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Portugal

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Climate change | Youth activism | Political agency | Qualitative methodologies

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UMinho

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Daniela Ferreira da Silva (MA, University of Porto) is a sociologist, a PhD student in Communication Sciences at the University of Minho and PhD student full member at the Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA-UMinho)/IN2PAST, with the project “Reimagining political agency: the voice(s) of young people in the climate change debate” (2024.02918.BD, 2024-2026). She is also a research fellow in the project “JUSTFUTURES-Climate Futures and Just Transformations: Young People's Political Narratives and Imaginaries” (PTDC/COM-OUT/7669/2020). Her main research interests are related to youth activism, political socialization, new forms of political/civic participation "onlife," contemporary social movements, and participatory methodologies.

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PhD student (2024-11-01)