Madalena Casaca
Madalena Casaca is SADF’s Editor and part-time Researcher for the Democracy Research Programme. Ms Casaca is a graduate in European Studies (graduated 2008) from the University of Lisbon, where she explored with high productivity not only European and Western Social Sciences but also African Studies, Russian Studies, and Anthropology. Ms Casaca also completed a yearly Documentary Programme in Prague in 2012/2013 and attended the Film School of the University of Wales in Newport in 2011/2012, where all the basics of visual communication were explored and developed. Less
A one-year investment was made in Moscow studying the Russian language, of which she holds the B2 degree. Madalena began a Master’s degree in World History at the Moscow State University, where she completed the first semester, receiving the highest marks in all courses. She had to return to Portugal for personal reasons and now raises her young daughters in Lisbon. She is transforming her Masters’ Diploma on World History into a non-academic book.
A one-year investment was made in Moscow studying the Russian language, of which she holds the B2 degree. Madalena began a Master’s degree in World History at the Moscow State University, where she completed the first semester, receiving the highest marks in all courses. She had to return to Portugal for personal reasons and now raises her young daughters in Lisbon. She is transforming her Masters’ Diploma on World History into a non-academic book.
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Decolonising Peacebuilding in South Asia: Feminist Perspectives from Sri Lanka – Podcast S3E7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH88a7Iy0Y4
Who defines peace—and whose knowledge gets to count?
In this episode of the SADF Podcast, Tapas Kanti Baul and Natasha Fernando speak with Dr Chamindra Weerawardhana about what it means to decolonise peacebuilding in South Asia.
Drawing on Sri Lanka and the wider region, the discussion explores how peacebuilding has often...
Restoring Peace After Nepal’s Gen Z Uprising – Podcast S3E6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IBK8osc1os&t=3s
Nepal cannot rebuild democracy simply by rebuilding what was burned; it must rebuild trust.
In the aftermath of Nepal’s Gen Z uprising, the country faces a challenge that goes far beyond damaged institutions and political transition: how can a society marked by deaths, injuries, anger and profound mistrust begin to...
Bangladesh’s FY2026–27 Budget: Navigating Macroeconomic Rebalancing, Fiscal Consolidation, and Financial Sector Reforms — A...
Bangladesh’s FY2026–27 national budget is being formulated at a pivotal juncture, marked by heightened macroeconomic imbalances, constrained fiscal space, external sector pressures, and structural weaknesses across revenue administration and financial intermediation. In this context, the upcoming budget is expected to function not merely as an expenditure framework but as...