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Isabel Roque is a researcher in Sociology of Labour. She belongs to the Board of Associate Editors of the "Journal of Labor and Society", and "Journal of Working Class Studies". She is a reviewer for "Ciências Sociais - Unisinos", "Política e Sociedade - Revista de Sociologia Política - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina"; "Estudios Sociales" da Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Los Andes; Revista Sociedade e Estado (UNB). She is also a COST Action Rapporteur and Independent External Expert, a member of the "Observatory of Living and Working Conditions" of NOVA University, a member of the EURYO - European Rural Youth Observatory and a member of the Research Group "Work and Social Theory", University of Brasília (Grupo de Trabalho Teoria Social). She is also a social activist and has been colaborating with the Call Center Workers Trade Union and with the social movement "Solidários". Her research interests focus on: Call and Contact Centres; Digital Platform Work; Precarity; Social Protest Movements; Trade Unionism; Psychosocial Risks; Social Inequalities; Safety and Health at Work; Alienation; Life Trajectories; Vulnerabilities; (Un)employment; Rural NEETs.

 

Academic Qualifications
University/Institution Type Degree Period
Universidade de Coimbra - Faculdade de Economia
Portugal - Coimbra
PhD Sociologia - Relações de Trabalho, Desigualdades Sociais e Sindicalismo (em fase de conclusão) 2024
Universidade de Coimbra - Faculdade de Economia
Sociologia - Portugal - Coimbra
M.Sc. Sociologia - Relações de Trabalho, Desigualdades Sociais e Sindicalismo 2007 - 2010
Universidade de Coimbra - Faculdade de Economia
Sociologia - Portugal - Coimbra
Licenciate Sociologia 2001 - 2006
Research Interests
Call and Contact Centres; Precarity; Digital and Platform Work; Ocupational Trajectories; Psychosocial Risks at Work; Social Protest Movements; Trade Unionism; Social Inequalities; Vulnerabilities.
Sociology Social Sciences
Other Social Sciences Social Sciences