Mara Pieri (9A12-82DA-3230)

Curriculum Vitae

Mara Pieri

Mara Pieri is Permanent Assistant Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra. She holds a Master's degree in Sociology from the University of Trento (Italy) and a PhD in 'Human Rights in Contemporary Societies' from the Centre for Social Studies. Her doctoral dissertation on LGBTQ+ people with chronic illnesses won the 'Controtempo' prize from the Codici Ricerca e Intervento Foundation (Milan) for the development of the 'Chroniqueers' project (www.chroniqueers.it) and the honourable mention of the 'Virgínia Quaresma' Prize in Cultural Studies (University of Aveiro). She coordinates the research project "PULSAR - The role of LGBTQ+ professionals for inclusive healthcare", funded by FCT (2025 -2026). She also coordinates the Portuguese team of "CLICK - Connecting Families, Educators and Policymakers to Improve the Well-being of LGBTIQ Children through an Intersectional Approach" (2025-2027), financed by the European Union. She was member of the team working on the project 'REMEMBER - Experiences of Older LGBTQ People in Democratic Portugal (1974-2020)'. In this context, she scientifically coordinated the Guide 'Ageing as LGBTQ+ in Portugal. Guide for Health Professionals and Carers' in 2024. She carried out research on access to healthcare for LGBTQ+ people in the project "DIVERS - Diversity and Inclusion in Access to Healthcare" financed by CEEC-FCT (2022-2026). She is a member of the Thematic Line 'Democracy, Justice and Human Rights' and, since 2024, has been on the Editorial Board of the Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais. She is currently Chair of the Ethics Committee of the Centre for Social Studies and co-coordinator of the GPS - Sexualities Research Group. She is also a lecturer at the GEDM - Master in Gender Equality and Diversity Management and a trainer in Masters and PhD courses. She has relevant experience as a trainer in accessible and inclusive communication and science communication. She has published on LGBTQ+ issues, sociology of health and crip studies, with a focus on chronic diseases, (in)visibility and health inequalities. In 2023, she published the book 'LGBTQ+ People with Chronic Illness. Chroniqueers in Southern Europe' (Palgrave, 2023). The book won the Anne Bolin & Gil Herdt Book Prize Honourable Mention (HSAIG and American Anthropological Association). Her recent research interests include: medicalisation; chronic illness and invisible disability; visibility; accessibility; sexualities in Southern Europe; and LGBTQ+ health.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Mara Pieri

Citation names

Pieri, Mara

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 9A12-82DA-3230
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5864-7972

Email addresses

marapieri@ces.uc.pt (Personal)

Websites

https://ces.uc.pt/en/ces/pessoas/investigadoras-es/mara-pieri/ (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Sociology

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Italian (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Proficiency (C2)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2015/10/01 - 2021/02/19 Concluded	Human Rights in Contemporary Societies (Doctorate) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal "Chroniqueeers. Time, care and visibility in narratives from queer people with a chronic illness." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Full marks, distinction and honours
2011 Concluded	Laurea Specialistica in Società, Territorio, Ambiente (Laurea Magistrale) Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy	110/110 cum laude
2008 Concluded	Sociologia (Laurea) Università degli Studi di Trento, Italy	107/110

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2026/02 - Current	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal

2022/06/06 - 2026/01/05	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/09/01 - 2022/05/30	Post-doctoral researcher	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal

2015/09 - 2021/03	PhD candidate	Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2025/01/06 - 2027/05/31	CLICK - Connecting families, educators and policymakers to combat violence and improve the well-being of LGBTIQ children through an intersectional approach 101194838 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal Universitat de Girona, Spain Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain	European Commission Ongoing
2025/01/01 - 2026/06/30	PULSAR - O papel de profissionais LGBTQ+ para uma saúde inclusiva 2023.12640.PEX Principal investigator Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2015/10 - 2019/10	PhD research "Chroniqueers. Time, care and visibility in narratives from queer people with a chronic illness" PD/BD/114078/2015 PhD Candidate Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2022/06/06 - 2027/06/05	DIVERS - Diversity and inclusion in healthcare 2021.03925.CEECIND 10.54499/2021.03925.CEECIND/CP1698/CT0004 Principal investigator Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Other

