Associate Professor, Faculty of Science & Technology, Fernando Pessoa University, Porto, Portugal. 

Ana Margarida Fonseca has a degree and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto. She has over 25 years' research experience in the field of Sustainability Management and Environmental Management. Among other works, she has published 22 scientific articles in peer-reviewed international journals, five book chapters and 17 conference papers, and currently her Scopus h-index is 12. She has successfully supervised three PhD students and 18 MsC students.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3207-4819

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science & Technology, Fernando Pessoa University, Porto, Portugal. 

Isabel Abreu holds a PhD in Biotechnology (2002) by College of Biotechnology / Portuguese Catholic University, and a Graduation in Chemical Engineering (1990) by Faculty of Engineering / University of Porto. Her Scopus h-index is 8, with 161 citations. She has supervised one completed PhD student and six MSc students and is currently co-supervising one PhD student and four MSc students. Her current research focuses on Health Sciences and Environmental and Public Health, with contributions to statistical analyses across various research fields.

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5274-4536

Associate Professor, Faculty of Human & Social Sciences, Fernando Pessoa University, Porto, Portugal. 

João Casqueira Cardoso is Doctor of Laws from the European University Institute of Florence and Doctor in Law from the University of Paris X. He worked for the International Labour Office, Council of Europe and European Union. He is currently researcher in the field of Humanitarian Studies and in International and Comparative Law. He is a full member of the CEPESE (https://www.cepese.pt/portal/en/homepage?set_language=en) and a associated researcher at the IGADI (https://www.igadi.gal/pt-pt/autorias/casqueira-cardoso/).

Associate Professor, Faculty of Science & Technology, Fernando Pessoa University, Porto, Portugal. 

Christophe Pinto de Almeida Soares concluded his PhD in Information Systems and Technologies, University Fernando Pessoa, PT, in 2016. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological, and artistic-cultural output are: safe home care; Computer Vision; Blockchain; Ubiquitous Computing; Health; Feature Interaction and Interference Free COTS Systems, Dynamic Adaptation of Ambient Assisted Living Systems, Adaptable Smart Spaces, and Safe Health Care Systems through the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) algorithms.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0382-879X

Assistant Professor, Department of Informatics Engineering, School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal. 

Ivo André Soares Pereira holds a PhD in Computer Engineering -  Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, and a MsC in Computer Engineering - School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto. He is an integrated member of INESCTEC's HumanISE R&D Center. He has participated in more than seven R&D and has published more than 65 scientific papers in international conference proceedings, journals, and book chapters. His main research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Decision Support Systems, Combinatorial Optimization, Marketing Automation, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, Multimodal AI, among others.

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5440-3225

Professor at the Department of Production Engineering, Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB, Brazil)

Sandra Naomi Morioka holds a PhD in Production Engineering from the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo (USP, Brazil), completed in 2016, with research on business models for sustainability and competitiveness. Her research interests includes sustainable social entrepreneurship, sustainable business models, sustainable project management and sustainability performance. She was an assistant researcher at the Technological Research Institute of the State of São Paulo (IPT). She is Associate Editor of the scientific journal Environment, Development and Sustainability. Her Scopus h-index is 20, with 44 published scientific papers. . 

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1741-4317

Winston Jerónimo Silvestre has a High Degree in Business Management, a Postgraduation in Industrial Engineering by INETI - National Institute of Engineering Technology and Innovation, a Specialization in Quality Management by UA - Open University, and a PhD in Environment - area of Corporate Sustainability at FCT/UNL - Faculty of Sciences and Technology New University of Lisbon. Professional activities have been developed in the last five years upon three vectors: academic, research and business on a non exclusive basis at public and private organizations in management and integrated process and developmental tools for corporate integrative sustainable intelligence.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8890-1609

Professor at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Paraíba (IFPB, Brazil)

Anrafel de Souza Barbosa is completing his postdoctoral fellowship at the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB, Brazil), with research focused on the Sociotechnical Perspective of the Sustainable Energy Transition. He earned his PhD in Development and Environment from UFPB in 2025, researching the impacts of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria on corporate sustainability performance. He completed his Master’s in Production and Systems Engineering at UFPB in 2021, investigating the synergistic integration of Quality Management Systems, Environmental Management, and Occupational Health and Safety Management to optimize organizational performance. His foundational training in Electrical Engineering, obtained at the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG, Brazil), underpins his technical contributions to projects involving the implementation of electrical systems and strategies for energy distribution efficiency. His Scopus h-index is 6, and he has published eight scientific articles.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3178-4149