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Doctoral dissertations Development Studies

2023

Jane Machado da Silva
"The Institutional Arrangements and Trajectory of Basic Education Financing in Brazil (1988/2010)"
02/06/2023
Advisor: Dr. Luís Paulo Mah da Silva
Co-advisor: Alexandre Filordi de Carvalho

José Luís Mascarenhas Monteiro
"Sustainable Tourism and Development: Post-Colonial Cape Verde"
26/04/2023
Supervisor: Dr. Eduardo Manuel M. de Moraes Sarmento Ferreira

2022

Alano da Fonseca Soares Sicato
"Trade Protectionism and the Growth of the Angolan Economy (2002-2017). An Approach in the Light of Economic Diversification and Structural Transformations"
29/06/2022
Supervisor: Dr. Carlos Nuno das Neves D'assa Castel-Branco

Diogo António da Silva Maia
"Financialization and Reprimarization in The African Context: The Case of Mozambique"
06/04/2022
Supervisor: Dr. Carlos Nuno das Neves D'assa Castel-Branco

Subarna Basnet
"Institutions, Geography and Economic Prosperity: The Case of Landlocked Countries"
23/03/2022
Advisor: Dr. Alexandre José Germano de Abreu

Asif Iqbal Dawar
"Questioning the Secutiry-Development Nexus in Post-Conflict North Waziristan: A Qualitative Fieldwork Research about Reconstruction Prractices and their Impact on Societal Power and Gender Relations (2015-2019)"
08/03/2022
Supervisor: Dr. Marcos Faria Ferreira (Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas da Universidade de Lisboa)

Mojgan Chapariha
"Achieving Human and Ecological Well-Being Through Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): a case study of Iran"
23/02/2022
Advisor: Dr. Peter A. Victor (York University of Canada)
Co-advisor: Dr. Olívia C. Bina (Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon)

Pedro Miguel De Azeredo Duarte
"Portugal's sovereign debt crisis in the context of EMU governance"
23/02/2022
Supervisor: Dr. António Goucha Soares

Susana Alexandre Dias Brissos
"(In)Food Security in Portugal: Socioeconomic Determinants of Access to Adequate Food"
09/02/2022
Supervisor: Dr. José António Correia Pereirinha

2021

Rosa de Freitas Andrade
"Prolonged Unemployment and Fragile Freedom: an analysis of youth unemployment in Portugal using Amartya Sen's idea of Capability"
15/12/2021
Supervisor: Dr. José António Correia Pereirinha

Maria Manuela Gomes Afonso
"Evaluation in Development Cooperation: Portugal (1994-2012). An Incomplete Institutionalization Process
19/11/2021
Advisor: Dr. Jochen Oppenheimer

Fabian Enrique Garzon-Cuervo
"Economic Motivations to Join Insurgencies in Colombia"
22/06/2021
Supervisor: Dr. Carlos Nuno das Neves D'assa Castel-Branco

Ana Luisa Paulino Coutinho
"Economic Growth and Social Inequality: Portugal in the 21st Century"
24/03/2021
Supervisor: Dr. Carlos Farinha Rodrigues

Joana Manuel Matusse Joaquim 
"Dynamics of the integration of small commodity producers in the face of the penetration of capital in rural areas: the case of the Xinavane sugar plantation in Mozambique"
11/01/2021
Supervisor: Dr. João Manuel Ferreira dos Santos Mosca
Co-advisor: Ana Maria Amorim Sampaio da Silva

2020

Maria Célia Ferreira da Silva
"Agri-food system: a case study for Benguela Province (Ukuakulima Project)"
10/12/2020
Supervisor: Dr. Manuel António de Medeiros Ennes Ferreira
Co-advisor: Bernardo Manuel T. S. Pacheco De Carvalho (In Memorian)

Uzoma Vincent Patrick Agulonye
"Indigenous Manufacturing in Nigeria: The Anambra case"
28/10/2020
Advisor: Dr. Daniel Bach (University of Bordeux)
Co-advisor: Dr. Joana Helena Maria Pacheco Pereira Leite

Lawrence Sciberras 
"Implementing the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Making the Case for the International Maritime Organization and its Stakeholders"
26/02/2020
Advisor: Dr. Joaquim Alexandre dos Ramos Silva

Sandra Faustino Coelho
"Selected Tales from Decentralized Finance"
Advisor: Dr. Daniel Seabra Lopes
Co-advisor: Dr. Rogério Roque Amaro

2019

Daniel Adayi
"River Basin Organization in Nigeria - The Case of the Lower Benue River Basin Development Authority"
30/10/2019
Advisor: Dr. Daniel Bach (University of Bordeux)
Co-advisor: Dr. Joana Helena Maria Pacheco Pereira Leite

Carla Santos de Carvalho
"The owners of the land. The owners of the land. Or... Nobody's land. Agrarian issues and development in Santiago, Cape Verde"
07/03/2019
Advisor: Dr. Marina Augusta Pereira Temudo
Co-advisor: Dr. Joana Helena Maria Pacheco Pereira Leite

Edmundo Francisco Macuácua
"The World Bank and Higher Education in Developing Countries: The Case of Mozambique"
24/01/2019
Supervisor: Dr. Carlos Nuno das Neves D'assa Castel-Branco

2018

Luís Pedro de Oliveira Garcia and Pina Manso
"The Reform o f the Portuguese Pension system: a Micro-simulation Approach"
28/09/2018
Supervisor: Dr. Amílcar Manuel Reis Moreira

Catarina Seco Matos  
"Ageing and Entrepreneurship: Firm Creation and Performance among Older Individuals"
13/03/2018
Supervisor: Dr. Miguel Areiras Dias Amaral
Co-advisor: Dr. Fernando Lopes Ribeiro Mendes

2017

Paulo Linha 
"Agribusiness in Rural Development in Mozambique: Perception and Analysis of the Maize and Cassava Value Chains in Nampula Province"
27/11/2017
Supervisor: Dr. Luís Manuel Mira da Silva
Co-supervisor: Dr. João Mosca

2016

Marin Chintoan-Uta
"Maritime Domain Awareness - Pillar For Sustainable Development of Maritime Transportation"
16/05/2016

Miguel Frederico Cavazzini Botha de Paiva
"Access to and Quality of Public Primary Education in Angola (2002-2012): A Case Study of the Provinces of Benguela, Huambo, Bié and Moxico"
21/04/2016

Andes Adriano Chivangue
"Corporate Social Responsibility in the Extractive Industry, Popular Protests and Development in Mozambique"
13/01/2016

2015

Gonçalves Patrício
"International Migration and the Development Process in the Northern Region of Mozambique: A Case Study of Nampula Province"
07/12/2015

Ana Catarina Pagarim Ribeiro Kaizeler
"Effects of Globalization in Developing Countries in Terms of Income Distribution"
21/07/2015

Maria Amélia Monteiro de Sacadura Garcia Valle-Flor
"Sovereign Debt Crisis and the Use of the Community Method in the Making of EU Responses"
06/07/2015