Resume
Researcher in Political Science and Political Communication, with research interests focused on the role of the media in democratic accountability, electoral behaviour, and the Europeanisation of the public sphere. Her work examines media framing, responsibility attribution, electoral promises, televised debates, and political communication in times of crisis, with particular attention to Portugal and comparative European contexts. She is a university lecturer and holds academic coordination roles, combining research, teaching, and advanced training in Political Science and Communication. She has participated in national and international research projects, published in peer-reviewed international journals, and contributed to collective volumes with international academic publishers. Her research employs both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, including content analysis, framing analysis, and survey data, and aims to contribute to theoretical and empirical debates on democratic quality, media systems, and multi-level governance.
Graus
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DoutoramentoComparative Politics
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MestradoPolitical Science
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LicenciaturaPolitical Science and International Relations
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LicenciaturaCommunication Sciences
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Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)Comparative Politics
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OutrosIntroduction to STATA
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OutrosIntroduction to Manual and Computer-Assisted Content Analysis
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OutrosApplied Experimental Research
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OutrosMaxQDA Course
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OutrosMixed Methods Research
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OutrosData Analysis with SPSS Statistics I
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OutrosData Analysis with SPSS Statistics II
Publicações
Artigo em revista
- 2026, On Visibility and Normalization: Parliamentary Representation and Media Attention to Radical Right Parties, Leaders, and Issues, Party Politics
- 2025-08-05, Accountability under the media spotlight: the role of economic salience in assigning credit and blame to the incumbent in Portugal, South European Society and Politics
- 2025-05-19, Who Is Responsible for the State of the Economy? Media Narratives on Responsibility Attribution During the Eurozone Crisis in Ireland, Portugal and Spain, JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies
- 2024-04-02, The relevance and resilience of the cordon sanitaire in Portugal: the March 2024 legislative elections, South European Society and Politics
- 2023-07-30, Does Exposure to Televised Debates Change the Weight of Different Criteria for Candidate Assessment? A Quasi-Experiment in the Context of the 2014 Spitzenkandidaten Debate, Social Sciences
- 2023-01-13, Sailing Uncharted Waters with Old Boats? COVID-19 and the Digitalization and Professionalization of Presidential Campaigns in Portugal, Social Sciences
- 2020-09-23, Feasting Our Eyes on the Candidates: Visual Cues in Televised Debates Prime Personality Traits of Lesser Known Candidates and Promote Learning, The International Journal of Press/Politics
- 2019-12-01, Elections in Cape Verde, 1991-2016: Testing the second-order election model in a consolidated semi-presidential African democracy, Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
- 2019-12, Nota Introdutória: As eleições europeias de 2019 na Europa do Sul: Análise das especificidades intrarregionais [The 2019 European Elections in Southern Europe: An Analysis of Intra-Regional Specificities], Relações Internacionais
- 2019-12, As eleições europeias de 2019 na Espanha: Uma segunda volta das Generales? [The 2019 European Elections in Spain: A Second Round of the General Elections?], Relações Internacionais
- 2017-06-30, Debates televisivos e campanhas eleitorais Eleições legislativas de 2015: O debate António Costa versus Pedro Passos Coelho [Televised Debates and Electoral Campaigns – The 2015 Legislative Elections: The António Costa vs. Pedro Passos Coelho Debate], Comunicação Pública
- 2016, Que consequências para a Responsabilidade de Proteger após a intervenção na Líbia e inação da Síria [What Consequences for the Responsibility to Protect after the Intervention in Libya and the Inaction in Syria], Revista Portuguesa de Ciência Política / Portuguese Journal of Political Science
Tese / Dissertação
- 2022, Doutoramento, A EUROPEAN PUBLIC SPHERE? European Economic Media Narratives in Portugal, Spain and Ireland, before (2002-2009) and after (2011-2016) the onset of the Great Recession
- 2016-07, Mestrado, As eleições presidências de 1986. Os debates entre Mário Soares e Freitas do Amaral: qual o poder da televisão? [The 1986 Presidential Elections: The Debates between Mário Soares and Freitas do Amaral — What Is the Power of Television?]
