My CV

EDUCATION

2009 Habilitation in Sociology, University of Minho, Portugal

2003 PhD in Sociology, University of Minho, Portugal

1993 Bachelor in Sociology, University of Coimbra, Portugal

CURRENT POSITIONS

Since 2023        Chair of the Scientific Council for Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities 

                          Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (by nomination of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education)

Since 2017        Full Professor of Sociology, Institute for Social Sciences, University of Minho, Portugal

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

2019 – 2022     Dean of the Institute for Social Sciences, University of Minho, Portugal

2018 – 2021     Research Associate, Communication and Society Research Center, University of Minho, Portugal; leader of the research line in “Bioscience, justice and citizenship”

2016 – 2017     President of the Scientific Board, Center for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal

2014 – 2017     Research Professor, Center for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal 

TEACHING

I started teaching in 1997, as Lecturer at the Department of Sociology of the University of Minho, Portugal. I am Full Professor since 2017. During my career I created several courses for all levels of higher education degrees. Presently, I mostly teach in the subjects of Sociology of Crime, Social Studies of Science and Technology, and Ethics and Data Sciences. As an Erasmus Professor I have been teaching in different Universities in Europe (more recently, Kaunas University, Lithuania and Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma, Italy). Between 2013 and 2017 I was Visiting Professor at University of Rio Grande do Sul  and University of Pernambuco in Brazil.

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES (selection of more recent)

Since 2022       Member of the Forensic Databases Advisory Board, International Society for Forensic Genetics

2019 - 2022      President of the Scientific Board, Institute for Social Sciences, University of Minho, Portugal

2022                 Chair of the Committee for Evaluation of Sociology Courses, Agency for Evaluation and Accreditation of High Education in Portugal

2020 - 2022      Co-coordinator of the PhD Programme in Sociology, University of Minho

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS (selection)

2022 UMinho Prize for Scientific Merit (annual award to recognize the merit of a researcher who has distinguished herself for research activity)

2019 Women in Science (tribute from the Portuguese National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture, to women scientists who stand out for their influence)

2015 Consolidator Grant, awarded by the European Research Council

2013 Consolidation Grant, awarded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology to researchers with an outstanding curriculum and proof of leadership in their research area

MAIN GRANTS AS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR 

• (2015-2021), Forensic geneticists and the transnational exchange of DNA data in the European Union: Engaging science with social control, citizenship and democracy (EXCHANGE), Consolidator Grant, European Research Council, € 1.838.150. Grant n.º 648608.

• (2014-2017), Towards a responsible forensic DNA database policy in Portugal and Europe: Re-thinking ethics and human rights through the lens of civic genomic pragmatism, Consolidation Grant CEEC, Foundation for Science and Technology, €96.000. Grant n.º 147549.

• (2014-2016), Governance technologies and criminal investigation: Science, politics and social control, Bilateral Cooperation Portugal-Brazil, Foundation for Science and Technology, € 9.000. Grant n.º 2419 - 10364/13-7.

• (2010-2013), Forensic DNA databasing in Portugal - Contemporary issues in ethics, practices and policy, Foundation for Science and Technology, €108.157. Grant n.º 98148.

• (2009-2012), Mothers and fathers after the "biological truth"? Gender, inequalities and parental roles in the cases of investigation of paternity, Foundation for Science and Technology, € 60.000. Grant n.º 83798.

• (2007-2010), Justice, media, and citizenship, Foundation for Science and Technology, €65.148. Grant n.º 67021.

• (2003-2006), New technologies and the magistrates: Interactions, mediations, and ambivalences, Foundation for Science and Technology, €12.000. Grant n.º 44650.

• (2000-2002), Law, science, and institutional control of women’s sexual and procreative behaviour, Foundation for Science and Technology, €17.458. Grant n.º 15115.

PUBLICATIONS

Books (authored and co-authored)

Machado, Helena; Granja, Rafaela (2022), Genetic Surveillance and Crime Control. Social, Cultural and Political Perspectives, London and New York: Routledge.  Available here.

Machado, Helena; Granja, Rafaela (2020), Forensic Genetics in the Governance of Crime, Singapore: Palgrave Pivot.  Available here. (translated to Portuguese and simplified Chinese)

Amelung, Nina; Granja, Rafaela; Machado, Helena (2020), Modes of Bio-Bordering: The Hidden (Dis)integration of Europe, Singapore: Palgrave Pivot.  Available here.

Machado, Helena; Prainsack, Barbara (2014). Tecnologias que Incriminam: Olhares de Reclusos na Era do CSI. [translation to Portuguese of book n.º6]  Coimbra, Portugal: Almedina. Available here.

