Current research interests

Social studies of forensic genetics

Social studies of science and technology

Crime, justice, and the media

Surveillance studies

Inimputabilidade em razão de anomalia psíquica

Research Projects

2019-03-01 - 2025-02-28 - "CLINIC - Clinical internment of mentally disordered offenders - A study of individuals under security measures in Portugal", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (CEEIND/03932/2017).

2015-10-01 - 2017-09-30 - "EXCHANGE - Forensic geneticists and the transnational exchange of DNA data in the European Union: Engaging science with social control, citizenship and democracy", coordinated by Helena Machado, sponsored by European Research Council.

2015-04-01 - 2015-09-30 - "Rumo a uma política responsável de governação da base de dados genéticos forense em Portugal e na Europa: Repensar a ética e os direitos humanos através do pragmatismo genómico cívico", coordinated by Helena Machado, sponsored by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia.

2014-04-01 - 2016-06-30 - "Tecnologias de governabilidade e investigação criminal: Ciência, política e controlo social", coordinated by Helena Machado, Claudia Fonseca, sponsored by FCT | CAPES.

2010 - 2013 - "Forensic DNA databasing in Portugal - Contemporary issues in ethics, practices and policy", coordinated by Helena Machado, sponsored by FCT.

2007-10-01 - 2009-09-30 - "Justiça, media e cidadania", coordinated by Helena Machado, sponsored by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia.

2006-09-01 - 2006-11-30 - "Novas tecnologias e magistrados: interacções, mediações e ambivalências", coordinated by Helena Machado, sponsored by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia.

1-9-22 - 31-8-25 - "BIOASSEMBLER - Integrating bio-inspired assembly into semiconductor manufacturing technology for biosensors", coordinated by Petri Savirante, sponsored by CE - Horizon Europe.

Networks

Member of the Associação Portuguesa de Sociologia (APS)

Member of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST)

Member of the European Criminology Society (ESC)