Vítor Sérgio Ferreira earned his PhD in Sociology from ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa in 2006 and is a tenured Senior Researcher at the Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa (ICS-ULisboa), where he also serves as Deputy Director (2023-2026). His academic path has been consistently supported by Portugal’s Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), including a Doctoral Grant (2002–2006), three Postdoctoral Fellowships (2007–2016), and a competitive tenure-track Research Contract (2016–2020), all hosted at ICS-ULisboa. Over nearly two decades, he has built a distinguished research career in the sociology of youth, sociology of the body, sociology of culture, and qualitative methods, publishing widely in leading international and multidisciplinary journals. Research Focus Dr. Ferreira’s current work examines how global neoliberalism shapes young people’s lives, opportunities, and political cultures. His research centers on three interconnected themes: generational discourses and categories as mirrors of social inequality in contexts of intersectional polycrisis; the political economy of youth labor, including emerging labor subjectivities, aspirations, and changing education-to-work pathways; youth policies as instruments of neoliberal socialization and their impact on young people’s civic and political orientations. He has led and collaborated on numerous nationally and internationally funded research projects and conducted commissioned studies for public institutions responsible for youth policy in Portugal and abroad. He also serves as an expert advisor on international youth research initiatives. Leadership in Qualitative Methods At ICS-ULisboa, Dr. Ferreira is a driving force behind the advancement of qualitative research methodologies. He teaches qualitative methods in the Sociology PhD program and has designed several highly regarded advanced training courses, including: MAXQDA-assisted qualitative data analysis; Research data management; Artificial intelligence in qualitative research; Narrative data analysis (MetodICS). His international academic engagement includes visiting appointments at the Universidade de São Paulo, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, and Universidade Federal de São Carlos. His interdisciplinary expertise attracts doctoral and postdoctoral researchers from diverse fields - including education, psychology, anthropology, public health, political science, communication sciences, occupational therapy, and sociology - and he has coordinated two prestigious Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships. Institutional and Professional Service Beyond his research and teaching, Dr. Ferreira has played a significant leadership role at ICS-ULisboa. He coordinates the Institute’s Inclusion & Vulnerability Thematic Line and previously led the research group LIFE – Life Course, Inequalities, and Solidarities: Practices and Policies (2016–2023). He served on the Pedagogical Council (2018–2021) and has been an elected member of the Scientific Council since 2018. Nationally, he is Vice-President of the Associação Portuguesa de Sociologia, having previously served on its Deontological Council (2016–2021) and on its Board of Directors. An active and engaged scholar, he sits on the editorial boards of Youth & Globalisation (Brill), Youth (MDPI), and Jovens do Sul Global (Brazilian Sociological Society), and regularly contributes to national and international evaluation panels for doctoral and research funding. Public Engagement Since 1996, Dr. Ferreira has contributed to youth policy development in Portugal as a member of the Youth Observatory. His expertise frequently leads to invitations to participate in public debates and media discussions on youth-related issues, reinforcing his role as a leading voice in contemporary youth studies.