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Beatriz Padilla

Beatriz Padilla, Ph.D. and master in sociology (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign); master in public affairs (University of Texas-Austin) and BA in political sciences and public administration (National University of Cuyo, Argentina). She joined the Department of Sociology of the University of South Florida and is a senior researcher at Instituto Universitario de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL). She was a Heath visiting professor at Grinnell College (Spring 2018), and associate professor at University of Minho (2013–15). She coordinated ‘Multilevel governance of cultural diversity in comparative perspective: Europe – Latin America’ (2014–18); was principal investigator in ‘Understanding the practice and developing the concept of welfare bricolaje: UPWEB (2015-2018)’ and ‘Refugium – building shelter cities and new welcoming cultures: Link between European universities and schools in human rights’ (2016–19). Her project ‘The Venezuelan human crisis: Migration, trauma and resilience’ received the University of South Florida Nexus Initiative Award. Her lines of research are migration, diversity, gender, health, inequalities and public policies.


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