Mariana Riquito Pereira promoveert op het proefschrift: '“Defending What Is Ours": Resisting and Re-Existing in Covas do Barroso. An Ethnography of a Place-Based Struggle Over A Prospective Lithium Mine'. Promotor is dr. E. Rossi. Copromotoren zijn dr. P.A. Raekstad en dr. C.R. Bonelli.