Ana Rita Matias is a Sociology Master from ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. She is currently a PhD student at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, in the doctoral program on Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies. He has been working on research since 2011 on issues related to social inequalities, the labor market, living conditions and the environment. A PhD thesis on the socioeconomic impacts of drought periods in the Portuguese region of Alentejo, entitled: Coexistence with drought: social inequalities and impacts of climate change in Alentejo. Project funded by FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology.