Sílvia Silva is a member of the Thematic Line 'Urban Cultures, Sociabilities and Participation' at CES and executive coordinator of the CREATOUR Observatory - Observatory on culture and tourism for local development. Currently she is a researcher in the H2020 project UNCHARTED: Understanding, Capturing and Fostering the Societal Value of Culture" (2020-2024). Sílvia holds a degree in Sociology from the Faculty of Economics of University of Coimbra, institution where she obtained her master's degree in Cities and Urban Cultures with the dissertation "A recepção dos públicos da cultura: uma abordagem sobre os modos de recepção dos públicos d'A Escola da Noite" [The reception of cultural audiences: an approach on the modes of reception of A Escola da Noite audiences]. She also has a Diploma of Doctoral Studies (frequency of PhD course in Sociology), with the defended/approved thesis project "Qualified Portuguese emigration: identity, expectations and mobility strategies of cultural and creative professionals". She held several research activities, in cooperation with public and private entities. Her last project was CREATOUR - Creative Tourism Destination Development in Small Cities and Rural Areas, where she was the Research Manager, directly collaborating with the research centers and the different entities from public and private sectors, culture, tourism and local development. Her main research interest issues are cities and urban cultures, cultural policies and practices; creative tourism; skilled migration/mobilities; and higher education.