Livro
- 2019, Breve história do Partido Ecologista «Os Verdes» e do Pessoas-Animais-Natureza (in ‘Breve história dos partidos portugueses’) [A Brief History of the Ecologist Party “The Greens” and of People–Animals–Nature (in A Brief History of Portuguese Parties)], Silveira, Pedro; Nina, Susana Rogeiro, Público
Capítulo de livro
- 2024, Introdução [Introduction], Manual Métodos Investigação em Ciência Política, Almedina
- 2023, Polity or Policies? The European Union in Parliamentary debates and the media, The Impact of EU Politicisation on Voting Behaviour in Europe, Palgrave MacMillan
- 2023, Political implications of the different modalities of politicisation. Examining the news coverage of EU in Greece and Portugal before and during the Euro crisis, The Politicisation of the European Union: From Processes to Consequences, Brussels University Press
- 2023, European Economic Narratives and the Emergence of a European Public Sphere. An Analysis of National Mainstream Newspapers, Portugal Since the 2008 Economic Crisis, Resilience and Change, Routledge
- 2023, European Economic Narratives and the Emergence of a European Public Sphere in Portugal
- 2023, Business as usual ou novo normal? As campanhas presidenciais de 2021 em Portugal [Business as Usual or New Normal? The 2021 Presidential Campaigns in Portugal], Austeridade e Pandemia, Mundos Sociais
- 2022, It takes a village, Phd Confessions, From Democracy Scholars, Students, and Supporters, Democracy Net
- 2021, União Europeia invisível? A cobertura mediática nas redes sociais das eleições de 2019 para o PE em Portugal [Invisible European Union? Media Coverage on Social Networks during the 2019 European Parliament Elections in Portugal], Media, Europa e Cidadãos, A Campanha e a Campanha das Eleições Europeias de 2019 [Media, Europe and Citizens: The Campaign and the “Meta-Campaign” of the 2019 European Elections, Almedina
- 2020, Comportamento Político segundo Pedro Magalhães [Political Behaviour according to Pedro Magalhães], Ciência Política à Portuguesa. A disciplina contada pelos seus protagonistas [Portuguese Political Science: The Discipline as Told by Its Founders and Protagonists], Imprensa de Ciências Sociais
- 2016, A democracia nos media portugueses: Pluralismo político-partidário na imprensa e na televisão [Democracy in the Portuguese Media: Political and Party Pluralism in the Press and Television], Democracia e Meios de Comunicação: Pluralismo, Liberdade de Expressão e Informação [Democracy and the Media: Pluralism, Freedom of Expression, and Information], Lumen Juris
Edição de livro
- 2026, Coimbra Almedina
- 2024, Coimbra Almedina
Revisão de livro
- A janela de oportunidade para uma esfera pública europeia [The Window of Opportunity for a European Public Sphere]
Artigo em jornal
- 2020-09-20, Partidos e líderes políticos nos media: quem aparece mais?, Público
- 2020-09-20, Partidos e líderes políticos nos media: quem aparece mais? [Political Parties and Leaders in the Media: Who Appears More Often?], Público
Relatório
- 2023, Ciência Política Portuguesa, Evolução e Características da Produção Científica Indexada, https://oqd.ics.ulisboa.pt/.../2023-Research-Brief-OQD-1.pdf
- 2023, Ciência Política Portuguesa, Evolução e Características da Produção Científica Indexada [Portuguese Political Science: Evolution and Characteristics of Indexed Scientific Production], https://oqd.ics.ulisboa.pt/.../2023-Research-Brief-OQD-1.pdf
- 2019-10, Portugal Wave 2, Pre-election Study, October 2019, http://www.maple.ics.ulisboa.pt/outputs/2019-2/portuguese-pre-electoral-survey-report/
- 2019, Portugal Wave 3. Pre-election Study., https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N130KSKvSIuXrfiazGD6nNgsEg1xVkR7/view
- 2019, European Parliament elections report on media and survey data (BE-DE-EL-IE-PT-SP) post-election Study, https://drive.google.com/file/d/11s7qvSauxSeKKMJ0ic7o_0J0RV8MSdik/view
Documento de trabalho
- 2021, Attribution of Responsibility for Economic Policy Issues in the Mainstream Media, Before (2002–2009) and After (2011–2016) the Great Recession
Recurso online
- 2023, MAPLE II Study- Set of pre and post legislative elections panel surveys on European Attitudes and Political Behaviour, 2019-2021. Harvard Dataverse, V1, https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/RCNK8E
- 2023, MAPLE I Study- Public Opinion Panel Survey on European Attitudes and Political Behaviour 2019. Harvard Dataverse, V1, https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/AGFZFO
Resumo em conferência
- 2025, The role of Emotions in Explaining the Mismatch between Populist Attitudes and the Vote for Populist Parties, IPSA-International Political Science Association. Seul, South Corea
