Meet the team: Universidade de Coimbra

Our meet the team series continues!

🌟 Meet the TourEdu Team from the Universidade de Coimbra

Say hello to Carlos Ferreira, Cláudia Seabra, Alexandra Matos Pereira & Antonio Jose Pinheiro!

🔹 Carlos Ferreira – Assistant Professor & Director of the Bachelor in Tourism, Territory and Heritage. Active in sustainable and inclusive tourism research with CEGOT, ISTO and the National Tourism Platform. Steering committee member at TourEdu.

🔹 Cláudia Seabra – Associate Professor & PhD Coordinator in Tourism, Heritage & Territory. Expert in consumer behavior, safety, and terrorism in tourism. Vice-President for Western Europe of ITSA and Theme Editor on Terrorism for the International Journal of Tourism Cities.

🔹 Alexandra Pereira – Assistant Professor & Integrated Researcher at CEGOT, also Co-Director of the Tourism Management Degree at ISLA. Passionate about cultural routes, diaspora tourism, accessible tourism, and gastronomic tourism.

🔹 António José Pinheiro – Assistant Professor at the University of Maia, coordinating the Bachelor in Tourism and teaching in the Masters in Tourism, Heritage & Development. Research focus: authenticity in tourism, cultural tourism, gastronomy & hospitality management.

🏛 Did you know? University of Coimbra was founded in 1290, is a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2013, and is ranked among the world’s top 500 universities.

This team leads our Work Package 3: Co-creation, Piloting & Evaluation of New Training Approaches. They will be using design thinking (💡 ideation → 🛠 prototyping → 🔍 testing → ✅ improvement → 🚀 implementation) with students, educators, industry, and stakeholders. Outputs will include a best practice framework and policy recommendations on micro-credentials and lifelong learning.

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