Ana Cristina Santos is a sociologist, with a Ph.D. in Gender Studies from the University of Leeds. She is currently Principal Researcher with Habilitation, Chair of the Democracy, Justice and Human Rights Thematic Line, and Co-director of the Sexualities Research Group at the Center for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra (CES-UC). She works on several research projects on LGBTQI+ issues, dissident embodiment, intimate citizenship, and queer aging.