Ana Margarida Esteves is a Research Fellow at the Center for International Studies of the University Institute of Lisbon, ISCTE-IUL and Guest Assistant Professor of the Department of Political Economy of the same institution. She has a Ph.D. in Sociology from Brown University (Providence, RI, USA). Her research and teaching focuses on sustainability transitions and regenerative development, including issues of social justice, inclusion and democratic participation, synergies between nature, culture and technology and the role of critical pedagogy and the arts in these fields. She collaborates with ECOLISE- European Network for Community-led Initiatives on Climate Change and Sustainability (https://www.ecolise.eu). She is a co-founder and member of the International Editorial Committee of the journal "Interface: A journal for and about social movements" (www.interfacejournal.net). She also co-founded the New Orleans Solidarity Economy Network and "Academia Cidadã" (The Citizenship Academy), a civil rights and urban activism collective in Lisbon, Portugal.