Professor Gabriela Mesquita Borges is a criminologist and interdisciplinary researcher specializing in victimology, gender-based violence, sexual crimes, and violence against women and children. Her work integrates criminology, victimology, feminist studies, sociology, and law to examine victimization processes, lived experiences, and institutional responses to violence across social and cultural contexts. She holds a PhD in Criminology (2023) from the University of Porto, Portugal. Her doctoral research adopted a gender-informed, victim-centered and intersectional approach to refugee women’s trajectories from displacement to resettlement, examining structural violence, victimization, resilience, and institutional accountability within the Portuguese asylum system, and situating these dynamics within European, African, and Middle Eastern contexts. More recently, she has examined the impact of digital technologies and big data on refugee populations, with particular attention to surveillance practices, data governance, and victims’ rights. In recognition of her contributions to refugee women’s rights, she was invited to join Women in Refugee Law (WiRL). She has also participated in international research networks, including COST Action CA16111 – International Ethnic and Migrant Minorities’ Survey Data Network (2018–2023), and held a leadership role as Co-Chair (2023–2024) of the European Society of Criminology Working Group on Qualitative Research Methodologies and Epistemologies, remaining actively involved in its initiatives. Since 2023, she has been a researcher at the Center for Legal, Economic and Environmental Studies (CEJEIA) at the University of Lusíada, while maintaining collaboration with the Communication and Society Research Centre (CECS) at the University of Minho. She has published book chapters with Springer and IGI Global, and articles in leading journals including Critical Criminology, International Criminology, Journal of International Migration and Integration, and Journal of Qualitative Criminal Justice and Criminology. She has co-edited two IGI Global volumes and serves as a peer reviewer for international journals. She currently serves as Assistant Professor of Criminology at the University of Lusíada Norte, teaching at undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels. Her teaching includes Victimology, Clinical Criminology, Crime and Gender, Sexual Violence, and Qualitative Research Methods, and she supervises master’s and PhD research on victimization, sexual crimes, migration, and gender-based violence. Her teaching and research are grounded in critical pedagogy, ethical engagement, and social justice. Her current and future research focuses on sexual violence and victimization in university contexts, examining institutional responses, reporting mechanisms, barriers to disclosure, power relations, and survivor-centered justice, as well as the role of digital technologies and data-driven systems in reporting, prevention, surveillance, victims’ rights, and access to justice in higher education.