Sofia Aboim, sociologist, holds a PhD in Sociology from Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (2004). She graduated in Sociology at Iscte-IUL in 1995 and 2000 she completed her Master's degree in Social Sciences at ICS. She has been working at ICS since 1997, where she is currently a Research Fellow. She is involved, as a lecturer, in several PhD programmes at ICS and the University of Lisbon. Currently, she lectures in the Interuniversity PhD Program in Sociology: knowledge for open and inclusive societies (OpenSoc) and in the PhD Program in Gender Studies (ULisboa & UNL). She has also been a visiting researcher and guest lecturer at the University of Lausanne, Eduardo Mondlane University, Tallinn University and the Gender Centre of Excellence (GEXcel), Linkoping University in Sweden. Since January 2021, she is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Análise Social. Since 2018 she is a regular member of the European Research Council evaluation panels.

She has worked on various topics, most prominently on the sociology of gender, sexualities and citizenship, social inequalities and the intersections between gender, migration and race in a transnational perspective. She has been involved in 19 national and international research projects. Recently, she has coordinated the project TRANSRIGHTS: Gender Citizenship and Sexual Rights in Europe, funded by the European Research Council (CoG 615594). This project compared 5 European countries (Portugal, United Kingdom, Sweden, Netherlands and France) and included a large team of researchers and scientific advisors.

Currently, her research interests have been increasingly including themes such as gender, sexuality and citizenship, in a trans-disciplinary perspective. Her current research covers multiple themes: gender inequality and intersectionality theories, critical studies of masculinities, sexual and gender minorities, biographies, trajectories and intersections between gender, migration and race/ethnicity in Portugal, Europe and the post-colonial world. Sofia has published books and articles in Portuguese and international journals and is currently developing publication projects on gender recognition, justice and multiple inequalities.

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