Sara Matos

Sara Matos is a Researcher at the University of Minho, holding a PhD in Sociology (2020). Her work focuses on the intersection of data protection, surveillance, and privacy rights, particularly analyzing transnational DNA profiling under the Prüm system. She explores ethical, scientific, and legal dimensions of genetic data use in criminal justice contexts.

Her doctoral thesis, "To monitor and/or to protect?": Challenges of protecting genetic data in the fight against crime under the Prüm system, examines how professional groups in genetics, ethics, and justice systems navigate privacy concerns. She is affiliated with research platforms like CECS (Centro de Estudos em Comunicação e Sociedade) and contributes to initiatives in Strategic Communication, Organizations and Territories, as well as Culture, Arts and Communities.