Octávio Sacramento

Octávio Sacramento is an Assistant Professor at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD) and a researcher at the Centre for Transdisciplinary Development Studies (CETRAD-UTAD). He holds a PhD in Anthropology from ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon. His work focuses on mobilities studies, particularly intersections between tourism and migration, cultural encounters, public health challenges, and socio-territorial dynamics in destinations. He has led projects like INTEGRURAL (capacity building for sustainable rural development) and DOUROTUR (tourism and technological innovation in Douro). His research also examines policies regulating transnational movements and health-related migration impacts.

Key academic contributions include edited volumes such as Douro turístico: Representações, recursos e políticas (2021) and Quest for refuge: Reception responses from the Global North (2020). Recent studies address neo-rural entrepreneurship challenges, pandemic impacts on tourism flows, and healthcare access for marginalized groups. Sacramento’s work often bridges anthropological analysis with policy critique, emphasizing participatory methodologies and transnational perspectives.

• Education: PhD in Anthropology (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon
• Research Groups: Territorial Transitions & Wellbeing (T2WELL), CETRAD
• Projects: INTEGRURAL, DOUROTUR, PIMA (Environmental Monitoring)
• Themes: Migration policies, tourism governance, cultural (dis)encounters, transnational identities

His 2022 publications explore rural entrepreneurship ecosystems, pandemic virus spread via tourism, and healthcare exclusion of sex workers in Porto. Earlier work includes analyses of refugee integration policies in Portugal/Finland and the socio-cultural dynamics of Brazil’s Ponta Negra tourism industry.