Biography

Diana Carvalho has a degree in Biology Applied to Terrestrial Animal Resources from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, a postgraduate degree in Museology and Museography from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, and is currently a PhD student in History and Philosophy of Science, specialising in Museology at the University of Évora. Her current research interests include museology, sustainability in museums, and the climate crisis.

Professionally, at Museums and Monuments in Portugal, she works in the Portuguese Network of Museums (RPM). At the National Museum of Natural History and Science (Museums of the University of Lisbon), she worked in two distinct areas: curating natural history collections (2006-2015) and museum relations with the public (2015-2022).

Research fields

• Museology
• Sustainability in museums

Selected publications

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Main projects

• “Sustentabilidade e museus em contexto de crise climática. Um projeto para a bacia do Tejo” [Sustainability and museums in the context of climate crisis. A project for the Tagus basin] — PhD thesis to be presented to the University of Évora, supervised by Elisabete Pereira (IHC — University of Évora).