Orquídea Moreira Ribeiro completed an Aggregation in Cultural Sciences, a PhD in Humanities and Social Sciences (Culture) in 2006 from the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, an MA in Anglo-American Studies in 1996 from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon and a degree in Modern Languages and Literatures - English and German Studies in 1989 from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Porto. She is an Associate Professor with Aggregation in Cultural Sciences at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vice-Director of the Doctoral Programme in Cultural Sciences at UTAD, Vice-Chairman of the Scientific Council of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at UTAD, Director of the Ba in Culture and Digital Transformation and Director of the Master's Programme in Cultural Sciences at UTAD. She has published over 25 articles in specialised journals, 17 book chapters and 1 book. Organised 29 events. Participated in 64 events. Supervised 10 doctoral theses. Supervised 30 master's dissertations. She works in the field of Social Sciences with an emphasis on Other Social Sciences. In her professional activities, she has interacted with 10 collaborators in co-authoring scientific papers. In her Ciência Vitae CV, the most frequent terms used to contextualise her scientific, technological and artistic-cultural production are: culture; identity; memory; representation; colonialism; women; post-colonialism; cultural diversity; multiculturalism; cultural identity; Mia Couto; Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa; Portuguese colonial empire; sustainable culture; street art.