Luciana Lopes

Luciana is project manager and researcher, with experience in development projects, networking, facilitation, social design, transformative social innovation and design for transitions.

Currently she is FCT research fellow, PhD student in the doctoral program at Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Porto, collaborator at ID+ Research Institute of Design, Media and Culture and at Institute of Sociology of University of Porto.

She is bachelor in International Business Administration (Oxford Brookes University, London/UK), master in Design (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro - PUC-Rio, Brazil) and post-graduated in Project Management (Institute of Technological Education - IETEC, Belo Horizonte/Brazil). She is founder of Somos Process (www.nuwa.com.br/somos), Nuwa (www.nuwa.com.br) and Nuwa Lab (www.nuwa.com.br/laboratorio).

She studies design to encourage the creation and implementation of transformative processes and approaches in favour of design for transitions. Her PhD research work focuses on design and spirituality; souths communities; integral design project management; transformative social design; decolonizing design and methodologies; design for transitions; design education futures. She publishes her work in national and international design conferences, journals, and book chapters.

Current positions

  • FCT Reseach Fellow Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Porto - FBAUP

PhD Details

  • Field design project management; design and spirituality; design for transformative social innovation; pluriverse; decolonizing design and methodologies; design for transitions; design education futures.
  • Year 2024

Research Groups

Publications

Book chapters
  • Lopes, L. (2023). Gestão de Design Integral: contributos para um olhar ontológico para a vida. In: Alvelos, H. et al (Contributors). (2023). Posters of Doctorate. PhD Design 2016_2023+ / Doctor Tiger Vol. 5. Porto, Portugal. Link
  • Lopes, L. (2021). Senhoras Agricultoras do Linho. 41-46. In: Alvelos, H., Kosztyla, A., Fernandes, A., Rebelo, A. M., Casteião, A., Mergener, D., Palmares, H., Lopes, L., Brasil, M., Fragoso, P. & Brandão, R. (2021). Tiger in Zoom Cages. Doctor Tiger Vol. 4. Porto, Portugal. https://doctortiger.wordpress.com/ Link
International journals
  • Lopes, L., Franqueira, T., Alvelos, H. & Parente, C. (2021). Components of spirituality to safeguard life: to the development of an integral design management approach. Discern: International Journal of Design for Social Change, Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2 (2), 7-21. Link
International conferences
  • Lopes, Luciana, Alvelos, Heitor. & Parente, Cristina. (2023). Pulse approach: Integral design project management to empower transformative processes. Cumulus Antwerp 2023, Antuérpia, 2023. Link
  • Lopes, Luciana & Parente, Cristina. (2023). A aprendizagem com o ciclo do linho de Castelões: base para a construção preliminar da Abordagem Pulse. Seminário Internacional MAIs – Mulheres Agricultoras em Territórios do Interior, Sabugal, 2023.
  • Fernandes A., Kosztyła A., Casteião A., Mergener D., Morais E., Alvelos H., Palmares H., Martins I., Lopes L., Rosa M., Rebelo A., Zanini M., Lopes P., & Mourão S. (2022) Doctoral Side Effects: Damage Limitation Versus Unexpected Benefits to PhD Research in a Pandemic. The European Conference on Arts, Design & Education – ECADE 2022 Conference Proceedings, Porto, Portugal. Link
  • Barreto, S., Alvelos, H., Rebelo, A. M. & Lopes, L. (2023). Exploring Visual Analysis in Design Research: Insights from Workshops with PhD Students at the University of Porto, 2022. International Visual Methods Conference, Roma, 2023.
Other publications
  • Lopes, L., Franqueira, T., Alvelos, H. & Parente, C. (2021). Gestão de Design Integral: contributos para um olhar ontológico para a vida. Poster apresentado no Ciência 2021 – Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal. Lisboa, Portugal. https://lnkd.in/g_eEi2M Link
  • MENEZES, C., & LOPES, L. (Realizadores). (2021-2022). Da semente à toalha. Documentário publicado no youtube. (H. Cavalcante, Ed.). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iLpb3G–jg Link
  • Resende, Lopes de. L. (2008). Responsabilidade social nas relações entre designers e artesãos um caminho sustentável? (Dissertação de Mestrado). Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Recuperado de https://www2.dbd.puc-rio.br/pergamum/biblioteca/php/mostrateses.php?open=1&arqtese=0610430_08_Indice.html Link

