Paula Guerra holds a PhD in Sociology from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto (FLUP). She is Professor in the Department of Sociology at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto and Integrated Researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the same University (IS-UP). Member of the Scientific Committee of the Master in Sociology at the University of Porto, she is also part of other international research centres: Associate Researcher in Centre for Geography and Spatial Planning Studies (CEGOT); CITCEM - Transdisciplinary Research Centre «Culture, Space and Memory»; Adjunct Associate Professor of the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research (GCSCR); International Invited Researcher of the Postgraduate Program in Sociology at the Fluminense Federal University (PPGS-UFF), in History, Culture and Subjectivity Research Group, Federal University of Piauí and University of Brasilia (Brazil) and in Postgraduate Program in Communication at the Federal University of Pernambuco (PPGCOM-UFPE).