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1 This image cannot currently be displayed. Europass Curriculum Vitae Personal information Surname(s) / First name(s) Address(es) Númena, Taguspark, Núcleo Central, Porto Salvo PORTUGAL Telephone(s) (351-21) Mobile (351-91) Fax(es) (351-21) (s) tiago.santos@numena.org.pt Nationality Portuguese Date of birth 04/06/1973 Gender Desired employment / Occupational field Male Researcher in Sociology Work experience Dates Dates June 2013 onwards Shadow reporter Penning the ENAR Shadow Report ( ) Racism and related discriminatory practices in employment in Portugal, a task which demands desk research, data and documental analysis of secondary sources, interviews with experts and stakeholders and report writing in English. European Network Against Racism (ENAR) Rue Galllait, 60 B 1030 Brussels International non-profit, non-governmental organisation April onwards Chairperson (pro bono) Strategic planning and everyday management. In this period Númena signed the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers; having started with only one full time collaborator, reached as high as six before starting to feel the crisis; initiated its publishing activity; improved its bibliometric indicators; expanded the number of associates and projects; diversified its sources of funding; at a point quadruplied its cash flow; established projects in partnership with leading research institutions such as Oxford University or the Gulbenkian Institute of Science; and was formally recognised by the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education. Númena Centro de Investigação em Ciências Sociais e Humanas Taguspark, Núcleo Central, Porto Salvo Private Non-Profit Research Institute Page 1 / 11 - Curriculum vitae of

2 Dates September August 2005 Senior Researcher Sample and questionnaire design, data analysis, team coordination and report writing in Portuguese. I conducted tens of national surveys. MetrisGfK Rua Carlos Testa, n.º 1 1.º B Lisboa Market Research Dates August September 2003 Freelance Researcher (pro bono) I created and applied an innovative method for ranking secondary schools into league tables according to their results in the national exams. The skills deployed were desk research, data analysis and report writing in Portuguese. Ministério da Educação Av. 5 de Outubro, Lisboa Government Dates February March 2006 Freelance Researcher In the scope of this collaboration I undertook three research projects, each of which resulted in a published book. The skills used were, once again, desk research, data analysis and report writing in Portuguese Alto Comissariado para a Imigração e Minorias Étnicas Rua Álvaro Coutinho, Lisboa Government Dates January 2001 onwards Researcher I have been engaged in writing grant applications, managing the resulting projects, quantitative (e.g., sample and questionnaire design, fieldwork coordination) and qualitative (e.g., focus groups, interviews) data gathering and analysis, drafting, editing and publishing of scientific texts in Portuguese, English and French, as well as organising seminars and conferences. Númena Centro de Investigação em Ciências Sociais e Humanas Taguspark, Núcleo Central, Porto Salvo Private Non-Profit Research Institute Dates January December 2001 Founding Chairman (pro bono) Strategic planning and everyday management. I managed the newborn centre for the first year, taking it from 0 to 4 projects and a budget of about Númena Centro de Investigação em Ciências Sociais e Humanas Taguspark, Núcleo Central, Porto Salvo Private Non-Profit Research Institute Page 2 / 11 - Curriculum vitae of

3 Dates May 2000 October 2002 Freelance Researcher Archive research, data coding and analysis. Centro Interdisciplinar de História, Culturas e Sociedades da Universidade de Évora Palácio do Vimioso, Apartado Évora Higher Education / Public Research Dates March March 2000 Freelance Researcher Desk research, interviews and report writing in English for the Portuguese presidency of the EU. Secretaria de Estado da Indústria e Energia Av. da República, Lisboa Government Dates October September 2000 Data Analysis Consultant Questionnaire and sample adaptation and data-analysis consultancy. Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Lisboa Alameda da Universidade Lisboa Higher Education / Public Research Dates July 1999 July 1999 Freelance Researcher Fieldwork and data-analysis for a project on social corporate responsibility. DHL Worldwide Express Rua Cidade de Liverpool, n.º 16, 2º Esq Lisboa Express & Logistics Dates December 1998 October 2000 Freelance Researcher Desk research and data analysis for the external evaluation of the undergraduate courses in anthropology and sociology. Fundação das Universidades Portuguesas Quinta de S. Miguel dos Arcos, Rua Visconde de Porto Salvo, Paço de Arcos Higher Education / Public Research Dates August 1997 onwards Researcher and lecturer Writing grant applications, performing documental research, sample and questionnaire design, quantitative and qualitative data coding and analysis, interviewing, drafting scientific texts in Portuguese and English. I have also been teaching the Research Methods & Techniques: Sampling and Surveys lab section in the sociology undergraduate programme. Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa Avenida de Berna, 26-C Lisboa Higher Education / Public Research Page 3 / 11 - Curriculum vitae of

