Alda Botelho Azevedo holds a PhD in Demography from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Currently, she is a research fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, and guest lecturer at ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Historical Demography (2017-2019) and member of the Fiscal Council of the Portuguese Demography Association (2015-2016 and 2017-2018). Her research focuses on the study of housing demography, demographic ageing and on the sustainability of the Portuguese pension system.