Duarte, F. & Kadambari, P. (2026, July 1–3). Who translates the Sustainable Development Goals? Civil society, institutional gaps, and bottom-up policy feedback from Nepal [Paper presentation], 2026 ACUNS Annual Meeting (Academic Council on the United Nations System). NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. (in-person).
Duarte, F. (2026, April 15-17). The Structural Absence of Social Work in Migration Policy: Barriers and Pathways for Policy Engagement [Paper presentation], Symposium on Social Work in the Migration Policy Cycle: Evidence, Absence and Pathways for Policy Practice. The European Social Work Research Association Conference 2026, Conference theme: Social Work and Interdisciplinary Research: researching and facilitating evidence informed practice and policy, April 15-17, Aberdeen, Scotland. (in-person).
Kadambari, P., & Duarte, F. (2026, February 12–13). Translating the Sustainable Development Goals into practice in Nepal: NGOs, INGOs, and the under-recognised role of social work [Paper presentation], Purbanchal University International Conference (PUICON 2026). Purbanchal University, Gothgaun, Morang, Nepal. (in-person).
Duarte, F. (2026, January 28-30). “Mind the Gap”: Policy feedback, political narratives, and the responsiveness of social welfare policy in advanced welfare states [Paper presentation], Final International Conference of the Horizon Europe Project RESPONSIVE. Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas (ISCSP), Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. (in-person).
Duarte, F. & Beretta, V. (2025, December 9-11). Beyond the Checklist: Strategic ESG Implementation and Green Accounting in the UAE’s Climate Governance [Paper presentation]. 3rd International Conference on Advancing Sustainable Futures (ICASF 2025) - Conference Theme: Shaping the Future: Synergies Between Nature, Technology, and Society, December 9-11, Abu Dhabi University, UAE (in-person), 2025.
Duarte, F. (2025, September 23-24). Localizing Sustainability through Education: Engagement with Sustainability Education in the UAE [Conference/Paper presentation]. Symposium Empowering Sustainability: SDGs and Future Horizons in the Arab Region jointly organized by the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany) and Qatar University (Qatar), September 23-24, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar (in-person), 2025.
Duarte, F. & Moonesar, I. A. (2025, July 2-4). Teaching and learning social policy across different geographic, economic and cultural contexts [Conference/Paper presentation]. Social Policy Association and East Asian Social Policy Research Network - Joint Annual Conference 2025, theme: "Go your own way? Social Policy in an era of fracturing solidarities", Symposium on Social Policy Teaching and Learning, University of York, UK (in-person).
Duarte, F. & Kadambari, P. (2025, April 23-24). Sustainability for Education: The Case Study of Nepal [Conference/Paper presentation]. SEE Global Sustainability Summit 2025, “Sustainability Education, Youth and Innovation”, Dubai, UAE (in-person).
Bromfield, N. & Duarte, F. (2022, October 26-28). The Public Impact Scholarship of Social Work in Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals [Conference presentation]. Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development 2022, “Redefining Social Policy and Social Work Practice in a Post-Pandemic Society: Social Welfare Programs and Social Work Education at a Crossroads”, Seoul, South Korea (in-person/online).
Duarte, F., Kadambari, P., Trudgill, D. & Kennedy, A. (2022, October 26-28). Research Project: Exploring Social Work Engagement with the SDGs in Nepal [Conference presentation]. Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development 2022, “Redefining Social Policy and Social Work Practice in a Post-Pandemic Society: Social Welfare Programs and Social Work Education at a Crossroads”, Seoul, South Korea (in-person/online).
Duarte, F., Kadambari, P., Trudgill, D. & Kennedy, A. (2022, June 29 - July 2). Sustainable Development in Social Work Practice: Social Work’s Responsibility in Creating an Eco-Social World [Workshop]. Co-building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind, 2022 People’s Summit (online). https://newecosocialworld.com
Duarte, F. (2021, November 23-26). Are Social Workers at the Forefront of Developing and Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals? [Conference presentation]. 2021 IFSW Africa Conference, Social Work and Social Development. Theme: Towards Ubuntu and Sustainable Development: Social Work Position in Achieving SDGs, Kigali, Rwanda. https://www.ubuntusocialwork.live
Bromfield, N. & Duarte, F. (2021, November 23-26). Centering Public Impact Scholarship Among Social Work Scholars to Promote and Contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals [Conference presentation]. 2021 IFSW Africa Conference, Social Work and Social Development. Theme: Towards Ubuntu and Sustainable Development: Social Work Position in Achieving SDGs, Kigali, Rwanda. https://www.ubuntusocialwork.live
Duarte, F. (2021, November 11-13). Exploring the Impact of Social Work on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 1? Eliminating Poverty [Conference presentation]. 26th Asia-Pacific Regional Social Work Conference 2021. Theme: Social Work and the Sustainable Development Goals, Australian Association of Social Workers, Brisbane, Australia. https://www.aasw.asn.au/professional-development/the-26th-asia-pacific-regional-social-work-conference-2021
Duarte, F. (2021, September 20-21). Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals: a five-stage qualitative framework [Conference presentation]. 9th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD), New York, US, September 20-21, 2021 (online)
Duarte, F. (2021, July 13-16). Social Workers Leading Communities Towards the Sustainable Development Goals [Conference presentation]. International Consortium for Social Development (ICSD), 22nd Biennial Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, South Africa, July 13-16, 2021 (online).
Duarte, F. (2020, October 11). Covid-19: Investigador português no Canadá defende rendimento básico incondicional em Portugal [Covid-19: Portuguese researcher in Canada defends unconditional basic income in Portugal]. (Lusa – Portuguese News Agency, Interviewer). Observador. https://observador.pt/2020/10/11/covid-19-investigador-portugues-no-canada-defende-rendimento-basico-incondicional-em-portugal/ | Also published by Diário de Notícias. https://www.dn.pt/pais/investigador-defende-rendimento-basico-incondicional-de-emergencia-em-portugal--12907398.html
Duarte, F. (2019, February 9). Investigador português no Canadá defende mecanismo europeu para pensões e subsídio de desemprego [Portuguese Researcher in Canada Calls for a European Pension and Unemployment Insurance Mechanism] (Lusa – Portuguese News Agency, Interviewer). Diário de Notícias. Available at: www.dn.pt/lusa/interior/investigador-portugues-no-canada-defende-mecanismo-europeu-para-pensoes-e-subsidio-de-desemprego--10559729.html
Duarte, F. (2018, May). Jailed social worker a cause for all of us (D. Mckendrick, Interviewer). Professional Social Work (Magazine of the British Association of Social Workers), 2018 (May), pp. 26. www.basw.co.uk/psw