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Academic Degree

Doctorate

Category

Full members

About

Research Context

Portugal

Research Interests

Morality; Ethics; State Organizations; Penal Justice

Institutional Subunit

CRIA-IUL

Biographical Note

I finished my PhD dissertation in 2022, focusing on the mobilization of moral categories in the context of the Portuguese penal project. I am now focused on understanding how morality as a dimension of state action and how sociality is at the center of the constitution of ethical subjects.

All projects

Data updated on 19-01-2025, from platform CIÊNCIAVITAE.

2020/12/12-2022/12/12

“Negotiating Livelihoods under Transformative Politics: “Crisis, Policies and Practices in Portugal 2008-2018”

FCT PTDC/SOC-ANT/32676/2017

PhD Student Fellow

2015/06/01-2017/05/31

Human Security in Prison: Perspectives, Subjectivities and Experiences

AZ 07/KF/15

Research Fellow

Financiers: Gerda Henkel Stiftung

2015/06/01-2015/07/31

CARE: O cuidado como factor de sustentabilidade em situações de crise

PTDC/CS-ANT/117259/2010

Research Fellow

All Publications

Data updated on 19-01-2025 , from platform CIÊNCIAVITAE .

Journal article

The Pivotal Role of EU Research Diasporas in EU-UK Scientific and Diplomatic Relations

Virginia Alejandra Amigo Dotras; Bento, Afonso; Jean-Christophe Mauduit; Nathalie van Meurs; Carla Molteni; Magdalena Mroczek; Arttu Rajantie; et al, Science & Diplomacy. 2024. https://www.sciencediplomacy.org/perspective/2024/pivotal-role-eu-research-diasporas-in-eu-uk-scientific-and-diplomatic-relations . Published

Journal article

An exploratory study of the motivations, expectations and impact for scientists coordinating science engagement activities

Bento, Afonso; Catarino, Ana Isabel; Moscoso, Joana A., Frontiers in Communication. 8. 2023. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1168598 . 10.3389/fcomm.2023.1168598 . Published

Book chapter

A liberdade condicional em Portugal: Reinserção, risco e moralidade

Castro Bento, Afonso de, A Política Vivida: Governação, Transformações Políticas e Negociação de Quotidianos em Portugal entre 2010 e 2020. Tinta da China. Lisboa, Portugal. 2023. Published

Thesis / Dissertation

O Projeto Prisional Português: Moralidade, Ética e o Espectro da Sociabilidade

phd. ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa . 28-04-2022.