Staff profile

• Social studies of science and medicine
• Sociology, history and anthropology of health
• Ethnography and Multimodal methods
• Global social theory and ecosocial systems theory
• Medical-environmental humanities
• Climate activism, feelings and futures; ecoanxiety
• Diagnostic psychiatric and globalisation of ADHD
• Knowledge co-production and interdisciplinary collaboration
• Childhood, youth, family, and social inequality

• 2025: Leverhulme Trust Research Fellow :
• 2024: British Academy Early Career Researcher Network:
• 2024: Wellcome's Early-Career Awards and Interviews Committee Member (UK):
• 2024: Member of the Planetary Health Alliance:
• 2024: Editorial Board, Sociology of Health and Illness:
• 2023: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Advance HE UK:
• 2022: Founding member of steering committee for Mental Health Observatory, Portuguese Society of Psychiatry and Mental Health:
• 2021: 101 Mulheres na Ciência | Women in Science, Agência Ciência Viva (honours list, 3rd ed., Portugal):
• 2021: Visiting Scholar, Usher Institute (CBSS), University of Edinburgh:
• 2021: Fellow of the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, USA:
• 2019: Scientific editor, Transcultural Psychiatry:
• 2019: Member and grant collaborator, Biosocial Birth Cohort Research Network, UCL:
• 2018: Member, Training and Research Advisory Committee, Kids Brain Health Network, Canada:
• 2018: Rising Star Prize | Prix Relève Étoile, Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et Culture (FRQSC, Canada):
• 2015: King's College London and Elsevier Prize for Outstanding PhD Thesis (UK):
• 2013: KCL Social Science & Public Policy Award for Postgraduate Students:
• 2010: Fellow of Science & Technology Foundation, FCT-Portugal:
• 2009: Visiting Researcher, Centre de sociologie de l'innovation, École des Mines Paris:

Book review

• Adams, V. (ed). Metrics: What Counts in Global Health. Durham: Duke University Press. 2016. 258pp. $24.95 (pbk) ISBN 978–0‐8223–6097–1
  Filipe, A. M. (2017). Adams, V. (ed). Metrics: What Counts in Global Health. Durham: Duke University Press. 2016. 258pp. $24.95 (pbk) ISBN 978–0‐8223–6097–1. Sociology of Health & Illness, 39(8), 1575-1577. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12602
• Raising Generation Rx: Mothering Kids with Invisible Disabilities in an Age of Inequality. By Linda M. Blum. New York: New York University Press, 2015. Pp. viii+310. $79.00 (cloth); $27.00 (paper).
  Filipe, A. M., & Singh, I. (2016). Raising Generation Rx: Mothering Kids with Invisible Disabilities in an Age of Inequality. By Linda M. Blum. New York: New York University Press, 2015. Pp. viii+310. $79.00 (cloth); $27.00 (paper). American Journal of Sociology, 122(3), 985-987. https://doi.org/10.1086/688472

Chapter in book

• Situer la vie sociale des TDAH: Entre le médical, le local et le global
  Rojas Navarro, S., & Filipe, A. M. (2023). Situer la vie sociale des TDAH: Entre le médical, le local et le global. In C. L. Vieira, C. Yves, & P. M. M. Renata (Eds.), L’attention médicamentée: La Ritaline à l’école (57-76). Presses Universitaires de Rennes
• Bioética [bioethics]
  Ferreira, P., & Filipe, A. M. (2019). Bioética [bioethics]. In ALICE Dictionary. CES/ALICE
• ADHD in a global context: An introduction
  Bergey, M., & Filipe, A. M. (2018). ADHD in a global context: An introduction. In M. R. Bergey, A. M. Filipe, P. Conrad, & I. Singh (Eds.), Global Perspectives on ADHD: Social Dimensions of Diagnosis and Treatment in Sixteen Countries (1-8). Johns Hopkins University Press. https://doi.org/10.1353/book.56717
• The emergence and shaping of ADHD in Portugal: Ambiguities of a diagnosis “In the making”
  Filipe, A. M. (2018). The emergence and shaping of ADHD in Portugal: Ambiguities of a diagnosis “In the making”. In M. R. Bergey, A. M. Filipe, P. Conrad, & I. Singh (Eds.), Global Perspectives on ADHD: Social Dimensions of Diagnosis and Treatment in Sixteen Countries (118-137). Johns Hopkins University Press
• Biopolitics
  Filipe, A. M. (2014). Biopolitics. In The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society. Editors: W. C. Cockerham, R. Dingwall, S. Quah (142-145). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118410868.wbehibs255
• Coletivos sociais na saúde: o ativismo em torno das doenças raras e do parto em Portugal
  Filipe, A. M., Roriz, M., Neves, D., Matias, M., & Nunes, J. A. (2014). Coletivos sociais na saúde: o ativismo em torno das doenças raras e do parto em Portugal. . CES Almedina

Edited book

• Global Perspectives on ADHD: Social Dimensions of Diagnosis and Treatment in Sixteen Countries
  Bergey, M. R., Filipe, A. M., Conrad, P., & Singh, I. (Eds.). (2018). Global Perspectives on ADHD: Social Dimensions of Diagnosis and Treatment in Sixteen Countries. Johns Hopkins University Press. https://doi.org/10.1353/book.56717
• The dynamics of patient organizations in Europe
  Akrich, M., Nunes, J., Patterson, F., & Rabeharisoa, V. (Eds.). (2008). The dynamics of patient organizations in Europe. Presses des Mines. https://doi.org/10.4000/books.pressesmines.1577

Journal Article

• New frontiers for Biosocial Birth Cohort Research: interdisciplinary approaches to exposure, harmonisation and collaboration
  Gibbon, S., Roberts, E. F. S., Hardy, R., Béhague, D. P., Téllez Rojo, M. M., Goncalves-Soares, A., Mathers, R., Penkler, M., Fraga, S., Wooyoung Kim, A., Pentecost, M., Tabor, E., Jeffries-Hein, R., Lappé, M., Borra, C., Rossmann, S., Lloyd, S., Filipe, A., & Silva, S. (2024). New frontiers for Biosocial Birth Cohort Research: interdisciplinary approaches to exposure, harmonisation and collaboration. Wellcome Open Research, 9, Article 355. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.21734.1
• Pandemic Life-lines: A Multimodal Autoethnography of COVID-19 Illness, Isolation, and Shared Immunities
  Filipe, A. (2024). Pandemic Life-lines: A Multimodal Autoethnography of COVID-19 Illness, Isolation, and Shared Immunities. Medicine Anthropology Theory, 11(1), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.17157/mat.11.1.7359
• How and why to use ‘vulnerability’: an interdisciplinary analysis of disease risk, indeterminacy and normality
  Ford, A., De Togni, G., Erikainen, S., Filipe, A. M., Pickersgill, M., Sturdy, S., Swallow, J., & Young, I. (2024). How and why to use ‘vulnerability’: an interdisciplinary analysis of disease risk, indeterminacy and normality. Medical Humanities, 50(1), 125-134. https://doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2023-012683
• The other face of medical globalization? Pharmaceutical data, prescribing trends, and the social localization of psychostimulants
  Filipe, A. M. (2023). The other face of medical globalization? Pharmaceutical data, prescribing trends, and the social localization of psychostimulants. BioSocieties, 18(2), 335-357. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41292-022-00271-x
• Mapping of Financial Support Programs for Children With Neurodisabilities Across Canada: Barriers and Discrepancies Within a Patchwork System
  Salvino, C., Spencer, C., Filipe, A. M., & Lach, L. M. (2022). Mapping of Financial Support Programs for Children With Neurodisabilities Across Canada: Barriers and Discrepancies Within a Patchwork System. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 33(3), 168-177. https://doi.org/10.1177/10442073211066776
• The Allegory of "Navigation" as a Concept of Care: The Case of Child Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
  McCrossin, J., Filipe, A. M., Nicholas, D., & Lach, L. M. (2022). The Allegory of "Navigation" as a Concept of Care: The Case of Child Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. Journal on Developmental Disabilities, 27(2), Online-first. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7017122
• Towards a feminist philosophy of engagements in health-related research
  Erikainen, S., Stewart, E., Filipe, A. M., Chan, S., Cunningham-Burley, S., Ilson, S., King, G., Porteous, C., Sinclair, S., & Webb, J. (2022). Towards a feminist philosophy of engagements in health-related research. Wellcome Open Research, 6, 58. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16535.2
• Developing a Canadian framework for social determinants of health and well-being among children with neurodisabilities and their families: an ecosocial perspective
  Filipe, A. M., Bogossian, A., Zulla, R., Nicholas, D., & Lach, L. M. (2021). Developing a Canadian framework for social determinants of health and well-being among children with neurodisabilities and their families: an ecosocial perspective. Disability and Rehabilitation, 43(26), 3856-3867. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2020.1754926
• Troubling Neurobiological Vulnerability: Psychiatric Risk and the Adverse Milieu in Environmental Epigenetics Research
  Filipe, A. M., Lloyd, S., & Larivée, A. (2021). Troubling Neurobiological Vulnerability: Psychiatric Risk and the Adverse Milieu in Environmental Epigenetics Research. Frontiers in Sociology, 6, Article 635986. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.635986
• Situar a hiperatividade e déficit de atenção em Portugal: dimensões sociais, históricas e éticas de um tema emergente na saúde global
