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Maria Amélia Ferreira de Carvalho

Criminologist / Empirical Researcher

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 Methodology

2006 – 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 Relations

1996 – 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 Analysis

Experience

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.eu

Director/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 Analysis

2012 - 2013

IJAF (International Justice Analysis Forum)

www.ijaf.eu

Board 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.nl

Legal Research on Asylum and Immigration Dutch Law

2005 – 2010

ICTY (International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia)

www.icty.org

Investigations 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