marzia grassi

Biography

Marzia Grassi is a research fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences - University of
Lisbon in Portugal. Economist, Phd in Development Economics, Master in African
Studies. URL: http://www.ics.ul.pt/pessoas/marzia.grassi
Present research interests
Social dynamics in transnational contexts, Gender, ethnicity, social capital, informal
networks and institutions. Multiculturalism in África and migratory contexts.
Transnational lives and families between Africa and Europe, Mobility, borders, gender,
global economy and development.
Projects
from 2013-2017 .Gendercit (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IRSES/318960) PI-in Portugal and
Steering Committee member) ongoing
(Since 2012) Principal Investigator of the Project “Places and belongings: circular
conjugalities between Angola and Portugal” (PTDC/AFR/119149/2010), funded by
FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology. Ongoing.
Since 2010 she coordinates the ESF network Transnational Lives Mobility and Gender,
part of the Observatory of family in Portugal (TL Network) www.tlnetwork.ics.ul.pt
ongoing.
2009-2013 P.I. of the project Transnational child-raising arrangements between Angola
and Portugal. The project is part of the NORFACE funded European comparative
project, TCRAf-Eu: Effects of transnational child-raising arrangements (TCRAs) on the
life-chances of children, migrant parents and caregivers between Africa and Europe,
coordination – Maastricht University.
2008-2012 P.I. of the Project “Migratory Trajectories from Africa, Illegality and
Gender: the case of Portugal and Italy” (PIHM/GC/0046/2008 and ICS-UL/524/2008).
(2006-2008) Principal Researcher of the Project "Social Capital and Young
Descendents of Palop in Portugal" granted by ICS-UL (ICS-UL/429/2006).
(2004 – 2008) Principal Researcher of the Project "Angola in Movement"
(PPCDT/AFR/59446/2004 and ICS-UL/285/2004), funded by the Foundation for
Science and Technology, Portuguese Ministry for Science, Technology and Higher
Education.
Main pubblications
(2013) Vite (il)legali. Migranti africani in Italia e Portogallo, Marzia Grassi and
Martina Giuffrè (Eds.), SEID Editori, Firenze.
(2011) “Palop: investigação em debate”(org.) Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, Lisboa.
(2011) “Transnational Lives, Labor, and Gender in the Cape Verde Diaspora”, As
mulheres em Cabo Verde Silva, Carmelita e and Celeste Fortes (org) (2011) Edições
UNICV, Praia, pp. 223-241.
2010) Forms of familial, economic and political association in Angola today, The
Edwuin Mellen Press, New York, London.
(2009) “Crises and Development: A perpetual vicious circle for Africa“ Economia
Global e Gestão, Indeg/Iscte nº 2/09, Lisboa.
(2009) Capital Social e Jovens originários dos PALOP em Portugal, Imprensa de
Ciências Sociais, Lisbon.
(2007) “Género e Migrações Cabo-verdianas”, Marzia Grassi e Iolanda Évora (eds.)
Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, Lisbon.
(2006) "Il volto femminile del commercio transnazionale a Capo Verde" Franco Angeli,
Milano.
(2003) "Rabidantes: comércio espontaneo transnacional in Cabo Verde" ICS/Spleen,
Lisbon and Praia.