Biography

Filipe Santos has a Ph.D. in Sociology and a member of the Research Line Risk(s), Ecologies, Health. His research interests are focused on the intersections between criminal justice and forensic science, privileging theoretical approaches from the science, technology and society studies. Filipe's latest publications include the books "Do Meia Culpa a Madeleine McCann. Casos mediáticos e genética forense em Portugal" (2021) and "Da cena de crime ao tribunal. Trajetórias e culturas forenses" (2020) and the article "The social life of forensic evidence and the epistemic sub-cultures in an inquisitorial justice system: Analysis of Saltão case" (2019). His current research project (CLINIC) focuses on the execution of security measures by mentally disordered offenders in Portugal.