PhD in Sociology, full professor in Sociology at ISCSP, Institute of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lisbon, coordinator of CIEG, Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies (ISCSP), an FCT research center. This center brings together researchers, at a national level, from several disciplinary fields that study gender topics.
She was the President of the European Sociological Association (ESA) between 2009 and 2011.
At ISCSP-ULisboa, she is the Coordinator of the Sociology Unit.
In addition to creating and teaching several courses in the field of sociology and research methodology, she created several master and post-graduate courses in the field of sociology, family and gender.
She has directed several research teams belonging to national and international networks, under the themes of family, gender, marriage, divorce, work and family, poverty, drug addiction, youth and children/youth protection.
She also actively participates in several European research networks.
She is part of the national team responsible for implementing the European Social Survey in Portugal since its beginning in 2002.
In recent years she integrated research teams under the Framework Programs 6 and 7 WORKCARE (2006-2009) and WORKCARE Synergies (2009-2011).
She has 16 published books and over 60 book chapters and published articles in national and international journals in several languages.
She was President of the Portuguese Association of Sociology (APS) between 2002 and 2006.
Furthermore, she held various positions in the European Sociological Association and the International Sociological Association.
Website: http://www.analiatorres.com/
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Latest relevant publications:
Torres, Anália (2013), “Bridge over troubled waters: family, gender and welfare in Portugal in the European context” (em coautoria com, Bernardo Coelho and Miguel Cabrita),in European Societies, 15, Issue 4, pp. 535-556.
Torres, Anália (2012), A Mysterious European Threesome: Workcare Regimes, Policies and Gender. (em coautoria com B.Coelho, I.Cardoso, & R.Brites) International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences, 1(1), pp. 31-61.
Torres, Anália (2009), Welfare and Everyday Life, (em coautoria com Maria das Dores Guerreiro e Luís Capucha, org.), Oeiras, Celta Editora.
Torres, Anália (2009), “Do European Values have a sex?”, (em coautoria com Maria das Dores Guerreiro e Luís Capucha), in Welfare and Everyday Life Portugal in the European Context, Vol.III, Lisboa, CIES, ISCTE-IUL, Lisboa, Celta Editora.
Torres, Anália (2014), “Mulher, Trabalho e natalidade”, in Demografia, Natalidade e Políticas Públicas, Lisboa, Conselho Nacional de Ética para as Ciências da Vida, pp. 53-73.
