Gilda Santos holds a PhD (2021), a Master's (2015) and a Bachelor's degree (2012) in Criminology from the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto. As part of her PhD, she developed a research project focused on the scientific evaluation of early developmental prevention programs and was awarded a doctoral scholarship from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (SFRH/BD/129509/2017). In 2023, Gilda Santos became an Assistant Professor in Criminology at the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto - School of Criminology. As part of her research activities, Gilda Santos is a researcher at the CIJ - Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Justice, based at the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto, carrying out scientific research in the field of criminology, with a special focus on the areas of juvenile delinquency, experimental criminology and developmental criminology and prevention, particularly concerning the development, implementation and evaluation of intervention and prevention programmes for antisocial behaviour aimed at children and young people. She has also participated in several research projects and scientific meetings, both national and international, and has several publications in the field of criminology. Since 2014, Gilda Santos is the General Secretary of AICLP - International Association of Portuguese Language Criminology.


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