Teresa Franqueira is a designer and Associate Professor with habilitation at the University of Aveiro. She is the International Coordinator of the DESIS Network - Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability and member of the Cumulus Executive Board. She teaches across Europe and Asia and has been the local coordinator of Erasmus + projects for social innovation, circular economy and sustainability.

Teresa has been invited as a keynote speaker in national and international conferences and has organise several workshops around the world. She has been supervising PhD students and Master students within the topics of Design for Social Innovation, Design for Sustainability, Product Design and Service Design.