Full Professor in Design at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon (FA/ULisboa); PhD and MSc from the University of Salford, United Kingdom, in Built Environment; PhD from the Technical University of Lisbon in Architecture, Specialization in Visual Communication; Post-Doctorate from the University of Salford in Visual Communication Design, Inclusive Design and Colour; President of CIAUD - Research Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Design; Coordinator of the Design Scientific Area, Coordinator of the Masters in Design and Coordinator of the PhD degree in Design at FA/ULisboa; Coordinator of the panel for the doctorate and post-doctorate Scholarships in Design, Architecture and Urbanism at FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology of Portugal); International consultant for CNPq - National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Brazil; Honorary Researcher at SURFACE - Inclusive Design Research Centre, UK; Co-coordinator of the International PhD degree in Design and Innovation, with the overall coordination of the University of Naples, Italy; Member of the General Council of the University of Lisbon; External Examiner at the University of Salford, UK; Visiting Professor at several foreign universities, including the UNESP, USP, Mackenzie, the Federal Universities of Uberlândia and São Luis (Brazil); the University of Naples and Milan (Italy); Supervisor of several Master Dissertations and PhD theses; Member of Scientific Committees of several international scientific journals; Coordination and participation in various scientific research projects, many of them funded by the FCT or the European Union; Lecturer and keynote speaker in various national and international entities; Publications in scientific journals with peer review, several book chapters and three books.