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A political scientist with a PhD in Comparative Politics from the University of Lisbon, she studies how political institutions and citizens interact in the new digital age. Her research interests include the relationship between parliaments and citizens, political parties, political attitudes and behaviour and the quality of democracy. She is an assistant researcher at the University of Lisbon Institute of Social Sciences and currently a FLAD visiting professor at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Her work has been published in several academic journals, such as «Policy & Internet», «Party Politics» and the «Journal of Legislative Studies».

Last updated: September 2023

She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Minho and a Master’s degree in Social Psychology from the University of Coimbra. She is a researcher at the Centre for Social Research and Intervention (CIS, ISCTE-IUL) and the Centre for Research in Economic and Organisational Sociology (SOCIUS/CSG – ISEG) at the University of Lisbon.
She is a member of the INHERIT team, a European project that aims to contribute to academic and social reflection on ageing, social inequalities and health, stimulating policies, practices and innovations that promote change in these areas.
In her PhD project, she focused on the health and well-being of the ageing population in Portugal and Europe. As a guest researcher, she worked with the Centre of Welfare Studies in Slovenia, the European Data Laboratory for Comparative Social Research and the Munich Centre for the Economics of Ageing, both in Germany. She was also involved in the European Education Policies project, focusing on the process of lifelong learning and developed by the Education and Development Research Unit at Nova University Lisbon. She also works with the Inequalities Observatory.

Graduated in Communication and Journalism, with a postgraduate degree in Political Advising and Media. On her way to a master's degree in Political Science at ISCTE.
She assumed the role of digital content manager at the Foundation in October 2023.

Last updated: october 2023