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Catia Pontedeira

University of Maia (CIEG/ISCSP) & University of Minho

Biography

Cátia Pontedeira has an European Criminology PhD. She is currently a Professor at the University of Maia and the University of Minho at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Criminology. She is an integrated member of the Interdisciplinary Center for Gender Studies, Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Lisbon (CIEG/ISCSP-ULisboa). Catia conducted several studies for the European Institute for Gender Equality as coordinator and contributed as Senior Researcher. She was also a researcher of more than 15 international projects with competitive funds. She contributed to more than 75 training actions for frontline professionals and has had numerous media appearances, mostly related to gender-based violence, in different media outlets in Portugal. She is a member of the Observatory of Murdered Women (OMA-UMAR), and researcher of the European Observatory of Femicide. With an extensive network in Criminology, Cátia has contributed to several books, manuals and papers. Main areas of interest are: intimate partner homicide, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, sexual crimes, sexual harassment and other forms of gender-based violence, prevention of violence and sentencing studies

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