University of Aveiro lecturer re-elected to the Executive Board of the largest international association for teaching and research in design

On 6 June, during the annual General Assembly of the CUMULUS Association in Nantes, the new President and Executive Board were elected for the three-year period 2025-2028. CUMULUS is the world’s largest higher education association in the fields of design, architecture, media and the arts, currently bringing together 377 member institutions from 71 countries.

Teresa Franqueira, a professor at the Department of Communication and Art (DeCA) at the University of Aveiro (UA) and a researcher at ID+ (Institute for Research in Design, Media and Culture), was re-elected to the association’s Executive Board for a second term. In this new composition, she was also appointed vice-president of CUMULUS, a position she shares with Roberto Iñiguez Flores, from Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico), a member of ECIU University.

CUMULUS Presidency and Executive Board 2025-2028

President
Lorenzo Imbesi – Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Vice-Presidents
Teresa Franqueira – University of Aveiro, Portugal
Roberto Iñiguez Flores – Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

Members (in alphabetical order by country)
Philipp Heidkamp – Köln International School of Design (KISD), Germany
Kristof Vaes – University of Antwerp, Belgium
João de Sá Bonelli – Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Luigi Ferrara – OCAD University, Canada
Miaosen Gong – School of Design, Jiangnan University, China
Natacha Lallemand – Paris Institute of Art and Design, France
Archana Surana – ARCH College of Design and Business, India
Anna Meroni – Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Roberto Iñiguez Flores – Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
Teresa Franqueira – Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Teresa Franqueira’s appointment as vice-president of CUMULUS is recognition of the work carried out at the University of Aveiro in the areas of design and applied research, reinforcing the presence of the UA and ID+ in international networks of excellence. This role also contributes to affirming Portuguese institutions in the global discussion on design education and research policies.

More information about the members of the Executive Board is available on the official website of the CUMULUS Association.

Cumulus announces new President and Executive Board 2025-2028