- 2025, Media Exposure and Public Perceptions of Electoral Pledge Fulfillment, EPSA- European Poltical Science Association Universidade Carlos III de Madrid, Espanha
- 2025, Media Exposure and Attitudes Toward the Fulfilment of Electoral Promises, 12th Congress of the Portuguese Political Science Association, ISCTE-IUL
- 2023, National or supranational responsibility? The Attribution of responsibility on economic policy issues in the national media after the onset of the Great Recession, 11th Congress of the Portuguese Political Science Association, University of Beira Interior
- 2023, Exposure to Polls and Subjective Perception of Poll Results as Predictors of Strategic Voting and Mobilization: the case of Portugal, 2022, 27th IPSA World Conference of Political Science, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2023, Exposure to Opinion Polls and Subjective Perceptions of Their Results as Predictors of Strategic Voting and Voter Mobilisation: The Case of the 2022 Pre-Electoral Polls in Portugal, 11th Congress of the Portuguese Political Science Association, University of Beira Interior
- 2022, Polity or Policies? The European Union in Parliamentary debates and the Media, 28th International Conference of Europeanists, ISCTE
- 2022, O impacto das sondagens na mobilização eleitoral e voto estratégico. [The Impact of Opinion Polls on Electoral Mobilisation and Strategic Voting] , Conferência Mudança Eleitoral em Tempos de Perma-Crise: Portugal, 2002-2022
- 2022, Assessing the impact of the pandemic crisis in presidential campaign modes: The case of Portugal, 2021, IPSA RC10 Workshop Information Disorder in Times of Crises, Dubrovnik, Croácia
- 2021-06, How is the EU debated? A comparison between parliamentary debates and media newspapers, EU Politicisation and its Consequences for Voting, Media, Parliamentary Debates and Electoral Behaviour in Europe, 2002-2020
- 2021, Tale never loses in the telling. Media narratives in Portugal, Spain and Ireland, ECPR Standing Group on the European Union (SGEU)
- 2021, Campaigning amid a pandemic crisis. A comparison of candidate campaign modes in the Portuguese 2021 presidential elections, Da Austeridade à Pandemia - ISCTE-IUL (Lisboa, Portugal)
- 2021, Attribution of responsibility for economic policy issues in the mainstream media, before (2002-2009) and after the Great Recession, 26th IPSA World Conference of Political Science, Lisboa
- 2019, Portugal, Spain and Ireland: European Convergence in National Media, 26th International Conference of Europeanists, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain
- 2019, Eurozone Crisis Narratives in Bailout Countries: European Convergence in national media. The case of Portugal, Spain and Ireland, PSA Media and Politics Group Annual Conference 2019 – Politics and Performance, University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
- 2019, A centripetal or centrifugal convergence? The media narratives in Portugal, Spain and Ireland?, UACES 49th Annual Conference, University of Lisbon
- 2018-05-20, Que consequências para a Responsabilidade de Proteger após a intervenção na Líbia e inação da Síria? [What Consequences for the Responsibility to Protect After the Intervention in Libya and the Inaction in Syria?], 9th Congress of Portuguese Political Science Association (APCP)
- 2018, Eurozone Crisis in Austeritarian Countries, The case of Portugal and Spain, ECPR General Conference, University of Hamburg, Germany
- 2018, Eurozone Crisis Narratives in Austeritarian Countries. The Case of Portugal and Spain, 9th Congress of the Portuguese Political Science Association, University of Minho
- 2017, The Construction of the Political Message in the 2015 Legislative Elections: The Televised and Radio Debate between António Costa and Pedro Passos Coelho, Conference Institutions, Attitudes and Political Behaviour in Times of Change, ISCTE
- 2016-07, A construção da mensagem política nas Eleições Legislativas de 2015: o debate entre António Costa e Pedro Passos Coelho [The Construction of the Political Message in the 2015 Legislative Elections: The Debate between António Costa and Pedro Passos Coelho], Encontro Intercalar Comunicação Política da SOPCOM
- 2016-06-30, A construção da mensagem política nas Eleições Legislativas de 2015: os debates entre António Costa e Pedro Passos Coelho [The Construction of the Political Message in the 2015 Legislative Elections: The Debates between António Costa and Pedro Passos Coelho], WG Meeting Political Communication (SOPCPM)
- 2016, Media Framing and Media Priming in the 2015 Legislative Election in Portugal, 8th Congress of the Portuguese Political Science Association, FCSH – NOVA University Lisbon