	Designation	Funders
2022/01/01 - 2025/06/30	REMEMBER - Vivências de Pessoas LGBTQ Idosas no Portugal Democrático (1974-2020) 10.54499/PTDC/SOC-ASO/4911/2021 Researcher Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book	Mara Pieri. LGBTQ+ People with Chronic Illness. 2023. 10.1007/978-3-031-22071-5
Book chapter	Pieri, Mara. "All the cracks and the glitches: ageing LGBTQ+ people and access to healthcare in Portugal". In A Research Agenda for Queer Ageing, edited by Santos, Ana Cristina, 101-113. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026. 10.4337/9781035337095.00016 Pieri, Mara. "Età, generazioni e ageismo: per capire il presente e pensare il futuro". In Diversità in pratica. Conoscenze e strumenti per organizzazioni inclusive, 88-92. Roma, Italy: Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini, 2026. Published Pieri, Mara. "Resting, Waiting and Other Forms of Resistance: The Chronopolitics of Chronic Illness". In Timescapes of Health, Illness and Care, edited by Katherine Kenny; Mia Harrison; Anthony K Smith, 203-223. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2025. Published • 10.1007/978-981-96-7055-0_9 Pieri, Mara. "Bem-estar das pessoas LGBTQ* com doença crónica: entre (in)visibilidade e precariedade". In Investigação e prática: abordagens interdisciplinares sobre a saúde e o bem-estar das pessoas LGBTI+, edited by Ana Sofia Antunes das Neves, 231-251. Portugal, 2022. Published Pieri, Mara. "Multiple estrangements in the twilight zone: chronic illness and queerness in Southern Europe". In The Sage Handbook of Global Sexualities, edited by Davy, Zowie; Santos, Ana Cristina; Bertone, Chiara; Thoreson, Ryan; Wieringa, Saskia E., 386-403. London, United Kingdom: SAGE, 2020. Published Pieri, Mara; Santos, Ana Cristina. "My body, my rules? Self-determination and feminist collective action in Southern Europe". In Routledge Handbook of Contemporary European Social Movements, edited by Flesher Fominaya, Cristina; Feenstra, Ramon A., 196-209. London, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2019. Published Pieri, Mara. "Are we humans or are we (queer) dancers? The Fascinating Paradox of Queer Rights". In As sociedades contemporâneas e os direitos humanos = Contemporary societies and human rights, edited by Martins, Bruno Sena, 415-436. EDITUS, 2018. Published • 10.7476/9788574555256.0021
Journal article	Pieri, Mara. Corresponding author: Pieri, Mara. "Between reluctance and resistance: LGBTQ+ healthcare professionals and their experiences in the workplace". Frontiers in Public Health 14 (2026): https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1903749. Published • 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1903749 Giacomozzi, Maddalena; Bouwens, Jip; Pieri, Mara; Aubin, Stéphane G.; Verdonk, Petra; Nap, Annemiek W.. "TRANSformative perspectives on endometriosis research policy, and practice: Insights from multidisciplinary focus groups". Global Public Health 21 1 (2026): https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2026.2703331. Published • 10.1080/17441692.2026.2703331 Pieri, Mara. "Optimizing Care for Older Transgender and Non-Binary Adults: A Co-created Agenda for Future Research". International Journal for Transgender Health (2026): https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2026.2697291. In press • 10.1080/26895269.2026.2697291 Giacomozzi, Dr Maddalena; Bouwens, Jip; Pieri, Mara; Verdonk, Prof Petra; Nap, Prof Annemiek. "NAVIGATING ENDOMETRIOSIS IN THE TRANSGENDER AND GENDER DIVERSE COMMUNITY: INSIGHTS FROM MULTIDISCIPLINARY FOCUS GROUPS". The Journal of Sexual Medicine 21 Supplement (2024): https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdae041.100. Published • 10.1093/jsxmed/qdae041.100 Navarro, Pablo Pérez; Santos, Ana Cristina; Santos, Ana Lúcia; Brilhante, Joana; Pieri, Mara; Fidalgo, Pedro. "Introduction". e-cadernos CES 41 (2024): https://doi.org/10.4000/12uzj. 10.4000/12uzj Esteves, Mafalda; Pieri, Mara. "At the Fringes of Pride Politics. Experiences of Bisexual and Chronically Ill LGBTQ+ People in Portugal". Lambda Nordica 28 2-3 (2023): 82-110. https://www.lambdanordica.org/index.php/lambdanordica/article/view/897. Open access • Published Pieri, Mara; Martins, Bruno Sena. "Entre mundos e lutas: identidades, interseccionalidades e resistência incorporada". Horizontes - Revista De Educação 11 18 (2022): 