Rafaela Sofia Gonçalves Ribeiro holds a master's degree in Sociology, with specialization in Social Policies, from the University of Minho and a Bachelor's in Sociology from the same university. She is a Science and Technology Manager at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences - University of Minho Pole (CICS.NOVA.UMinho). She is currently an active member of the Interdisciplinary Group of Social Sciences (GEICS), a collective composed by people from different educational cycles and backgrounds and from various nationalities, who discuss topics of shared interest every two weeks. She is also a member of the editorial team of Configurações: Revista de Ciências Sociais (edited by CICS.NOVA.UMinho) and editor of the Free Articles Section of the journal Debates Insubmissos - DEBIN (edited by the Social Movements, Education and Diversity in Latin America Research Group, PPGEduc-UFPE e CES-UC). Works in the area of Social Sciences with emphasis on Sociology. Her main research interests are sociology, urban sociology, housing, inequalities, migration, gender and, more recently, activism.