Isabel Duarte de Almeida is an Invited Associate Professor at Iscte Business School. She has 27 years of experience in higher education and develops and coordinates research in the field of Sustainable Development. She teaches at Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon and Universidade Lusíada and participates in international academic activities, notably at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge; the University of Palermo (UniPa), Italy; and Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (THM), Germany.

She holds a degree in Biology from the University of Lisbon and completed her first PhD in Biology at the same university, with research conducted at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência. She also holds a second PhD in Sociology, specialising in Territory, Environment and Sustainability Management, from NOVA University Lisbon’s School of Social Sciences and Humanities. Her postgraduate qualifications include Circular Economy at UC Berkeley Extension and Environmental Sociology at NOVA University Lisbon. She also completed the Field Epidemiology – Outbreak Investigation course at Portugal’s National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge.

She worked as a researcher at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência for 12 years. She is the author and co-author of publications in Q1 and Q2 scientific journals indexed in Scopus, as well as in peer-reviewed conference proceedings. She also serves as a reviewer for conferences organised by the Academy of Management (AoM) and the European Operations Management Association (EurOMA), as well as for Springer publications. Her main research interests include Sustainable Development, Circular Economy, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Sustainability, and Green and Sustainable Supply Chains.

Ongoing research projects:

• Project I: The EM@IPLeiria project from the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria aims to address the challenges of the digital and green transition in the Leiria and Oeste regions, promoting deeper cooperation between education, research, companies, and society. Focused on transforming academic knowledge into regional value, the Mission Structure (launched in March 2023) brings together key actors from the region to, in a participatory way, drive strategic and operational development, promoting resilience, sustainability, and the creation of wealth in the local ecosystem.
• Project II: INOVMINERAL 4.0 - Advanced Technologies and Software for Mineral Resources. The main objective of this project is to redirect innovative industrial models for the extractive industry, developing advanced technologies, new products, and software for the entire value chain: upstream processes, mineral resource valorisation, and market. The project has a strong focus on the Circular Economy.
• Project III: Business students’ perceptions of ethics and sustainability in business. This research area explores business students’ perceptions of corporate ethics and sustainability management.