Ana Carvalho

Investigador (CIDEHUS - Centro Interdisciplinar de História, Culturas e Sociedades)

Contrato Trabalho Funções Públicas a termo resolutivo certo

Contracted researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for History, Cultures and Societies (CIDEHUS) of the University of Évora (Portugal). From 2015 to 2021, she was postdoctoral researcher with a fellowship from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), at the same University. She holds a Ph.D. and a Master's degree in Museology from the University of Évora. From 2019 to 2020 she was member of the Task Group "Museums of the Future", under the Portuguese Ministry of Culture, a Group created to set recommendations for a 10-year public policy, considering museums and heritage sustainability, accessibility, innovation and relevance and society. Senior researcher (2016-2020) in the international project Mu.SA - Museum Sector Alliance (EU funding, Erasmus +, Sector Skills Alliance) dealing with museums and digital transformation. Researcher in BDIAS, an international cooperation project dealing with Intangible Cultural Heritage, digital technologies and knowledge transfer (CIDEHUS & Comenius University Bratislava - Slovakia, FCT funding). She is co-founder of the Portuguese scientific journal MIDAS, "Museus e Estudos Interdisciplinares", and is currently co-editor in chief. Editor of ICOM Portugal bulletin (2014-2018), a professional journal directed to the museum and heritage community of practice. She published several books and articles addressing innovative research topics around museums, cultural diversity, intangible heritage, participation and digital transformation. She teaches in the field of museology and heritage at the University of Évora, and supervises thesis in such domains. She runs an academic blog disseminating knowledge around museums and museology ("No Mundo dos Museus") for which she has received two awards by the Portuguese Association of Museology.