Ana Cristina Horta Corvo Dias Pego, PhD in Geography and Territorial Planning (2019), Master in Business Management ( 2014) and BSc in Economics (1994). Invited Lecturer at Universidade do Algarve, Invited Lecturer at Universidade Aberta, Integrated Researcher at CICS Nova, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Collaborative Researcher at CinTurs, Universidade do Algarve. Collaborator at the Universidade Agostinho Neto, Luanda, Angola. Author of more than 20 articles and 5 books on sustainability and energy, circular economy and ecosystems, and tourism development. Coordinator of Horizon Europe projects, as well as Prima and Interreg. Evaluator in Eramus projects for education of the Portuguese National Agency . She is also a researcher in the fields of agriculture and sustainability projects related to water management and the circular economy.