4 Education and training Dates 8 9 October th ESS Train Prediction of the quality of Survey questions using the program SQP: Improvement of questions and correction for measurement errors. The problem of measurement errors in survey research. The reliability and validity of questions: estimation using MTMM experiments; prediction using the program SQP 2.0. European Social Survey / Univerza v Ljubljani Dates March 2012 Statistical methods for policy evaluation and causal inference in observational studies Counterfactual thinking, language and philosophy. The Potential Outcome approach to causal inference: definitions, assumptions and estimation methods. Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology da Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) Dates 9 10 February 2011 Strategies in comparative analysis: multi-level, multi-group and dummy approaches Multilevel, dummy and multigroup approaches. Lab sessions with the Mplus and SPSS software packages. Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) Dates December 2009 Two day course on Design and evaluation of questionnaires for survey research Formultion of questions. Questionnaire design. Meta analysis. Introduction to the Survey Quality Predictor software. European Survey Research Association e Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology da Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) Dates October th ESS Train Socio-Demographic Background Variables for Cross-National Comparative Survey Research in Europe Demographic standards in European countries. National standardization and international harmonization. Harmonization versus translation. Existing standardized survey instruments. From comparative concepts to cross country measurement. European Social Survey / gesis Dates Level in national or international classification December onwards PhD in Economic and Organizational Sociology Fundamental research and empirical studies in the fields of Economic and Organizational Sociology. Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa ISCED 6 Page 4 / 11 - Curriculum vitae of

5 Level in national or international classification Level in national or international classification Level in national or international classification Dates November th ESS Train Comparability of Survey Data across Countries and Time Cross-national and over time comparison using latent variables. Comparability of social structural variables. Response sets in cross-national research. Cognitive techniques to analyze cross-national data. European Social Survey / gesis Dates March rd ESS Train on Sampling in Cross-National Studies Probabilistic sampling for cross-national surveys: design, selection, comparability, units, weighting, size, variance estimation, temporality and trends. European Social Survey / gesis-zuma Date Mestre em Sociologia Sociological theory and research methods. In my thesis I adopted a sociology of consumption approach on how reading generated cultural capital might become social capital. Universidade Nova de Lisboa ISCED 6 Dates January January 1998 Brief course in statistics (100 hours) Statistics Universidade Nova de Lisboa SociNova, Gabinete de Investigação em Sociologia Aplicada Dates Licenciado em Sociologia Sociological theory and research methods. My thesis' subject was the social construction of the public figure of the poet Fernando Pessoa. Universidade Nova de Lisboa ISCED 5A Dates University of Cambridge s Certificate in Advanced English English British Council CEF C1 Page 5 / 11 - Curriculum vitae of

