João Mineiro has a Master's degree in Sociology and a PhD in Anthropology from ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon. Currently is a researcher at the Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA). He has researched the topics of the state, institutions and political ideologies, parliamentary system and political representation, higher education policies, student hazing, inequalities, and social classes. He is author or co-author of several books, articles, and scientific reports on these topics, and has participated in research teams at the University of Lisbon, the NOVA University Lisbon, and ISCTE-IUL, in projects funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation and the Directorate-General for Higher Education. He has received nine academic awards, including the "Sociological Research Initiation Award" from the Portuguese Sociological Association (2019) and the ISCTE-IUL Academic Merit Diploma for classification in the Masters in Sociology (2015).