Alexandra Cruchinho is a Full Professor and Researcher at the School of Communication, Architecture, Art and Information Technologies of the Lusófona University o- Centro Universitário de Lisboa, since January 2021. She completed her PhD in Textile Engineering - Design Management, at the University of Minho, with a dissertation on "Design - The continuous construction of competences", in December 2009. Read full bio here.
Education
2009 - PhD in Textile Engineering - Management and Design - School of Engineering - Minho University, Portugal
2009 - Free Course in Art Direction for Fashion - Saint Martin's College of Arts and Design - London. United Kingdom
2002 - Master's Degree in Theories of Art - School of Fine Arts - Lisboa University, Portugal
1999 - Bachelor's Degree in Visual and Technological Education - Teacher Training for the 1st and 2nd Cycles of Basic Education - School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal
Main research interests
Fashion Production, Fashion and media arts, Fashionable sustainability, Cultural heritage and fashion, Contemporary fashion design