Anthropologist Bruno Sena Martins of the Center for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra.
Two years after the sexual abuse scandal at the Center for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra, which involved Boaventura Sousa Santos, two more women accuse the other investigator, Bruno Sena Martins.
Anthropologist Bruno Sena Martins is, along with Boaventura Sousa Santos, one of the main figures of the Center for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra. The two men are also the two figures in the center of a scandal in that institution.
Two years after Bruno Sena Martins Self-Suspense of CESwithin the scope of investigations, and when it is back in the institution, two New complaints of sexual violence against him.
The (DN) advances that Andrea Vásquez and Helen Barbosa dos Santos report Sexual aggressions occurred in 2017when the investigator was a member of the Scientific Council.
The American Miye Nadia Tom had already accused Bruno Sena Martins of sexual aggression and a violation that occurred in 2011.
Contacted by the DN, the investigator declined to comment, but always claimed that did not commit any sexual aggression.
None of the women have filed a complaint in court, and the crimes will have already prescribed.
The whistleblowers were also not heard in the internal investigations of the CES, which concluded that there were no grounds for moving on a disciplinary process against Sena Martins.
The final report of the concluded that there was Power and harassment abuse standardsbut did not mention the name of Sena Martins or.
Who is Bruno Sena Martins?
Bruno Sena Martins has been since 2011. Licensed in anthropology and doctorate in sociologyhas worked around topics such as disability, colonialism, human rights, racism and social memory.
Throughout his career, he participated in several international projects and published books and articles on these topics.
He was also a coordinator of the PhD program “Human Rights in Contemporary Societies” between 2013 and 2023, and co-coordinator of the Extension Program “The CES goes to school between 2013 and 2020”.
