Conference Proceedings

2025 – Hybrid Warfare in Democracy Instability: Technology, Information Operations, and International Security (doi:10.5281/zenodo.15828353). In: Book of Abstracts of the XIII Portuguese Congress of Sociology (XIII APS Congress) “Challenging Democracies: Risks and Uncertaities”, online posters, thematic section Security, Defense and Armed Forces, XIII-APS-51004, p. 461. Lisbon: Portuguese Sociology Association (APS).
2024 – Segurança no Ártico: um desafio global (doi:10.5281/zenodo.14627481). In: Céline Rodrigues, Pier Paolo Alfei, Raphael Fernandes Vieira Moreira Gonzaga (edts.), Livro de Resumos I Workshop Perspectivas Polares. O Ártico nas Ciências Humanas e Sociais no Brasil, Itália e Portugal/Libro dei Riassunti, I Workshop Prospettive Polari. L’Artico nelle Scienze Umanistiche e Sociali in Brasile, Italia e Portogallo, 24-25 October 2024. Brasilia: Escola Superior de Defesa (ESD), p. 7. ISBN: 978-65-997788-7-2.
2024 – Value Differences: A Starting Point for Influence, authored jointly by Bruce Forrester (Defence Research and Development Canada), Magnus Rosell (Swedish Defence Research Agency - FOI), Valentina Dragos (ONERA – The French Aerospace Lab) & Marco Marsili. In: AA.VV., STO Meeting Proceedings MP-HFM-361 "Mitigating and Responding to Cognitive Warfare", HFM-361 Symposium held on on 13–14 November, 2023 in Madrid, Spain. Paris: NATO Science & Technology Organization (STO). AC/323(HFM-361)TP/1211. doi:10.14339/STO-MP-HFM-361.ISBN 978-92-837-2521-3.
2024 – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: An Inspirational Charter (doi:10.5281/zenodo.10618612). In: Nelu Burcea, Lucile Sabas & Thierry Valle (eds.), Book of Abstracts of the Fourth UNequal World Conference 'Shaping a World of Freedoms: 75 Years of Legacy and Impact of Universal Declaration of Human Rights. How Will Human Rights Shape the Future?', New York, 11-12 December 2023, p 27. ISBN 979-8-9894202-1-6.
The Impact of Gender Dimension on Warfare (doi:10.5281/zenodo.8094941). In: Paulo Machado, João Reis, Sofia Menezes, Ana Raquel Romão & Diogo Silva (eds.), Book of Abstracts from 5th Erasmus Gender Seminar 2023 (Erasmus GS23), Amadora, 19-20 June 2023. Amadora/Lisbon: Academia Militar, June 2023. ISBN: 978-989-35199-2-9.
2023 – The Next Iranian Revolution: Turning Challenges into Opportunities. In: Abstract Book of the I. International Congress on Iranian Studies, p. 3
2023 – Guerre à la Carte: Cyber, Information, Cognitive Warfare and the Metaverse. In: Abstracts of speeches of the International Scientific Conference “Communication. Disinformation. Propaganda. Information Warfare Ecosystem ”, 25-26 May 2023, Gorzow Wielkopolski, Poland, p. 43.
2023 – Shifting Terms and Concepts: From Defence to (Human) Security (doi:10.5281/zenodo.7810950). In: Book of Abstracts of the XII Portuguese Congress of Sociology (XII APS Congress) “Polarized Societies? Challenges for Sociology”, thematic section 'Security, Defense and Armed Forces', XII-APS-8440, p. 277. Lisbon: Portuguese Association of Sociology (APS).
2023 – State-driven Hate Speech from Nazi Germany to Date (doi:10.5281/zenodo.7487198). In: Nelu Burcea & Liberato C. Bautista (eds.), Book of Abstracts of the UNequal World Conference on Freedom of Expression, Hate Speech, and Religious Freedom: A Human Rights Perspective, New York, 8-9 December 2022, p. 46. ISBN: 978-1-945298-50-9.
2022 – Space: The Final Frontier of War?. In: Fachada, C.P.A., Gil, J.A.M., & Marreiros, J.P.R. (eds.). Book of Abstracts – ISMS 2022 Conference of the International Society of Military Sciences, Lisbon, October 10-13, pp. 8-9 (extended abstract No. 4393). IUM Actuality, 40. Lisbon: Military University Institute.
2022 – The Russia-Ukraine Conflict Beyond the Mainstream Narrative. In: AA.VV, Conference Programme and Abstract Book of the 9th International Conference on Eurasian Politics and Society (IEPAS2022), York St John University, York, UK, 13-16 July 2022, p. 34. York: CESRAN International.
2022 – COVID-19 Infodemic: fake news, real censorship. Information and freedom of expression in time of Coronavirus. In: AA.VV., Proceedings of Science&You 2021 Parallel Sessions , Metz, France, 16-19 November 2021, pp. 659-560 (Poster #8). Nancy: Université de Lorraine. ISBN: 978-2-37111-100-4.
2021 – COVID-19 and Freedom of Information: The Return of the Leviathan. In: AA.VV., Book of Abstracts of the European Sociological Association (ESA) 2021 Conference, Barcelona (online), pp. 1325-6. Paris: European Sociological Association (ESA).
2021 – Hybrid Warfare: Above or Below the Threshold of Armed Conflict. In: AA.VV., Progress in Military Sciences for Resilience and Cohesion in the Face of New Forms of Disruption. Abstracts for the 13th Annual Conference of the International Society of Military Sciences (ISMS 2021), p. 58. Kingston, Ontario: ISMS.
2021 – The Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. Before, Behind and Beyond the Conflict (Paper No. 135348). In: AA.VV., Proceedings of the 26th International Political Science Association World Congress (26th IPSA WC2021), virtual edition, 10-15 July 2021.
2021 – The Role of the Armed Forces in Homeland Security. In: AA.VV., Book of Abstracts of the XI Portuguese Congress of Sociology (XI APS Congress) "Heated identities: differences, belonging, and populisms in an effervescent world", thematic section 'Security, Defense and Armed Forces', XI-APS-87872, p. 286- Lisbon: Portuguese Association of Sociology (APS).
2020 – The Twenty-First Century Wars. Unconventional Conflicts Before International Law. In: AA.VV., Proceedings of the 12nd Annual Conference of the International Society of Military Sciences (ISMS 2020), available in the institutional repository of the Finnish National Defence University (FNDU).
2020 – The International Criminal Court: The Failure of Justice. In: Nelu Burcea, Marian Gh. Simion & Denise E. Burrill (eds.), Book of Abstracts – Proceedings of the UNequal World Conference.
2020 – Middle East Politics: Rightful and Legitimate Institutions or Terror Organizations?. In: AA.VV., Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Eurasian Politics and Society (IEPAS2020).
2020 – Epidermal Systems and Virtual Reality: Emerging Disruptive Technology for Military Applications. In: Raul Fangueiro (ed.), Proceedings of the 2nd World Conference on Advanced Materials for Defense (AuxDefense 2020).
2019 – The Crackdown on Political Dissent in Turkey After July 15, 2016. A Challenge to European Values. In: AA.VV., Book of Abstracts – Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Eurasian Politics and Society (IEPAS2019).
2016 – Increasing military capability through information and communication. In: Raúl Vicen-Bueno, Emanuel Coelho & François-Alex Bourque (eds.), Abstracts from the Decision Support and Risk Assessment for Operational Effectiveness (DeSRA) 2016 Conference, p. 8. La Spezia: NATO STO-CMRE. CMRE-CP-2016-002.

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