Helena Belchior Rocha holds a PhD in Social Work, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Policy and is an integrated researcher at CIES-ISCTE. From 2018 to 2025, she was Deputy Director of the Laboratory of Transversal Skills (LCT) (Soft Skills Lab) , from 2018 to 2025, Director of the LCT's Center for Transversal Skills, and from 2022 to 2025, Director of the LCT's Language Center. She has been involved in national and international projects, including three Marie Curie, Horizon projects, Erasmus and several Cost Actions. She has written articles, book chapters, and communications at national and international scientific events in the areas of Social Services theory and methodology, sustainability, community intervention, ethics, human rights, social policies and well-being, education, and transversal skills. She is a member of the editorial and scientific boards of national and international journals. Member of the Scientific Committee of the Department of Political Science and Public Policy and member of the Plenary Scientific Council of Iscte.