Ana Catarina Ferreira is a research assistant at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology of the University Institute of Lisbon – where she integrates the team of the research project exPERts – and PhD student in Urban Studies at ISCTE-IUL/FCSH-UNL. Her PhD project is part of project exPERts and focuses on the role of architects in the implementation of the PER - Programa Especial de Realojamento (Special Rehousing Program) in the Lisbon and Oporto metropolitan areas.