Machado, Helena; Santos, Filipe (2012). Direito, Justiça e Média: Tópicos de Sociologia. [Law, Justice, and Media: Topics of Sociology]  Porto, Portugal: Afrontamento. Available here.

Machado, Helena; Prainsack, Barbara (2012). Tracing Technologies: Prisoners' Views in the Era of CSI. Farnham, United Kingdom: Ashgate. Available here.

Machado, Helena (2008). Manual de Sociologia do Crime. [Handbook of Sociology of Crime]   Porto, Portugal: Afrontamento. Available here.

Remoaldo, Paula; Machado, Helena (2008. O Sofrimento Oculto – Causas, Cenários e Vivências da Infertilidade. [Hidden Suffering – Causes, Scenarios, and Experiences of Infertility]   Porto, Portugal: Afrontamento. Available here.

Machado, Helena; Silva, Susana; Santos, Filipe (2008). Justiça Tecnológica: Promessas e Desafios [Technological Justice: Promises and Challenges]. Ermesinde, Portugal: Ecopy. Available here.

Machado, Helena (2007). Moralizar para Identificar. Cenários da Investigação Judicial de Paternidade [Moralize to Identify. Scenarios of Court Investigation of Paternity]. Porto, Portugal: Afrontamento. 2007.

Machado, Helena (1996). A Construção Social da Praia. [The Social Construction of the Beach] Lisboa, Portugal: Instituto Camões. 

Edited books

Machado, Helena (2021). Crime e Tecnologia: Desafios Culturais e Políticos para a Europa. [Crime and Technology: Cultural and Political Challenges to Europe] Porto, Portugal: Afrontamento. Available here.

Kahn, Sheila; Cam, Nazir Ahmed; Machado, Helena  (2021), Racism and Racial Surveillance. Modernity Matters. London and New York: Routledge.  Available here.

Oliveira, Madalena; Machado, Helena; Sarmento, João; Ribeiro, Maria do Carmo (2020). Sociedade e Crise(s). [Society and Crise(s)] Braga, Portugal: UMinho Editora. Available here.

Machado, Helena (2017). Genética e Cidadania. [Genetics and Citizenship] Porto: Afrontamento. Available here.

Fonseca, Claudia; Machado, Helena (2015). Ciência, Identificação e Tecnologias de Governo. [Science, Identification and Technologies of Governance] Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: Coleções Editoriais do CEGOV. Available here.

Machado, Helena; Moniz, Helena (2014). Bases de Dados Genéticos Forenses: Tecnologias de Controlo e Ordem Social. [Forensic Genetic Databases. Technologies of Control and Social Order] Coimbra, Portugal: Coimbra Editora. Available here.

Machado, Helena; Silva, Susana (2012). Testes de Paternidade. Ciência, Ética e Sociedade. [Paternity Tests. Science, Ethics, and Society] Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal: Húmus. Available here.

Costa, Susana; Machado, Helena (2012). A Ciência na Luta Contra o Crime: Potencialidade e Limites. [Science in Crime Fighting. Potential and Limitations] Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal: Húmus. Available here.

Machado, Helena; Santos, Filipe (2010). Justiça, Ambientes Mediáticos e Ordem Social. [Justice, Media Landscapes and Social Order] Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal: Húmus. Available here.

Harris, Bernard; Gálvez, Lina; Machado, Helena (2009). Gender and Well-being: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. London: Routledge. 

Rodrigues, Maria Eugénia; Machado, Helena (2005). Scientific proofs and international justice: The future for scientific standards in global environmental protection and international trade. Braga, Portugal: Núcleo de Estudos em Sociologia. 

Journal articles (selection)

Neiva, Laura; Machado, Helena; Susana Silva (2023), The views about Big Data among professionals of police forces: A scoping review of empirical studies, International Journal of Police Science & Management. Available here.

Neiva, Laura; Granja, Rafaela; Machado, Helena (2022), Big Data applied to criminal investigations: expectations of professionals of police cooperation in the European Union, Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy, 1167-1179. Available here.

Machado, Helena; Granja, Rafaela; Amorim, António (2022), Ethical challenges of merging criminal identification and civil identification within the Prüm system, Forensic Science International: Genetics, 57, 102660.   Available here.

Silva, Susana; Machado, Helena;  de Freitas, Cláudia;  Lucas, Raquel (2022), Concerns and coping mechanisms during the first national COVID-19 lockdown: an online prospective study in Portugal, Public Health, 207, 24-27. Available here.

Machado, Helena; Silva, Susana (2022), Investigative ggenetic genealogy: An ethical and privacy assessment framework tool is needed, Forensic Science Review, 34 (1), 17-19. Available here.

