Pedro dos Santos Boia

0935B- Seeing the Light: writing up and completing the PhD (for Social Sciences)

0981C- Exploring Theory;

0930C- First Impressions: Making an effective E-Poster Presentation;

0910C- Avoiding PhD Pitfalls: Understanding plagiarism and academic misconduct;

0971C- Managing your Career: Improving your Interview Technique;

0912G- Managing Paper Piles: introduction to EndNote bibliographic referencing;

0967E- Efficient Reading in Research;

0960E- Tackling a PhD Literature Review: the Purpose, Process and Product;

0986A- Going Global: presenting a conference paper;

0955A- Doing a Doctorate in the UK (for International Students);

SW GRADschool

Research Skills Training for Postgraduate Students (VITAE- Research Councils UK) (24-27 May 2010)

The course focused on the development of the following skills:
• Personal effectiveness;
• Communication skills;
• Network development and Team work;
• Career Management.

LTHE Program - Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (accredited by the British Higher Education Academy)

Successfully attended Levels 1 and 2 of the LTHE Program.

Currently working on the final assignments.

EASST_010 International Conference Practicing Science and Technology, Performing the Social, (European Association for the Study of Science and Technology), University of Trento, Italy

MUSIC, IDENTITY AND SOCIAL INTERACTION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, organized by the RNCM - Royal Northern College of Music (2-3 February, Manchester, UK)

Oral presentation: "Within or Out from the Cloud: from violists' uses of the instrument and identities to the imbrications of the aesthetic, the technical and the social".

Member of the Scientific Committee - 3rd International Conference of (Postgraduate) Students of Systematic Musicology (University of Cambridge)

The SysMus10 Conference will take place from September 13 to 15th 2010.
http://www.mus.cam.ac.uk/CMS/sysmus10/
http://www.mus.cam.ac.uk/CMS/sysmus10/review-committee/

International Workshop “PATHS TOWARDS REFLEXIVE SOCIOLOGY: ETHNOGRAPHY MATTERS”, organized by ISFLUP- University of Porto (10-11 December 2009)

Oral presentation: “Living Ethnography: tensions and articulations between researcher’s knowledge, the actors’ discourses and sociological ‘classic’ de-construction”.

International Conference “SOCIOLOGY OF MUSIC: TENDENCIES, ISSUES, PERSPECTIVES”, organized by CESEM – Centre of Research in Music Sociology and Aesthetics - New University of Lisbon (23-25 July 2009)

Oral presentation: “Modernism, postmodernism and meaning in the movement(s) of (re-)interpretation of Early Music”.

Symposium “MUSIC OF CHANGES: THE CONCEPT OF MUSIC IN ACTION”, organized by the SOCARTS Research Group of the University of Exeter (18 May 2009)

Oral presentation: “Viola Monologues or a Triple Dialogue between social construction, incorporation and materiality”.

First ISA (International Sociological Association) Forum of Sociology: “Sociological Research and Debate” (theme “Growing Up in a Liquid World: Youth Questions and Public Debates”) (5-8th September 2008, Barcelona, Spain)

Oral presentation (with Lopes, J. Teixeira and Ferro, Lígia): “Identity Gender Constructions of Female Clubbers in Porto: overview and final conclusions”.

Porto University's "Junior University" - programme "Youth and Sociology"

Oral presentation (by invitation): "Culturas Juvenis, Género e Festas de Música Electrónica de Dança" .

6th Congress of Sociology: “Mundos Sociais: saberes e práticas”, promoted by APS (Portuguese Sociological Association) (25-28th June 2008, Lisbon, Portugal);

Oral presentation (with Lopes, J. Teixeira, Ferro, L. and Guerra, Paula): "Mulheres e Construções Identitárias de Género nas (Sub)culturas de Música Electrónica de Dança: um quadro analítico e resultados preliminares".

6th Congress of Sociology: “Mundos Sociais: saberes e práticas”, promoted by APS (Portuguese Sociological Association) (25-28th June 2008, Lisbon, Portugal);

Oral presentation: "Capturando a Materialidade da Música na Análise Sociológica: o caso da viola d'arco".

Seminar “WHAT IS LIQUID? Culture, Identity, and Modernity' at the Centre of Research in Social Sciences - Department of Sociology of the University of Minho (28-29 April, Braga, Portugal);

Oral presentation (by invitation): "Identity Gender Constructions of Female Clubbers: proposal of an analytical framework".

BITZ - Being In The Zone (Open University)

Member of the Research Network BITZ ‘Being in ‘The Zone’ developed by Professor Kath Woodward and Dr. Tim Jordan (Open University).

- Oral presentation (January 22);
- Participated in a 2-days Workshop (9-10 June), presenting the paper: "Towards the Social of 'BITZ' in Music-making: from its 'negative dialectics' to positive research paths".

"Tardes do Burmester" - ISFLUP

Oral presentation: "Mulheres e Construções Identitárias de Género nas (Sub)culturas de Música Electrónica de Dança: um quadro analítico e resultados preliminares".