Susana Mourato Alves-Jesus has a PhD in History, specialization of Contemporary History, from the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Lisbon (FCT scholarship holder), with a thesis concerning "Human Rights in Portugal: Representations and Dissensions Between History and Utopia (1755-1867)". She has also a degree in Classical Languages and Literatures from the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Lisbon, and a Master's degree in Classical Studies, specializing in Comparative Literature, by the same School, with a thesis about the apocryphal text of the Old Testament "Joseph and Aseneth", which resulted in a book. Vice president of the board of the European Institute of Cultural Sciences Padre Manuel Antunes (IECCPMA) and Editorial Coordinator of Theya Publishers/IECCPMA. Currently, she is also a post-doctoral researcher of the Centre for Global Studies at the Aberta University, where she participates in several ongoing projects, and where she coordinates the research area "Human Rights, Citizenship and Globalization". In this field, she has presented several communications in national and international scientific meetings. She has contributed with original research in the field of Human Rights for various publications (namely papers and book chapters), as well as participated in dissemination and training sessions on this theme. She has actively participated also in various research projects, resulting in reference works in their respective fields. She has a broad experience in the organization of scientific events, and has participated in more than thirty international congresses, as a member of executive and organizing committees as well as their executive secretariats. Currently she is also project manager (on a voluntary basis) of the "Dignipédia Global: Systematize, Deepen and Defend Human Rights in Globalization Context" (EEA Grants - Active Citizens Fund | Programa Cidadãos Ativ@s - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation/Bissaya Barreto Foundation).