Ana concluded her PhD in political and social sciences in 2011 at the European University Institute (EUI), Florence. Since 2011, she has worked as an assistant professor at the ISCTE-IUL (Lisbon University Institute) and as a researcher at the Centre for Sociological Studies and Research, Lisbon University Institute (CIES-IUL). Prior to starting her PhD, she worked as a research assistant at the ICS (2002-2005), as a guest junior researcher at the Social Science Research Centre Berlin (WZB, 2005-2006), and as a junior researcher at Complutense University in Madrid (2007). Between January and March 2011, she worked as a teaching assistant at the University of London, Birkbeck College. Furthermore, Ana holds an undergraduate degree in sociology (2001) and a master’s degree in political science (2006) – both of these from the ISCTE. Her main research interests are gender and politics, comparative politics, political representation, electoral systems, and methodology and data analysis. She has been part of various national and international research projects focusing on these and other topics at the ICS, CIES-IUL, EUI, and University of California, San Diego (USA). She is the author and co-author of several book chapters and articles in prestigious journals, such as West European Politics, Electoral Studies e a Party Politics. Her work has been presented at several national and international conferences, including APSA, MPSA, and ECPR.