Catarina Milhazes (9F14-81E4-31AF)

Curriculum Vitae

Catarina Milhazes

Catarina Milhazes is a doctoral student in International Relations - International Politics and Conflict Resolution, at the Faculty of Economics and the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra. She is also an international cooperation and development senior consultant, with a focus on EU-Africa relations. She has been working on cross-sector projects and initiatives focusing on tasks related to partnerships' building, community empowerment, research on social development, enhanced participatory governance and better-functioning institutions. She has worked with various organisations, from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. She has experience as team leader, team member and proposal writer with regional and national agencies, namely the European Commission, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank, the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Portuguese Institute for International Cooperation (Camões I.P.). Catarina has also worked as cooperation officer in Guinea-Bissau and as a trainee in political diplomacy at the external services of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Morocco. She holds an MA in Language and Cultural Studies. She is a member of the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies since 2016. The development of her PhD project is funded by the national Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) - reference 2022.13950.BD.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Catarina Milhazes

Citation names

Milhazes, Catarina
Milhazes, Ana Catarina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 9F14-81E4-31AF

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Political Sciences
Social Sciences - Educational Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
French	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Creole and Pidgin, Portuguese-based (Other)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian	Upper intermediate (B2)	Proficiency (C2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Italian	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)	Elementary (A2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2021 - 2025 Ongoing	Doctoral Programme in International Relations - International Politics and Conflict Resolution (PIRC) (Doutoramento) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2023/03/14 - 2023/03/16 Concluded	Conducting Rigorous Impact Evaluations in Humanitarian Emergencies and Conflict Settings: A Research-to-Practice Training Workshop (Outros) ISDC - International Security and Development Center gGmbH, Germany
2022/08/09 - 2022/08/11 Concluded	Gender Responsive Education in Emergencies (Outros) Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies, United States Save the Children Federation Inc, United States
2022/05/24 - 2022/05/25 Concluded	PRONE 2022 - Methods' Summer School (PRONE Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence / CES / FEUC) (Outros) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2021/06/15 - 2021/06/17 Concluded	International Development Summer Course - 3rd edition (Outros) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos sobre África e do Desenvolvimento, Portugal Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal Plataforma Portuguesa das Organizações Não-Governamentais para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal
2021/02/01 - 2021/04/01 Concluded	Designing a Multimendional Poverty Index — Online Course (MOOC) (Outros) University of Oxford, United Kingdom United Nations Development Programme, United States
2019/06/01 - 2019/07/01 Concluded	Ideas for a better world: Leading change through policymaking — Online course (Outros) British Council, United Kingdom
2017/09/01 - 2017/09/07 Concluded	Professional traineeship programme in the external services of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs training session (Outros) Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros, Portugal
2012/09/01 - 2014/09/29 Concluded	Estudos Literários, Culturais e Interartes (Mestrado) Major in Ramo de Estudos Românicos e Clássicos Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal	18
2009/09/01 - 2012/06/27 Concluded	Línguas, Literaturas e Culturas (Licenciatura) Major in Estudos Anglo-Americanos Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal	16

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/10 - 2019/08	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade Lusófona da Guiné-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2020/09 - 2022/12	Senior International Consultant	SPI - Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (International Team), Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/02 - Current	PhD Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2018/09 - 2019/08	Cooperation Officer	FEC ONG, Guinea-Bissau

2017/09 - 2018/08	Political and Cultural Diplomacy Assistant (Traineeship)	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Portugal
	Diplomatic Mission in Rabat, Morocco

