Biography

Anthropologist and documentary filmmaker. She is developing a post-doctoral project entitled ENGAGE - Promoting gender equality and social justice through social science communication and transmedia storytelling. Researcher in the Democracy, Justice and Human Rights Thematic Line and the Research Groups on Sexualities and the Citizen Science and Education Working Group. With more than two decades of experience in the use of audiovisual methodologies and arts-based research, her research interests center on the study of gender and sexualities, mental health and pop culture and on expanding the relationship between theory and practice of science communication and social sciences. She holds a Ph.D. in Human Rights in Contemporary Societies (CES/III, 2019), Master in Cultural Psychiatry (FMUC, 2011). Has been part of national (Ouvir Vozes, MyGender, Equal.STEAM) and European (CILIA LGBTQI+ and KINDER) projects as a researcher and consultant, teaching at the MA and Ph.D. level in (mental) health and communication, organized advanced training for postgraduate students and early career researchers on mental health in academia and social science communication and promoted outreach activities for different non-academic audiences. More recent publications include the articles "Wellbeing and (mental) health: a quantitative exploration of Portuguese young adults' uses of m-apps from a gender perspective" (co-authored, 2022), "(In)Visible (a)sexuality? Media discourses and representations on asexuality in Portugal" (2021) and the chapter "Ser 'jovem' cientista social sem perecer na academia-turbilhão" (2021).