Sandrina Ferreira Antunes

Biography

1- EDUCATION 2007 University of Minho (University of Minho ) ( 2007 ) University of Minho. With distinctions. Thesis: "The power of political speech at the referendum on the regionalization of Portugal in 1998". Obtained with highest distinction. 1995 BA in International Relations - Cultural and Political Relations, University of Minho (July). 2- AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS 2009 - BRIC Scholarship from ULB (June 2009) 2007 - 2010 PHD Research Scholarship from the Portuguese Ministry of Science and Technology. 1998 - 2001 Research Scholarship from the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portuguese Ministry of Science and Technology). Nov 1999 Research Scholarship awarded by the London School of Economics. 1992 -1995 Merit-based undergraduate Prize, for the academic years 1996 - 1999, University of Minho. 3- PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Since July 2005 to September 2007, Lecturer, Political Science and International Relations, Department of International Relations and Public Administration, University of Minho, Portugal. -Subjects taught: International Organizations, International Organizations, International Organizations, International Organizations, and International Organizations. October 2001 to July 2005 Invited Lecturer, Political Science and International Relations, Department of International Relations and Public Administration, University of Minho, Portugal. http://www.eeg.uminho.pt/riap - Subjects taught: European Economy; Economic Relations between the European Union and the ACP countries, European Institutions and Politics I and II, International Organizations. From October 2005 to July 2007 Departmental Co-ordinator for the SOCRATES / Erasmus program and other international mobility programs for the areas of International Relations and Public Administration at the University of Minho. Duties include organization of visits from Professors abroad. Since October 2001 Invited Member of the Assembly of the European Regions (ARE) in Strasbourg. From February 1998 to February 2001 Research Assistant at the Department of International Relations and Political Science at the University of Minho. Research project PRAXIS XXI: "The decentralization of the Portuguese state and the transnational emerging dynamics: opportunities and strategies". From October 1995 to June 1996 Research Internship Internship at the International and European Relations Office of the Portuguese Institute of Youth (Braga). Research Project: "The role of youth in the construction of the European Identity" (120 pages) European Non Governmental Youth Organizations. 5- OTHER ACADEMIC DETAILS Since 2001 Collaboration with the Assembly of European Regions. Privileged access to all the papers and conclusions from all meetings by using a password given by the ARE, which allows me to go to the extra-net site through the net: www.are-regions-europe.org . July 2003 Summer Scholl, "International Relations, Globalization and Citizenship: an European Perspective", organized by the Association of Universities of the North Region (AURN), in cooperation with the University of Minho and the University of Oporto. April 2002 Training course, "The process of globalization and the EU: the place for Portugal", in the total of 18 hours, organized by the National Institute for Administration (INA). Responsible for the course: Prof. Alain Tobelem. Sept. 2001 International Summer School, "Citizenship and Identities in a Multilevel European Space," organized by the Jean Monnet Center, University of Trento (Italy) and the University of Innsbruck (Austria). Nov 1999 The European Union Social Science Research Facility (EUSSIRF) in London. 6- ORGANIZATION OF CONFERENCES / PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES 2009 X French Political Science Congress. Grenoble. September 2009. "Regional etholinguistic mobilization: the Case of Flanders". 2006 Organization of the celebration of the United Nations Organization of the United Nations Regional Office for Western Europe, University of Minho. 2005-2006 Member of the Organization of the Conference of the Parties "Citizenship in the Contemporary Political Thought". University of Minho, from September 2005 to April 2006. 2000, pp. 23-30. The International Conference on the Decentralization in Comparative Perspective, in collaboration with the Assembly of European Regions (ARE), which took place in Braga, at the University of Minho, on the 15th and 16th of June 2000. A Professor Louglhin (Cardiff University), Hans de Belder (ARE), Caroline Roy (French Government), George Calder (Scottish Executive) Joseph Gallacher (Wales European Center in Brussels) among others. 1995 Member of the Commission organizing the XXth Colloquium of the BA in International Relations. University of Minho 7- SKILLS LANGUAGE Portuguese: mother tongue. French: second mother tongue. Has concluded the 7th year of the Alliance Française of Braga. Higher Diploma in Modern French Studies - literature option in Alliance Française de Paris (level C2). English: very good level written and spoken (level C1.2- from the British Council, Brussels, July 2009). Italian: intermediate, conversational (level B1, from the University of Minho, free courses, June 2007). Flemish: initiation (level A2 - Marie Haps Institute - Brussels, June 2009) 8- OTHER ACTIVITIES Since 2005 Representative for academic personal (lecturers). To July 2007 Department of International Relations and Public Administration, University of Minho.

Research Interest

- European Regional Nationalisms - European political regions - Theories of Nationalism - European Potical System More specific interests (currently): - Scottish and Flemish Regional Nationalisms and Europe