Catarina Sampaio is a PhD candidate and doctoral research fellow in Intercultural Relations at Universidade Aberta (the Portuguese Open University) and a researcher at the Centre for the Study of Migrations and Intercultural Relations (CEMRI). Her doctoral research project, “Adaptation, Resilience, and Social Integration: An Intersectional Study of Refugee Women in Portugal (Porto) and France (Paris),” is funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).
As part of her fieldwork, she spent seven months in Paris conducting interviews with refugee women, carrying out participant observation, and reviewing French academic literature related to her research topic. From March to September 2025, she undertook a doctoral research stay at the LIAgE research laboratory (Laboratoire Interculturalités, Apprentissages, Marges, Expériences) at Université Paris 8. During this period, she also attended seminars, lectures, and conferences at Université Paris 8 and the Collège de France.
She holds a Master’s degree in Intercultural Relations from Universidade Aberta, where she completed a dissertation entitled “Women and Forced Migration: Adaptation, Resilience, and Social Integration in Portugal,” later distinguished and published as a book by the Migration Observatory of the High Commission for Migration (OM/ACM, I.P.). She also holds a postgraduate diploma in Human Rights from Ius Gentium Conimbrigae / Centre for Human Rights (University of Coimbra) and a Bachelor’s degree in Languages and International Relations from the University of Porto.
Her research focuses on forced migration, gender, intersectionality, resilience, and the social integration of refugee women. She has presented her work at national and international conferences and has published in academic outlets in the field of migration studies. At Universidade Aberta, she also serves as an e-learning tutor in the Bachelor’s programme in Social Sciences since 2024.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 4911 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5878-8545 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/catarina-sampaio-324279132/ | |
| ResearchGate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Catarina-Sampaio-5 |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Transversal consequences
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Legal-political consequences
Migration governance
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Governance actors
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Immigrant policy and law
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Migration policy and law
- Immigration admission and control (general)
- Family reunification policies
- Policies on irregular migration
- Policies on high-skilled migration
- Policies on student and educational migration
- Policies on low and semi-skilled labour migration
- Border control
- Asylum regimes
- Protection regimes for non-recognised refugees
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Migration research and theory
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Transversal themes
Disciplines
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Disciplines
Methods
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Other
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Qualitative research
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Types of study
Geographies
Roles
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Centre for the Study of Migrations and Intercultural Relations (CEMRI), Universidade Aberta (UAb)
Research Institute, Lisbon, Portugal
Researcher / PhD Candidate -
Universidade Aberta
University, Lisbon, Portugal
E-learning Tutor -
Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
Governmental Organisation, Lisbon, Portugal
Doctoral Research Fellow
Research
Intercultural Competences and Ethics in Scientific Research with Refugee Women: Principles and Challenges for Inclusive Practice
| Authors | Catarina Isabel Silva de Sampaio, Maria Natália Pereira Ramos |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal Name | Cadernos de Pesquisa | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Mulheres e Migrações Forçadas em Portugal: Adaptação, Resiliância e Integração Social
| Authors | Catarina Sampaio, Portuguese High Commission for Migration (ACM, I.P.) |
| Year | 2023 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Género e educação: o acesso à educação e o empoderamento de mulheres em contexto de migração forçada em Portugal
| Authors | Catarina Sampaio, Natália Ramos |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Revista Ambivalências | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Women’s Health Access in the Context of Forced Migration in Portugal: Vulnerabilities and Adaptation
| Authors | Catarina Sampaio, Natália Ramos |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Revista Ciência Plural | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
Mulheres e Migrações Forçadas em Portugal: Adaptação, Resiliância e Integração Social
| Authors | Catarina Sampaio, Portuguese High Commission for Migration (ACM, I.P.) |
| Year | 2023 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |