António Firmino da Costa (antonio.costa@iscte-iul.pt). PhD in Sociology. Habilitation (“Agregação”) in Sociology. Professor Emeritus of Iscte University Institute of Lisbon. Researcher of the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-Iscte). Editor of the scientific journal Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas. Coordinator of the Standing Committee on “Higher Education, Science and Technology”, of the Portuguese Education National Council (CNE). Member of the Advisory Board of the Portuguese Sociological Association (APS). Member of the Scientific Council of the Inequality Observatory (OD). Member of the Advisory Board of the Portuguese Observatory on Cultural Activities (OPAC). Founding member of the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES) (1985), the Portuguese Sociological Association (APS) (1985), the scientific journal Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas (1986), and the Inequality Observatory (OD) (2008). He was Editor of the scientific journal Sociologia Problemas e Práticas (1995-2000), President and Scientific Coordinator of CIES (2000-2006), Vice-Rector for Research of ISCTE-IUL (2010-2013), Director of the Inequality Observatory (OD) (2008-2016), member of the Standing Committee of the General Council of the Iscte (2017-2020), Vice-President of the Standing Committee of the Scientific Council of the Iscte (2019-2020), member of the Ethics Council of the Lisbon School of Heath Technology (ESTeSL) (2017-2021). Research areas: social inequality; science and society; literacy and education; urban cultures and cultural identities; methodology and epistemology of the social sciences; sociologists’ profession and ethics.