Mara Pieri (9A12-82DA-3230)

Curriculum Vitae

Mara Pieri

Researcher at CES - Center for Social Studies (University of Coimbra). She holds a BA and MA in Sociology at University of Trento (Italy). She holds a PhD in "Human Rights in Contemporary Societies" at CES, with a thesis on the experiences of LGBTQ+ adults with chronic illness in Italy and Portugal. In 2023 she published "LGBTQ+ People with Chronic Illness: Chroniqueers in Southern Europe" (Palgrave MacMillan). Her PhD research won the "Controtempo" Prize, awarded to early-career researchers by Codici Ricerca e Intervento (Milan) to develop the multimedia project "Chroniqueers" (www.chroniqueers.it); it also won the Special Mention for the Prize "Virgínia Quaresma" in Cultural Studies (Univ. Aveiro). She has deep expertise as a consultant in inclusive and accessible communication, and communication of science. Since 2018 she coordinates the Research Stream on Sexuality and Gender of the APS - Portuguese Sociological Association. She co-organises the series of seminars "Sharp Talks - Health, Sexuality and Human Rights" at CES and she integrates the thematic line "Democracy, justice and human rights". She is a member of the research team in the project "REMEMBER - Vivências de Pessoas LGBTQ Idosas no Portugal Democrático (1974-2020)". In 2021 she was a pos-doctoral researcher at CES. After winning the national competition CEEC by FCT she has been a researcher since 2022 and will develop her project on LGBTQ+ access to healthcare until 2027. She works on disability studies and queer and crip studies through an intersectional approach and a specific focus on chronic illness. Her research interests include supercrips; medicalisation; chronic illness and invisible disabilities; accessibility; sexualities in Southern Europe; 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 (Doutoramento) 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
2022/06/06 - 2027/06/05	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. Corresponding author: 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. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2025. In press 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	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
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)
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 (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-organisor)	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-organisor)	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-organisor)	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

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
2025/02 - 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
2022/12/13 - 2025/06/13	Master GEDM - Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion XI 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 (Especialização pós-licenciatura)	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 (Doutoramento)	Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2024/03/18 - 2024/03/18	Estudos Crip e da Deficiência	Estudos Feministas (Doutoramento)	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