Born in 1952. Degree in geography, from the Faculty of Letters, UL and a PhD from UL in Human Geography. As a researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, he coordinated the «Environment, Territory and Society» Research Group and the ICS-UL Observatories Council.
PhD in Anthropology from ICS-UL. Lecturer in the Anthropology department at ISCTE-IUL. Her most recent works include «Mulheres Condenadas. Histórias de Dentro da Prisão» (Tinta-da-China), «Peripheral Vision: Politics, Technology and Surveillance» (Berghahn), «Vigilância e Poder» (Mundos Sociais) and «A Sociedade Vigilante: Ensaios sobre Identificação, Vigilância e Privacidade» (Imprensa de Ciências Sociais).
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».
