Teresa Franqueira, Associate Professor at the University of Aveiro, is a designer and has a PhD degree in Industrial Design and Multimedia Communication (2009) at Politecnico di Milano. She is the International Coordinator of DESIS Network – Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability and Member of the Executive Board of Cumulus Association (a global association of Design and Art Schools). She is also member of several scientific committees in national and international Design Conferences and jury of international design competitions. She teaches across Europe and Asia and has been the local coordinator of Erasmus + projects for social innovation, circular economy and sustainability. Teresa has been invited as a keynote speaker in national and international conferences and has organise several workshops worldwide (Italy, Portugal, Sweden, UK, Finland, Brazil, China, Turkey, Cambodja, Thailand, Myanmar, Malasia, among others). She has been supervising PhD and Master students within the topics of Design for Social Innovation, Design for Sustainability, Product Design and Service Design.