Rui Carvalho
Biography
I am a sociologist (PhD, Brown University) and a geographer (BSc, NOVA University of Lisbon). Overall, my research focuses on issues of community and urban development, international migration, race and ethnicity, and social theory.
My doctoral dissertation project investigated how racial (and other) inequalities shape international migration outcomes, focusing on the case study of Brazil (and Brazilians) and using several qualitative and quantitative sources and methods of social research.
My present research projects examine attitudes towards immigrants and immigration in Europe, focusing on issues of intergroup contact and threat, and how international migration outcomes are shaped by various sources of inequality.
In line with these research projects, my teaching has spanned issues of development and global social change, race and ethnicity, and social theory and research methods, often resorting to the use of community and arts (Hip-Hop) based pedagogical tools.
Publications
Selected Publications:
Katarzyna Kajdanek, Anna Bednarczyk and Rui F. Carvalho (2025). “Crisis, conflict and celebration in European cities: An introduction.” In: Katarzyna Kajdanek, Anna Bednarczyk and Rui F. Carvalho (eds.) Crisis, Conflict and Celebration: Ethnographic Studies of European Cities. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1-30.
Katarzyna Kajdanek, Anna Bednarczyk and Rui F. Carvalho (eds.) (2025). Crisis, Conflict and Celebration: Ethnographic Studies of European Cities. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 443 p.
Dora Sampaio and Rui F. Carvalho (2022). “Transnational families, care and wellbeing: The role of legal status and sibling relationships across borders.” Wellbeing, Space and Society, 3: 100097 (1-7).
Rui F. Carvalho (2020). “Trust thy neighbour? Interpersonal trust in twelve ethnically diverse European neighbourhoods.” In: Marta Smagacz-Poziemska, M. Victoria Gómez, Patricia Pereira, Laura Guarino, Sebastian Kurtenbach and Juan J. Villalón (eds.) Inequality and Uncertainty: Current Challenges for Cities. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 185-204.
Dora Sampaio and Rui F. Carvalho (2016) “From the Al-Maghrib to the Al-Gharb: An anatomy of the recruitment and labour incorporation of Moroccan agricultural workers in the Algarve, Southern Portugal.” In: Alessandra Corrado, Carlos de Castro and Domenico Perrotta (eds.) Migration and Agriculture: Mobility and Change in the Mediterranean Area. London: Routledge, pp. 231-246.
João Mourato and Rui F. Carvalho (2014) “Mobilidade urbana e cidades.” In: Luisa Schmidt and Ana Delicado (eds.) Ambiente, Alterações Climáticas, Alimentação e Energia: A Opinião dos Portugueses. Lisbon: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, pp. 249-268.
João Ferrão, Rui F. Carvalho, Alice Ramos, Olivia Bina and João Mourato (2014) Que Economia Queremos? Lisbon: Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, 122 p.
Jorge Malheiros, Rui F. Carvalho and Luis Mendes (2013) “Gentrification, residential ethnicization and the social production of fragmented space: Theory and evidence from two multi-ethnic neighbourhoods, in Lisbon and Bilbao.” Finisterra – Revista Portuguesa de Geografia, 48 (96), pp. 109-135.
Catarina F. Santos, Rui F. Carvalho and Francisco Andrade (2013) “Quantitative assessment of the differential vulnerability associated to oil spills.” Journal of Coastal Conservation, 17 (1), pp. 25-36.
Henrique Souto, Nuno Gomes and Rui F. Carvalho (2012) “Development of a GIS for the ‘Celebration of Coastal Culture’.” Journal of Coastal Conservation, 16 (4), pp. 431-437.
Jorge Malheiros, Rui F. Carvalho and Luis Mendes (2012) “Etnicização residencial e nobilitação urbana marginal: Processo de ajustamento ou prática emancipatória num bairro do centro histórico de Lisboa?” Sociologia, Revista da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, special issue on Immigration, Diversity and Cultural Conviviality, pp. 97-128.
M. Lucinda Fonseca (coord.), Jennifer McGarrigle (coord.), Alina Esteves, Dora Sampaio, Rui F. Carvalho, Jorge Malheiros and Luis Moreno (2012) Modes of Inter-Ethnic Coexistence in Three Neighbourhoods in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area: A Comparative Perspective. Lisbon: Colibri, 213 p.