PhD Fashion Lusófona – DESIGN ID research Group Coordinator
Full Professor and Researcher at the School of Communication, Architecture, Art and Information Technologies of the Lusófona University since 202. Researcher at Applied Communication, Culture and New Technologies (CICANT). PhD in Textile Engineering – Design Management, at the University of Minho in December 2009. Master’s degree in art theory at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon and a degree in Visual and Technological Education, Primary School Teachers, at the School of Education of the Castelo Branco Polytechnic Institute, in 1999. Undertook international training in Art Direction for Fashion at Central Saint Martin’s – University of the Arts London. Lecturer in the areas of Design, Fashion Design and Photography since 1999. Currently, director of the BA and MA in Fashion Design and Production at U, Lusófona – Lisbon and Porto. Has coordinated several initiatives around Fashion, namely the organization of Fashion Shows, both at the academic level and at the professional level with several national designers in the main fashion weeks. Her line of research is directed towards Fashion Design – Production, Fashion Photography and Editorial, Contemporary Fashion Design, Cultural heritage and sustainability in fashion.