Joana Marques is sociologist and researcher, with a PhD in Sociology (University of Sao Paulo), a MA in Social and Solidarity Economy (ISCTE-IUL), and a BA in Sociology (University of Porto, with specialization in Development Studies at the University of Bergen, Norway). Professional career in research and action-research, with different focus of interest such as work and culture, solidarity economy, and mobilities. She was awarded the Horizon2020/ Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action "COLLECTITUDE - Building the collective at times of precarity". She has also participated as researcher in various national and international projects, such as applied research projects funded by Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission (EMEcs, YES, ISA, EUPostLab); academic research projects funded by FCT and CAPES (PROWORK; BooST - Boosting Starter Cycling Cities; Work precarisation, inequalities and dynamics of collective action; The impacts of tourism in Community Development in Africa); and external evaluation and applied research projects (in the fields of arts and social inclusion, Development and Global Citizenship, and education). She is author and co-author of various articles in the fields social and solidarity economy, labour studies, arts education, mobilities, development studies, and research methodologies. She is integrated researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-Iscte) and board member of the Portuguese Association of Political Economy (EcPol) and the Research & Development association A3S.