Machado, Helena; Granja, Rafaela (2020), DNA transnational data journeys and the construction of categories of suspicion, Canadian Journal of Communication, 45(1), 81-89. Available here.

Amelung, Nina; Machado, Helena (2021), Governing expectations of forensic innovations in society: the case of FDP in Germany, New Genetics and Society, 40 (4), 498-519. Available here.

Granja, Rafaela; Machado, Helena, Queirós, Filipa (2021), The (de)materialization of criminal bodies in forensic DNA phenotyping. Body & Society, 27(1), 60–84. Available here.

Granja, Rafaela;  Machado, Helena (2020), Forensic DNA phenotyping and its politics of legitimation and contestation: Views of forensic geneticists in Europe. Social Studies of Science. Available here.

Amelung, Nina; Machado, Helena (2020), 'Bio-bordering' processes in the EU: de-bordering and re-bordering along transnational systems of biometric database technologies, International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, 392-408. Available here.

Machado, Helena; Granja, Rafaela; Amelung, Nina (2019), Constructing suspicion through forensic DNA databases in the EU. The views of the Prüm professionals, The British Journal of Criminology, 60(1), 141-159.  Available here.

Machado, Helena; Granja, Rafaela (2019), Police epistemic culture and boundary work with judicial authorities and forensic scientists: the case of transnational DNA data exchange in the EU, New Genetics and Society, 38(3), 289-307. Available here.

Machado, Helena; Silva, Susana (2019), What influences public views on forensic DNA testing in the criminal field? A scoping review of quantitative evidence, Human Genomics, 13(23), 1-13.  Available here.

Machado, Helena; Granja, Rafaela (2019), Risks and benefits of transnational exchange of forensic DNA data in the EU: The views of professionals operating the Prüm system, Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 68. Available here.

Amelung, Nina; Machado, Helena (2019), Affected for good or for evil: The formation of issue-publics that relate to the UK National DNA Database. Public Understanding of Science, 28(5), 590–605. Available here.

Granja, Rafaela; Machado, Helena (2019), Ethical controversies of familial searching: The views of stakeholders in the United Kingdom and in Poland. Science, Technology, & Human Values, 44(6), 1068–1092. Available here.

Machado, Helena; Granja, Rafaela (2018), Ethics in transnational forensic DNA data exchange in the EU: Constructing boundaries and managing controversies, Science as Culture, 27(2), 242-264.  Available here.

Santos, Filipe; Machado, Helena (2017), Patterns of exchange of forensic DNA data in the European Union through the Prüm system, Science & Justice, 57 (4), 307-313. Available here.

Machado, Helena; Silva, Susana (2016), Voluntary participation in forensic DNA databases: Altruism, resistance, and stigma, Science, Technology & Human Values, 41(2), 322-343.  Available here.

Machado, Helena; Silva, Susana (2015), Public perspectives on risks and benefits of forensic DNA databases: An approach to the influence of professional group, education, and age, Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society, 35(1-2), 16-24. Available here.

Machado, Helena; Silva, Susana (2015), Public participation in genetic databases: Crossing the boundaries between biobanks and forensic DNA databases through the principle of solidarity, Journal of Medical Ethics, 41 (10), 820-824. Available here.

Machado, Helena; Silva, Susana (2014), Would you accept having your DNA profile inserted in the National Forensic DNA database? Why? Results of a questionnaire applied in Portugal, Forensic Science International: Genetics, 8 1, 132-136. Available here.

Santos, Filipe; Machado, Helena; Silva, Susana (2013), Forensic DNA databases in European countries: Is size linked to performance?, Life Sciences, Society, and Policy, 9 (12). Available here.

Machado, Helena (2012), Prisoners’ views of CSI’s portrayal of forensic identification technologies: a grounded assessment, New Genetics and Society, vol. 31 (3), 271-284. Available here.

Machado, Helena; Santos, Filipe; Silva, Susana (2011), Prisoners’ expectations of the national forensic DNA database: Surveillance and reconfiguration of individual rights, Forensic Science International, 210 (1-3), 139-143. Available here.

Machado, Helena; Silva, Susana (2009), Informed consent in forensic DNA databases: Volunteering, constructions of risk and identity categorization, Biosocieties, 4, 335-348. Available here.

Machado, Helena; Santos, Filipe (2009), Popular press and forensic genetics in Portugal - Expectation and disappointment regarding two cases of missing children, Public Understanding of Science, 20 (3), 303-318. Available here.

Machado, Helena; Santos, Filipe (2009), The disappearance of Madeleine McCann: Public drama and trial by media in the Portuguese press, Crime, Media, Culture, 5, 2, 146-167. Available here.