Gustavo Ferreira da Veiga is a researcher at the Permanent Observatory for Justice of the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra (OPJ/CES). He has a MA in Psychology, specializing in Clinical and Health Psychology – Systemic Psychotherapy and Family, from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Coimbra. Gustavo has also completed the IV Psychotraumatology course of the Trauma Observatory of the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra. Since 2019, he has participated in several research projects at OPJ/CES, including the “Study of the Prison System Focusing on the Social and Professional Conditions of Prison Officers”, financed by the Directorate-General for Reintegration and Prison Services, “IMAPA – Evaluative Study on The Impact of Measures Applied to Offenders”, financed by the EEA Grants, and the “Study on working conditions, professional burnout, health and well-being of Portuguese Public Prosecutors”, financed by the Public Prosecution Office and the Union of Public Prosecutors. Within the scope of these projects, he has collaborated with researchers from different areas of knowledge in the production and dissemination of scientific results for several national and international institutions, including the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. Gustavo has authored several reports in Portuguese and English, as well as peer-reviewed articles. He is also co-author of the book “Para uma reforma do sistema prisional. O caso da aplicação do Estatuto do Corpo da Guarda Prisional” (“Towards a reform of the prison system. The implementation of the Prison Guards Statute”). Gustavo has participated in academic conferences and events, presenting papers and contributing to scholarly discourse in the fields of psychology and justice. He has also organized an international conference and served as peer reviewer for the European Review of Applied Psychology. Gustavo has been involved in the supervision of MA theses in the field of psychology. Currently, he is co-supervisor of the following thesis “A influência dos fatores psicossociais e o burnout nos/as profissionais da Magistratura do Ministério Público em Portugal”. His main research interests are in the following areas: psychometrics; clinical psychology; violent behaviour; deradicalization; burnout; human rights; and justice.