Dr. Britta Baumgarten is a researcher at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-UIL) and invited professor at IPPS Lisbon, Portugal. She focuses on Portuguese social movements against austerity in a transnational perspective and leads the project cooperation: “New modes of political participation” between CIES-UIL and the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Dr. Baumgarten is the author of  the recent articles “The Children of the Carnation Revolution? Connections between Portugal’s Anti-Austerity Movements and the Revolutionary Period,” and “Public Participation and Social Movement Research: Connecting Perspectives to Gain Broader, Sharper, and More Innovative Insights.” For more details on Dr. Baumgarten’s work, visit her website.