Irina Castro


Biography

Irina Castro works at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra. In 2009, Castro graduated in Applied Ecology at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro. In 2011 she got her MSc in Environmental Engineering, and the same year, she joined CES as a research fellow for the project "BIOSENSE | Science engaging society: Life Sciences Social Sciences and Publics", coordinated by João Arriscado Nunes. Since then, she has collaborated in developing, promoting, and evaluating science communication initiatives and promoting science-society relations, focusing on the relationship between society and biotechnology. In 2022 the completed her PhD in the programme Governance, Knowledge, and Innovation (sociology branch), in which she developed a thesis about the ontological construction of transgenic seeds through the practices of scientists and their scientific controversies. She works closely on this with João Arriscado Nunes (CES-FEUC), Rita Serra (CES), and Raúl García-Barrios, the latter researcher at the Multidisciplinary Research Centre of the Autonomous University of Mexico (CRIM / UNAM). Between 2014-2017, she worked as a project manager at the CES Project Management Office, returning to this role in 2020.


Latest Publications

Article in Scientific journal

Antoniou, Michael N.; Robinson, Claire; Castro, Irina; Hilbeck, Angelika (2023), "Agricultural GMOs and their associated pesticides: misinformation, science, and evidence", Environmental Sciences Europe, 35, 1

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Book Chapter

Velicu, Irina; Castro, Irina; Calvário, Rita; Oprea, Anastasia; Ogrezeanu, Andreea (2023), De Camponeses a Trabalhadores e Vice-Versa? Debatendo a Centralidade do Trabalho na Alimentação em Portugal e na Romênia, in Flavia Trentini, Patrícia Branco e Marcos Catalan (org.), Direto e comida. Do campo à mesa: cidadania, consumo, saúde e exclusão social. Belo Horizonte: Fórum, 351-369

Article in Scientific journal

Calvário, Rita; Castro, Irina (2022), "A questão alimentar em Portugal: (des)encontros entre políticas públicas, alternativas alimentares cidadãs e a agricultura familiar", Análise Social, lvii (3.º), 244, 570-593

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