Scientific, artistic and cultural production

Scientific events organization
  • Facilitation of the Pulse Approach Workshop: for the continuity of Milártica Multicultural Collective in an autonomous and independent format, and in partnership with the academic, public, private and non-governmental sectors. With partners and University of Aveiro’s students/members of the Milártica Multicultural Collective. 19th Oct. 2023. ID+ University of Aveiro, Portugal.
  • Facilitation of the Pulse Approach Workshop: Towards the Continued Integration of African Students (Community Innovation Projects) into the Academic, Public, Private and Non-Governmental Sectors. With partners and University of Aveiro’s students/founders of the Community Innovation Projects, Intercultural Citizen Laboratory – LABIC Aveiro. 16th Sept. 2023. Department of Communication and Art, University of Aveiro, Portugal.
  • Facilitation of workshop for testing the Pulse Approach – Subtool 2 (Sensory Dynamics of the Conceição das Crioulas Quilombola Ancestral Wisdom Philosophy). With graduation students of the Service Design discipline, Visual Communication Design Undergraduate Course, Production Engineering Programme, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. 05th Sept. 2022. Social Innovation Support Unit of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Workshop facilitation for recording the guidance video for carrying out the Pulse Approach – Subtool 2 (Sensory Dynamics of the Conceição das Crioulas Quilombola Ancestral Wisdom Philosophy). With artisans from Quilombola Association of Conceição das Crioulas (Associação Quilombola de Conceição das Crioulas – AQCC). 13th July 2022. Conceição das Crioulas Headquarters, Salgueiro, Pernambuco, Brazil.
  • Facilitation of workshops in search for the transformative social design concept: analysis of investigative images using codesign approach and sensory dynamics with students from the PhD Programme in Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto for the purposes of concept definition in a doctoral research project. 18th April, 5th and 19th May 2022. UC Seminars Research in Design II – Professor Doctor Susana Barreto / ID+ Studio University of Porto, Portugal.
  • Workshop facilitation for recording the guidance video for carrying out the Pulse Approach – Subtool 1 (Sensory Dynamics of the Castelões Linen Cycle Ancestral Wisdom Philosophy). With artisans from the Association of Women Farmers of Castelões (Associação da Mulheres Agricultoras de Castelões, AMA Castelões), PhD students in design from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto and from the Department of Communication and Art of the University of Aveiro. 08th March 2021. AMA Castelões Headquarters, Castelões, Viseu, Portugal.
  • Organisation and welcoming of the meeting between the linen artisans from the Association of Women Farmers of Castelões and the linen artisans from the village of Rompecilha who take part in the Project MAIs – Women Farmers from the Interior, conceived and implemented by the Agrarian School of the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu. December 2022. Village of Rompecilha, São Pedro do Sul, Portugal.
  • Organisation and welcoming visitors to the event “Opening: The New Headquarters of the Association of Women Farmers of Castelões”. 15th May 2022. Múceres, Viseu, Portugal.
  • Moderation of the Seminar Transformative Economies taught by Professor Doctor Cristina Parente from Department of Sociology of University of Porto. December 2020. Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Porto.
  • Collaboration for facilitation and inputs at the Workshop Project Trans-territorial Creative Networks Oriented by Future Scenarios, given by Doctor Paula Visoná with objective to contribute to the interconnection and creative collaboration of different actors and stakeholders in the territories of Múceres and Castelões, Portugal. Methodology: immersive activities aimed at jointly diagramming new scenarios of desirable futures. 25th Feb. 2023. Headquarters of the Association of Women Farmers of Castelões, Múceres, Viseu, Portugal.
  • Organisation and hosting the visit by Professor PhD Lynn-Sayers McHattie from the Glasgow School of Art, researchers and PhD students in design from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto and the Department of Communication and Art of the University of Aveiro in Caramulo Mountains, Serra do Caramulo Bureu Craft Studio and Headquarters of the Association of Women Farmers of Castelões, Viseu, Portugal. April, 2023.
