Maria Manuela Mendes is a sociologist and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Lisbon (FAUL). She received her PhD in Social Sciences from the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon in 2007 with a master degree (1997) and a degree in Sociology from Oporto University, 1992. She is a fellow researcher in Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology Institute University of Lisbon (CIES-IUL) and a member at the Centre for Research Architecture, Urban Planning and Design (CIAUD, FAUL) and the Institute of Sociology Faculty of Arts of Porto (ISFLUP). Her research focuses on ethnicity, immigration, Roma/Ciganos, city and diversity, social and spatial exclusion, relocation and disqualified territories. Olga Magano is a Professor at the Open University and a researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, University Institute of Lisbon (CIÊNCIA-IUL). Her academic and research interests lie in sociology and around the issues of integration and social exclusion of social and cultural minorities, especially individuals of gypsy origin. She intends to continue her research in the field of intercultural relations and identity formation as a dynamic social process, particularly among gypsies. Stefánia Toma is a researcher at the Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities (ISPMN). Her areas of interests include the anthropology of ethnic minorities and ethnic relations, economic anthropology and sociology of education. Between 2006 and 2017 she was a researcher and a coordinator in a number of international research projects related to the international migration of Romanian Roma people.
