Andreia Pereira has been a PhD candidate in Tourism, Heritage and Territory at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra since 2019 and is currently in the final stages of her doctoral studies. In the same year, she completed a Master’s degree in Tourism Management at the School of Technology and Management of Viseu, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu. She previously obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Organisational Communication from the Coimbra School of Education in 2016. Her doctoral research focuses on international tourists’ perceptions of physical risk in Portuguese cities, examining their implications for tourist behavior and the management of urban destinations. Her most recent research interests include urban tourism, safe cities, perceptions of physical risk, and crime. She also conducts research on academic success, health, and well-being in connection with her current professional responsibilities. She has participated in three funded scientific projects as a research fellow and in one project as a researcher. The three funded projects were developed within the Centre for Studies in Education and Innovation (CI&DEI) and the Centre for Research in Education, Technologies, and Health (CI&DETS), both associated with the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu. In this context, she contributed to research activities in the fields of wine tourism, cultural tourism, education, health, and well-being. Throughout her academic career, she has been involved in multidisciplinary research and has authored or co-authored articles published in scientific journals and several book chapters. She has also presented papers at national and international conferences and served on the scientific and organizing committees of academic events. Her academic and scientific work has received seven awards and distinctions. She has teaching experience in higher education as an invited assistant. During the 2019/2020 academic year, she taught the tourism course unit in the Higher Professional Technical Course in Gastronomy, Tourism, and Well-being at the School of Agriculture of the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu. During the 2025/2026 academic year, she served as an invited assistant for the Principles of Tourism course unit in the Bachelor’s degree in Tourism, Cultural, and Heritage Management at the School of Technology and Management of Lamego. Since 2024, she has worked as a senior officer at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu’s Research Support Office, funded by UICISA: E – Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing, based at the Viseu School of Health. Her responsibilities include monitoring projects funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), supporting the preparation of applications for competitive funding calls, assisting with the submission of scientific articles, and providing technical support for the development of research projects.