Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Areas of Expertise
My research aims to understand how children in Amazonia are making sense of socio-ecological changes.
Key interests: Childhood, social protection, environmental justice, climate change.
Academic Background
I hold a PhD in International Development from UEA and teach topics related to Social Policy, Research Methods and Latin American development. I am currently a Lecturer in Sustainable Development at The Open University.
I have also worked as a qualitative researcher for ODI (UK), UNICEF (Peru) and the International Centre for Research and Policy on Childhood (CIESPI/PUC-Rio, in Brazil).
You can find me on Twitter and ResearchGate.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Master of Philosophy, Carioca childhoods: discourses on peace and violence (a compared ethnographic study), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
1 Mar 2015 → 3 May 2017
Award Date: 3 May 2017
Bachelor of Arts, Social Communication, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
9 Mar 2009 → 24 Jan 2014
External positions
Lecturer, Open University
3 Jan 2023 → …
Associate Lecturer, Birkbeck University of London
28 Sept 2021 → 31 Jan 2022
Consultant, Overseas Development Institute
1 Sept 2021 → 1 Oct 2022
Consultant, UNICEF - The United Nations Children's Fund
20 Jan 2020 → 1 Mar 2020
GCP Navigator, University College London
27 May 2019 → 7 Jun 2019
Keywords
- Development Studies (General)
- Human ecology / Anthropogeography
- Children & Families
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Integrating environmental justice into child-sensitive social protection: The environmental roots of intergenerational poverty in Amazonia
de Carvalho, T., Feb 2025, In: European Journal of Development Research. 37, p. 79–99 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The cascading effects of climate change on children: Extreme floods, family mobility and child well-being in Amazonia
de Carvalho, T., 9 May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Climate and Development.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Disputing discipline: Child protection, punishment and piety in Zanzibar schools. By Franziska Fay, Rutgers University Press, 2021
de Carvalho, T., May 2023, In: Children & Society. 37, 3, p. 994-996 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
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The Use of Ethnography for Livelihoods Research
de Carvalho, T., 5 May 2022, The Routledge Handbook on Livelihoods in the Global South. Nunan, F., Barnes, C. & Krishnamurthy, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Routledge, 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Book review: Tambe, A. 2019: Defining Girlhood in India: A Transnational History of Sexual Maturity Laws
de Carvalho, T., 1 Jan 2021, In: Progress in Development Studies. 21, 1, p. 110-112 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
Prizes
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Graduate Student Paper Prize
de Carvalho, Thaís (Recipient), 1 Dec 2020
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PhD Studentship (3 years)
de Carvalho, Thaís (Recipient), 1 Oct 2018
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Research Adaptation Fund
de Carvalho, Thaís (Recipient), 1 Feb 2021
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Tim Morris Award
de Carvalho, Thaís (Recipient), 20 Jan 2020
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