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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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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Joana Maria Veloso do Amaral

Citation names

  • Amaral, Joana

Author identifiers

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

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Political Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2012/09/16 - 2017/04/26
Concluded
 International Relations (Doctor)
Major in Conflict Analysis
University of Kent Department of Politics and International Relations, United Kingdom
"Negotiations with Peace Settlement Referendums: Comparing the Annan Plan and Good Friday Agreement Experiences (https://kar.kent.ac.uk/63870/)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Pass with no corrections / Summa Cum Laude (mérito máximo)
2009/10/01 - 2012/03/15
Concluded
 International Relations (Mestrado)
Major in Peace and Conflict Studies
Universidade do Minho Escola de Economia e Gestão, Portugal
"Mediator of Third Party? : A Holistic Approach to Mediation in Cyprus" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Thesis defense: 18 Final Mark: 16
2001/10/01 - 2006/02/15
Concluded
 International Relations (Licenciatura)
Major in Economic and Political International Relations
Universidade do Minho Escola de Economia e Gestão, Portugal
"Not applicable" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/05/01 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2022/03/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Independent Research Consultant, Germany
2020/09/01 - 2022/02/28 Researcher (Research) Berghof Forschungszentrum für konstruktive Konfliktbearbeitung, Germany
2018/01/01 - 2021/02/28 Postdoc (Research) University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Germany
2019/06/01 - 2019/07/31 Visiting Researcher (Research) German-Colombian Peace Institute CAPAZ, Colombia
2017/09/01 - 2018/05/15 Contracted Researcher (Research) United Nations University Policy Center, Japan
2014/03/03 - 2016/12/31 Research Assistant (Research) University of Kent Department of Politics and International Relations, United Kingdom
2013/09/23 - 2014/09/30 Visiting Researcher (Research) University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Germany
2014/06/09 - 2014/07/18 Visiting Researcher (Research) Queen's University Belfast - The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute For Global Peace, Security And Justice, United Kingdom
2014/02/01 - 2014/02/28 Visiting Researcher (Research) Peace Research Institute Oslo Cyprus Center, Cyprus
Peace Research Institute Oslo Cyprus Center, Cyprus

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/07/01 - 2021/02/28 Assistant (University Teacher) University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Germany
2012/12/01 - 2013/06/14 Assistant (University Teacher) University of Kent Department of Politics and International Relations, United Kingdom
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/01/01 - 2021/02/28 A Public Peace Process? Progress Disclosure in Peace Negotiations in Colombia and Northern Ireland
N/A
Post-doc Fellow
Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
 Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung
Concluded
2018/01/01 - 2018/12/31 Bridging Scholarship - to Enable Outstanding Female Scholars with a PhD to Further Their Academic Career
N/A
Post-doc Fellow
University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Germany
 Marburg University Research Academy (MARA)
Concluded
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
PhD Student Fellow
University of Kent Department of Politics and International Relations, United Kingdom

Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/09/01 - 2014/09/30 Visiting Researcher Scholarship
N/A
Researcher
University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Germany
 Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
Concluded
2014/01/15 - 2014/02/28 PIO Fieldwork Grant
N/A
Researcher
University of Kent Department of Politics and International Relations, United Kingdom
 Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Cyprus
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
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
Ongoing
2021/10/01 - 2022/02/28 Research Consultancy on UNDP Staff's Engagement with Non-State Armed Groups (NSAGs)
N/A
Researcher
Berghof Forschungszentrum für konstruktive Konfliktbearbeitung, Germany
 United Nations Development Programme
Ongoing
2017/09/01 - 2018/05/15 Sanctions and Mediation Project
N/A
Researcher
United Nations University Policy Center, Japan
 Eidgenössische Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Amaral, Joana. Making Peace with Referendums: Cyprus and Northern Ireland. Syracuse, United States: Syracuse University Press. 2019.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. 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), edited by Mouli, Cécile; Hernandez, Esperanza. Switzerland: Peter Lang, 2023.
    Published
  2. 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, Germany: Berghof Foundation, 2022.
    Published
  3. Amaral, Joana. "Peacemaking Referendums: Advantages and Challenges for Peace Processes". In Contemporary Peacemaking - Peace Processes, Peacebuilding and Conflict, edited by Mac Ginty, Roger; Wanis-St. John, Anthony, 141-157. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
    Published
Edited book
  1. 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, Germany: Berghof Foundation. 2022.
    Published • Editor
Journal article
  1. 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.
    Published • 10.1163/19426720-02802001
  2. 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.
    Published • 10.1080/13537113.2021.1917288
  3. 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.
    Published • 10.1163/15718069-bja10014
  4. 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.
    Published • 10.1177/0010836717737569
  5. 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.
    Published
Report
  1. Amaral, Joana; Dr. Véronique Dudouet. 2023. Engaging Non-State Armed Groups for Peacebuilding and Development Aims: Challenges and Best Practices.
  2. Amaral, Joana. 2019. When the People Have the Final Say: Lessons from Referendums in Peace Processes. https://www.swisspeace.ch/publications/policy-briefs/.
  3. Amaral, Joana; Lansana Gberie. 2018. UN Sanctions and Mediation in Sierra Leone.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Negotiations with Peace Settlement Referendums: Comparing the Annan Plan and Good Friday Agreement Experiences". PhD, University of Kent Department of Politics and International Relations, 2017. https://kar.kent.ac.uk/63870/.
  2. "Mediator of third party? : a holistic approach to mediation in Cyprus". Master, Universidade do Minho, 2011. https://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/handle/1822/18816.
Working paper
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
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, Germany)
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, United States)
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, Germany)
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, United States)
2020/01/17 UN Sanctions and Mediation in Sierra Leone Policy Uptake Event ‘UN Sanctions and Mediation: Complementarities and Complications’
Graduate Institute Geneva (Geneva, Switzerland)
2019/03/27 Peace Negotiations with Settlement Referendums: The Cypriot and Northern Irish Experiences Compared International Studies Association (ISA) Conference
International Studies Association (Toronto, Canada)
2019/03/18 Sierra Leone: UN Sanctions and Spoiler Management International Studies Association (ISA) Conference
International Studies Association (Toronto, Canada)
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, United States)
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, Germany)
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, United States)
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, United States)
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, United Kingdom)
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, United States)
2014/03/29 Elite Mediation and the Cypriot Communities’ Support for the Annan Plan International Studies Association (ISA) Conference
International Studies Association (Toronto, Canada)
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, United Kingdom)
2013/06/06 Mediating Among the Elites and the Grassroots 6th Hellenic Observatory Symposium
London School of Economics and Political Science (London, United Kingdom)
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)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020/03/01 - 2020/09/30 Are We Helping or Hindering? The Impact of Third-party Mediations on Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration
Supervisor
 Joint Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies (Master)
University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Germany
2020/03/01 - 2020/08/31 A Ripe Moment? The UN Secretary General Mediation and the Cyprus Negotiations 2014-2016
Supervisor
 Joint Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies (Master)
University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Germany
2019/03/01 - 2019/09/30 The Impact of Brexit on Loyalist Social Identity in Northern Ireland
Supervisor
 Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies (Master)
University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Germany
2019/03/01 - 2019/08/31 Gender Equality in the Colombian Peace Process: Merely a Theoretical Objective?
Supervisor
 Joint Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies (Master)
University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Germany
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
Supervisor
 Double Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies (Master)
University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Germany

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
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)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 University of Kent Department of Politics and International Relations, United Kingdom

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2013/05/31 - 2013/05/31 Participant in the academic-practitioner exchange workshop ‘Lessons of Power-Sharing for Divided Societies
Workshop
University of Kent Department of Politics and International Relations, United Kingdom

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
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

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2020/01/31 - Current International Association for Conflict Management (IACM) Membro
2014/03/01 - Current 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

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
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.
Member
 Berghof Forschungszentrum für konstruktive Konfliktbearbeitung, Germany
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, United States

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2018/10/07 - 2019/02/28 Peace Negotiations and Mediation Master in Peace and Conflict Studies (Master) University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Germany
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, Germany
2018/07/01 - 2018/08/15 Conflict Mediation in Europe Hessen International Summer School (Bachelor) University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Germany
2015/07/15 - 2015/08/01 Conflict Mediation in the Middle East Hessen International Summer School (Bachelor) University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Germany
2014/10/01 - 2015/03/31 Conflict Transformation and Peacemaking Minor in Peace and Conflict Studies (Bachelor) University of Marburg - Center for Conflict Studies, Germany
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, United Kingdom

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
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.
Evaluator
 Universität Bayreuth, Germany Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Distinctions

Award

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