Sociologist, with a degree and master's in Sociology (FLUP), PhD in Social Sciences from the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon (ICS-UL) and Associate Professor at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Lisbon (ISCSP-UL). She has been a researcher at the Center for Research and Studies in Sociology of the University Institute of Lisbon (CIES-Iscte) since 2008, where she has carried out research in the areas of studies on and with Gypsies/Roma, immigration, diversity and urban space, poverty and social exclusion, local development and social housing policies. He is also a collaborating member of the Institute of Sociology of the Faculty of Letters of Porto (ISFLUP) and CAPP (Center for Administration and Public Policies of ISCSP-ULisboa).
