As a researcher, she began her work with Pedro Vieira de Almeida in 1996, in the field of architectural theory and criticism, being an affiliated researcher of Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo (CEAA) since 1999, of which she was Director between 2003 and 2010. Her main research has been focusing on vernacular architecture as a source of ‘genuine’ information for further approaches in the field of architectural research (housing typologies, rural habitat, Modern Movement, regionalism, identities), since her participation in the research project The ‘Popular Architecture in Portugal’. A Critical Look (2010-2013)