Associate Professor at Universidade Aberta Coordinator of the Extension of the Centre for Functional Ecology (CFE), University of Coimbra at Universidade Aberta Coordinator of the Research Group Societies and Environmental Sustainability at CFE/University of Coimbra Fátima Alves has a PhD in Sociology and is Associate Professor at Universidade Aberta, where she has been teaching since 2000, at the Department of Social Sciences and Management, Section of Social Sciences and Sociology Disciplinary Group and where she teaches curricular units of the Scientific Area of Sociology and Social Sciences, mainly linked to the areas and themes of the research she develops. She has coordinated for several years the Degree in Social Sciences, the Master in Intercultural Relations and the PhD in Intercultural Relations. She is currently Vice-Coordinator of the PhD in Intercultural Relations. During her 32 years of experience as a professor in higher education she has collaborated with 18 national and international universities and polytechnics. She is currently a senior researcher at the Centre for Functional Ecology, Science for People & the Planet, at the University of Coimbra (CFE-UC), where she created and coordinates the Research Group Societies and Environmental Sustainability, linked to the Open University through its Extension, which she also coordinates. It is a multidisciplinary group which includes more than 60 researchers and collaborators, including post-graduate students (masters and doctoral) and visiting researchers, from different areas of social sciences, ecology and environmental sciences. Its scientific production reflects the concern to articulate the different disciplinary perspectives that emphasize the complementary and interdependent dimensions of the socio-ecological phenomena, sustainability and health, as well as to deepen the contribution of social studies. In addition to the central thematic areas in which she has developed her research between health and the environment, there are dimensions that cross these areas, such as, for example, the socio-ecological relationships, the knowledge-power relationships, where lay rationalities are situated, governamentality, interdisciplinarity, interculturalities and the challenges to e-learning. She has more than 140 publications in articles, books and book chapters, 83 publications in proceedings and 97 technical studies and other publications. She participates in the coordination of 21 research projects (international and national) funded, 5 of them being H2020 EU, and integrates the research team in more than 13 funded projects. She has given more than 86 papers at conferences and seminars by invitation, has been part of 72 scientific committees of national and international events and is part of the editorial board of 4 journals, 3 of them being relevant internationally. She has supervised dozens of MSc and PhD theses, more than 38 MSc theses completed and 12 PhDs completed. Supervises/ed 8 post-doctoral. Finally, it is worth mentioning the work developed throughout the whole path of cooperation for development and the performance of coordination positions and other relevant activities for the mission of the University. She is a member of several national and international research networks and belongs to the Scientific Council of the UNESCO Chair in Biodiversity and Conservation for Sustainable Development, University of Coimbra.