The importance of giving a stage to science communication for students at the beginning of their research!
Marina Faria, currently a PhD candidate in Feminist Studies at the University of Coimbra, was present with us at the first session of the year 2024 of PubhD Coimbra, and is part of CES - Centro de Estudos Sociais. She spoke to us about her project entitled "What does the shell of the snail woman carry?", and the research proposal aims to contribute to the discussion on female immigration, particularly mothers who immigrated to Portugal with children with cognitive disabilities.
Why did you decide to participate in PubhD Coimbra?
Because I think this initiative of taking things out of the University is very important, especially in Coimbra where it ends up being a place where everyone is within the University, everyone knows each other in the University. And I think it's very important to bring this out and to the people right here. And I managed to have people outside the University, knowing what is being done inside, because it seems like everything stays locked up inside there. Isn't it?
How was your experience in this edition of PubhD Coimbra?
I was quite surprised by the number of people. Honestly, I thought there would be very few people, I thought I wouldn't be able to have many people. I was quite impressed by the number of people and by their willingness to participate, to interact. It's very important.
Would you advise other colleagues to participate?
Yes, definitely. And I think even if they were people who were still at the beginning of their doctoral research, I think it could be very important to hear less hermetic research, which were not so closed within the University. Because once the project has been defended, there are fewer possibilities for change, but when you're still very much at the beginning, this interaction can be very important, even to change the research.