  Filipe, A. M. (2020). Situar a hiperatividade e déficit de atenção em Portugal: dimensões sociais, históricas e éticas de um tema emergente na saúde global. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 36(12), Article e00056420. https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-311x00056420
• Situated Interventions in Health Care? Refiguring the Normative Place and Experimental Practice of Social Science
  Filipe, A. M. (2017). Situated Interventions in Health Care? Refiguring the Normative Place and Experimental Practice of Social Science. Science as Culture, 26(3), 418-423. https://doi.org/10.1080/09505431.2017.1315930
• The co-production of what? Knowledge, values, and social relations in health care
  Filipe, A., Renedo, A., & Marston, C. (2017). The co-production of what? Knowledge, values, and social relations in health care. PLoS Biology, 15(5), e2001403. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2001403
• Collaborating for better health: the role of qualitative research
  Marston, C., Renedo, A., Matthews, R., Filipe, A., & Reed, J. (2017). Collaborating for better health: the role of qualitative research. BMJ Open, 7(Suppl 2), bmjopen-2017-016492.2. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016492.2
• Making ADHD Evident: Data, Practices, and Diagnostic Protocols in Portugal
  Filipe, A. M. (2016). Making ADHD Evident: Data, Practices, and Diagnostic Protocols in Portugal. Medical Anthropology, 35(5), 390-403. https://doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2015.1101102
• From ‘politics of numbers’ to ‘politics of singularisation’: Patients’ activism and engagement in research on rare diseases in France and Portugal
  Rabeharisoa, V., Callon, M., Filipe, A. M., Nunes, J. A., Paterson, F., & Vergnaud, F. (2014). From ‘politics of numbers’ to ‘politics of singularisation’: Patients’ activism and engagement in research on rare diseases in France and Portugal. BioSocieties, 9(2), 194-217. https://doi.org/10.1057/biosoc.2014.4
• The Rise of Child Psychiatry in Portugal: An Intimate Social and Political History, 1915-1959
  Filipe, A. M. (2014). The Rise of Child Psychiatry in Portugal: An Intimate Social and Political History, 1915-1959. Social History of Medicine, 27(2), 326-348. https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hku006
• Globalization and Cognitive Enhancement: Emerging Social and Ethical Challenges for ADHD Clinicians
  Singh, I., Filipe, A. M., Bard, I., Bergey, M., & Baker, L. (2013). Globalization and Cognitive Enhancement: Emerging Social and Ethical Challenges for ADHD Clinicians. Current Psychiatry Reports, 15(9), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-013-0385-0
• Entre bios e polis? Debates contemporâneos sobre saúde, biomedicina e biocidadania
  Filipe, A. M. (2010). Entre bios e polis? Debates contemporâneos sobre saúde, biomedicina e biocidadania. Prisma Jurídico, 9(1), 75-89
• Os novos actores colectivos no campo da saúde: o papel das famílias nas associações de doentes
  Nunes, J., Filipe, A. M., & Matias, M. (2010). Os novos actores colectivos no campo da saúde: o papel das famílias nas associações de doentes. Alicerces, 3, 119-128
• Actores colectivos e os seus projectos para a saúde: o caso das associações de doentes em Portugal
  Filipe, A. (2009). Actores colectivos e os seus projectos para a saúde: o caso das associações de doentes em Portugal. Eä: Revista de Humanidades Médicas y Estudios Sociales de la Ciencia y la Tecnología, 1(2), 1-48
• Patient organizations as emerging actors in the health arena: the case of Portugal
  Nunes, J. A., Matias, M., & Filipe, Â. M. (2007). Patient organizations as emerging actors in the health arena: the case of Portugal. RECIIS: Revista Eletrônica de Comunicação, Informação & Inovação em Saúde, 1(1), 105-108. https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v1i1.894

Other (Digital/Visual Media)

• Paying attention: Diagnosis, values, and meaning-making in the ADHD clinic
  Filipe, A. (2020). Paying attention: Diagnosis, values, and meaning-making in the ADHD clinic. [Academic blog]
• Epistemic and Temporal Disjunctions: (Re)Mapping "Suicide Risk" Epigenetics Through Birth Cohorts
  Lloyd, S., Filipe, A., & Larivée, A. (2020). Epistemic and Temporal Disjunctions: (Re)Mapping "Suicide Risk" Epigenetics Through Birth Cohorts

Working Paper

• A vida como política? Debates contemporâneos sobre saúde, (bio)medicina e cidadania
  Filipe, A. A vida como política? Debates contemporâneos sobre saúde, (bio)medicina e cidadania
• The dynamics of causes and conditions: the rareness of diseases in French and Portuguese patients’ organizations’ engagement in research
  Rabeharisoa, V., Callon, M., Filipe, A., Nunes, J. A., & Paterson, F. The dynamics of causes and conditions: the rareness of diseases in French and Portuguese patients’ organizations’ engagement in research