Lia Maldonado Teles de Vasconcelos. Lia Vasconcelos, PhD in Environmental Engineering – Social Systems (1997); MCP - Master in Community Planning (1982), University of Rhode Island, USA; Arquitect, 1977, Lisbon High School of Beaux-Arts (Escola Superior de Belas-Artes). Presently, Professor in the Sciences and Environmental Engineering Department of the NOVA School of Technology, of the New University of Lisbon, and researcher at MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, where she coordinates the Thematic Line 7 – Governance and Literacy. She focus her research in innovative decision-making processes and new forms of collaborative governance in public policy for sustainability and the environment. She has coordinated several PROJECTS, namely: a. the Socio-Territorial Participatory Process of Cova da Moura in the context of the experimental government Program Critical Neighborhood Initiative of our Secretary of State of Land Use and the Cities, an unique experience within the area of governance, in a self-built neighborhood, recognized by the Citizenship and Territory Project – Local Sustainable Development Project funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation as having Public Participation Significative Practices. b. MARGov Project – development of a model of collaborative governance for marine protected areas (2008-2011) funded by the Prize of the Prize of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Lisbon Oceanarium : Sustainable Governance of the Oceans. This project aimed the development of a collaborative model of governance for marine protected areas. Presently, she coordinates the Sea Group, a consulting group with mandate to advise the Strategic Council of the Marine Park, constituting the continuity of the PosMARGov, an informal group that has emerged from MARGov Project as a follow up due to the institutional capital built, although due to several development constraints including the Covid has not been operating. c. She was responsible for the participatory component of: -MARLISCO project - MARine Litter in Europe Seas: Social AwarenesS and CO-Responsibility (www.marliscoportugal.org, www.marlisco.eu) in MARE | NOVA University. This project was financed by the European Union (FP7). promoting Social Awareness and co-responsibility of society towards marine litter. This project in its Portuguese component won the RRI Tools (Responsible Research Innovation Tools) one of the 30 European projects awarded -Urban WINS (EU- H2020) Project aiming to develop new collaborative forms for waste management involving stakeholders. - Ocean Wise Project (Interreg Atlantic Area - Atlantic Area Cooperation Program (2014-2020) focusing in developing collectively with all stakeholders a set of strategies to reduce the impact of XPS and EPS in the Northeast Atlantic - ODSlocal Platform Project (odslocal.pt) aiming the mobilizing and engagement of all through the creation of ODS Literacy capacitation to reach all sectors of society generating a positive movement towards sustainability She is editor/co-editor and author of several books: (1) Environmental Activism in Society (2002), (2) TAIDIS – Cidadania Ambiental, Informação e Participação (2006), (3) Cidadãos pelo Ambiente, conservação da natureza e biodiversidade em Portugal (2009), (4) Governância e Participação na Gestão Territorial (2009), (5) Ambiente, Ciência e Cidadãos (2010), (6) An Ocean of People: citizen scientists and scientist citizens (2013); Sustainability in the 21st century – The Power of Dialogue (2015). In 2020, the book that she co-authored, Mediação Ambiental da lei à Prática: à Luz dos Princípios da Lei nº 29/2013, was launched. She has received several awards and recognitions: Prize of Iconic Women Creating a Better World For ALL - Associations that Work 2019, Responsible Research Innovation 2015, Significant Participatory Practices, Prize of Collaborative Research 2013-2014 and the Communication Award 2013.