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Eva Raquel Xavier de Melo Gil Chaves
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Economics, Social and Business Sciences
Lusofona University
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Eva Chaves holds a Bachelor's degree in Social Work from the Portuguese Catholic University (Braga), a Master's degree in Psychology of Justice and Deviant Behaviour from the Portuguese Catholic University (Porto), a PhD in Psychology of Justice from Fernando Pessoa University (2013), and a PhD in Social Work (2023) from the University of Coimbra and the Portuguese Catholic University.
She has been an Assistant Professor at Universidade Lusófona – University Centre of Porto since 2018 and is a researcher at INTREPID Lab, a research hub integrated into CETRAD – Centre for Transdisciplinary Development Studies.
Her main research topics include social work, criminal justice, social reintegration, community service, restorative justice, prison and post-prison intervention, children exposed to domestic violence, victimisation, and social inclusion.
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Articles:
Duarte, Vera; Eva Chaves. (2026). Obstáculos à Reinserção Social em Portugal: perceções de pessoas privadas de liberdade e pro-fissionais de Reinserção Social,. DILEMAS.
Chaves, E., & Almeida, C. D. de. (2025). Community service. Emancipação.