Ana Oliveira


Biography

Sociologist and researcher at the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra (CES). Ana Oliveira holds a PhD in Feminist Studies (2018), from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Coimbra, with a doctoral dissertation in the field of Feminist Legal Theory. Focused on the legal expression of sexual harassment in criminal and labour sources of law, this thesis has just been published by Contemporary History Press (Nova University of Lisbon) with the title "Harassment: socio-legal approaches to sexuality". Ana O. conducts research at CES since 2009, collaborating in different national and international research projects in the field of social-legal studies of law. These projects have approached different topics in areas such as domestic violence, trafficking in human beings, sexual and LGBT discrimination, feminization of the legal professions, national and European policies of asylum and integration of refugees, and, more recently, intimate partner homicides. Ana O. research interests include the legal status of sexuality and the social and cultural studies of law; subject matter of the project "Sexual harassment: social struggles and legal troubles", with which Ana O. has been funded (2022) within the Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus (promoted by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia - FCT).


Latest Publications

Article in Scientific journal

Oliveira, Ana (2023), "Twitter, chá e biscoitos: recensão ensaística de The New Sex Wars de Brenda Cossman", ex aequo - Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Estudos sobre as Mulheres, 47, 223-234

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Book Chapter

Oliveira, Ana (2022), Violência doméstica, in Sofia José Santos; Júlia Garraio; Inês Amaral; Sara Araújo; Alexandre Sousa Carvalho; Teresa Almeida Cravo (org.), Media, masculinidades e equidade de género: O papel da comunicação na transformação social. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra

Article in Scientific journal

Oliveira, Ana (2022), "Amor Fati: On 'Crimes of Passion' in Portuguese Law", Laws, 11, 5, 66

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