Ana Cristina Santos
Biography
With a background in Sociology and a PhD in Gender Studies, Ana Cristina Santos is Principal Researcher with Habilitation at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra (CES-UC). At CES-UC she is Chair of the Democracy, Justice and Human Rights Research Group and co-Director of the PhD Programme in Feminist Studies. She published extensively and coordinated a number of research projects on LGBTQI+ issues, dissident embodiment, intimate citizenship and queer ageing, including two European Research Council Grant Awards. She currently leads two research projects: REMEMBER, funded by FCT; and TRACE, funded by the ERC, centred on the ageing of LGBTQ+ people in Southern Europe. In 2021 and in 2024, she was elected for the Executive Committee of the European Sociological Association until 2026. Her most recent books are The SAGE Handbook of Global Sexualities (Sage, 2020); The Tenacity of the Couple Norm (UCL Press, Open Access, 2020); LGBTQ+ Intimacies in Southern Europe: Citizenship, Care and Choice (Palgrave, Open Access, 2022); and A Research Agenda for Sexuality and Ageing (Edward Elgar Pub, Open Access, forthcoming).
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Agenda
17th to 21st of May, 2026
Monsters Summer School IV | Monsters Under Pressure: the queer art of resistance
News
2026-03-05 Rua Larga
A Beleza da Memória ante a Imperfeição da Ausência
2026-02-27 Voice Med #61
Latest Publications
Book Chapter
Esteves, Mafalda; Moleiro, Carla; Santos, Ana Cristina (2026), LGBTQI+ Pride Politics? Experiences of Bisexual Citizenship among Activists in Portugal, in Helen Bowes-Catton (org.), Routledge International Handbook of Bisexuality [in press]. Routledge
Article in Scientific journal
Esteves, Mafalda; Moleiro, Carla; Santos, Ana Cristina (2026), "Binegativity within Intimate Relationships - a qualitative analysis based on bisexual experiences in Portugal", Journal of Bisexuality
Read moreBook
Santos, Ana Cristina (orgs.) (2026), A Research Agenda for Queer Ageing. UK: Edward Elgar Publishing