PhD Thesis proposal

The role of the "local" on electoral systems within UN statebuilding: between theory and practice
Supervisor/s: Paula Duarte Lopes
Funding: FCT

Books

Miguéis, Jorge; Luís, Carla; Almeida, João; Lucas, André; Rodrigues, Ilda; Almeida, Márcio (2015), Lei Eleitoral da Assembleia da República - anotada e comentada. Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda.

Miguéis, Jorge; Luís, Carla; Almeida, João; Branco, Ana; Lucas, André; Rodrigues, Ilda (2015), Lei Eleitoral dos Orgãos das Autarquias Locais, anotada e comentada - edição de 2013. Lisboa: INCM.

Miguéis, Jorge; Luís, Carla; Almeida, João ; Lucas, André; Rodrigues, Ilda ; Almeida, Márcio (2015), Lei Eleitoral para a Assembleia Legislativa da Região Autónoma da Madeira - Anotada e comentada . Lisboa, Portugal: Comissão Nacional de Eleições .

Miguéis, Jorge; Luís, Carla; Almeida, João; Branco, Ana; Lucas, André; Rodrigues, Ilda (2012), LEALRAA - Lei Eleitoral da Assembleia Legsialtiva da Região Autónoma dos Açores - Anotada e comentada - 2012. Lisboa: Comissão Nacional de Eleições e Direção-Geral.

Book chapters

Luís, Carla (2021), Free and Fair Elections to Electoral Integrity: Trends, Challenges, and Populism, in Walter Leal Filho et al (org.), Encyclopaedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Luís, Carla (2021), Instituto Internacional para a Democracia e Assistência Eleitoral, in Nuno Severiano Teixeira e Alice Cunha (org.), Portugal Multilateral. Lisboa.

Luís, Carla (2015), Eleições em Timor-Leste: o papel da participação popular na construção do Estado, in Maria Raquel Freire (org.), Consolidação da paz e a sua sustentabilidade: as missões da ONU em Timor-Leste e a contribuição de Portugal. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 221-248.

Book reviews

Luís, Carla (2014) critical review to Lawrence LeDuc; Richard G. Niemi; Pippa Norris (2014), Comparing Democracies 4: Elections and Voting in a Changing World, London: Sage Publications, 256, in RCCS - Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 183-186.

Papers in scientific journals

Lisi, Marco; Luís, Carla (2022), "(Un)ready for change? The debate about electronic voting in Portugal and its implementation before and after the pandemic era", Frontiers in Political Science, 4.

Luís, Carla (2020), "Eleições, integridade eleitoral e populismo: uma análise dos pontos críticos", R:I, 67, 13-25.

Luís, Carla (2014), "A participação no seu contexto específico: O “Paktu ba Eleisaun Pasífika” em Timor-Leste", Cabo dos Trabalhos, 10, 10.

Luís, Carla (2013), "Do Democratisation and Global Justice go hand in hand? The case of Timor-Leste", Politikon: IAPSS Political Science Journal, 20, 48-59.

Papers in conference proceedings

Luís, Carla (2014), "Eleições em Timor-Leste: O papel da participação popular na construção do Estado" in TLSA - Hannah Loney, Antero B. da Silva, Nuno Canas Mendes, Alarico da Costa Ximenes and Clinton Fernandes (org.), Buka hatene - Compreender - Mengerti - Understanding - Timor-Leste. Hawthorn: Swinburne Press, 114-120.

Luís, Carla (2014), "Resilience in Timor-Leste, peace and statebuilding: friends or enemies?": International Studies Association (ISA)

Presentations in scientific events

Luís, Carla (2020), Eleições e Democracia, paper presented at Conversas Desconfinadas - CES, 06 October.

Luís, Carla (2019), Elections and Populism, paper presented at IPRI Summer School: Populisms, Óbidos, Portugal, 16 to 19 September.

Luís, Carla (2019), Electoral Justice and the Portuguese case: some insights, paper presented at Building a Global Index on Electoral Justice, Mexico City, Mexico, 14 to 15 August.

Luís, Carla (2015), Independent Timor-Leste: which institutions for the newly born state?, paper presented at TLSA - Understanding Timor-Leste 2015, Dili, Timor-Leste, 09 to 10 July.

Luís, Carla; Rodrigues, Ilda (2015), How to address electoral complaints - learning from the Portuguese experience, paper presented at II Asian Electoral Stakeholder Forum - De,ocratic Electoral Processes: Reality and Challenges, Dili, Timor-Leste, 17 to 19 March.

Luís, Carla (2014), Statebuilding e a exportação do Estado liberal: uma democracia com que demos?, paper presented at 40 anos após o 25 de abril de 1974: a crise das democracias liberais, ISCTE, Lisboa, 08 to 10 May.