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2022/07 - 2022/12	Private Sector Development in Ethiopia. Output 3. Capacity Building of Intermediaries. n.a. Technical development	GIZ Country Office Ethiopia and Djibouti Ongoing
2022/07 - 2022/12	EURAXESS Worldwide n.a. Technical development	European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation Ongoing
2022/06 - 2022/12	Support for the development of the SADC Digital Transformation Strategy (SADC-DTS) FWC SIEA 2018- LOT 2-915209 Technical development	European Union EuropeAid Concluded
2021/01 - 2022/12	ENRICH in Africa -- A Multi-sided Platform for supporting the EU-African Innovation Community 101004709 Technical development	European Union Ongoing
2020/11/01 - 2022/12	GENDER STI -- Gender Equality in Science, Technology and Innovation Bilateral and Multilateral Dialogues 872427 Principal investigator	European Union Ongoing
2020/11/01 - 2022/12	PERISCOPE -- Pan-European Response to the Impacts of COVID-19 and Future Pandemics and Epidemics 101016233 Technical development	European Union Ongoing
2020/10/01 - 2022/12	RESPONSE -- Integrated Solutions for Positive Energy and Resilient Cities 957751 Member of the Ethics Board for gender issues	European Union Ongoing
2020/10/01 - 2022/04	GEM Angola n.a. Researcher	The National GEM Consortium Concluded
2018/09 - 2019/08	Programme to Support the Reform of the Education System in Guinea-Bissau n.a. Technical development	Camões Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Ana Catarina Milhazes. O Essencial sobre Leonardo Coimbra. Portugal: INCM - Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda. 2016. Published
Book review	Milhazes, Catarina. "The under-theorised issue of worldview in peacebuilding approaches". Review of Reconciliation and Building a Sustainable Peace: Competing Worldviews in South Africa and beyond R:I, 79 (2023): 101. https://ipri.unl.pt/index.php/pt/publicacoes/revista-r-i/arquivo-de-revista-r-i/5159-relacoes-internacionais-n-79. Published Ana Catarina Milhazes. "Recensão a Frederico Lourenço (2016), Bíblia, Vol. I, Novo Testamento: Os Quatro Evangelhos". (2017): Ana Catarina Milhazes. "Recensão a Julio Cortázar (2016), Aulas de Literatura -- Berkeley, 1980". (2017):
Conference paper	Milhazes, Catarina; Franca, Etienne. "The concept of trust in political discourse during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of African Union's contribution to global solidarity". Paper presented in UNPOP International Colloquium. Emotions, narratives and identities in politics, populism and democracy., Coimbra, 2024. Submitted Milhazes, Catarina. "Questioning gender-related evaluation practices in development: a look into South African-based organisations". Paper presented in 19th Development Dialogue: Reckoning with the past and imagining the futures of development - International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Hague, 2023. Submitted Milhazes, Catarina; Bhatia, R.; Rilla, N.; Laitinen, E.; Ferreira, G.. "Integration of gender in international science, technology and innovation (STI) collaboration: learning from international feminist policies". Paper presented in 2023 Eu-SPRI Annual Conference - Research with Impact, Brighton, 2023. Submitted Milhazes, Catarina; Franca, Etienne. "Trust relations in a pathogenic period: African Union self-empowerment during the COVID-19 pandemic". Paper presented in ECAS - European Conference on African Studies, Cologne, 2023. Submitted
Newspaper article	Milhazes, Catarina. "Conflict in Sudan - the invisibility of the African Union", The Republic - Nigeria, 2023, https://republic.com.ng/august-september-2023/sudan-african-union/.
Report	Gender STI. 2023. Benchmark report on gender equality in STI dialogues. (as external contributor/reviewer). Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte (CCDR-N). 2022. Avaliação Ambiental Estratégica do Programa Regional do Norte 2021- 2027 - Relatório Preliminar. (co-written). Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte (CCDR-N). 2022. Avaliação Ex-Ante do Programa Regional do Norte 2021-2027 - Relatório Preliminar. (co-written). SPI - Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação. 2022. GEM Angola 2020/2021. Gender STI. 2022. Overview of gender inequalities in STI agreements between the EU and third countries. (co-written). Gender STI. 2021. Methodological Handbook on the GENDER STI Co-Design Labs.

