Mariana Mendes
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Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin MIDEM
NameDr. Mariana Mendes
Forschungsgruppe 2
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Chair of Political Theory and History of Political Thought
Chair of Political Theory and History of Political Thought
Visiting address:
von-Gerber-Bau Bergstraße 53
01069 Dresden
| Since 3/2020 |
Research Associate, MIDEM (Mercator Forum Migration and Democracy), TU Dresden |
| 2013 - 2019 |
Ph.D. Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute |
| 2014 - 2019 |
Various research assistance jobs (European University Institute) |
| 2013 - 2014 |
M. Res. Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute |
| 2011 - 2012 |
M.A. Nationalism Studies, Central European University |
| 2009 - 2011 |
M.A. International Affairs, Sciences Po Paris |
| 2006 - 2009 |
B.A. Political Science and International Relations, New University of Lisbon |
Research Interests
- The politics of migration
- Radical right politics
- Portuguese and Spanish politics
- Memory Politics & Transitional Justice
- Social Movements
Publications
2019
- Ferreira da Silva, Frederico and Mariana Mendes. ‘Portugal – a tale of apparent stability and surreptitious transformation.’ In European Politics in Times of Crises, ed. by Hanspeter Kriesi and Swen Hutter. Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Dennison, James and Mariana Mendes. ‘When do populist radical right parties succeed? Salience, stigma and the end of Iberian ‘exceptionalism’.’ EUI Working Paper RSCAS 2019/26.
- Mendes, Mariana. ‘The General Elections in Portugal 2019’ MIDEM-Report 2019-5, Dresden.
- Mendes, Mariana. ‘The General Elections in Spain 2019’, MIDEM-Report 2019-2, Dresden.
- Mendes, Mariana (2019). ‘Explaining the surge of the far-right ahead of Spain’s election.’ London School of Economics and Political Science EUROPP Blog.
- Mendes, Mariana (2019). ‘Immun gegen Rechts?’ Sächsische Zeitung (9 August).
2017
- Mendes, Mariana. ‘Brazil’s popular awakening: Accounting for the onset of a new cycle of contention.’ In Global Diffusion of Protest: Riding the Protest Wave in the neoliberal crisis, ed. by Donatella della Porta, Amsterdam University Press, 2017.
- Mendes, Mariana. ‘Making sense of uncertainty following the Catalan declaration of independence.’ London School of Economics and Political Science EUROPP Blog.
- Mendes, Mariana. ‘The Catalan Crisis owes much to the actions of self-interested politicians’. London School of Economics and Political Science EUROPP Blog.
Manuscripts
- Ph.D. Thesis. ‘Delayed Transitional Justice: Accounting for Timing and Cross-country variation in transitional justice trajectories,’, European University Institute, 2019.
Teaching
- ‘Introduction to Sociology’, Sciences Po (Le Havre), Spring 2019
- ‘Ethnicity and Conflict’, Passau University, Summer 2016