Sónia Frias is an anthropologist, with a postgraduate degree in Social and Economic Development in Africa, from the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE), a master's degree in Intercultural Relations, from the Open University, and a PhD in Social Sciences, in the specialty of Cultural Anthropology, from the Instituto Superior of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP). She has coordinated and led several research teams, participated in several projects, seminars and international conferences, as well as published in several scientific journals. Currently, she is Assistant Professor at ISCSP and researcher at CEsA / ISEG – University of Lisbon.
Anthropology; African Studies; Sociology; Gender and Development.
FRIAS, S. (2019). “Apontamento em torno do conceito de Bairro: um olhar sobre os bairros de Maputo”. Menezes, Marluci and Smaniotto Costa, Carlos (Eds.). Neighbourhood & City - Between digital and analogue perspectives | Bairro & Cidade - Entre perspetivas digitais e analógicas. CyberParks Project. Series Culture and Territory (3) pp. 221-234. Lisbon: Edições Universitárias Lusófona. ISBN 978-989-757-077-3.
FRIAS, S. & UDELSMANN, C. (2018). “Private condominiums in Luanda: more than just the safety of walls, a new way of living”. Social Dynamics. DOI: 10.1080/02533952.2018.1487750
FRIAS, S. (2017). “Mulheres em contextos subsarianos. Breve nota sobre os seus mundos e as suas Circunstâncias”, in Falar de Mulheres. Dez anos depois. No Centenário do Conselho Nacional das Mulheres Portuguesas. V. N. de Famalicão: Húmus, pp. 233-244 (ISBN: 978-989-755-245-8).
UDELSMANN RODRIGUES, C.; FRIAS, S. (2016). “Between the City Lights and the Shade of Exclusion: post-war accelerated urban transformation of Luanda. Angola”. Urban Forum. 27(2), pp. 129-147.
FRIAS, S. (2014). “Resistência e Mudança no Mercado Sucupira: desafios laborais e estratégias associativas das rabidantes”. Revista Angolana de Sociologia, 14, pp. 77-90.
