Biography

PhD in Human Rights in Contemporary Societies from the Center for Social Studies/Institute for Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Coimbra. She has a bachelor in Law and a master in Urban Development and International Cooperation (IUG-UPMF, Grenoble/ France and TUD, Darmstadt/ Germany). She has conducted research and published in the fields of urban studies, critical race theory, human rights and urban law. Her current topic of interest is understanding urban racial segregation, especially the relationship between race, law and space.