Biography

Aurora Almada e Santos is a researcher at the Institute of Contemporary History / Associated Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory at NOVA University Lisbon, where she has been studying the international dimension of Portuguese decolonisation. She is the author of several publications, including book chapters and articles in scientific journals. She has participated in national and international scientific meetings, presenting papers. In addition to her research work, she is also involved in other activities such as editing publications, organising conferences, reviewing articles and carrying out research projects.

Research fields

• Portuguese decolonisation
• Transnational solidarity
• Non-state actors
• Transnational history

Selected publications

• Barros, Víctor & Aurora Almada e Santos (Eds.). Amílcar Cabral and the PAIGC’s Binational Struggle for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde. London: Routledge, 2025. [link]
• Oliveira, Pedro Aires, Fernando Tavares Pimenta & Aurora Almada e Santos (Eds.). The Liberation of Portuguese Africa, 1961-75. International Exile and Solidarity. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. [link]
• Santos, Aurora Almada & Yvette Santos (Eds.). The League of Nations Experience: Overlapping Readings. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2025. [link]
• Eggers, Nicole, Jessica Lynne Pearson & Aurora Almada e Santos (Eds.). The United Nations and Decolonization. London: Routledge, 2020. [link]

Main projects

• Individual project ‘“It is the Duty of All”: The Organization of African Unity and the Solidarity towards the Struggle for Independence of Portuguese Colonies (1963-1975)’ — Hosted by the IHC and funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (CEECIND/01588/2017). 2019-2025
• Coordinator of the project ‘South-South Solidarity and the National Liberation Movements from Portuguese Colonies, 1963-1975‘ — Hosted by the IHC and funded by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung. 2024 [link]
• Researcher in the project ‘Amílcar Cabral, from Political History to Politics of Memory‘ — Coordinated by Rui Lopes (IHC — NOVA FCSH) and funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (PTDC/EPH-HIS/6964/2014). 2014-2019
• Collaborator in the project ‘“Tell me how it was”: Public policies and child labor in Portugal and the Portuguese colonies‘ — Coordinated by por Pedro Goulart (ISCSP-ULisboa) and funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (PTDC/IIM-ECO/5303/2014). 2014-2017