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Mónica Catarina Soares

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Mónica Catarina Soares

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1031-9309

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    20142026

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    Biography

    Mónica Soares holds a PhD in Human Rights from the Interdisciplinary Research Institute at the University of Coimbra, and a Master’s degree in the Psychology of Justice from the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the Catholic University of Portugal (FEP-UCP). 

    Since 2025, she has been a researcher at the Center for Studies in Human Development (CEDH) and in the Post-Doctoral Program in Integral Human Development at the Catholic University of Portugal (CADOS). At FEP-UCP, she also serves as a lecturer in the Master’s program in Psychology and in the Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Program in Human Rights, where she teaches courses that integrate psychology, criminology, and human rights.

    As a researcher, she has collaborated with the Psychology Research Center (CIPsi-UM; 2022–2024), the Institute of Social and Human Sciences (ICSyH, BUAP; 2018–2022), and the Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences at the National University of La Plata (UNLP; 2020), among others. Her research focuses on social movements; democracy and political participation; critical theory and political subjectivity; political and social psychology; psychology of justice; justice policies (with emphasis on juvenile and gender justice); utopian studies; and research methodologies in the social sciences. She is the author of 18 articles and book chapters, and has participated in 12 research projects throughout her career, reflecting a profile that combines academic output, teaching, and interdisciplinarity.

    Education/Academic qualification

    PhD, Autonomy, Utopia, and the Political: Theoretical and practical challenges in contemporary struggles, University of Coimbra

    2017 → 2025

    Master, Understanding state violence legitimization in police discourse, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

    2011 → 2013

    Keywords

    • JA Political science (General)
    • Democracy
    • Participation
    • Public policies
    • HT Communities. Classes. Races
    • Social movements
    • Feminist studies
    • Gender equality
    • H Social Sciences (General)
    • Critical theory
    • HX Socialism. Communism. Anarchism
    • Political subjectivity
    • Utopian studies
    • BF Psychology
    • Justice psychology
    • Moral psychology
    • K Law (General)
    • Juvenile delinquency
    • Criminology

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    1. SDG 1 - No Poverty
      SDG 1 No Poverty
    2. SDG 4 - Quality Education
      SDG 4 Quality Education
    3. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
      SDG 5 Gender Equality
    4. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
      SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
    5. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
      SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
    6. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
      SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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