Emília Rodrigues Araújo holds a PhD in Sociology. She is Associate Professor at the Universidade do Minho,. She was ICS representative at the Doctoral College of the UM of the Universidade do Minho and now Director of the Doctoral Programme in Sociology at the Universidade do Minho. She has done research on Time, Science and Technology Studies and Gender. She participates in several international research networks on time, science and academia. She has participated and developed activities related to participatory approaches to organisational change in academia. Throughout her career she has supervised research work related to time uses and representations, as well as on the relationships between political decision-making and responsible innovation for better well being. He is interested in the debate on time uses and valorizations and is a member of several research associations. Lately, she has been studying effects of covid 19 pandemic, namely in the context of Higher Education Instituions. Along with a specif project concerning the experiences of pandemic, she has been coordinating a project (Check It He), concering violence and hate in Higher Education Campuses.