63-79. https://ojs.ufgd.edu.br/index.php/horizontes/article/view/16598. Open access • Published Pieri, Mara; Ferrero Camoletto Raffaella. "Doing gender and sexuality through experiences of illness and aging: between dominant and counter-discourses". About Gender - International Journal of Gender Studies 11 22 (2022): https://riviste.unige.it/index.php/aboutgender/article/view/2031. Open access • Published Pieri, Mara. "Fare ricerca su malattia cronica e vissuti LGBTQ+: riflessioni dal campo". AG About Gender - International Journal of Gender Studies 11 21 (2022): https://riviste.unige.it/index.php/aboutgender/article/view/1994. Open access • Published Mara Pieri. "When vulnerability got mainstream: Reading the pandemic through disability and illness". European Journal of Women's Studies (2022): https://doi.org/10.1177/13505068221090424. 10.1177/13505068221090424 Pieri, Mara. "Persone LGBTQ+ con malattia cronica in Italia: tra precarietà, cura e (in)visibilità". Salute e Società 2022 2 (2022): 84-97. https://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/SchedaRivista.aspx?IDArticolo=70828&Tipo=Articolo%20PDF&lingua=it&idRivista=107. Published Mara Pieri; Joana Brilhante. "“The Light at the End of the Tunnel”: Experiences of LGBTQ+ Adults in Portuguese Healthcare". Healthcare (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10010146. 10.3390/healthcare10010146 Pieri, Mara. "Elephants in the room: chronically ill people and access to LGBTQA+ spaces". Intersectional Perspectives: Identity, Culture, and Society 0 1 (2021): 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.18573/ipics.35. Published • 10.18573/ipics.35 Ana Cristina Santos; Mara Pieri. "Recolocando a autodeterminação na equação? Uma análise da ação coletiva feminista na Europa do Sul". Revista Em Pauta 19 47 (2020): https://doi.org/10.12957/rep.2021.56089. Published • 10.12957/rep.2021.56089 Pieri, Mara. "Illness comes to bed. Chronically ill lesbian women discuss sex, intimacy, and sexual practices". Journal of Lesbian Studies (2020): 1-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10894160.2020.1778882. Published • 10.1080/10894160.2020.1778882 Pieri, Mara. "Italia, 2030. Immaginare un futuro queer-crip". Roots & Routes 10 34 (2020): https://www.roots-routes.org/italia-2030-immaginare-un-futuro-queer-crip%e2%80%a8-di-mara-pieri/. Published Pieri, Mara. "The Sound that You Do Not See. Notes on Queer and Disabled Invisibility". Sexuality & Culture 23 2 (2019): 558-570. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12119-018-9573-8. Published • 10.1007/s12119-018-9573-8 Mara Pieri; Bruno Sena Martins. "Entre mundos e lutas: identidades, interseccionalidade e resistência incorporada". Horizontes - Revista de Educação (2002): https://doi.org/10.30612/hre.v11i18.16598. 10.30612/hre.v11i18.16598
Journal issue	Perez Navarro, Pablo; Santos, Ana Cristina; Santos, Ana Lúcia; Brilhante, Joana; Pieri, Mara; Fidalgo, António Pedro. "Monstrous Genealogies: Reclaiming Queer Lives and Embodiments". e-cadernos CES 41 (2024): https://journals.openedition.org/eces/8759. 10.4000/12uzy
Magazine article	Pieri, Mara. "Salute e diversità: le questioni LGBTQ+ nel sistema sanitario", Rivista QCode, 2022
Manual	Pieri, Mara; Marques, Tiago Pires; Santos, Ana Cristina; Santos, Ana Lúcia. Corresponding author: Pieri, Mara. Ageing as LGBTQI+ in Portugal - A Guide for Health Professionals and Carers.. Coimbra, Portugal: CES (Open Access). 2024. Published Pieri, Mara. Pazienti e utenti LGBTQ+ con malattie croniche. Costruire pratiche inclusive nell'accesso alla salute. Milano, Italy. 2021. Published
Online resource	Santos, Ana Lúcia; Esteves, Mafalda; Pieri, Mara. Fator Q 2022. 2022. https://ces.uc.pt/ficheiros2/sites/gps/files/Fator%20Q%202022_final_VersaoPDFSimples_10abril2023.pdf.
Preface / Postscript	Pieri, Mara. "Prefazione all'edizione italiana di "Teoria Crip"". Preface to Teoria Crip. Segni culturali di queerness e disabilità. Bologna, Italy: Odoya. 2023. Published
Report	Pieri, Mara; Gomes, Conceição; Nolasco, Carlos; Carolina Carvalho; Carla Barros; Carla Soares; Fontes, Fernando; Henriques, Marina; Fernando, Paula. 2023. Franet National contribution to the Fundamental Rights Report 2023: Portugal. https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/frr_2023_portugal_en.pdf.
Website	Pieri, Mara. Chroniqueers. 2020. http://chroniqueers.it.

