Ph.D. in Sociology (Universidade de Évora, 2008), M.Sc. in Communication, Culture and Information Technologies (ISCTE-IUL, 2000) and B.A. in Sociology (ISCTE-IUL, 1995). Currently, Filipe is Coordinating Professor and Coordinator of the master's degree in Audiovisual and Multimedia at ESCS - School of Communication and Media Studies (Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon) and Invited Associated Professor at NOVA IMS. He has taught at graduate and post-graduate levels since 1996 in several institutions, including the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, in Warsaw (2016-2018 and 2023), University of Lisbon (2005-2013), Portuguese Catholic University (2000-2003), Lusíada University (1996-2001) and Lusófona University (1996-1997), besides ESCS (since 1998). His main area of expertise is sociology, mostly focusing on the relation and the interfaces between society, technology, communication, participation, and innovation. Filipe is the author or co-author of dozens of publications, including articles in journals indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar, ranked in the Scimago Journal Rank, and chapters published by Routledge and Springer. He has been involved in research projects at national and international level, including the coordination, as Principal Investigator, of a project funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, between 2018 and 2019. Filipe is Vice-President of the Lisbon Institute of Media and Communication, since 2014. He supervised 19 completed master's theses. He integrates the Editorial Board of Texto Livre - Linguagem e Tecnologia (indexed in Scopus and Scimago JR Q2) and has refereed more than 30 papers, articles, and chapters, including Q1 and Q2 publications. Filipe has been collaborating as an external expert, since 2015, with the European Commission in the evaluation of proposals and ongoing Horizon 2020 projects for the European Research Executive Agency and for the European Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, comprising a total amount of more than 150 million euros, in proposals and ongoing projects. He has also collaborated with other institutions in research evaluation panels, such as the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation and the University of Coimbra. Filipe collaborated with several institutions, as expert or adviser, including the Portuguese Parliament and the Lisbon Regional Coordination and Development Commission (CCDR LVT). He also collaborates with entrepreneurship initiatives, participating in the National Business Mentors Network, an initiative by the Portuguese Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (IAPMEI), since 2013. He was Managing Director of the Óbidos Technology Park and its business incubators, a joint venture between the Óbidos Municipality, University of Lisbon, University of Coimbra, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, and other stakeholders, between 2008 and 2012. Between 1998 and 2002 he was co-founder and CEO for Data Crítica, a market research company. Between 2000 and 2002 he was co-founder and Research Director of Netsonda, the first Portuguese company specialized in online research. Filipe managed research, in these years, for a diverse group of institutions, including the Portuguese Parliament, National Tourism Office, Lisbon Tourism Office, Lisbon Municipality, national news media, communication groups, FMCG companies, financial sector, and consulting firms such as McKinsey, Deloitte, Capgemini or Mercer Management Consulting. Between 1996 and 1997 he was Marketing Manager for Medipress, now integrated into the Impresa Media Group.