Marta Santos is a researcher in work psychology, a member of the Centre for Psychology at the University of Porto and an associate professor at the University of Porto. Her main research interests are in the relationship between work, health and training. She currently designs and implements action-research projects in companies on topics such as the reconstruction of career paths, the recognition of prior learning and the return to work after accidents, with particular attention to the design of instruments that support analyses in this domain. She is involved in a critically analysis of inclusion and exclusion processes at the workplace, for example, according to age groups, gender, and turning points in the career path due to health problems and work restructuring resulting from the introduction of new technologies. She is also member of the Direction of Laboreal, an international and interdisciplinary academic journal that publishes papers (in Portuguese and Spanish) focusing on the real work activity.