Other

Other output

Indomáveis. Histórias de quem fez a história LGBTQ+ em Portugal. Quem fez a história LGBT+ acontecer quando parecia que nada acontecia? Este podcast apresenta conversas com cinco figuras indomáveis do ativismo português.. 2025. Pieri, Mara; Santos, Ana Cristina; Santos, Ana Lúcia. https://open.spotify.com/show/1JgzfhZyZhix4tmgRkutkI?go=1&sp_cid=8461ac96d3cee657e0b53ef1a4697335&utm_source=embed_player_p&utm_medium=desktop&nd=1&dlsi=e86ef6d7ff0f44fd.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2026/05/15	Famílias Arco-Íris: para uma Saúde mais Inclusiva	XVIII Encontro do Dia Internacional da Família Escola Superior de Enfermagem, Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2026/04/22	Entre la Discapacidad, la Enfermedad e la Queerness	Maricorners 2026: V Congreso Internacional de estudios interdisciplinares LGTBIA+ y queer Universidad de Vigo (Vigo, Spain)
2026/03/20	Teoria Crip, Queerness e Malattia Cronica	Corpi Queer e Crip Università degli Studi di Torino (Turin, Italy)
2026/02/19	Access to Healthcare in Portugal: LGBTQ+ Patients and LGBTQ+ Providers	Simpósio EqualEDU – Gender and Sexual Diversity in Health Sciences Escola Superior de Saúde (Lisbon, Portugal)
2025/07/12	Parole Inclusive per una Cura Inclusiva	"LA CURA NELLE PAROLE” Congresso Nazionale AIOM Giovani AIOM Associazione Italiana Oncologia Medica (Florence, Italy)
2025/07/11	Sessão semi-plenária "Interseções entre Sexualidade, Género e Saúde"	XIII Congresso Associação Portuguesa de Sociologia Universidade dos Açores (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2025/07/10	Construir uma Saúde Inclusiva	XIII Congresso Associação Portuguesa de Sociologia Universidade dos Açores (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2025/07/10	Pessoas LGBTQ+ e acesso aos serviços de saúde	XIII Congresso Associação Portuguesa de Sociologia Universidade dos Açores (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2025/06/11	No Place for That? LGBTQ+ people and access to healthcare services	ESA RN16 - Sociology of Health and Illness Midterm Conference Universidade de Évora (Évora, Portugal)
2025/05/19	LGBTQ+ People in the Health Sector	Let's Care! LGBTI+ Health European Conference EXAequo (Brussels, Belgium)
2025/05/15	Shame, Pride, and All the Invisible Things: the Emotions Regulating Access to Healthcare.	Shame and Medical History Seminar University of Exeter (United Kingdom)
2024/11/11	Envelhecimento LGBTQ+	Palavra de Investigação Laboratório do Envelhecimento do Município de Ílhavo (Ílhavo, Portugal)
2024/09/30	From embodied experiences to future intervention	LGBTI+ ageing in Southern Europe. 1st International Forum University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2024/06/20	Researching LGBTQ+ health: challenges from the field	Open Seminar @UMC UMC University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2024/05/03	Guia para profissionais de saúde e cuidadores/as	Envelhecimento LGBTQ+: conhecer para intervir (A)MAR Açores (Ponta Delgada, Portugal)
2024/03/09	Academia, Healthcare and LGBTQ+ Ageing People: Constructing Interdisciplinary Knowledge and Inclusive Practices	International Conference on Medical Humanities Birbeck University (London, United Kingdom)
