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Catia Pontedeira

Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences · University of Maia

https://researchid.co/cpontedeira
@umaia.pt
5Scopus Publications

Research Interests

Main area of interest: Criminology. Currently teaching in Criminology BSc and MSc levels at the University of Maia (Portugal) and University School of Nursing (Porto)

Biography

Currently teaching in Criminology BSc and MSc levels at the University of Maia (Portugal) and University School of Nursing (Porto). Extensive experience in research projects since 2012 (including in design, submission, implementation, research and evaluation). Was the coordinator and Senior Researcher of several projects contracted by EIGE - European Institute for Gender Equality; Member of the Portuguese Observatory of Murdered Women, and part of the Portuguese team of the European Observatory on Femicide. Involved in quantitative and qualitative studies; training of professionals; preparing and publishing materials, studies, papers and recommendations at EU and national levels. Integrates the list of experts of the Institute for Gender Equality in the field of research and statistics and gender-based violence. Actively participated in several funded academic and social research projects and is a member of different networks related to Criminology and Gender-based violence.

Education

Cátia Pontedeira has completed a European PhD in Criminology from the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto with a focus on Sentencing Intimate Partner Homicides in Portugal and the UK: a comparative study. Awarded a PhD scholarship in 2019. Completed a master’s degree in Forensic Science at London South Bank University, receiving the ‘Best Postgraduate Student’ prize in 2014. Has a BSc in Criminology by the University of Maia and a Post-graduation in Gender Equality and another in Forensic Sciences, Criminal Investigation and Deviant Behavior

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. ‘It’s all about flexibility!’ A case study on telework in a Portuguese company after the COVID-19 pandemic
    Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2025
  2. Preventing Gender-Based Violence: Portuguese Youth Perspectives on Primary Prevention Programs
    Social Sciences, 2025
  3. Sexual Violence Within Teen Dating in Portugal: The Consent to Kiss and to Have Sexual Intercourse
    Ex Aequo, 2025
  4. Teen Dating Violence: Results from a National Study in Portugal1
    Interpersonal Violence Against Children and Youth, 2022
  5. Intimate Partner Homicides: Passionate Crime Arguments in the Portuguese Supreme Court of Justice
    International Annals of Criminology, 2020

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