Ana Simaens is an Assistant Professor at the Iscte Business School, and researcher at the Business Research Unit (BRU-IUL). She is currently the Deputy Director of the Department of Marketing, Operations and General Management, as well as member of the Scientific Committee of BRU-IUL.

She holds a PhD in Management from the Tilburg University (The Netherlands) and a Master in International Management in a double degree from ISCTE (Portugal) and ESCEM - Tours/Poitiers (France). Ana lectures on Strategic Management and Sustainability, Ethics and Social Responsibility topics and her research interests include strategic management and networks in the context of third sector organizations, and sustainability. She has participated in multiple conferences including those organized by the associations ARNOVA, ISTR, ERNOP, and CIRIEC. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Business Ethics and Public Management Review. In the past, Ana served as the Managing Editor of the Global Economics and Management Review, a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, and belonged to the Publications Committee at ARNOVA, the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action.

Ana held the post of Executive Director of the Sustainability Knowledge Lab (SKL) at INDEG-ISCTE between 2015 and 2017. Nowadays, she belongs to the Coordination Team of the Sustainability@ISCTE-IUL project (Prosperity dimension) and is the Interlocutor of Quality and Sustainability at the ISCTE Business School.

Ana has complemented her academic training with various professional training, including certifications as Advanced Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) Professional, GRI Certified Training Program, and LEGO ® SERIOUS PLAY ® Certified Facilitator.