2024/02/02	Malattie croniche e accessibilità: le trame dell’invisibilità	TESTI PER IL FUTURO ALTERNATIVI Riflessioni e azioni verso l’accessibilità sostenibile Spazio KOR, Fondazione Fitzcarraldo (Italy)
2024/02/01	Malattie croniche e accessibilità: le trame dell'invisibilità	Convegno "Testi alternativi per il futuro. Riflessioni e azioni verso l’accessibilità` sostenibile" Spazio KOR (Asti, Italy)
2024/01/10	Disability & Queerness in Research Methodology	SAGE Research Methods: Diversifying and Decolonizing Research SAGE
2023/11/06	LGBTQ+ ageing people with chronic illness	Ageing with Pride: Healthcare for Older LGBTI people in Europe Council of Europe
2023/09/28	Hic Sunt Chroniqueers: queering time, ageing and vulnerability	Midterm Conference of the European Sociological Association Research Network Sexuality (RN23) University of Zagreb (Zagreb, Croatia)
2023/05/22	Twenty minutes at a time: queer-crip chronopolitics	Queer dis-eases: disruptive histories, politics, and bodies European University Institute (Florence, Italy)
2023/05/12	Persone trans e non-binarie con malattia e disabilità: intersezioni sommerse	Il benessere psicologico delle persone trans* nei contesti di vita university of Cagliari (Cagliari, Italy)
2023/04/04	We do it together: diálogos entre profissionais de saúde e comunidade LGBTQ+	XII Congresso Nacional de Sociologia FEUC-UC (Coimbra, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025 - Current	Coros LGBTQI+ como veículos de transformação social e criação de comunidade Supervisor	Etnomusicologia (Master) Instituto de Etnomusicologia Centro de Estudos em Musica e Danca - polo Universidade de Aveiro DeCA, Portugal
2025 - Current	O discurso da extrema-direita sobre questões LGBTQ+ no setor educativo Supervisor	Sociologia (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2024 - Current	From Flesh to Rock: Challenging Life/Nonlife Binaries with Crip Theory Supervisor	Doutoramento em Estudos Feministas (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2024 - Current	Stigma, Space, and Gender (Ab)Norm in Drag Queens: An Ethnography in the City of Porto. Co-supervisor	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Portugal
2024 - Current	Vírus em variações: uma contaminação queer da arte tradicional portuguesa. Co-supervisor	Doutoramento em Arte Contemporânea (PhD) Universidade de Coimbra Colégio das Artes, Portugal
2023 - 2024	A expressão de género e a etnia como catalisadores para a fetichização entre os homens não heterossexuais da Madeira Supervisor	Sociologia (Degree) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2021 - 2023	Political Participation, Social Movements and Promotion of LGBTQIA+ Rights - The role of LGBTQIA+ social movements/ associations in the advocacy of transgender healthcare in Portugal and France Supervisor of Maria Carolina Raposo	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2021 - 2023	PiùLGBTQ: ispirazioni europee per innovare la promozione della salute LGBTQIA+ tra attivismo e istituzioni in Italia Co-supervisor	Università degli Studi di Bologna Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Italy