6 Personal skills and competences Mother tongue(s) Other language(s) Self-assessment European level (*) Português Understanding Speaking Writing Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production English C1 Proficient user C2 Proficient user C1 Proficient user C2 Proficient user C2 Proficient user French B2 Independent user B2 Independent user B1 Independent user B1 Independent user B1 Independent user (*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level Social skills and competences Organisational skills and competences Computer skills and competences Prizes and awards Driving licence Additional information Though a great part of my career has been that o freelance researcher, in and out of institutions and projects, I ve always been a team worker. This fact should be clear to anyone reading my list of publications. I have organised conferences, set up and managed a private non-profit research institute, managed research projects, all of which demand planning, selecting and leading people, prioritising tasks and keeping the goal in sight. Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, SPAD, SPSS and Word. MA and PhD scholarships from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. Several travel grants for attending congresses, awarded by the Foundation for Science and Technology, by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and by the Luso-American Development Foundation. In 2010 I was bestowed the Religious Freedom Award by the Portuguese Commission for Religious Freedom (a GO) for the paper I co-authored on discrimination in the perspective of religious minorities' spiritual leaders. I don t have one. The strength and speed of one man are enough responsibility. For references, please contact at the High Commissioner for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue (formerly known as High Commissioner for Immigration and Ethnic Minorities), Professor Roberto Carneiro (coordinator of the Immigration Observatory); at the Ministry of Education, former Minister Professor David Justino; at the University of Évora, Professor Ana Cardoso de Matos; at the Foundation of Portuguese Universities, Professor Manuel Villaverde Cabral; at the New University of Lisbon, Professors Rui Santos, Diogo Ramada Curto and José Alberto Simões; at Metris-GfK, former Managing Director Luís Valente Rosa. In what regards scientific associations, I am a member of the Associação Portuguesa de Sociologia, the Associação Portuguesa para o Estudo das Religiões, the European Sociological Association and the European Survey Research Association. Annexes Lists of publications and conference presentations Page 6 / 11 - Curriculum vitae of

7 Annex 1 Publications «A Discriminação Religiosa na Perspectiva das Confissões Minoritárias» Pedro Soares, Isabel Tomás Publication date 2011 in Comissão da Liberdade Religiosa Prémio Liberdade Religiosa Lisboa: Secretaria Geral do Ministério da Justiça. 121 p. Publication date 2011 Racist Discourses in Portugal: Essentialization and Inferiorization in Colloquial Exchanges regarding Minority Categories Edite Rosário and Sílvia Lima Lisboa: ACIDI. 234 pp., ISBN Publication date 2009 «[The readers of the Knight-errant. Memories of comics in the decades of 50 and 60 of the Portuguese 20 th century]» in Inês Brasão, Diogo Ramada Curto, Nuno Domingos, Rahul Kumar, Nuno Medeiros and Tiago Santos Comunidades de Leitura. Edições Colibri. pp , ISBN Research survey on migrants experiences of racism and discrimination in Portugal. Catarina Oliveira, Rahul Kumar, Edite Rosário and Elisabete Brigadeiro Publication date 2009 Oeiras: Númena. 124 pp, ISBN: How expensive is it to be an immigrant? Edite Rosário Publication date 2008 Lisboa: ACIDI. 120 pp., ISBN Publication date 2008 Measuring Integration: The Portuguese Case. Regional Indicators of Social and Labour Market Inclusion of Third Country Nationals Maria Abranches, Luca di Sciullo e Edite Rosário Lisboa: OIM. 96 pp., ISBN: «Contributions des immigrants pour la démographie du Portugal» Maria João Valente Rosa Publication date 2007 in AIDELF (org.) Les migrations internationales: observation, analyse et perspectives. Paris: PUF, pp , ISBN: Page 7 / 11 - Curriculum vitae of

8 «Words that I find useful Literary genre and genres of readers in the Gulbenkian Foundation s network of mobile libraries» Publication date 2006 in Diogo Ramada Curto (ed.) Estudos de sociologia da leitura em Portugal no séc. XX. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian e Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, pp , ISBN: Foreign Inmates in Portugal - Shores/Props of a Problematisation Hugo de Seabra Publication date 2006 Lisboa: ACIME. 132 pp., ISBN The Criminality of Foreigners in Portugal An academic enquiry Hugo de Seabra Publication date 2005 Lisboa: ACIME. 224 pp., ISBN Public libraries readers: a survey of the National Public Library Network in the Lisbon region Inês Brasão and Nuno Domingos Publication date 2004 Lisboa: Edições Colibri. 154 pp., ISBN Contributions of Immigrants to Portuguese Demography Maria João Valente Rosa and Hugo de Seabra Publication date 2004 Lisboa: ACIME. 192 pp., ISBN «Portugal» Miguel Farias and Pedro Soares Publication date 2002 in Melton, J. Gordon and Baumann, Martin (eds.) Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio. vol. 3 pp , ISBN «Lusitanian Church» Miguel Farias and Pedro Soares Publication date 2002 in Melton, J. Gordon and Baumann, Martin (eds.) Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio. vol. 3 pp , ISBN Page 8 / 11 - Curriculum vitae of

