Biography

Post-doctoral researcher at the project TRACE- Tracing Queer Citizenship over Time: Ageing, ageism and age-related LGBTI+ politics in Europe, at the Centre for Social Studies (CES), University of Coimbra. She holds a BA in Anthropology, a MSc in Biology and Human Evolution, and a PhD in Human Rights in Contemporary Societies from the University of Coimbra, with a thesis entitled "The Insular Efect: LGBTQ people's experiences through the lens of geographical isolation" - available at: https://estudogeral.uc.pt/handle/10316/109946 . In 2022/23 she was granted a research scholarship for the project Multiversity- White book on multiple and intersectional discrimination, promoted by NOVA School of Law, Lisbon. She is also an associated researcher at the project REMEMBER- Vivências de pessoas LGBTQ Idosas no Portugal Democrático (1974-2020) and a collaborator at project Colourful Childhoods- Empowering LGBTIQ children in vulnerable contexts to combat gender-based violence across Europe, both at the Centre for Social Studies, Coimbra. She works in LGBTQ studies and Human Rights, through a critical and intersectional approach, with particular research interest in geographies of sexualities, island studies and rural queer studies.