
Maria Rosário da Costa Bastos
PROJECT COORDINATOR
- Degree in History, Faculty of Arts, University of Porto (Portugal).
- Master in Middle Ages, Faculty of Arts, University of Porto (Portugal).
- PhD in Human and Social Sciences, Specialization in History, Open University (Portugal).
- Professor of the History Section at the Department of Social Sciences and Management at Universidade Aberta (Portugal).
- Supervisor of PhDs and postdocs in Portugal and abroad.
- Researcher integrated in the CITCEM-Centre for Transdisciplinary Research «Culture, Space and Memory» of the University of Porto (Portugal).
- Principal Investigator of the LITORALIAS Project – The littoralization of mainland Portugal from the evolution of municipalities (from Condado Portucalense to 2021).
- Member of Report(h)a - Portuguese Network of Environmental History;
- Founding member of BRASPOR International Research Network.
- Founding member of the IFS – International Food Studies Network.
- Main research interests: Diachronic analysis of coastal zones; Environmental History; Impact of climate change on human communities (MWP and LIA); History of Food.

Olegário Nelson Azevedo Pereira
INVESTIGATOR
- Degree in History, Faculty of Arts, University of Porto (Portugal).
- Master in Medieval and Renaissance History, Faculty of Arts, University of Porto (Portugal).
- PhD in Environmental Sciences, Postgraduate Program in Environment, State University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
- Post-Doctorate at the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon (Portugal).
- Researcher integrated in MARE – Center for Marine and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Portugal).
- Coordinator of the module on Historical Occurrences in the SIARL Project – Coastal Resource Administration System, managed by APA – Associação Portuguesa do Ambiente.
- Adjunct coordinating member of the BRASPOR Network (Applied Relational Knowledge Base for Coastal Planning).
- Main research interests: Environmental History - interactions between human communities and nature in coastal areas (fishing, salt culture, climate change, socio-environmental changes).

João Manuel Alveirinho Dias
INVESTIGATOR
- Degree in Geology (1972).
- Doctorate in External Geodynamics (1987).
- He worked at the Geological Survey of Portugal and the Hydrographic Institute.
- Professor at the University of Algarve.
- Guest / visiting professor at several Portuguese and foreign universities.
- He is author/co-author of over 300 scientific publications.
- Main interests: Historical Climatology, Coastal Processes, Coastal Management, Environmental History, Natural Hazards, Sea Level Variations.

João Antero Gonçalves Ferreira
INVESTIGATOR
- Degree in History and Social Sciences (1986).
- Master in Population History (2001).
- Secondary Education History Teacher (1986 -2017).
- Director of Casa de Sarmento – Differentiated Unit of the University of Minho (2017 -)
- Vice-President of the Associación de Demografía Histórica (ADEH).
- Chairman of the Board of Sociedade Martins Sarmento.
- Main interests: Historical Demography, Population History, Family History.

Sérgio Lira
INVESTIGATOR
- Degree in History and Master in Medieval History from the University of Porto.
- PhD in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester (U.K.) recognized with a "Doctor" degree from the University of Porto.
- He was Associate Professor at the Fernando Pessoa University.
- He is a founding partner, Chairman of the Board and responsible researcher at the Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development (Barcelos).
- He is an integrated researcher at CLEPUL (FLUL).
- He has a vast published bibliography, from Medieval History to Heritage and Museology.
- He has developed museology and museography projects in Portugal and abroad.
- Main scientific research areas: Museology; Heritage, Citizenship, Cultural Consumption.

Filipe Salgado
Researcher
Master’s in engineering and management of information systems (2016), from the University of Minho.
Computer Programmer at Casa de Sarmento - Heritage Studies Centre.
CITCEM researcher in the Populations and Health Group.
Works in
the study and representation of historical data in Geographic Information
Systems.