Manuel João Morais Ribeiro, PhD in Risk Sciences (2018) in the Doctoral Programme ‘Territory, Risk and Public Policies’ at the Interdisciplinary Institute of the University of Coimbra, in partnership with the Universities of Lisbon and Aveiro.

He has a degree in Sociology (1983) from ISCTE-IUL, and specialised in the area of protection of people and property, having passed the public exams at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (2014).

Adjunct Professor at ISEC Lisboa, coordinator of the Master's programme in Risk and Civil Protection.

Associate Researcher at ISTAR.

President of CERU - European Centre for Urban Risks, under the EUR-OPA Agreement on Major Risks of the Council of Europe.