Curriculum Vitae
Education
2015
PhD in Anthropology. London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
2009
MSc in Anthropology of Learning and Cognition (with distinction). London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
2007
MA in Social and Cultural Anthropology (cum laude). VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2005
exchange student. Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil
2002
Pre-Diploma Degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology (cum laude). VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Research experience
2010-2012
doctoral research on Islamic reformism, pluralism and dispute management in Nampula City, northern Mozambique
2005
MA dissertation research on liberationist Catholicism and urban violence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Training
2010
Summer internship. Moral Cognition Lab, Harvard University, USA
2008
Young Excellent Scholars Research Internship Programme. Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2007
Dutch National Sciences Council-Hendrik Muller Seminar. Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Grants and awards
2013
first prize 3 Minute Thesis competition, LSE Department of Anthropology
2011
fieldwork grant for PhD research, Wenner-Gren Foundation
2010
fieldwork grant for PhD research, British Institute in Eastern Africa
2010
fieldwork grant for PhD research, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds
2010
Lemelson/SPA fellowship for methods training, AAA Society for Psychological Anthropology
2009
LSE PhD scholarship, London School of Economics and Political Science
2009
Edvard Westermarck Prize 2008-2009 for MSc dissertation, LSE Department of Anthropology
2008
MSc scholarship, Huygens Scholarship Programme Talent Award
2008
MSc scholarship, VSB Foundation
2007
NALACS Thesis Award 2006-2007 for MA dissertation, Netherlands Association of Latin American and Carribean Studies