Biography
Heitor Alvelos is a Full Professor of Design at the University of Porto, Portugal, where he directs the ID+ Research Center at the university. Professor Alvelos is currently Vice-President of the European Academy of Design and a Member of Academia Europaea and the European Science Foundation. Prior posts include: Course Director of the PhD in Design at the University of Porto from 2011 to 2024; Chairman of the Scientific Board (HSS), Foundation for Science and Technology, from 2016 to 2022; Outreach Director for the UTAustin-Portugal Program for Digital Media from 2010 to 2014; and Senior Tutor at the Drawing Studio, Royal College of Art from 1999 to 2001. Professor Alvelos has led national and international design research projects since 2007 on the subjects of heritage, disinformation, media philosophy, and the ecology of perception.