Elisabeth T. Pereira is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering and Tourism (DEGEIT), where she is Vice Director of the Doctoral program in Economics Sciences and Business, and Coordinator of the Dual Degree Master in Economics UA-VMU, and a full researcher at the research unit in Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies (GOVCOPP), at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. She was the Coordinator of International Mobility for Economics studies during 2003-2023.  She was Chair of the Subject Committee of Economics and Business of Campus Europae – European University Foundation (2012-2016). She has been a Member and Chair of the Economics and Business panel of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). She holds a MSc on Economics (University of Coimbra) and a PhD in Business and Economics Competitiveness (University of Aveiro). She teaches at the undergraduate and graduate levels, namely Monetary Economics, Macroeconomics, International Economics, Economic Applied Studies, Introduction to Economics, Economics I and II, and Economics of SMEs. She has been a visiting professor in some European Universities. She has been a supervisor of national and international M.Sc.,PhD, and Pos-DocPhD theses. She is the author of several dozen articles published in international scientific journals indexed, book chapters, and institutional reports. She is also a reviewer of national and international journals. She is involved in several national and international projects, as a coordinator and researcher, in competitiveness and innovation fields. She has been involved as a coordinator and lecturer in several international summer schools, as well as chair and member of scientific committees at international conferences.