ana thudichum vasconcelos is an Associate Professor with Aggregation at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, where she develops research in Design Thinking, Education, and Crafts, with a particular focus on the application of co-design, collaboration, and Design Thinking methods for the training of non-designers. Her work is situated within the broader fields of design for social innovation and service design, in which she has authored and co-authored several scientific publications. She holds a PhD in Design from Politecnico di Milano (2008) with the dissertation Future Food Towards Sustainable Food Pattern, a research project on sustainable food networks and new models of food distribution and consumption based on Design Thinking processes. At the University of Lisbon, she teaches in the PhD program in Fine Arts, the PhD program in Sustainability Sciences, the Master’s program in Design for Sustainability (D4S), and the Bachelor’s program in Equipment Design. She was the author and coordinator of the Master’s Degree in Design for Sustainability (2020/21), developed in partnership with several University of Lisbon schools (Faculty of Architecture, Faculty of Sciences, Lisbon School of Economics and Management, and the Institute of Social Sciences). She also conceived and coordinated the postgraduate program in Service Design for Sustainable Business (SD4SB, 2022/23), leading its design, structure, and implementation. Since December 2022, she has served as President of the CIEBA Research Center, the largest R&D unit in arts and design in Portugal, with more than 400 researchers, including over 100 integrated members. Under her presidency, CIEBA secured €1,700,000 in funding for the 2025–2029 period. In the same year, she also became a member of the Curatorial Council of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon. Her academic leadership extends further as a member of the scientific committee of the PhD program in Sustainability Sciences (since 2016) and of the PhD program in Fine Arts (since 2020) at the University of Lisbon. She also actively contributes to several international and national scientific and artistic committees, including Ar Líquido magazine, UD – Doctoral Meeting in Design, Cross Media Art (2024, 2025), Learn X Design (2025), SEEDS – Means for Sustainable Art Practice, EIMAD – International Meeting of Research in Music, Art, and Design, and the X Symposium on Sustainable Design (World to Come). Beyond academia, her curatorial and cultural contributions include participation in the Young Design Generation Exhibition at MUDE – Lisbon Design Museum (2025) and involvement in artistic residencies at the Convento Workshops (2024).