Ana Lúcia Santos
Biography
Ana Lúcia Santos is a research associate at the Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra. She is currently conducting her postdoctoral research at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona as the Principal Investigator of the HERAIA project, funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme. Her research maps the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion of people with non-normative gender identities, expressions, and sex characteristics in sports and physical exercise. She collaborates on the TRACE project, funded by the European Research Council (ERC), which focuses on ageing and LGBTQI+ politics in Europe, and is Co-Investigator on the PULSAR project (FCT), which examines the experiences of LGBTQI+ healthcare professionals in Portugal. She holds a PhD in Feminist Studies from the University of Coimbra, with a thesis that critically analysed the regulation of sexually non-normative bodies in sports. Her research interests bridge queer theory, trans studies, intersex studies, crip theory, philosophy, and feminist biology, focusing on intimate citizenship, rights, and the regulation of bodies and identities. Beyond her academic work, she was previously involved in LGBTQI activism in Portugal, having been one of the co-founders of the Coimbra Anti-Homophobia and Transphobia Platform.
ORCID
Agenda
September 7 to 10, 2026
CES Summer School | NOMAD: CES School of Critical Methodologies and Interdisciplinary Methods
Projetos
PULSAR
O papel de profissionais LGBTQ+ para uma saúde inclusiva
Latest Publications
Book Chapter
Santos, Ana Lúcia (2026), 'Everything I didn't do as a teenager, I'm doing it now': trans experiences of ageing and time in Portugal, in Ana Cristina Santos (org.), A Research Agenda for Queer Ageing. Edward Elgar Publishing, 14-26
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Navarro, Pablo Pérez; Santos, Ana Cristina; Santos, Ana Lúcia; Brilhante, Joana; Pieri, Mara; Fidalgo, Pedro (2024), "Introduction", e-cadernos CES, 41
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Pieri, Mara; Marques, Tiago Pires; Santos, Ana Cristina; Santos, Ana Lúcia (orgs.) (2024), Ageing as LGBTQ+ in Portugal. A guide for health professionals and carers. Coimbra: Centre for Social Studies
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