Doutorada em Ciências Sociais (Sociologia) pelo Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa (ICS-UL).
Publicações recentes: “Choreographies of Emotion: Sociological Stories behind Bedtime, Fairy Tales and Children’s Books”.Global Studies of Childhood. 2, 2012, p. 117-128; “Pride and Prejudice in Contemporary Marriages: on the Hidden Constraints toIndividualisation at the crossroad of Tradition and Modernity”, M/C Journal. 15, 6. Disponível em http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/viewArticle/574; “The Sociology Course in Évora, 1964: Novelty, Establishment and Founding Elementsof the First Sociology Degree Course in Portugal”. Sociological Origins – A Journal of Research, Documentation and Critique. 8, 1,2012, p. 39-53 (em colaboração); “From Fun to Nightmare. Measuring Students’ Senior Trip Experiences Through a Mixed-methodApproach”. Revista Turismo & Desenvolvimento. 17/18, 2012, p. 205-207 (em colaboração).