University Professor | Researcher
Cátia Pontedeira
Research dedicated to understanding violence, enhancing victim protection, and producing evidence to inform public policy, justice systems, and institutional responses.
Impact
Research, teaching and public engagement.
Bridging research, teaching, and societal engagement to translate knowledge into public policy, professional development, and social innovation.
- Teaching experience in three universities
- More than 30 courses taught
- More than 3400 university teaching hours
- More than 30 MSc and PhD supervisions
- Participation in +26 projects with competitive funds
- EIGE- European Institute for Gender Equality recognised expert
- Expert regularly invited by the media
- National and international scientific publications
Scientific fields
Research across violence, victimisation and justice.
Featured research
From scientific output to policy recommendation.
Projects such as FEM-UNITED, CHILD, INSPIRE, and LeadHER bring together international teams to research prevention, institutional response and victim protection, translating directly into European public policy.
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