Inês Alves Ferreira is a research assistant at CIS-IUL (Center for Research and Social Intervention) at ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa.
Inês holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Systemic Psychology and her research interests include community development and intervention issues, and people-environment studies (namely within residential contexts). During her Master she was part of community development projects working with multicultural communities in disadvantaged areas. Her thesis focused on perceived insecurity and residential satisfaction among residents of a disadvantaged neighbourhood in Lisbon. She has also worked as a research assistant in environmental psychology at Lund University, participating in several research projects on human perception and interaction with environmental factors in outdoor and indoor environments.