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2025/04 - 2026/06	Monsters Summer School IV. "Monsters Under Pressure. The queer art of resistance" (2025) Other (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2025/07/24 - 2025/07/25	Training session for healthcare professionals, organised in collaboration with the Municipality of Coimbra (2025/07/24 - 2025/07/24) Workshop (Co-organiser)	Câmara Municipal de Coimbra, Portugal
2024 - 2025/04/03	"Evidence-Based Care for AgingTrans and Non-binary People" Workshop funded by the Lorentz Center, Leiden University (2025/03/31 - 2025/04/03) Workshop (Co-organiser)	Lorentz Center, Netherlands
2024/04 - 2024/10	1ª Forum "LGBTQ+ Ageing in Southern Europe" (2024/09/09 - 2024/10/01) Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2022/09/01 - 2023/09/30	Monsters Summer School III "Tracing, remembering and reclaiming queer lives " (2023/09/18 - 2023/09/22) Other	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2019/01 - 2023/07	Seminar Series "SHARP TALKS: Sexuality, health and Human Rights" (2019/02/20 - 2023/07/20) Other (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2023/06/01 - 2023/06/02	TRANSforming Endometriosis Research. Intensive workshop for an interdisciplinary understanding of endometriosis in the trans population from a socio-medical perspective. (2023/06/01 - 2023/06/02) Workshop (Co-organiser)	Fondation Brocher, Switzerland
2020/09 - 2021/05	Sexuality Research Network Online Seminar Series Spring 2021 (2021/01/26 - 2021/05/25) Other (Member of the Organising Committee)	European Sociological Association, France
2019 - 2020	CES Vai à Escola: "Todas diferentes, todas iguais! Valorizar as diferenças e crescer com a diversidade" - session of education for students in primary and secundary schools. (2019 - 2020)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2017 - 2018	Summer School "The Good, the Bad and the Monster: queers, crips and (other) misfits off the edge of the map" (2018/05/14 - 2018/05/18) Other (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2026/03/09 - Current	Invited speaker Round table	Empreender e transformar em Coimbra: inovação, cultura e igualdade Câmara Municipal de Coimbra, Portugal
2025/09/29 - Current	Coocorrências e doenças crónicas Seminar	Grupo de Leitura "Leituras Difrativas: Autismo, Neurodiversidade e Deficiência" Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2025/10/13 - 2025/10/14	Twenty minutes at a time. Queerness, disability and chrononormativity Conference	Cripping Reproductive Futures Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
2025/09/11 - 2025/09/12	Rebel Alliances: the Everyday Silent Revolutions of LGBTQ+ Healthcare Providers Conference	ESA Sexuality Research Network Mid-term Conference "Deviant, Sinners, Rebels. Sexuality Research in Times of Trouble" Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2022	Utopias Reais Queer: Violências e Resistências num Mundo Heterocisnormativo (Thesis) Main arguer	António Pedro Fidalgo (Master) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
2022	Per una prospettiva cyborg della disabilità: relazioni con l’alterità, politica e futuri culturali (Thesis) Arguer	Chiara Montalti (PhD) Università degli Studi di Firenze Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia, Italy

