MONICA LOPES
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Dr.
Mónica
Lopes
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Mónica Lopes is a researcher at the Center for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra and member of the Research Group on Social Policies, Labor and Inequalities. She holds a PhD degree in Sociology from the Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra. Gender policies and the way gender relations are expressed in multiple social processes and structures, particularly in the fields of work, employment and organizations, have been central axes of their work, having participated, since 2002, in several projects of research, action research and evaluation in this field. Her most recent interests focus on gender mainstreaming policies, instruments and practices at different levels and in different institutional areas and contexts, namely in academia. Currently, she leads the Portuguese team of the H2020 project "SUPERA - Supporting the Promotion of Equality in Research and Academia", is responsible for the scientific review of the EEAGrants project "Gender Equal-Research”, is co-PI of the project "ENGENDER - Gender mainstreaming in curricula and pedagogical practices in Portuguese Public Universities", and integrates the research team of two national projects exploring the gendered impacts of COVID-19.