Paula Campos Pinto, PhD in Sociology, is an associate professor at ISCSP, Institute of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lisboa. She is also the founder and coordinator of the Disability and Human Rights Observatory.
She has created and taught several courses in the fields of social policy, sociology and research methodology, including the under-graduate course Social Work in Disability and Mental Health and the graduate courses Policies of Diversity and Inclusion (Master’s in Social Policy), Advanced Research Methods (PhD in Sociology) and Advanced Topics in Gender Studies (PhD in Gender Studies).
She has coordinated several research projects, involving national and international teams on topics related to disability, human rights, social policy and gender.
She is a member of the core research team of EDE (European Disability Network, which succeeded the Academic Network), which she also served as an expert from Portugal since 2012. The aim of EDE is to collect, analyse and provide the European commission with independent scientific data and information relating to national policies and legislation, as well as information about the situation of persons with disabilities.
She is part of the national team responsible for implementing the European Social Survey in Portugal since 2018.