Other

Research technique

Comparative analysis framework -- observation of gender equality in international bilateral and multilateral agreements (EU-funded project GenderSTI, T2.1). Researcher. Catarina Milhazes.
Researcher

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2024/01/24	The concept of trust in political discourse during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of African Union's contribution to global solidarity (co-written with Etienne Franca)	UNPOP International Colloquium. Emotions, narratives and identities in politics, populism and democracy. University of Coimbra (Portugal)
2023/11/14	Questioning gender-related evaluation practices in development: a look into South African-based organisations. Panel 11: Rethinking evaluation - past and future of how we measure development outcomes.	19th Development Dialogue: Reckoning with the past and imagining the futures of development International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Hague, Netherlands)
2023/09/19	AU-EU Relations: the role of emotions in shaping political practices	Africa and Europe in a Disorderly World Navigating Complexities in a Changing Global System EU Renew + GovInn, University of Pretoria (Pretoria, South Africa)
2023/06/16	Integration of gender in international science, technology and innovation (STI) collaboration: learning from international feminist policies (co-written with R. Bhatia, N. Rilla, E. Laitinen, G. Ferreira)	2023 Eu-SPRI Annual Conference - Research with Impact University of Sussex (Brighton, United Kingdom)
2023/05/31	Trust relations in a pathogenic period: African Union self-empowerment during the COVID-19 pandemic (co-written with Etienne Franca). Panel: Poli16 - African regional organizations and their politics under the global condition	European Conference of African Studies (ECAS) 2023 - African Futures Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS) / University of Cologne (Cologne, Germany)

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023/02/10 - 2023/05/26	Summer School "Bridging the gap: Peace, Politics and Social Change". Doctoral Programme in International Relations - International Politics and Conflict Resolution (PIRC) - Center for Social Studies (CES) and School of Economics University of Coimbra (FEUC) (2023/05/24 - 2023/05/26) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2022/09/29 - 2022/09/29	EiA SDG session -- African girls and women in Science, Technology and Innovation -- with Monique Kwachou (Better Breed Cameroon / University of the Free State), Simone Andersson (WEEE Centre) and Tania Tena Pérez (Fundación Mujeres por Africa) (2022/09/29 - 2022/09/29) Conference	EiA project, Germany
2022/06/28 - 2022/06/28	EiA SDG session -- Innovation and Entrepreneurship Driven by Needs -- with Elsie Onsongo (International Centre for Frugal Innovation), Ana Dju (UNDP Guinea-Bissau Accelerator Lab) and Lindsey Schwidder (TUDelft). (2022/06/28 - 2022/06/28) Conference	EiA project, Germany
2022/03/15 - 2022/03/15	EiA SDG session -- Cross-continental and cross-sector partnerships -- with Nelson Ijumba (Africa Hub - Coventry University), Joanna Bingham (African Circular Economy Network Ghana) and Alice Abagre (Footprints Africa). (2022/03/15 - 2022/03/15) Conference	EiA project, Germany

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023/06/16 - 2023/06/16	Panel Convenor - Gender inclusion and diversity in innovation structures Conference	2023 Eu-SPRI Annual Conference - Research with Impact University of Sussex, United Kingdom
2022/11/23 - 2022/11/24	Preparation of the final version of the AU-EU Innovation Agenda to be presented for adoption during the AU-EU Ministerial Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation (late 2023) Other	African Union - European Union Innovation Agenda Stakeholder Event (Nairobi, Kenya) African Union Commission, Ethiopia European Commission, Belgium
2022/10/21 - 2022/10/21	International Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) Meet-up Ethiopia Round table

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2023/01 - Current	European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI)	Student member
2016/09/01 - Current	International Network for Education in Emergencies	Member

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2022/09 - Current	Editor of the Africa Review newsletter on Substack
2015 - 2016	Steering board. Revista de Filosofia e Literatura -- Pontes de Vista Member

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2023/02 - 2023/05	Summer School "Bridging the gap: Peace, Politics and Social Change" (24-26/05/2023). Doctoral Programme in International Relations - International Politics and Conflict Resolution (PIRC) - Center for Social Studies (CES) and School of Economics University of Coimbra (FEUC)	University of Coimbra, Faculty of Economics

Distinctions

Other distinction

2023	PhD schollarship - reference 2022.13950.BD Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal