Docente
Camila Iglesias

Resume

Camila Iglesias holds a PhD in Criminology from the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto and is currently an Assistant Professor and Researcher in Criminology at Lusófona University (Lisbon, Portugal). Her research expertise focuses on victimology, gender-based violence, equality, intersectionality, and risk assessment. In recent years, she has contributed to several nationally and internationally funded research projects, particularly in the areas of violence against women, intimate partner violence, domestic violence, and femicide. She is also a member of the European Observatory on Femicide (Portugal group) and the Observatory of Murdered Women (UMAR).

Graus

• Doutoramento
  Criminology
• Mestrado
  Criminology
• Bachelor (1.º ciclo de estudos)
  Law
• Outros
  Extension course in Criminology - School of the Public Defender's Office of São Paulo, EDEPE
• Outros
  XXXIV Postgraduate Course on Victimology, Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice

Publicações

Artigo em revista (magazine)

• 2020-02-05, On the frontline: Developing Bystanders' Responses to Sexual Harassment Among Young People, Discovery Society
• 2020-02-05, Developing Bystanders’ Responses to Sexual Harassment among young people: results from a prevention program developed in schools, Discover Society

Artigo em revista

• 2025, Sexual Violence within Teen Dating in Portugal: The Consent to Kiss and to Have Sexual Intercourse , Ex Aequo
• 2025, Preventing Gender-Based Violence: Portuguese Youth Perspectives on Primary Prevention Programs, Social Sciences
• 2020-05, Macrosystem and women's fear of crime in intimate relations: an integrated model, International Annals of Criminology - Cambridge University Press
• 2019-08, Fear of crime and intimate femicide: theoretical considerations , Psiquiatria, Psicologia & Justiça
• 2018-05, Crime Measures: An approach to Criminology / Medidas da Criminalidade: Uma aproximação à Criminologia, Revista de Filosofia do Direito, do Estado e da Sociedade

Livro

• 2022, Violence and gender-based violence: primary prevention with children in kindergarten and 1st cycle, Iglesias, Camila; Pontedeira, Cátia; Pacheco, Margarida; Magalhães, Maria José. Autor correspondente: Pacheco, Margarida
• 2022, BO(U)NDS Project - Biographical Narratives: Impact of primary prevention of gender-based violence on young people's lives, Iglesias, Camila; Magalhães, Maria José
• 2020, Gender-based violence and violence: primary prevention at school / Violências e violência de género: prevenção primária na escola, Iglesias, Camila, UMAR
• 2020, Dos Tempos da Urgência de Pensar e Agir: Educação, Cidadania e Prevenção da Violência de Género em Portugal, Magalhães, Maria José; Rodrigues, Raquel; Beires, Ana; Iglesias, Camila, Brasília/DF, Editora Otimismo

Capítulo de livro

• 2026, Observatório de Mulheres Assassinadas: o contributo da UMAR para visibilizar o femicídio em Portugal, Direitos, Violências e Sistema de Justiça, UMAIA Press
• 2026, New dynamics of gender-based violence through generative artificial intelligence, Violencia de género y migración
• 2026, Hidden Victims of Femicide: the need for comprehensive reparation, Routledge International Handbook on Wellness and Wellbeing in Criminal Justice, Routledge
• 2026, Gender Based violence in Portugal, Oxford Handbook of Criminology in Southern Europe, Oxford University Press
• 2024, Understanding women’s fear of crime: The role of intimate partner violence, Investigating and Combating Gender-Related Victimization
• 2022, Teen dating violence: Results from a national study, Interpersonal Violence Against Children and Youth
• 2019, Female insecurity: integrating the concepts of fear of crime and intimate partner violence , E-BOOK II European Conference on Domestic Violence

Artigo em boletim informativo

• 2020-11-25, Femicídio nas relações de intimidade: da avaliação do risco à efetiva proteção da vida das mulheres, IPHinLAW - Homicídios nas Relações de Intimidade: desafios ao direito

Relatório

• 2026-02-11, Estudo Nacional "Violência no namoro em Portugal: vitimação e conceções juvenis (2026), https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1x0bid8x71oMijN0-P-tZUBIjUCkkFczX?usp=share_link
• 2025-11, Infographic: OMA - Preliminary data on Women Murdered in Portugal - 1st january to 15th november/2025 (Co-author)
• 2025-03-03, VicTory - Restorative and victim-centred approach to mitigate hate and (violent) extremism: Survey Report
• 2025-03-03, VicTory - Restorative and victim-centred approach to mitigate hate and (violent) extremism: Desk Research
• 2025-02-12, Estudo Nacional "Violência no namoro em Portugal: vitimação e conceções juvenis (2025), https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1x0bid8x71oMijN0-P-tZUBIjUCkkFczX?usp=share_link
• 2025-02, Study on Teen Dating Violence 2025 (Estudo Nacional sobre Violência no Namoro 2025)
• 2025, Gender Equality Index 2024 – Tackling violence against women, tackling gender inequalities, external contributor/author listed
• 2024-10, OMA - Preliminary data on Women Murdered in Portugal - 1st january to 15th november /2024
• 2024-02-14, Estudo Nacional "Violência no namoro em Portugal: vitimação e conceções juvenis (2024), https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1x0bid8x71oMijN0-P-tZUBIjUCkkFczX?usp=share_link
• 2023-10, OMA - Preliminary data on Women Murdered in Portugal - 1st january to 15th november /2023
• 2023-02-14, Estudo Nacional de Violência no Namoro da UMAR 2023 [National Report on Dating Violence - UMAR 2023], https://www.cig.gov.pt/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/InfografiaVN_UMAR_2023_Final_Corrigida.pdf
• 2023-02-14, Estudo Nacional "Violência no namoro em Portugal: vitimação e conceções juvenis (2023), https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1x0bid8x71oMijN0-P-tZUBIjUCkkFczX?usp=share_link
• 2023, Improving legal responses to counter femicide in the European Union: Perspectives from victims and professionals
• 2023, Improving Legal Responses to Counter Femicide in the European Union
• 2022-11, OMA - Preliminary data on Women Murdered in Portugal - 1st january to 15th november /2022
• 2022, Relatório final Projeto Social HaterS: Discursos de ódio online entre jovens, http://socialhaters.umarfeminismos.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Relatorio-Final.pdf
• 2022, Discursos de Ódio durante o COVID-19: Prevalência, Dinâmicas e Padrões em Jovens, https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/bitstream/10216/161208/2/683601.pdf
• 2021-11, Preliminary data on Women Murdered in Portugal - 1st january to 15th november / 2021, http://www.umarfeminismos.org/index.php/observatorio-de-mulheres-assassinadas/dados-preliminares-2021
• 2021-09, Final report 2020 - Data on Women Murdered in Portugal, http://www.umarfeminismos.org/index.php/observatorio-de-mulheres-assassinadas/dados-2020
• 2021-02-14, Resultados dos Distritos e das Regiões Autónomas do Estudo Nacional sobre Violência no Namoro de 2020, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1x0bid8x71oMijN0-P-tZUBIjUCkkFczX?usp=share_link
• 2021-02-14, Resultados dos Distritos e das Regiões Autónomas do Estudo Nacional sobre Violência no Namoro 2020, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1x0bid8x71oMijN0-P-tZUBIjUCkkFczX?usp=share_link
• 2021, Comparative report on femicide research and data in five countries: Cyprus, Germany, Malta, Portugal, Spain
• 2021, ATHENA BEGIN - State of Art and Country Background Reserch
• 2020-11-23, Preliminary data on Women Murdered in Portugal - 1st january to 15th november / 2020, http://www.umarfeminismos.org/index.php/observatorio-de-mulheres-assassinadas/dados-preliminares-2020
• 2020-08-31, Femicídios em Portugal durante a pandemia COVID-19
• 2020-08, Femicide in Portugal during the COVID-19 pandemic, http://www.umarfeminismos.org/index.php/component/content/article/15-noticias-e-comunicados/150-observatorio-das-mulheres-assassinadas-oma
• 2020-02-14, National Study on Dating Violence in Portugal, https://www.cig.gov.pt/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/VN_2020_NACIONAL_UMAR.pdf
• 2020-02-14, Estudo Nacional "Violência no namoro em Portugal: vitimação e conceções juvenis (2020), https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1x0bid8x71oMijN0-P-tZUBIjUCkkFczX?usp=share_link
• 2019-01, National Study on Dating Violence in Portugal, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331283903_Estudo_Nacional_sobre_a_Violencia_no_Namoro_-_Portugal2019
• 2019, Physical and psychological punishment against children and educational practices in Portugal , http://www.umarfeminismos.org/images/stories/pdf/ESTUDO_de_Maus_Tratos-2.pdf
• 2018-06-30, Portuguese Country Report about Bystanders' implementation 2018 (EN), https://www.fpce.up.pt/love_fear_power/bystanders/publicacoes/fev_2019/Country_Report_Portugal.pdf
• 2018-02-14, Estudo Nacional "Violência no namoro em Portugal: vitimação e conceções juvenis” (2019), https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1x0bid8x71oMijN0-P-tZUBIjUCkkFczX?usp=share_link
• 2018, Portuguese Country Report about Bystanders' implementation, http://www.bystanders.eu/reports-on-implementation/
• 2013-11-22, INFOGRAFIA Dados preliminares sobre as Mulheres Assassinadas em Portugal 1 janeiro a 15 de novembro de 2023

Manual

• 2026, Observatório de Mulheres Assassinadas da UMAR: Dados de 2025 - 1 de janeiro a 31 de dezembro de 2025
• 2024, Manual de boas práticas para profissionais de educação: Prevenção de estereótipos de género nas escolhas vocacionais e profissionais das/os jovens
• 2023, Manual de Boas Práticas para Profissionais de Educação: Prevenção dos Estereótipos de Género nas Escolhas Vocacionais e Profissionais das/os Jovens
• 2022, Violências e violência de género: Prevenção primária com crianças do jardim de infância e 1.º ciclo: Manual de atividades do ART’THEMIS+, UMAR - União de Mulheres Alternativa e Resposta
• 2022, Prevenção dos Discursos de Ódio Online entre Jovens: guia de boas práticas
• 2020, Violências e violência de género: prevenção primária na escola
• 2019, Preventing sexual harassment in the school context: activity plan and script for sessions / Prevenção do assédio sexual em contexto escolar: Plano de atividades e guião para sessões

Recurso online

• 2026-02, VicTory 2nd Newsletter, https://www.victoryproject.eu/uploads/1/4/4/7/144711219/victory_newsletter_2nd_edition.pdf
• 2026-01, Handbook on Multi-Agency Cooperation in Victims’ Support and Rights: A Focus on Hate and Violent Extremism, Peer-reviewed technical and scientific handbook developed within the framework of an EU-funded project (JUSTICE Programme), validated through an expert review committee process.
• 2022, Booklet for victims of domestic violence and GBV with intellectual disabilities, Co-author
• 2021-02-12, Study on Teen Dating Violence - Results from the Portuguese Districts and Autonomous Regions 2020 (Resultados dos Distritos e das Regiões Autónomas do Estudo Nacional da Violência no Namoro 2020), http://artthemis.umarfeminismos.org/estudos/
• 2021-02-12, Resultados dos Distritos e das Regiões Autónomas do Estudo Nacional da Violência no Namoro 2020 [Study on Teen Dating Violence - Results from the Portuguese Districts and Autonomous Regions 2020], http://artthemis.umarfeminismos.org/estudos/
• 2020-02-14, Study on Teen Dating Violence 2020 (Estudo Nacional sobre Violência no Namoro 2020), https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339273894_Estudo_Nacional_sobre_Violencia_no_Namoro_2020
• 2020-02, Developing Bystanders' Responses to Sexual Harassment Among Young People, https://discoversociety.org/2020/02/05/on-the-frontline-developing-bystanders-responses-to-sexual-harassment-among-young-people/
• 2019-02-14, Study on Teen Dating Violence 2019 (Estudo Nacional sobre a Violência no Namoro 2019), https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331283903_Estudo_Nacional_sobre_a_Violencia_no_Namoro_-_Portugal2019
• 2019-02-14, Estudo Nacional sobre a Violência no Namoro 2019 [Study on Teen Dating Violence 2019], https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331283903_Estudo_Nacional_sobre_a_Violencia_no_Namoro_-_Portugal2019

