Mariana S. Mendes is a first year doctoral researcher at the Social and Political Science Department of the European University Institute, working under the supervision of Donatella della Porta. Previously, she completed two MAs, the first in International Affairs (International Security) at Sciences Po Paris and the second one in Nationalism Studies at Central European University. She was an intern at the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia (Belgrade) and at the Global Public Policy Institute (Berlin).
Research interests : memory studies, transitional justice, social movements, political violence