Daniela Melo
Lecturer, Social Sciences
Research and Teaching Interests
Contentious Politics (Activism and Social Movements, Revolutions), Gender and Politics, European Politics, Foreign Policy, European Union, Transnational Activism, Non-State Actors
Selected Publications
Books
Melo, Daniela and Timothy D. Walker (eds.). The Captain’s Coup: Portugal After the Carnation Revolution by Wilfred Burchett. Verso, forthcoming 2024.
Melo, Daniela and Paul Manuel (eds.). After the Carnation Revolution: Social Movements in Portugal since 25 April 1974. Sussex Academic Press, forthcoming 2023.
Articles
Melo, Daniela F. 2019. “Outmaneuvering Kissinger: Role Theory, US Intra-Elite Conflict, and the Portuguese Revolution (1974-6),” Foreign Policy Analysis, 15 (2): 224-243.
Melo, Daniela F. 2016. “Women’s Mobilization in the Portuguese Revolution: Context and Framing Strategies,” Social Movement Studies, 403-416.
Melo, Daniela F. 2016. “Women’s Movements in Portugal and Spain: Democratic Processes and Policy Outcomes,” Journal of Women in Politics & Policy.
Melo, Daniela F. and Stockemer, Daniel. 2014. “Age and Political Participation: A Comparative Analysis of Germany, France, and the U.K.,” Comparative European Studies 12 (1) (2014), 33-53.
Book Chapter
Melo, Daniela F. 2016. “The European Union, Executive Politics, and Women’s Movements in Portugal,” in MaryAnne Borrelli and Janet Martin (eds.), The Gendered Executive: A Comparative Analysis of Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Chief Executives, Temple University Press.
Book Reviews
Varela, Raquel (2020). A People’s History of the Portuguese Revolution. London: Pluto Press. In International Review of Social History.
Conferences and Talks
2023 Keynote: “The Diaspora and the Revolution: Luso-American Diasporic Activism in 1974-75,” at the 47th Conference of the Luso-American Education Foundation, PBBI, California State University Fresno.
2021 Keynote: “Desafios no Estudo dos Feminismos em Portugal – À Conversa com Daniela Melo” [Challenges in the study of feminisms in Portugal – A conversation with Daniela Melo], for the launching of the new Gender Studies thematic line (Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal).
Other Professional Activity and/or Awards
Frequent contributor of political analysis on US politics and US foreign policy across various Portuguese media outlets, including CNN Portugal, SIC Notícias, RTP, RDP, Antena 1, among others.
Selected Fellowships and Awards
Fulbright research scholarship to Portugal (2010-11);
Best Paper on Women and Politics Award by the Northeastern Political Science Association (2016),
Tinker Foundation Fellowship (2010),
Luso-American Development Foundation Fellowship (2008)
Engaged Scholarship/Expert Invitations
2022: Consultant for the U.S. State Department on Domestic Politics in Portugal
2018: Consultant for the U.S. State Department Political Leadership in Europe
2017: Consultant for the U.S. State Department on the Catalonian Crisis in Spain