Bárbara Alves

has a degree in Political Science and International Relations from Nova University of Lisbon. She is interested in human rights issues, urban anthropology and culture. Her engagement in investigative journalism to date has focused on issues of homelessness in Copenhagen.

Articles

Cover for: Parallel societies

Denmark’s neglected areas of urban social housing are up for regeneration. But Copenhagen’s demographic diversification plans threaten to ostracize the very communities ghettoized within the city’s ‘imaginary borders’ – immigrants fear expulsion at the hands of gentrification.