9 «New Religious Movements in Portugal past, present and future» Miguel Farias Publication date 1999 Sociedade e Estado, vol. XIV, n.º 1, Janeiro - Junho 1999: pp , ISSN Rehousing and social integration: The population of the Algés Valley in face of a urban renewal project M. Margarida Marques, Rui Santos e Sílvia Nóbrega Publication date 1999 Lisboa: Edições Colibri. 284 pp., ISBN Annex 2 Presentations Demographic changes in religious affiliation and religious minorities in Portugal Workshop The Changing Face of Religion in Portugal and Brazil, organized by Instituto Camões and Ian Ramsey Centre in St. John s College, Oxford, June 3 rd How expensive is it to be an immigrant? Conference on "Poverty and Social Exclusion - Perspectives and Realities", held in Oeiras on November 18 th and 19 th 2009 Immigration in the Context of Demographic Events Contributions to the Problematics of Growth and Integration Conference on Demography and Social Policies held at the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas of the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa on May 29 th 2008 Indicatori sull integrazione in Portogallo La Giornata dell'integrazione, held at the Consiglio Nazionale dell'economia e del Lavoro (Rome) at March 7 th 2008 Is Europe a Melting Pot? The Situation Regarding Miscegenation Paper presented to the 8th Annual Conference of the European Sociological Association, which took place in Glasgow from 3 to 6 de September 2007 Indicators of Immigrants Integration 11th International Metropolis Conference, held in Lisbon on 2-6 October 2006 The Criminality of Foreigners in Portugal 11th International Metropolis Conference, held in Lisbon on 2-6 October 2006 Readers of Public Libraries Part of the cycle Abrir Horizontes - Desenvolvimento do Leitor, organised by Câmara Municipal de Oeiras within the scope of the Oeiras a Ler program. 8 th and 9 th May 2006 Reading as barrier and leveller. An essay on the produce of cultural consumption 37 th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, held in Stockholm on July 5-9, 2005 Page 9 / 11 - Curriculum vitae of

10 Contributions des immigrants pour la démographie du Portugal 13 th meeting of AIDELF, held in Budapest (Hungary) 20 th to 24 th September 2004 Chivalrous reminiscences audience research of two mid 50s comics anthologies Public seminar of the research project Sociologia da Leitura em Portugal no Século XX, held at the National Library (Lisbon) 9 th January 2003 Esoteric beliefs and political attitudes of students at the University of Lisbon VI th Luso-Afro-Brazilian Congress of Social Sciences, held in Oporto 5 th to 9 th September 2000 Opening address Religious Minorities and New Religious Movements: Portugal and Europe in a global perspective, held at the Institute of Social Sciences and Business Studies (Lisbon) from 15 th to 16 th January 2000 An Analysis of the Portuguese Scholarly Discourse on the New Religious Movements 13 th International Conference of the Center for Studies on New Religions, held at Bryn Athyn (Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 2 nd to 5 th June 1999 Portugal: redistribution platform or host society? 1 st Portuguese Congress of Economic Sociology, held at the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon) from 4 to 6 March 1998 Page 10 / 11 - Curriculum vitae of

