Dr. Tamara Candela studied at the University of Hamburg and earned her doctorate in sociology from the Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology (University of Bielefeld). In 2022, she co-founded the anti-feminicide network in Hamburg. Since then, she has conducted research and published on femicide and violence against women*, and leads seminars at universities as well as workshops and other courses. She co-authored the research article "Making the Invisible Visible: Forms and Characteristics of Femicides in Hamburg" with Tabea Louis, published in the Open Gender Journal in 2025. She also works at StoP – Neighborhoods Without Partner Violence and holds a research position on femicide at the Hamburg State Women's Council.
