PhD Projects

The following projects are individual PhD projects that grew from BeFRAIL's ongoing research. They are all FCT funded.

Os projetos apresentados são projetos de doutoramento individuais que surgem da investigação do BeFRAIL. Todos são financiados pela FCT

Name | Nome: Anne Malcherek - CV

Degree | Grau: Phd in archaeology at NOVA University Lisboa

Host institution | Instituição acolhimento: Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA) - NOVA FCSH; Departamento Municipal de Gestão do Património Cultural - Câmara Municipal do Porto

Thesis title | Título: Mortuary Practices in the Face of Mortality Crisis — A Story of Human Frailty and Resilience

Supervisors | Orientadores: Francisca Alves Cardoso (CRIA|NOVA FCSH; In2PAST); Manuela do Carmo dos Santos Ribeiro (Departamento Municipal de Gestão do Património Cultural, C. M. Porto), Rodrigo Banha da Silva (CHAM | NOVA FCSH)

Funded | Financiamento: FCT - ref: 2024.02630.BDANA

Aim | Objectivo: To explore how 19th century people in Porto responded and adapted to various mortality crises through change as well as persistence in their mortuary practices.

Name | Nome: Carlos Eduardo Moreira - CV

Degree | Grau: Phd Anthropology at NOVA University Lisbon & ISCTE

Academic institution: NOVA FCSH/Iscte; IST-UL

Host institution | Instituição acolhimento: Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA) - NOVA FCSH

Thesis title | Título: When future is past: an ethnographic inquiry into digital models of human skeletal remains

Supervisors | Orientadores: Francisca Alves Cardoso, CRIA-NOVA FCSH | IN2PAST; Frederico Ferreira, Instituto Superior Técnico de Lisboa iBB-IST

Funded | Financiamento: FCT - Ref. 2024.04267.BD

Aim | Objectivo: to identify ethical issues associated with the production, use and dissemination of human remains (HR)’ replicas in academia

Image | Imagem: Carlos Moreira scanning archaeological materials with a structured light scanner ©Malcherek, A. 2025

Name | Nome: Célia Oliveira - CV

Degree | Grau: Phd History at Universidade do Minho

Host institution | Instituição acolhimento: Laboratório de Paisagens, Património e Território (Lab2PT)

Thesis title | Título: A vulnerabilidade humana nas fontes escritas: explorar determinantes sociobiológicos na cidade do Porto do século XIX (1832-1899)

Funded | Financiamento: FCT - Ref. 2023.05192.BD

Aim | Objectivo: Estudar a vulnerabilidade humana no contexto dos eventos adversos vividos na cidade do Porto entre 1832 e 1899, mediante a identificação e análise de fatores sociobiológicos de vulnerabilidade, a partir de um amplo conjunto de fontes históricas

Image | Imagem: ©Oliveira, C. 2025

Name | Nome: Steffi Vassallo - CV

Degree | Grau: Phd Anthropology at NOVA University Lisbon

Host institution | Instituição acolhimento: Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA) - NOVA FCSH, 3D Printing Center for Health - NOVA FCT

Thesis title | Título: Visualising the past, feeling the present: exploring emotional and perceptual responses to 3D palaeopathological models in contemporary audiences

Supervisors | Orientadores: Francisca Alves Cardoso (CRIA|NOVA FCSH; In2PAST); Claudia Quaresma (3D Printing Centre for Health; NOVA FCT); Patricia Ribeiro Mendes Alves de Matos (CRIA | Iscte; IN2PAST; NOVA FCSH)

Funded | Financiamento: BeFRAIL PROJET -https://doi.org/10.54499/2022.02398.PTDC.

Aim | Objectivo: Explore how contemporary audiences emotionally and perceptually respond to digital and printed 3D models of ancient diseases and trauma

Name | Nome: Zélia Maria Rodrigues - CV

Degree | Grau: Phd Archaeology at NOVA University Lisbon

Host institution | Instituição acolhimento: Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA) - NOVA FCSH; Aruqeologia e Património, Lda.

Thesis title | Título: “Vidas Passadas, Memórias Recuperadas: Interpretar a Fragilidade Humana no século XIX à luz da Arqueotanatologia”

Supervisors | Orientadores: Francisca Alves Cardoso (CRIA|NOVA FCSH; In2PAST); Rodrigo Banha da Silva (CHAM | NOVA FCSH), Nicholas Marquez-Grant (Cranfield University - UK), Vítor José Jesus Fonseca (Arqueologia e Património)

Funded | Financiamento: FCT - Ref. 2023.00944.BDANA

Aim | Objective: This project explores the secondary deposition found at the burial site of the Third Order of Nossa Senhora do Carmo, in Porto, hospital cemetery, aiming to flesh out patterns of social and health inequalities, and the impact of historical events, such as epidemics and wars in the 19th century Porto

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