Paula André has a PhD in Architecture from Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon and a master's degree in Art History from FCSH-UNL. She is a professor in the Department of Architecture and Urbanism at Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon; director of the Doctorate in Architecture of Contemporary Metropolitan Territories; coordinator of the Architecture and Visual Culture Research Centre in the Doctorate in Architecture of Contemporary Metropolitan Territories; director of the Master's Degree in Architecture and Visual Culture in Lisbon; lecturer on the Integrated Master's Degree in Architecture and the Master's Degree in Cultural Studies and Management; president of the Scientific Committee of the PhD in Architecture of Contemporary Metropolitan Territories; member of the Scientific Committee of the Department of Architecture and Urbanism; member of the Scientific Committee and integrated researcher of the Centre for Studies on Socioeconomic Change and Territory - Dinâmia'cet-iscte; member of the Supervisory Board of the Portuguese Architects' Association; coordinator of the Thematic Line “Images of Material Realisations” of the FCT Project ’Print Photography. Image and Propaganda in Portugal (1934-1974)’. Team member of the FCT project ‘Exportar Portugal. Cultural diplomacy and the Estado Novo's rebranding strategies in the United States (1933-1974)’. Coordinator of the ‘Collaborative Laboratory Urban Dynamics, Heritage, Arts. Research, Teaching and Dissemination Seminar’ in partnership with 18 universities and research centres in Portugal, Spain and Brazil. Member of the Editorial Committee of the magazine ‘ARA’, published by the Museum/Heritage Group of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo and the magazine ‘Cities, Communities and Territories’ published by Dinâmia'cet-iscte. Member of the Asociación de Historiadores de la Arquitectura y el Urbanismo (AhAU). Collaborating researcher at the Centre for the History of Art and Artistic Research at the University of Évora - CHAIA-UE.