Portugal e a Itália : emigração, nação e memória : 1800-1832

Tese de doutoramento, História (História Contemporânea), Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Letras, 2016

O homem novo do fascismo italiano e do estado novo português

Tese de doutoramento, História (Dinâmicas do Mundo Contemporâneo), Universidade de Lisboa, ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Universidade de Évora, 2014

Genetic characterization of the South Portugal population with GlobalFilerTM Express kit - internal validation and forensic applications

Tese de mestrado. Biologia (Biologia Humana e Ambiente). Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, 2014

Questioning the Universality of Institutional Transformation Theories in Spatial Planning: Shopping Mall Developments in Palermo

Theories about institutional transformation in spatial planning, although mainly based on the Anglo-Saxon context, have assumed a dominant role in planning research and theory as means to understand the transformations that have been restructuring planning systems in recent decades in the Western world and beyond. The article, looking at transformations of planning practice through the lenses of the concept of planning cultures, debates the utility of building ‘universal’ theories for spatial planning and advocates for the need for a de-provincialization of planning theories. This is done through a case-study approach applied to the history of the transformation of the retail system in a context characterized by the specificities of the Italian planning context and Southern European cities, namely: the planning processes for, and power relationships underlying, the first shopping malls opened in Palermo, Italy, since 2009 — some decades later than most of Western cities.

Governar em ditadura: elites e decisão política nas ditaduras da era do fascismo

Os ditadores não governam sozinhos, existindo sempre uma elite governante e instituições políticas nos seus regimes. Este livro explora uma área pouco desenvolvida do estudo das ditaduras fascistas e de direita: a estrutura de poder. A velha e rica tradição de estudos sobre as elites pode dizer-nos muito sobre a estrutura e o funcionamento do poder político nas ditaduras associadas ao fascismo, quer através dos modelos de recrutamento da elite política que expressa a extensão da sua ruptura e/ou continuidade com o regime liberal, quer pelo estudo do tipo de chefia ou pelo poder relativo das instituições políticas no novo sistema ditatorial. Analisando quatro regimes associados ao fascismo (Alemanha nazi, Itália fascista, Espanha de Franco e Portugal de Salazar) sob esta perspectiva, o livro examina a tríade ditador-executivo-partido único numa perspectiva comparativa.

Shopping malls and neoliberal trends in Southern European cities: Post-metropolitan challenges for urban planning policy

Whilst shopping malls have been explored at length by critical urban studies, there has been little exploration of their role in restructuring the practice of urban and spatial planning. This article uses the shopping mall as an object of study in the light of the neoliberal trends and post-metropolisation in Southern Europe, with the aim of exploring challenges for urban governance and planning practice and with a focus on the role of the ongoing economic crisis. A threefold exploratory framework – the ‘lost-in-time scenario’, the ‘messianic mall model’ and the ‘(im)mature planning explanation’ – is used to make sense of the local versions of shopping mall development in Lisbon (Portugal) and Palermo (Southern Italy). According to findings, we highlight the clash between the multi-scalar nature of shopping malls and the dominance of the municipal scale in regulatory planning frameworks, and the risk that shopping mall development (at least in Southern Europe) may replicate uneven development patterns, reproducing the pre-conditions of the crisis without helping to overcome it.