João Ferreira Dias holds a PhD in African Studies from ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (2016), a MA in History and Culture of Religions from the University of Lisbon (2011), and several specialisation courses, notably Afro-Latin American Studies from Harvard University (2021) and Brazil's International Insertion and Foreign Policy from the University of Lisbon (2008). Researcher at the Centre for International Studies-ISCTE and Associate Researcher at the Center of History of the University of Lisbon.
João's work has been mainly on African and Afro-Brazilian religions from an Anthropology of Religion perspective. Recently he has started to work on Political Science and Law, emphasising Populism, Racism, Identitarian politics, and Fundamental Rights.