Luís, Carla (2014), O sistema eleitoral em Timor-Leste: que desafios na consolidação da paz?, paper presented at VII Congresso da APCP, Coimbra, Portugal, 14 to 16 April.

Luís, Carla (2014), Statebuilding in Timor-Leste: resilience and participation, paper presented at ISA 55th Annual Convention: Spaces and Places: Geopolitics in an Era of Globalization, Toronto, Canada, 26 March 29 April.

Luís, Carla (2014), Timor-Leste: voting and what else? How electoral systems should foster participation, paper presented at Resisting war in the 20th century - International Conference, FCSH, Lisboa, 27 February 01 March.

Luís, Carla (2013), Participation and its specific context: analysing “Paktu Eleisaun Pasífika” in Timor- Leste, paper presented at IV Colóquio Internacional de Doutorandos/as do CES, Coimbra C: “Dialogar com os Tempos e os Lugares do(s) Mundo(s)”, organizado pelo Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra, 06 to 07 December.

Luís, Carla; Duarte Lopes, Paula; Leitão, António; Blanco, Ramon; Braz, Carlos (2013), Round-table on “Peacebuilding in Timor-Leste”, paper presented at Intensive Programme on ‘Peacebuilding: dilemmas and challenges’, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal, 04 to 13 November.

Luís, Carla (2013), Timor-Leste e o novo Estado independente: o papel da participação popular na luta emancipatória, paper presented at II Congresso Internacional Karl Marx, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 24 to 26 October.

Luís, Carla (2013), Elections in Timor-Leste: the role of popular participation in statebuilding , paper presented at “Understanding Timor-Leste 2013” - Timor-Leste Studies Association (TLSA) and Swinburne University of Technology, Universidade Nacional de Timor Lorosa’e (UNTL) Liceu campus, Dili, Timor-Leste, 15 to 16 July.

Luís, Carla (2013), Do Democratisation and Global Justice go hand in hand? The case of Timor-Leste, paper presented at “Global Justice” - 16th IAPSS Academic Conference of the International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS), Rome, Italy, 06 to 08 March.

Other Publications

Luís, Carla (2015), "Tunisia and Egypt: contrasting elections following the Arab Spring", The Electoral Integrity Project .

Luís, Carla (2015), "How to regulate the messengers? Insights from electoral media coverage in Portugal", The Electoral Integrity Project .

Organisation of scientific events

Organization of Electoral Processes: Through the Lenses of International Electoral Assistance, CES, Coimbra, 16 November 2018.

Membro da Comissão Organizadora de Consolidação da Paz em Timor-Leste e o Contributo Português, Porto, Braga, Coimbra, Lisboa, 21 to 28 February by 2014 (com Freire, Raquel; Braz, Carlos Morgado; Leitão, António; Lopes, Paula Duarte; Nascimento, Daniela).

Advanced training courses

Luís, Carla (2020), coordination of Creative Writing for Academics and Professionals, CES Lisboa, CES.

Luís, Carla (2019), coordination of Elections in Portugal: electoral campaign, CES Coimbra, CES.

Luís, Carla (2019), coordination of Elections in Portugal: main questions - 1st edition, CES Lisboa, CES.

Luís, Carla (2019), coordination of Elections in Portugal: main questions - 2nd edition, CES Lisboa, CES.

Luís, Carla (2019), coordination of Elections in Portugal: main questions - online edition, Edição Online, CES.

Luís, Carla (2019), coordination of Electoral Observation - advanced training course, CES Lisboa, CES.

Luís, Carla (2019), coordination of Hope-Based Communications: Using values-based messaging and narrative change strategies to advance the cause of Human Rights, CES Lisboa, CES.

Luís, Carla (2019), coordination of Human Rights today: Foundations, challenges and opportunities - CES Summer School, CES Lisboa, CES.

Luís, Carla (2019), coordination of Observação Eleitoral - Electoral Observation, CES Lisboa, CES.

Research Projects

2018-01-01 - 2021-12-31 - "VOTEdhr - Elections, Democracy and Human Rights Training, research and support", as coordinator researcher.

2018 - 2021 - "VOTEDhr - Elections, Democracy and Human Rights training and research programme", as coordinator researcher.

2015-02 - 2015-06 - "The Electoral Integrity Project", coordinated by Pippa Norris, sponsored by Sydney University and Harvard University.

2011-03-01 - 2014-02-28 - "Peacebuilding and sustainable peace: UN missions in Timor-Leste and Portugal's contribution", coordinated by Maria Raquel Freire, sponsored by FCT.

Other Activities

2018 - Conferência comemorativa do 24º aniversário da Comissão Nacional de Eleições de Cabo Verde