  • Alvelos, H., Kosztyla, A., Fernandes, A., Rebelo, A. M., Casteião, A., Mergener, D., Palmares, H., Lopes, L., Brasil, M., Fragoso, P. & Brandão, R. – Organizing Committee (2021). Doctoral Side Effects – Let’s talk about doing a PhD during a pandemic. 21st May 2021. Porto, Portugal. https://bit.ly/2Q_BhI1m
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Other scientific activity spreading actions
  • Inputs to improving, adjusting and implementation of participatory methodologies created by the Planning and Public Policy Laboratory – L3P. 16th Jan 2024. Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences, University of Aveiro, Portugal.
  • Presentation of doctoral research project to formalise partnership for joint events and projects. Identities Collective (Coletivo Identidades) Meeting. September 2022. i2ADS Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto
  • Presentation of doctoral research project at the Forum of Integral Cooperatives: the forum is the result of the emergence of several integral cooperatives in recent years in Portugal and the desire to create more synergy between them and to help groups that are in the process of creating similar structures in their territories. Objectives: to learn about the experiences of integral cooperatives and social enterprises, to recognise the challenges faced by organisations and regions, and to understand and collaborate to create new synergies between them. 30th Sept – 02nd Oct. 2022. Casa Branca, Montemor O Novo, Portugal.
  • Presentation of doctoral research project to partners and University of Aveiro’s students/members of the Milártica Multicultural Collective. 19th October 2023. ID+ University of Aveiro, Portugal.
  • Presentation of doctoral research project to partners and University of Aveiro’s African students/founders of the Community Innovation Projects, Intercultural Citizen Laboratory – LABIC Aveiro. 16th September 2023. Department of Communication and Art, University of Aveiro, Portugal.
  • Presentations of doctoral research project to artisans of Quilombola Association of Conceição das Crioulas, 12th July 2022. Quilombola Association of Conceição das Crioulas Headquaters, Conceição das Crioulas, Salgueiro, Pernambuco, Brazil.
  • Presentations of doctoral research project to Criola’s board, as well as to advocacy, operational and communication team. 21 July and 22 September, 2022. ONG Criola Headquaters, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Online via Zoom.
  • Inputs at the Villages of Portugal from Memory to the Future (Aldeias de Portugal da Memória ao Futuro) Meeting. Objectives: to reflect on the purposes of the Aldeias de Portugal Network, co-construct the collective idea of the national project and claim the main strategic lines for the future of the Villages. 09th March 2022. Aldeias de Portugal Cooperation Project, funded by Measure -10.3 LEADER- “LAG cooperation activities” of the Rural Development Programme 2020.
  • Inputs at the Workshop Education 2048: signalling towards decolonial futures with Professor Doctor Vanessa Anedotti. May 2021. Centre for Educational Research and Intervention of University of Porto.
  • Inputs at the European Universities and Business Network Online Workshop – Arts and Humanities Entrepreneurship Hubs: creating companies from academic projects. December, 2020. Design Department of Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Porto, UPTEC Baixa and Department of Sociology of Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto.
  • Inputs at the Roundtable 2: Collaborative Economies Social Wellbeing and Politics of Participation. May 2021. Bauhaus of the Seas NEB Co-Design Event, New European Bauhaus.
  • Presentation of doctoral research project at the Workshop Research Communication to students of Master’s Degree in Image Design, Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Porto. March 2021. Porto, Portugal.
  • Member of the ACTUAR – Association for Co-operation and Development (ACTUAR – Associação para a Cooperação e o Desenvolvimento). March 2022. Aveiro/Coimbra, Portugal.
  • Member of Association of Women Farmers of Castelões (Associação das Mulheres Agricultoras de Castelões – AMA Castelões). February 2021. Castelões/Múceres, Viseu, Portugal.
  • Presentation of doctoral research project with emphasis on Provoking Relationship. Meeting: Dissocons Metodologias Indígeno-decoloniales y Diseño – Mediante Quatro Provocaciones: Divergencia, Cuidado, Relación e Diseñorancia. 17th July 2020. Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, Bogotá, Colômbia
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