Ana Sofia Ribeiro is a researcher in the fields of education and sociology. She has a degree in Educational Sciences (University of Coimbra, 2002), a master's degree in Higher Education (University of Oslo, University of Tampere, University of Aveiro, 2010) and a PhD in Education (University of Bielefeld, 2015). Between 2006 and 2007 she worked in the Portuguese Unit of the Eurydice Network.  Between 2010 and 2013 she was a Marie Curie Fellow at the EDUWEL initial training network, researching access and participation in higher education for first-generation students. In 2014 she joined the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, participating in projects concerning school management and funding, cultures of disaster resilience and children's participation. She is currently researching rural youth recovery from 2017 wildfires disasters, funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology under the Stimulus to Scientific Employment programme. She is also one of the leaders of the Tr@ck-IN project - Public employment services tracking effectiveness to support rural NEETs, coordinated by ISCTE and funded by the EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Youth Employment (https://www.track-in.eu/web/). She is an expert for the Erasmus Plus Agency in the field of Higher Education, and a member of the Human Development and Capability Approach Association. She is interested in comparative education; sociology of children and youth; disasters; rural and environmental sociology.