03/13 - 2015/11/04 | Logistics Manager | International Committee of the Red Cross, Switzerland |
| 2009/10/11 - 2014/08/11 | Humanitarian Aid Project Manager in CAR, Haiti, Nigeria, DRC and Ethiopia | Médicos Sin Fronteras, Spain |
| 2005/09/19 - 2008/08/15 | Information Systems Specialist at R&D Centre | Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA, Belgium |
| 2004/08/01 - 2005/08/31 | e-learning contents manager | Raytheon Professional Services, Germany |
| 2004/01/12 - 2004/07/11 | Quality Control | Opel España, Spain |
Outputs
Publications
| Book chapter |
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| Journal article |
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| Online resource |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2025/05/09 | Water and Development: The Importance of Social Perceptions in Morocco | Water, Sustainability and Development ’25
Universidade Aberta, Cadi Ayyad University, & Instituto de Geografia e Planeamento do Território da Universidade de Lisboa (Safi, Morocco)
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| 2024/11/26 | Internal Remittances and Climate Resilience in Morocco: The Invisible Hand that Feeds | CMARN Insights 2024 launch
Climate Mobility Africa Research Network (CMARN)
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| 2024/10/31 | Mobilidade humana e degradação ambiental: Impactos em comunidades rurais em Marrocos | Seminário doutoral “e-Sustainability24”
Universidade Aberta, Lisboa, Portugal, & Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável/Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brasil. (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2024/10/03 | Sea-level Rise Implications for Human Mobility: Policy Analysis for Morocco | Asian and African Perspectives on Law and Sea-Level Rise
Lisbon Public Law Research Centre (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2024/10 | Mobilidade Humana e Degradação Ambiental - Impactos em Comunidades Rurais em Marrocos | Doctoral Seminar “e-Sustainability24"
Universidade Aberta and the “Programa de Pós-Graduação do Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Universidade de Brasília”
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| 2024/03 | Human Mobility and Environmental Degradation: Impacts on Rural Communities in Morocco | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Universidade Aberta and Centre for Functional Ecology
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Universidade Aberta and Centre for Functional Ecology
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| 2023/09/15 | Sustainable Futures - From Causes of Environmental Degradation to Solutions | World Summit of PhD Students on Sustainable Development
European School of Sustainability Science and Research, the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme and
the European Alliance for Sustainability Research, in cooperation with the Manchester Metropolitan University
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| 2023/03/30 | Local perceptions of human mobility in the context of environmental degradation | Human Mobility Analytics in the Big Data Era” session at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting (AAG2023)
American Association of Geographers (AAG) (United States)
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| 2022/10/05 | Research in Environmentally Induced Human Mobility: An Analysis of Methodological and Theoretical Dimensions | Conference MedCLIVAR
MedCLIVAR (Marrakech, Morocco)
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| 2021/11/03 | Migration: The Invisible Issue in Climate Change Adaptation Policies | 4th World Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation (WSCCA- 2021)
International Climate Change Information and Research Programme (ICCIRP)
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| 2021/11 | STEM Education and Job Market Challenges | Women in Tech
Arab Research Centre (Mohammedia, Morocco)
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| 2021/10/10 | Forced Migration: The Great Absence in the Climate Change Adaptation Policies - The Case of Morocco | IV Report(h)a Meeting: Sapiens, Health and the Environment - Natural and Artificial Frontiers
Centre for the History of Society and Culture (CHSC), Institute of Interdisciplinary Research of the University of Coimbra
(iiiUC) and the Centre for Functional Ecology (Portugal)
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| 2021/06/22 | “Migrants, Refugees, and Environmental Degradation / Climate Change.” | “Searching for Land in the 21st Century: Challenges of Climate Change and Migratory Movements.”
Centre for Functional Ecology
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| 2019/11/14 | Presentation “Environmental Migration in MENA Region: The Case of Morocco” | International Conference CERES Social-Ecological Systems: From Risks and Insecurity to Viability and Resilience
Research Center for Environment, Human Security and Governance (CERES) (Marrakech, Morocco)
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| 2016/10/27 | Energy Production and Climate Change in Morocco | 8th International Meeting on Hydrodynamics
Université Hassan II (Casablanca, Morocco)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2020/05/01 - 2020/10/01 | Impact of subsidies on R&D expenditure and performance in an electric car in China
Supervisor
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Carbon Management (Master)
The University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciences, United Kingdom
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| 2020/05/01 - 2020/10/01 | An analysis of climate change (mitigation) under COVID 19 from the perspective of climate adaptation
Supervisor
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Carbon Management (Master)
The University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciences, United Kingdom
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| 2020/05/01 - 2020/10/01 | Distilling climate resilience in the Scottish whisky industry: an environmental impact assessment into the effects of climate
change on the Scottish whisky industry and the adaptive capacity strategies required in a changing climate scenario
Supervisor
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Carbon Management (Master)
The University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciences, United Kingdom
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/06/16 - 2022/05/22 | Co-organising a webinar series entitled “Searching for Land in the 21st Century: Challenges of Climate Change and Migratory
Movements" (2021/06/16 - 2022/05/22)
Other (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2018/11/02 - 2018/11/02 | Conference on 'Migration: Reconciling Perspectives from the Global South and North'
Conference
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Migration: Reconciling Perspectives from the Global South and North
Policy Center for the New South, Morocco
Instituto Europeo del Mediterraneo, Spain |
| 2018/09/04 - 2018/09/08 | Participation in the International School on Environmental Diplomacy and Geopolitics (EDGE Project) for doctoral students
on the topics of 'Environmental Changes, Migration, and Policy.'
Workshop
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Universite de Liège Departement des Sciences Géographiques, Belgium
Centre d'histoire de SciencesPo, France Ekonomicka Univerzita v Bratislave, Slovakia |
| 2016/09/08 - 2016/09/09 | High Level Seminar “The Energy Transition, NDCs, and the Post-COP21 Agenda”
Seminar
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High Level Seminar “The Energy Transition, NDCs, and the Post-COP21 Agenda”
Policy Center for the New South, Morocco
International Monetary Fund, United States Columbia University, United States |
Consulting
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/06/01 - 2024/12/31 | Science Communication consultant | Centro Neurosensorial, Portugal |
| 2023/11/01 - 2024/06/01 | Support in the development of e-learning on research activities | Springer Nature Deutschland GmbH, Germany |
| 2022/10/01 - 2023/06/01 | Grant Writing for Development Projects | Jadara Foundation, Morocco |
| 2018/11/30 - 2018/12/01 | Meeting of experts on climate change and migration to establish a list of recommendations to be presented by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung at the adoption meeting of the Global Compact for Migration in Marrakech in December 2018. | Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung eV, Germany Université Mohammed V de Rabat, Morocco |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/05/02 - 2025/07/15 | Communication Skills | Training (Outros) | |
| 2024/11/28 - 2024/11/29 | Emerging Environmental Risks in the MENA Region | Emerging Risks in the MENA Region | Arab Center for Research, Morocco |
| 2016/10/15 - 2024/08/31 | International Political Economy; Ethics; Research Methods; Corporate Social Responsibility | Business Management (Bachelor) | SIST British University, Morocco |
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/02/17 - 2025/07/02 | Environment, Health and Well-being | Class of Universidade Aberta - Bachelor programme in Social Sciences |