Carla Manuela Teixeira de Carvalho obtained her PhD in Accounting from the University of Aveiro and University of Minho in 2015. She has a Master's degree in Accounting and Auditing from the Aberta University since 2004, a Degree in Accounting and Auditing from the Higher Institute of Accounting and Administration of the University of Aveiro (ISCA-UA) since 1999 and a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Administration from ISCA-UA since 1995. She is Coordinator Professor and Director of the Master's Degree in Accounting (Audit and Taxation branches) at ISCA-UA, Vice-president of the School Council of ISCA-UA, member of the Editorial Board of UA Editora and member of the Council for Quality and Evaluation of ISCA-UA. She is Full Researcher at GOVCOPP-University of Aveiro and member of the Board of the Portuguese Accounting Research Network (GRUDIS). She is President of the College of Financial Accounting Specialty of the Order of Certified Accountants (OCC) and substitute member of the General Board of the Accounting Standardization Commission (CNC). She has published 12 articles in specialized journals, 1 book chapter and 3 books. She organized 28 events. She supervised 1 doctoral thesis and 29 master's theses and co-supervised 1. She received 4 prize(s) and/or honors. She works in the area of social sciences with an emphasis on accounting. Her research areas are: financial and non-financial reporting; quality of financial information; national and international accounting standardization; corporate governance; intellectual capital, intangible assets and goodwill; and accounting profession and education.