I am, since September 2021, a Lecturer in Sociology at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria and a Researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20), University of Coimbra. Prior to this position, I was a researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal, where I also held a mixed Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sociology (Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra and Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford). My main research interests lie at the intersection of sociology of work and political sociology. I am particularly interested in the changing characteristics of employment relationships and the risks they represent for welfare systems in post-industrial societies. The lines of research around which my current scientific production is articulated include the following main directions. The first area of research explores how European social policy (specifically in the domain of employment) intersects member states' national policies. The second area of interest relates to welfare states varying trajectories connected to labour markets' changes. The third line of research explores the meanings and specificities of the activation trend in public employment policies in pre-selected welfare state regimes (e.g. Southern European, Liberal). More recently, my research interests also came to include the sociological meaning(s) and specific configuration of precarious employment relationships in different settings, affecting different groups of people. I have several years of experience in conducting research in sociology that, along with my teaching experiences, have given me a strong knowledge of sociological theories and methodologies. Within my professional experience, I had the chance of working at the intersection of different disciplines (e.g. Political Science, European Studies, Economy, Social Work, Psychology, Educational Sciences, Geography), which I consider important to broaden my view of the world and to understand the importance of cultivating scientific dialogue. My doctoral dissertation concerns the influences EU policy has on Portuguese social and employment policies. Within my empirical work, I conducted several interviews, namely with experts and EMPL European Commission Head of Units, as well as European Parliament Deputies and social partners' representatives, in Portugal, Brussels and the UK. I became familiar with the functioning of European Institutions and I improved my knowledge of the history and role of the EU regarding new modes of governance and impacts of Europeanisation processes on member states national policies and political and economic decision making. I have some experience of living and studying in other EU countries (e.g. Belgium, France and the UK), besides Portugal. These experiences gave me the opportunity of improving my language skills-level, to engage in multicultural, challenging environments, such the ones provided, namely, by the amazing cities of Oxford and Brussels and to learn from colleagues and academics sharing other theoretical and methodological perspectives and approaches to social sciences.