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Teacher with 20 years of experience in Portugal and 10 years research experience in Cape Verde. Portugese, english, french and spanish speaker. Associate researcher at CEI-IUL, Lisbon. |
 Contact Carlos Couto
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Area of Expertise: |
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Agriculture, Livelihoods, Microfinance, Rural
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Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
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Social, Education, Gender, Youth, Child
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Professional Experience: |
- Teacher over the past two decades. Has been a teacher of Geography, Environmental Sciences, Portuguese, History and Geography of Portugal, Complementary Training and Man and Environment in various government schools across the country since 1983.
- Teaching at different levels of education of ancient Courses of the Preparatory, General and Secondary, currently 2nd and 3rd Cycles of Basic Education, Special Education, Recurrent Education and Alternative Curricula, day and night regimes (adults).
- Guidance as Tutor of students of 1st year of BSc (1st cycle, Bologna) in Nursing Higher Education School in Anthropology of Health at the Higher School of Nursing - Polytechnic Institute of Porto.
Additional to the teaching activity had the following functions:
- Director of Class;
- Representative of the Disciplinary Group of Geography;
- Member of the Pedagogical Council;
- Corrector of National Survey of Evidence - Portuguese Language;
- Rapporteur Evaluation of Teacher Performance;
- External Evaluator- Teacher Performance Rating;
- Supporting the jury evidence of National Examinations - History;
- Corrector of Evidence of National Exams - Portuguese Language
- Researcher in the área of African Studies/Rural Development
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Education: |
- PhD in African Studies - Structures Social Dynamics - the Higher Institute of Labour and Enterprise, and the final result was expressed as "Pass with Distinction and Praise".
- Masters Degree in African Studies - Social and Economic Development in Africa; Analysis and Management - the Higher Institute of Labour and Enterprise (ISCTE-IUL), with a final grade of Very Good (he was awarded the prize "Portuguese Cooperation", for the best master's thesis in 1998 under an convention between the Portuguese Cooperation Institute and the Center for African Studies, ISCTE).
- University Diploma of Specialization in Educational Sciences in the area of Supervision, by the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Lisbon, with a final grade of Good with Distinction.
-Degree in Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FCSH) New University of Lisbon, with final information of Good.
- Course in Educational Sciences, by the Open University-Lisbon, with a final grade of Good.
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
- Participation in African Societies project address global dynamics: turbulence between external interventions, migration and food insecurity (Coordinator Ulrich Schiefer) - Project PTDC / AFR / 104597/2008, funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology.
- Participation in the project “A Última Nau” (“The Last Ship” - Debates on the Cycle Processes Independence and External Relations of Portugal" Radio and Television of Portugal (RTP Africa RTP International, RDP Africa, International and RDP Antena 1)
- Stayed a month on the island of Santiago in Cape Verde as a fellow of the Praxis XXI / Foundation for Science and Technology, June-July, 2002
- Stayed five months on the island of Santiago in Cape Verde as a fellow of the Praxis XXI / Foundation for Science and Technology, April-August, 2001.
- Stayed two months on the island of Santiago in Cape Verde as a fellow of the Praxis XXI / Foundation for Science and Technology, January-February, 2001.
- Stayed a month and a half in Santiago Island of Cape Verde as a fellow of the Praxis XXI / Foundation for Science and Technology, October November, 1999.
- Stayed two and a half months on the island of Santiago in Cape Verde, with a grant from Praxis XXI / National Board of Scientific and Technological Research (JNICT), November-January, 1995.
- Award "Portuguese Cooperation", Institute of (former ICP) Portuguese Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1998 (Convention between the ICP and the Center for African Studies - Higher Institute of Labour and Enterprise).
- 1993/1998, member of the Portuguese Association of Anthropology;
- 1994/2000, member of the Portuguese Association of Sociology;
- 1995 / ..., a member of the Center for African Studies, ISCTE;
- 1995/1996, fellow of the Praxis XXI / JNICT;
- 1998/1999, president of the Association of Parents of EB1 School of Santo Tirso;
- 1999/2002, fellow of the Praxis XXI / FCT;
- 1999/2006 researcher of the Unit for Research in Social Sciences (UNICS) ISCTE;
- 2007 / ..., member of the Portuguese Association of Assessment;
- 2007/2010, member of the Center for African Studies, University of Porto;
- 2007/2010, researcher at the Centre for African Studies, University of Porto (CEAUP);
- 2007/2010, collaborator of the ISCTE Centre for African Studies (CEA-ISCTE);
- 2008/2010, scientific adviser to Studia Africana journal, African Studies Centre (CEAUP- University of Porto);
- 2011 / ... researcher at the Centre for African Studies at ISCTE-IUL (CEA-IUL);
- / 2011 ... member of the (/ ISCTE-IUL / CEA) Scientific Council of the Centre for African Studies;
- 2012 / ... member of the European Association of Social Anthropology (EASA);
- 2013/ … member of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES);
- 2013 / ... Research Associate of the Centre for International Studies (CEI-IUL / ISCTE).
- Several articles and comunications and author of the following books:
1- Incerteza, adaptabilidade e inovação na sociedade rural da Ilha de Santiago de Cabo Verde, Textos Universitários em Ciências Sociais, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian / Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Lisboa, 2010 [University Texts in Social Sciences, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation / Foundation for Science and Technology, Lisbon, 2010].
2- Estratégias Familiares de Subsistências Rurais em Santiago de Cabo Verde. Coleção Teses, Instituto da Cooperação Portuguesa, Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros, Lisboa, 2001 [Thesis Collection, Institute for Portuguese Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lisbon, 2001].
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
- Being headhunted – make me an offer
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Years of Experience:
15-20 years |
Highest Qualification:
Doctorate |
Languages:
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese |
Nationality:
Portugal
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