Sarita Mota has been an integrated researcher at Iscte-IUL since 2012, initially joining the Center for Studies in Contemporary History of Portugal (CEHCP, 2012-2014) and then CIES-Iscte (2015-2018) as a postdoctoral fellow at the Foundation for Science and Technology (Ref. SFRH/BPD/80189/2011). From November 1, 2018, to October 31, 2024, she held an employment contract with CIES-Iscte under the Transitional Rule DL57/16. At CIES-Iscte, she is part of the research group Historical Dynamics and Global Integration of the World and leads the project Land, Power and Territorialities in Portuguese America (16th-19th centuries) as well as the ongoing seminar Cities & Empires: Local Dynamics, Global Flows. She also lectures on Environmental History in the Master's Seminars on Modern and Contemporary History. Since 2018, she has been an invited professor in the Master's in Brazilian Studies, coordinated by the FLUL and ICS of the University of Lisbon, and in the PhD Program in History at Salgado de Oliveira University. She also collaborated with various Brazilian universities. She supervises master's dissertations, postdoctoral students, visiting researchers, and participates in examination committees. Her research examines the intersections between History and Law, focusing on the administration of justice in Portuguese America and Brazil as a nation, addressing issues of land tenure, property rights, environment, and criminal codification. She has published extensively in these areas, contributing to books, thematic dossiers, and international journals. She co-edited 5 books: Land, Power, and Wealth: Studies on the Formation of Agrarian Societies in Southeast Brazil, 18th-19th centuries (Schettini, V.; Malaquias, C.,2024); The Land and its Historians: Lessons in Agrarian History in Latin America (Secreto, V.; Christillino, C., 2023); Criminalities, Law, and Justice in the Iberian World (Subtil, J.;Atallah, C., 2022); and Portuguese Colonial Cities: Local Dynamics, Global Flows, c.1500-1900 (Atallah, C.; Dominguez, R., 2022), and Mining, Water, and Territory: Social Conflicts and Environmental Injustices (Gazzinelli, J; Sarmet, G., forthcoming). Mota has an interdisciplinary background that includes a PhD in Social Sciences (UFRRJ, 2009), with a specialization in Development, Agriculture, and Society, as well as a doctoral internship (UNQ/Argentina). She also holds a PhD in Modern and Contemporary History (2018) from Iscte, with the title obtained by equivalency, specializing in Society and Economy, Politics, and Citizenship. Her academic qualifications further include a BA in History (UERJ, 1996), an MA in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature (UERJ, 1998), and an MA in Social Sciences with a concentration in Urban Studies (UERJ, 2001). Additionally, she has academic training in Law (UNIMSB, 1988-1990) and UFRRJ (2010-2011). She has served as PI and a member of multiple projects funded by CAPES, CNPq, FAPERJ, Action-Aid/Brazil, Mincyt (Argentina), FCT, and ERC, most notably the project Rebellion and Resistance in the Iberian Empires, 16th-19th centuries (RESISTANCE-778076-H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017). She has completed secondments in various cities in Brazil, as well as in Argentina, Chile, Cape Verde, and Portugal. She is affiliated with the research groups Justices and Iberian Empires of the Old Regime (CNPq/UFF) and Politics, Society, and Economy of Brazil in the Long 19th Century (CNPq/UNIVERSO). She organized 30+ conferences and seminars, and contributed more then 20 book chapters, 25 conference papers, and numerous entries in academic dictionaries, including the e-Dictionary of Land and Territory in the Portuguese Empire, Rebellions in the Early Modern Iberian World, and the Lexicon of Resistance in the Iberian Empires, 1500-1850. Additionally, she has served as an ad hoc reviewer for 17 journals (Q1-Q2) across Brazil, Chile, Spain, the United States, and Portugal.