Dulce Freire
Also known as: Maria Dulce Alves Freire, Freire, Dulce
University of Coimbra, University of Lisbon, New University of Lisbon
0000-0003-2969-4440
About
Dulce Freire (Ph.D.) is an associate professor at the Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra and Principal Investigator of the ReSEED project, funded by the European Research Council (2018-2023). She has a degree in History (1992) from NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa), where Dulce also concluded the master (1998), with a dissertation about wine production and consumption, and the PhD (2008), studying the impacts of the Green Revolution in Portugal.
She has been researching rural and agrarian history within Portuguese and Iberian contexts since the ’90s. Her publications consist of more than 100 articles or book chapters, and five books.
In recent years she has been coordinating various scientific projects related to changes in agriculture, food, society and public policy since the 19th century, bringing together researchers and students with different backgrounds such as History, Anthropology, Sociology, Geography and Architecture.
Employment
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University of Coimbra Assistant Professor2019 - Present
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University of Lisbon Research Fellow2013 - 2019
Education
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New University of Lisbon PhD2001 - 2008
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (226)
- Fragments of Trade and Consumption: Plant Macroremains from the Boa Vista Ships in Lisbon Save
- The social valuation as a limiting factor in plant breeding research: The case of Iberian rye Save
- Growing maize in the Iberian Peninsula: farming practices and managing the dryland (19th and 20th centuries) Save
- Rebuilding strategies for food self-sufficiency: Portugal’s past patterns and future ambitions Save
- Not all wheats are the same: selection and improvement of wheat in Portugal since early modern times (16th to 20th centuries) Save
- 7th Biennial Conference of the European Rural History Organisation. Rural History 2025, 9 – 12 September Coimbra. Conference Program & Abstracts of all Sessions & Papers Save
- Exotic, traditional and hybrid landscapes: The subtle history of the Iberian Peninsula maize between ‘tradition’ and ‘modernity’ Save
- Uma História Agrária de Portugal 1000-2000. Desenvolvimento numa economia de fronteira na Europa Save
- Changing rice geographies: a long-term perspective of Portuguese regional production (1860-2018) Save
- ECOLOGIAS DA LIBERDADE: MATERIALIDADES DA ESCRAVIDÃO E PÓS- -EMANCIPAÇÃO NO MUNDO ATLÂNTICO. UM PROJETO EM CURSO EM PORTUGAL E NA GUINÉ-BISSAU. Save