PhD in Sociology – specialisation in Education, Communication and Culture (ISCTE-IUL); MSc in Communication, Culture and Information Technologies (ISCTE-IUL); BA in Sociology (ISCTE-IUL). Integrated Researcher at LE@D and collaborator at CEG, Universidade Aberta; Associate Researcher at CIES-IUL. Associate Professor with Habilitation in the Department of Education and Distance Learning at Universidade Aberta. Research interests: Sociology of education and communication – e-learning, digital literacy, educational leadership; Sociology of health and addictive behaviours and dependencies; Research methodologies.