Artigo em conferência

• Female insecurity: integrating the concepts of fear of crime and intimate partner violence (IPV), II European Conference on Domestic Violence
• Dos tempos da urgência de pensar e agir: educação, cidadania e prevenção da violência de género em Portugal (Coautora), Seminário Internacional Gêneros e Interdisciplinaridades “A práxis da interseccionalidade na contemporaneidade”
• 2019-10, Macrosystem and women's fear of crime in intimate relations: an integrated model, 19th World Congress of Criminology

Resumo em conferência

• 2026-04, Constraining democracy: gender-based violence against politically active women, 4º Congresso Internacional de Ciência Política e Relações Internacionais - IV CICPRI - UFP 2026
• 2025-12-11, Digital Violence: Exploring the Impact of AI on Gender-Based Violence, International Conference on AI Research
• 2025-12-07, AI and sexual violence against women: critical perspectives on gender, power, and victimisation, International Congress on Gender Studies in the Digital Era
• 2025-10, Examining victim support in Europe: main challenges and perceptions of legal frameworks effectiveness among support professionals, Congresso Internacional de Criminologia, Vitimologia e Justiça
• 2025-10, Barriers to Exiting Abusive Relationships: Insecurity Experiences Among Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence in Portugal and Brazil, International Congress – Criminology, Victimology, and Justice (ICCVJ25)
• 2025-09, Assessing gaps in supporting victims of hate and violent extremism: findings from an european survey, Annual European Society of Criminology (ESC) conference
• 2025-04, Invisible victims of femicide: lived-experiences of pain an injustice in the criminal justice system, ICGR25, International Conference on Gender Research
• 2023-10, Cycle of Violence as a Cycle of Fear: Narratives of Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence, Annual conference of the Criminology Consortium
• 2023, Women’s fear and intimate partner violence: impacts of victimisation, 23st Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology (EUROCRIM)
• 2022, Fear of intimate partner violence: victims' perspectives on available support, Event: 17th International Symposium of the World Society of Victimology
• 2022, Breaking the cycle of fear: the role of children on women’s decision to leave an abusive relationship, I Gender, Education and Prevention
• 2021-09, Fear of intimate partner violence: narratives of women victims of violence, 21st Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology
• 2021, Women's fear of crime and the role of intimate partner violence, 10th International Conference on Victim Assistance - Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences e Jindal Global University
• 2019-07, Fear of crime and femicide: conceptual and empirical approach / Medo do crime e femicídio: aproximações conceptuais e empíricas, II Congresso Internacional do CIEG - Estudos de Género, Feministas e sobre as Mulheres: Reflexividade, resistência e ação
• 2018-12, The Bystanders project: preventing sexual harassment in the school environment and implications "in the worlds" of work /O projeto Bystanders: prevenção de assédio sexual em ambiente escolar e implicações «nos mundos» do trabalho, Conferência Internacional “Mulheres, Mundos do Trabalho e Cidadania – Diferentes Olhares, Outras Perspetivas
• 2018-10, What are women afraid of? Reflections on women and fear of crime in Brazil / Elas têm medo de quê? Reflexões sobre as mulheres e o medo do crime no Brasil, International Conference on Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence - victims, perpetrators and bystanders
• 2018-05, Fear of Crime and Intimate Partner Violence in Brazil, XXXIV Postgraduate Course on Victimology, Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice
• 2018-01, Macro-system and fear of crime in intimate relations: contributions to a multilevel analysis in Brazilian context, Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto – IJUP

Poster em conferência

• 2026-05, VicTory: Restorative and victim-centred approach to mitigate hate and (violent) extremism, Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto – IJUP
• 2026-05, Assessing Child-Friendly Justice in Portugal, CHILD Final Conference: Towards a Child-Friendly Justice
• 2025-09, Implementing a restorative and victim-centred approach to mitigate hate and (violent) extremism across EU: Insights from the VicTory project, Annual European Society of Criminology Conference (EUROCRIM)
• 2025, Estudo Nacional sobre Violência no Namoro, Mostra de Projetos na Semana de Criminologia na Universidade da Maia

Outra produção

• 2025-05-19, Poster "Estudo Nacional sobre Violência no Namoro" | "Poster: National Study on Dating Violence"