I am Associate Professor of Sociology at the Institute for Social Sciences, University of Minho (Braga, Portugal). Member of the AIDA Social Sciences Research Network (Artificial Intelligence, Data & Algorithms), I am currently interested in exploring ethics and public engagement in the societal governance of artificial intelligence's applications, with a focus on emergent and controversial uses in human reproduction. While these technological and bioscientific innovations circulate before widespread real-life applications, activities of future-casting stand out. I ask: What are the trajectories that shape scientific revolution, from fiction to acceptable and feasible science? What concept of future healthcare is being created and disseminated? Until what extent is this future contested? How do social values related to ethics frame what is considered desirable for the future of AIDA mediated health? After the completion of my PhD in 2008, I have been continuously involved in interdisciplinary research, crossing boundaries between sociology, social studies of science and technology, and empirical ethics. During this period, I have written extensively about people-centered health policy and integrated care in socio-technical environments, with a focus on: willingness to donate gametes and embryos for research and for reproduction; parental knowledge and needs in neonatal intensive care units; and public involvement in health governance. I coordinated the work of social and health scientists researching collaboratively on the societal and ethical challenges emerging from the uses of disruptive technologies, mobilizing multi- and mixed-methods research to foster safe, responsible and trustworthy health technologies and to reduce social inequalities. In addition, a strong involvement in cross-disciplinary international research networks (e.g. Solidarity in times of a pandemic - chair: Barbara Prainsack, Austria; Biosocial birth cohorts - chair: Sahra Gibbons, UK, funded by Wellcome Trust), coupled with the engagement of international consultants in my funded projects, facilitated collaboration with internationally-leading counterparts regarding joint dissemination and outreach activities targeted to international audiences. Finally, I have made major contributions to my institutions in terms of developing new curricula, and teaching and supervising young researchers. The international and national recognition of my work is well documented in the capacity to attract highly competitive research funds, and in the relevant track record of publications in leading international peer-reviewed journals under the first-last-author-emphasis scheme. My unique societal and scientific contributions are also evidenced by invited positions and appointments (e.g. Council of Ethics - Portuguese Sociological Association, and an invitation to participate in the surveillance project promoted by the International Federation of Fertility Societies in 2019), and delivery of plenary talks by invitation.