11 U N D E R S T A N D I N G S P E A K I N G WR ITI NG Listening Reading Spoken Interaction Spoken Production Writing EUROPEAN LEVELS - SELF ASSESSMENT GRID A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2 I can understand familiar words and very basic phrases concerning myself, my family and immediate concrete surroundings when people speak slowly and clearly. I can understand familiar names, words and very simple sentences, for example on notices and posters or in catalogues. I can understand phrases and the highest frequency vocabulary related to areas of most immediate personal relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local area, employment). I can catch the main point in short, clear, simple messages and announcements. I can read very short, simple texts. I can find specific, predictable information in simple everyday material such as advertisements, prospectuses, menus and timetables and I can understand short simple personal letters. I can interact in a simple way provided I can communicate in simple and routine the other person is prepared to repeat or tasks requiring a simple and direct rephrase things at a slower rate of exchange of information on familiar speech and help me formulate what I'm topics and activities. I can handle very trying to say. I can ask and answer simple short social exchanges, even though I questions in areas of immediate need or can't usually understand enough to on very familiar topics. keep the conversation going myself. I can use simple phrases and sentences to describe where I live and people I know. I can write a short, simple postcard, for example sending holiday greetings. I can fill in forms with personal details, for example entering my name, nationality and address on a hotel registration form. I can use a series of phrases and sentences to describe in simple terms my family and other people, living conditions, my educational background and my present or most recent job. I can write short, simple notes and messages. I can write a very simple personal letter, for example thanking someone for something. I can understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. I can understand the main point of many radio or TV programmes on current affairs or topics of personal or professional interest when the delivery is relatively slow and clear. I can understand texts that consist mainly of high frequency everyday or job-related language. I can understand the description of events, feelings and wishes in personal letters. I can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. I can enter unprepared into conversation on topics that are familiar, of personal interest or pertinent to everyday life (e.g. family, hobbies, work, travel and current events). I can connect phrases in a simple way in order to describe experiences and events, my dreams, hopes and ambitions. I can briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. I can narrate a story or relate the plot of a book or film and describe my reactions. I can write simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. I can write personal letters describing experiences and impressions. I can understand extended speech and lectures and follow even complex lines of argument provided the topic is reasonably familiar. I can understand most TV news and current affairs programmes. I can understand the majority of films in standard dialect. I can read articles and reports concerned with contemporary problems in which the writers adopt particular attitudes or viewpoints. I can understand contemporary literary prose. I can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible. I can take an active part in discussion in familiar contexts, accounting for and sustaining my views. I can present clear, detailed descriptions on a wide range of subjects related to my field of interest. I can explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options. I can write clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects related to my interests. I can write an essay or report, passing on information or giving reasons in support of or against a particular point of view. I can write letters highlighting the personal significance of events and experiences. I can understand extended speech even when it is not clearly structured and when relationships are only implied and not signalled explicitly. I can understand television programmes and films without too much effort. I can understand long and complex factual and literary texts, appreciating distinctions of style. I can understand specialised articles and longer technical instructions, even when they do not relate to my field. I can express myself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. I can use language flexibly and effectively for social and professional purposes. I can formulate ideas and opinions with precision and relate my contribution skilfully to those of other speakers. I can present clear, detailed descriptions of complex subjects integrating subthemes, developing particular points and rounding off with an appropriate conclusion. I can express myself in clear, wellstructured text, expressing points of view at some length. I can write about complex subjects in a letter, an essay or a report, underlining what I consider to be the salient issues. I can select a style appropriate to the reader in mind. I have no difficulty in understanding any kind of spoken language, whether live or broadcast, even when delivered at fast native speed, provided. I have some time to get familiar with the accent. I can read with ease virtually all forms of the written language, including abstract, structurally or linguistically complex texts such as manuals, specialised articles and literary works. I can take part effortlessly in any conversation or discussion and have a good familiarity with idiomatic expressions and colloquialisms. I can express myself fluently and convey finer shades of meaning precisely. If I do have a problem I can backtrack and restructure around the difficulty so smoothly that other people are hardly aware of it. I can present a clear, smoothly-flowing description or argument in a style appropriate to the context and with an effective logical structure which helps the recipient to notice and remember significant points. I can write clear, smoothly-flowing text in an appropriate style. I can write complex letters, reports or articles which present a case with an effective logical structure which helps the recipient to notice and remember significant points. I can write summaries and reviews of professional or literary works. Council of Europe: Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEF)