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Amélia
Augusto,
PhD
in
Sociology
from
University
of
Beira
Interior,
Assistant
Professor
at
the
Department
of
Sociology,
University
of
Beira
Interior,
and
researcher
at
Centre
for
Research
and
Studies
in
Sociology
(CIES-IUL).
She
has
been
coordinating
and
teaching
several
course
units
related
to
sociology
of
health
and
illness,
both
to
sociology
and
health
sciences
courses,
collaborating
in
this
domain
with
several
higher
education
institutions.
She
has
been
supervising
PhDs
and
Master
thesis
in
the
field
of
sociology
of
health
and
illness.
Her
publication
is
carried
out
under
the
form
of
book
chapters
and
papers,
national
and
international.
She
is
currently
member
of
the
Coordinator
Committee
of
the
Sociology
of
Health
Section,
from
de
Portuguese
Sociological
Association.
Educational Qualifications
Licenciate in Sociologia, Universidade da Beira Interior, in 1991
PhD in Sociologia, Universidade da Beira Interior, in 2005
Research Fields
Sociology of Health and Illness, Sociology of Gender, Qualitative Research Methods, Sociology of the Body
Research Groups
Family, Generations and Health
Projects
Recent Publications
Scientific journal paper
Delaunay, C., Augusto, A. & Santos, M. (2020). Invisible vulnerabilities: ethical, practical and methodological dilemmas in conducting qualitative research on the interaction with IVF embryos. Societies. 10 (1), 1-15
Santos, M., Augusto, A., Clausen, J. A. & Shabot, S. C. (2019). Essentialism as a form of resistance: an ethnography of gender dynamics in contemporary home births. Journal of Gender Studies. 28 (8), 960-972
Book chapter
Augusto, Amélia (2020). “A multidimensionalidade da saúde e da doença e a (sempre renovada) pertinência do olhar sociológico. In Psiquiatria Social e cultural. Diálogos e Convergência. (pp. 459-478). Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra.
Augusto, Amélia & Sales Oliveira, Catarina (2019). O desafio da Igualdade de Género no Ensino Superior. In 31 Desafios para o Ensino Superior. (pp. 47-54). Funchal: Imprensa Académica.
Augusto, A., Sales Oliveira, C., Araújo, E. & Cerqueira, C. (2018). The place for gender research in contemporary Portuguese science and higher education policies within the context of neo-liberalism. In Heike Khalert (Ed.), Gender Studies and the New Academic Governance. (pp. 107-128). Wiesbaden: Springer.
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Comunications
Talk
Augusto, Amélia (2020). Abuso, desrespeito e violência no parto: uma questão de género, de direitos e de saúde. XI BeInMed, Beira Interior Medical Meeting.
Augusto, Amélia (2020). O viés de género na medicina e nos cuidados de saúde. Health Essentials.
Augusto, Amélia (2020). Violência obstétrica: como reconhecê-la e o que fazer para a evitar. XV MedScoop.
Augusto, Amélia (2019). Biomedicalizaçao e farmacologizaçao do envelhecimento: dos indivíduos às políticas. XI Jornadas de Sociologia da UBI.
Delaunay, Catarina, Augusto, Amélia & Santos, M. (2019). Bio-objectivação dos embriões in vitro: na intersecção entre Procriação Medicamente Assistida e Investigação Científica. V Conferência Rumos da Sociologia do Conhecimento, Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal.
