Researcher at the Portuguese Institute of International Relations. She was Professor of Sociology at Nova University Lisbon and Researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Social Sciences (CICS.Nova – Nova FCSH). She has done research on international migration, paying particular attention to post-colonial flows and their effects on the inclusion of cities in global processes. She has been on several international teams and networks, including recent partnerships with the universities of Amsterdam, Milan, Princeton and Bahia.