Miguel Cameira graduated in Psychology in 1981, concluded a Master's in Social Psychology in 1997, and a Ph.D. in Psychology
in 2005. All degrees were concluded at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Porto. He first
worked as a psychologist in a special education center, assisting several new services aimed at socially integrating intellectual
development-challenged children and adults. He then worked at the Institute of Social Reintegration of the Ministry of Justice,
where he led a reintegration team for three years. At the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University
of Porto, he has taught several courses on the social psychology field, methodology, and data analysis and supervised several
Master’s theses. His research has focused on theoretical topics, such as social identity, stereotypes, intergroup relations,
and group processes, namely reactions to intragroup deviance. His applied research has focused on discrimination against social
groups. Drawing on his past professional experience, he has also supervised research tackling social reintegration of inmates,
juvenile delinquency, and drug addiction topics. He has collaborated in several works on gender discrimination, the associated
violent behavior, and in the context of the Justice and Penal systems. Finally, he gave methodological and data analysis assistance
to works in the occupational health field.