Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
I am a PhD student in Social and Cultural Anthropology. My research combines methods from anthropology and developmental psychology to explore and compare how children in Santa Marta, Colombia, and Helsinki, Finland, learn, conceptualise and enact social hierarchies.
Before coming to Helsinki I was awarded an MSc in Demography and Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a BA in Human Sciences from the University of Oxford. I also worked for several years in English and bilingual education in Colombia. From 2014-2015 I carried out a pre-PhD research year in Genetic Epidemiology at the University of Bristol, UK.
I am a doctoral employee and was previously funded by the Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF; 5.2020 - 4.2021).
Education/Academic qualification
Demography and Health, MSc, Is there an association between child work and cognitive ability? Evidence from Peru. , LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE
Award Date: 1 Nov 2013
Human Sciences, BA, The association between increasing female education and falling fertility in Nepal, University of Oxford
Award Date: 6 Jul 2011
Fields of Science
- 5143 Social and cultural anthropology
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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A Snapshot of Helsinki Anthropology in Interesting Times: Looking Forwards
Green, S., Eräsaari, M., Metsola, L., Vellava, S., Härkönen, H., Sequeira, M., Tuominen, P. & Lähteenaho, S., 16 May 2025, In: Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society. 49, 3, p. 62-71 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
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Becoming an adequate child : Learning to relate to others in cultural context
Sequeira, M.-E., 2024, Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis › Collection of Articles
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Leaning Shame, Learning Fear: A Comparison of Socializing Emotions in Helsinki, Finland, and Santa Marta, Colombia
Sequeira, M.-E., 2024, In: Social Analysis. 67, 4, p. 1-21Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Prestige and dominance in egalitarian and hierarchical societies: children in Finland favor prestige more than children in Colombia or the USA
Sequeira, M., Afshordi, N. & Kajanus, A., May 2024, In: Evolution and Human Behavior. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Cultural Models at Play: What Miscommunication Reveals About Shared Social Norms
Sequeira, M., 2023, In: NEOS. 15, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
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Datasets
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Children's views on prestige and dominance in Colombia, Finland and the United States 2021-2022
Sequeira, M. (Creator), Afshordi, N. (Creator) & Kajanus, A. (Creator), Yhteiskuntatieteellinen tietoarkisto (FSD), 2024
https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3852
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Prizes
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Condon Prize for Best Student Essay in Psychological Anthropology
Sequeira, M. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Society for Anthropological Sciences Travel Award
Sequeira, M. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
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ENPA 2025: Anthropologies and Psychologies in Inter/Action
Sequeira, M. (Attendee)
Jan 2025 → May 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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EASA 2024: Doing and Undoing with Anthropology
Sequeira, M. (Attendee)
22 Jul 2024 → 26 Jul 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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“Stop copying me!”: How children in Helsinki, Finland learn to imitate -and be imitated- appropriately
Sequeira, M. (Speaker)
2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Annual Conference of the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association (EHBEA)
Sequeira, M. (Attendee)
18 Apr 2023 → 21 Apr 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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ENPA 2023: Psychology and Anthropology in a Changing World
Sequeira, M. (Attendee)
7 Jun 2023 → 9 Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars