João Mineiro holds a Master’s degree in Sociology (2015) and a Ph.D. in Anthropology (2021) from ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon. He is currently a researcher at the Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA) and at IN2PAST – Associate Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory. His research spans a broad range of topics, including the state, institutions, political ideologies, parliamentary systems, political representation, higher education policies, student hazing, social inequalities, social class, ethnography, and the intersections of culture, the arts, and politics. His current research project at CRIA ISCTE focuses on the sounds, poetics, images, and politics of contemporary Afro-Portuguese music, supported by the CEEC Individual 5th Edition. He has authored or co-authored numerous books, articles, and scientific reports, and has been an active member of research teams at the University of Lisbon, NOVA University Lisbon, and ISCTE–IUL, in projects funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation, and the Directorate-General for Higher Education. Recent publications include Fazer Política: uma Etnografia da Assembleia da República (Afrontamento, 2022) and Regime Jurídico das Instituições de Ensino Superior (2007–2022): Contributos para uma Revisão Fundamentada (SNESup, 2022). He is also co-editor of Novas e Velhas Extremas-Direitas (Parsifal, 2021) and ABC do Socialismo (Parsifal, 2019), and co-author of Caloiros e Doutores: Um Estudo Sociológico sobre a Praxe Académica em Portugal (Mundos Sociais, 2018), O Espectro dos Populismos (Tinta da China, 2018), and O Estado por Dentro (Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation, 2017). He has received ten academic awards, including the ISCTE Revelation Award 2024 (awarded in 2025), the Sociological Research Initiation Award from the Portuguese Sociological Association (2019), and the ISCTE–IUL Academic Merit Diploma (2015).