Fátima Pombo is Associated Professor in the Department of Communication and Art of the University of Aveiro. She is responsable for the Ph.D’s scientific area of Art Studies. Her main scientific areas of research are Contemporary Philosophy, Aesthetics and Design Studies.

She participates in several national and international research projects, reviews and anthologies. She is invited expert by European Comission, Directorate-General for Education and Culture to valuate european projects. She was during 4 years Head of Design Course in the University of Aveiro, among other charges by nomination or election. She got her degree in Philosohpy  from the University of Oporto, presented her M.A. on Contemporary Philosophy at the University of Coimbra and her Ph.D. about Phenomenology and the Aesthetic’s Experience (preparation in Heidelberg, Germany, 1993/1995) at the University of Aveiro in 1995. She got in her Sabbatical in 1999 a scholarship of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung (Germany) to develop a research’s project in the University of Munich and in her Sabbatical 2005/2006 a scholarship of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia to develop a research’s project in the University of Barcelona. She is author of critical essays and novels. She studied Music at the Conservatory of Oporto.