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2017 - Current	Member of the board of the Sexuality Research Network (RN23) Member	European Sociological Association, France
2024/09/01 - 2027/08/31	Vice-President of the Ethical Committee of the Centre for Social Studies - University of Coimbra President / Vice-president	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2018/07 - 2023/04	Coordination of the Research Stream on Sexuality and Gender Coordinator	Associação Portuguesa de Sociologia, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2025/06 - 2026/05	Maricorners 2026: V congreso internacional de estudios interdisciplinares LGTBIAQ+ en español	Universidad de Vigo
2025 - 2026	Maricorners 2026: V Congreso Internacional de estudios interdisciplinares LGTBIA+ y queer	Universidad de Vigo
2025/02 - 2025/05	Let's Care! LGBTI+ Health European Conference	ExAequo
2024/10/02 - 2024/10/04	Maricorners 2024: IV congreso internacional de estudios interdisciplinares LGTBIAQ+ en español	Universidad de Valladolid
2018/02/13 - 2018/02/14	MidTerm Conference of the Sexuality Research Network - European Sociological Association	University of Cracow

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2026/04/16 - Current	Class on "Shifting perspectives on youth"	Human Rights in Contemporary Societies (Doctorate)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2026/04/04 - Current	Class on "Health inequalities and access to healthcare"	Human Rights in Contemporary Societies (Doctorate)	Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2022/12/13 - 2026/05/29	Master GEDM - Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion XI to XV edition	Invecchiamento e generazioni / Ageing and generations (Master)	Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini, Italy
2025/05 - 2025/05	O acesso à saúde como direito universal	Cidadânia e Governação Autárquica (Post-Bachelor's Specialization)	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2025/03/27 - 2025/03/28	Class in the PhD program in "Analysis of Social and Economic Processes"	Analysis of Social and Economic Processes (Dottorato di Ricerca)	Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy
2024/10 - 2024/10	Class on chronic illness and LGBTQ+ identities	Doctoral Studies in Social Work	Örebro universitet Fakulteten för humaniora och socialvetenskap, Sweden
2024/04/18 - 2024/04/18	Health inequalities and access to healthcare	Direitos Humanos nas Sociedades Contemporâneas (Doctorate)	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2024/03/18 - 2024/03/18	Estudos Crip e da Deficiência	Estudos Feministas (Doctorate)	Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Letras, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2022/12/10	Interview titled "A Sexualidade e acesso à Saúde - uma entrevista à investigadora Mara Pieri"	Revista A Salto

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2023/05/17 - 2023/05/17	IntervistAutori	Book "LGBTQ+ people with chronic illness. Chroniqueers in Southern Europe"

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2024/05/01 - Current	Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais (0254-1106)	Centro de Estudos Sociais

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2024 - 2025	Invited reviewer for ERC Starting and Advanced projects	European Research Council, Belgium

Scientific expedition

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2024/06/17 - Current	Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) Grant as part of COST Action: CA19103	Amsterdam UMC Locatie VUmc, Netherlands
2022/04/05 - 2022/06/05	Visiting scholar	Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy

Distinctions

Award

2024	The Anne Bolin & Gil Herdt Book Prize Human Sexuality & Anthropology Interest Group - American Anthropology Association, United States
2022	Menção Honrosa para Melhor Tese de Doutoramento em Estudos Culturais, Prémio "Virginia Quaresma" Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Línguas Literaturas e Culturas, Portugal
2020	Premio "Controtempo" per la divulgazione di progetti di ricerca CODICI Ricerca e Intervento cooperativa sociale onlus, Italy
2011	"M.Baiocchi" National Prize for best MA Thesis on LGBT issues DìGay Project, Italy