Thais França, is a Fellow Researcher at the Center for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-Iscte) at the Lisbon University Institute (Iscte-IUL), Portugal. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Her work is interdisciplinary, drawing from sociology and gender to decolonial studies. Her overarching research focuses mainly gender and race inequalities in higher education.
Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 2296
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1279-412X

Roles

  • Center for Research and Studies in Sociology

    University, Lisbon, Portugal
    Fellow Researcher

  • ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia

    Other, Lisboa, Portugal

Research

The cost of ‘care’ in neoliberal academia during the COVID-19 pandemic: Women academics, teaching and emotional labour

Authors Thais França, Mara Vicente, Filipa Godinho, ...
Year 2023
Journal Name European Journal of Women's Studies
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1 Journal Article

Onward migration and onward precarity of Latin American labour migrants in postcrisis contexts in Europe

Authors Johanna Neuhauser, Thais França, Almudena Cortés
Year 2023
Journal Name Journal of Contemporary European Studies
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2 Journal Article

“Having a family is the new normal”: Parenting in neoliberal academia during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Authors Thais França, Filipa Godinho, Beatriz Padilla, ...
Year 2023
Journal Name Gender, Work & Organization
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3 Journal Article

Managing Student Mobility during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Immobility Turn in Internationalized Learning?

Authors David Cairns, Thais França
Year 2022
Journal Name Societies
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4 Journal Article

Standing Up for Culturally Competent Care in Portugal: The Experience of a “Health in Equality” Online Training Program on Individual and Cultural Diversity

Authors Violeta Alarcão, Sandra Roberto, Thais França, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name Societies
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5 Journal Article

Higher education students’ achievement emotions and their antecedents in e-learning amid COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-country survey

Authors Daniela Raccanello, Roxana Balbontín-Alvarado, Denilson da Silva Bezerra, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name Learning and Instruction
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6 Journal Article

An immobility turn? The Covid-19 pandemic, mobility capital and international students in Portugal

Authors David Cairns, Thais França, Daniel Malet Calvo, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name Mobilities
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7 Journal Article

South-South student migration: socially integrating students from Portuguese-speaking Africa at UNILAB, Brazil

Authors Thais França, David Cairns
Year 2020
Journal Name Globalisation, Societies and Education
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8 Journal Article

Representation of international students in the Portuguese press: Are immigrants welcome?

Authors Thais França
Year 2020
Journal Name Portuguese Journal of Social Science
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9 Journal Article

Southern Europe perspectives on international student mobility

Authors Daniel Malet Calvo, David Cairns, Thais França
Year 2020
Journal Name Portuguese Journal of Social Science
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10 Journal Article

Portuguese policies fostering international student mobility: a colonial legacy or a new strategy?

Authors Thais França, Elisa Alves, Beatriz Padilla
Year 2018
Journal Name Globalisation, Societies and Education
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11 Journal Article

Mobilidade científica e imigração qualificada : situando o debate

Authors Beatriz Padilla, Thais França
Year 2015
Journal Name Forum Sociológico
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12 Journal Article

Cooperação Sul-Sul, uma via alternativa ? Um caso exploratório entre Brasil e Argentina

Authors Thais França, Beatriz Padilla
Year 2015
Journal Name Forum Sociológico
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13 Journal Article

Epistemologias feministas e mobilidade científica:contribuições para o debate

Authors Thais França, Beatriz Padilla
Year 2013
Journal Name Configurações
14 Journal Article

Transnational diffusion and far-right latent social movements: unveiling the survival of anti-immigration mobilisation in Portugal

Authors Thais França
Year 2024
Journal Name Journal of Contemporary European Studies
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15 Journal Article

Ativismo anti-imigração e extrema-direita na Europa: entrevista com Kristian Berg Harpviken

Authors Lucas Arantes Zanetti, Thaís França da Silva
Year 2023
Journal Name Tempo Social
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16 Journal Article

Dealing with Diverse Cultures and Needs: How Have Higher Education Institutions in Portugal Responded to COVID-19?

Authors Bianca Lyrio, Cosmin Nada, Thais França
Year 2023
Journal Name Education Sciences
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17 Journal Article

Emotional Encounters During Fieldwork: Researching Brazilian Women Migrants as a Brazilian Women Researcher

Authors Thais França
Year 2023
Journal Name Migration Letters
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18 Journal Article

“You’re Better Being Poor Here”: Migration Decision-Making and Political and Lifestyle Considerations Among Qualified Brazilians in Portugal

Authors Leonardo Francisco de Azevedo, Thais França, David Cairns
Year 2022
Journal Name Migraciones. Publicación del Instituto Universitario de Estudios sobre Migraciones
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19 Journal Article

Academic student satisfaction and perceived performance in the e-learning environment during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence across ten countries

Authors Damijana Keržič, Jogymol Kalariparampil Alex, Roxana Pamela Balbontín Alvarado, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name PLOS ONE
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20 Journal Article

Lisbon, the Portuguese Erasmus city? Mis-match between representation in urban policies and international student experiences

Authors Thais França, David Cairns, Daniel Malet Calvo, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name Journal of Urban Affairs
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21 Journal Article

Immobility, precarity and the Covid-19 pandemic: the impact of lockdown on international students in Portugal

Authors David Cairns, Thais França, Daniel Malet Calvo, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name JOURNAL OF YOUTH STUDIES
Citations (WoS) 15
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22 Journal Article

‘There was no freedom to leave’: Global South international students in Portugal during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors Daniel Malet Calvo, David Cairns, Thais França, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name Policy Futures in Education
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23 Journal Article

THREE DECADES LATER… EVOLUTION OF IMMIGRANT INCOPORTATION POLICIES IN PORTUGAL: A NEW READING

Authors Beatriz Padilla, Thais França
Year 2020
Journal Name Política, Globalidad y Ciudadanía
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24 Journal Article

Mulheres, Imigrantes e Acadêmicas: Teorias da Interseccionalidade para Pensar a Mobilidade Científica

Authors Thais França
Year 2016
Journal Name Revista TOMO
25 Journal Article

PrayforParis: e agora, quem entra e quem sai?

Authors Thais França
Year 2016
Journal Name PerCursos
26 Journal Article

Para além da governação. Políticas, práticas e discursos de inclusão e promoção da diversidade cultural

Authors Beatriz Padilla, Thais França
Year 2014
Journal Name Configurações
27 Journal Article

Entre reflexões e práticas: feminismos e militância nos estudos migratórios

Authors Thais França
Year 2012
Journal Name e-cadernos CES
28 Journal Article

Brazilian Migrant Women as Killjoys: Disclosing Racism in “Friendly” Portugal

Authors Thais França, Stefanie Prange de Oliveira
Journal Name Cadernos Pagu
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29 Journal Article

Corpo(s) em movimentos: trajetória(s) corpórea(s) de mulheres brasileiras migrantes

Authors Thais França
Journal Name Cadernos Pagu
30 Journal Article

Suggested Research

IMIGRAÇÃO BRASILEIRA PARA PORTUGAL: ENTRE O SURGIMENTO E A CONSTRUÇÃO MIDIÁTICA DE UMA NOVA VAGA

Authors Thais França, Beatriz Padilla
Year 2019
Journal Name Cadernos de Estudos Sociais
1 Journal Article
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