Maria Amélia Ferreira de Carvalho
Criminologist / Empirical Researcher
- Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- +352 691 369 657
- decarvalho.nl
Objective
Particularly interested in both qualitative and quantitative data analysis in relation to the investigation of serious violations of international humanitarian, criminal and human rights law.
Education
2010 – 2011
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - The Netherlands
Master in International Crimes and Criminology (MSc.)
Organisational Crimes; International Crimes; International Criminal Law; Human Rights; Research Methodology2006 – 2007
Universiteit Leiden – The Netherlands
Master in Social and Organisational Psychology (MSc.)
Social Psychology and Organisational Behaviour; Methods of Qualitative and Quantitative Research; Inter group Relations1996 – 2000
ISCTE (Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e das Organisações), Lisbon, Portugal
University degree Social and Organisational Psychology
Methodology of Scientific Research, Interview Techniques, Applied areas of social psychology; Statistics & Data AnalysisExperience
2014 (current)
Sogeti Luxembourg S.A
Consultant on European Crime and Criminal Justice
Eurostat Project (Trafficking in Human Beings - published 17/10/2014).Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice in the EU.
2013
Monitoring European Legal Developments (MELD)
www.legaldevelopments.euDirector/Owner
MELD is an online platform that offers a unique searchable database which informs about EU legislative proposals since the Lisbon Treaty. It also provides an instant early warning service when new legislative proposals are transmitted to the EU Parliament and the Parliament of EU member states. Empirical Research & Data Analysis2012 - 2013
IJAF (International Justice Analysis Forum)
www.ijaf.euBoard Member/Project Manager/Consultant
Empirical Research; Data Analysis in relation the investigation of serious violations of international criminal and human rights law; Development and Design of the War Crimes – Case Screening Database.2012 - 2013
Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany) - Department of Criminology, Criminal Policy and Police Science - Faculty of Law
http://vmrz0183.vm.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/macrimgov/Lecturer International Master’s Program “Criminal Justice, Governance and Police Science
Design and lecture courses (Principles of Empirical research in Criminology and Analytical and Research Methods in Transnational Organised Crime)2011 – 2012
VluchtelingenWerk Nederland, Noord West Holland
www.vluchtelingenwerk.nlLegal Research on Asylum and Immigration Dutch Law
2005 – 2010
ICTY (International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia)
www.icty.orgInvestigations Assistant
Member of the Transition Team provided assistance in the transfer and referral of case files to the national courts in the former Yugoslavia.1998 - 2005
The Netherlands and Portugal
Various positions
Projects Assistant, Human Resource Assistant, School Psychologist.Competences
Languages
- Portuguese
- English
- Dutch
- Spanish
Software
- Data analysis:
- QDA Miner
- CaseMap
- Atlas
- SPSS
- Other:
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point)
- MAC (Pages, Numbers, Keynote)
E-Learning
- BlackBoard
- Echo 360
