Email: eduardo.goncalves@universidadeeuropeia.pt
Degree: Ph.D.
Scientific Area:Design
Affiliation: UNIDCOM 
Category: Professor Auxiliar
ORCID: 0000-0002-8842-6115
Languages: Portuguese, English
Research Interests: Sustainability; Lighting Design; Participate design; Environmental Psychology; Machine learning; Robotics; Statistics; Video Games.

Eduardo José Gonçalves, is an industrial designer, based in Lisbon, who graduated from IADE in 2000, with and master’s in urban design from the Universitat de Barcelona (2006). Started working as a freelancer in graphic and industrial design from 1999 to 2008 and since 2003, teaches at IADE-Universidade Europeia in several courses and levels in Design. He began working in lighting design in 2001 and cofounded the studio Eclipz - Lighting Design in 2008. Worked on several projects of various scales and typologies, ranging from residential homes to a city lighting master plan. Starts his PhD research in Design at the Faculty of Architecture of Lisbon, in 2009, due to a necessity to grow as a professional, firmly rooted in the belief in the relationship between Design practice and Academia. Finishing his research in 2016, he is the author of several published scientific papers and has participated in national and international conferences. He is also a full member of the research unit UNIDCOM/IADE and was Executive Director from January 2018 to July 2021. Participated on several scientific committees of international conferences and is part of the editorial board and editorial advisory team for the international journal DISCERN ‐ The International Journal of Design for Social Change, Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Research interests are Sustainability; Industrial & Lighting Design; Design for Behaviour Change; Human-centred design; Environmental Psychology, Analogue and Digital Modelling and Prototyping, and Statistics applied to Design.

Gomes Ferreira, J., Moura, R., Margarida Ferreira, A., Milne, V., Goncalves, E., Abreu, D., & Guerreiro, L. (2023). Shelter project: Designing an innovative solution for earthquake resilience and survival. Human Dynamics and Design for the Development of Contemporary Societies, 81. https://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1003534

Neves, A., Ayanoglu, H., Goncalves, E., Dias, D., & Duarte, E. (2022). Anticipating the impact of virtual reality for learning the design fundamentals: Students’ perceptions and perspectives. Human Dynamics and Design for the Development of Contemporary Societies, vol 25. https://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1001404

Dhibar, A., Gonçalves, E., & Gorgel, A. (2021). Social awareness and cultural significance in designing (non) gendered toys. In E. Duarte & A. Di Roma (Eds.), Senses & Sensibility'21: Designing Next Genera(c)tions. Proceedings of the UNIDCOM/IADE 11th International Conference (pp. 179-191). IADE Press, Universidade Europeia. ISBN: 978-989-53943-0-2

Neves Pimenta, M., Gonçalves, E., & Valente Pereira, C. (2021). The domestic kitchen design as a tool to reduce food waste. Discern: International Journal of Design for Social Change, Sustainable Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2(1), 89-100. https://www.designforsocialchange.org/journal/index.php/DISCERN-J/article/view/49

Santos, V.; Ferreira, Ana M., Gonçalves E. (2019). The Impact of Analogic, Digital and Hybrid Representations in the Ideation Phase of an Artifact Design: An Educational Perspective. Intelligent Human Systems Integration 2019. IHSI 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 903 (484-490). San Diego, California: Springer http://doi.or/10.1007/978-3-030-11051-2_73

Gonçalves, E., Ferreira, A. M., & Christiaans, H. (2017). User-Oriented Method as a Way to Humanise the User-Energy Relationship in Public Lighting. In J. Charytonowicz (Ed.), Advances in Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure. AHFE 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing(pp. 106–118). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60450-3_11

Concluded

• Neves Pimenta, M. (2022). Design para sustentabilidade no âmbito da cozinha. (Unpublished master dissertation). Universidade Europeia - IADE, Lisbon, Portugal.
  Orientadores:
  Prof. Doutor Eduardo José Gonçalves
  Prof. Doutor Cristovão Valente Pereira

• Dos Santos, V. M. (2018). Quantificação da criatividade no processo de design inovação e ideação de artefactos através dos processos analógico e digital (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Universidade Europeia - IADE, Lisbon, Portugal.
  Orientadores:
  Prof. Doutora Ana Margarida Ferreira
  Prof. Doutor Eduardo José Gonçalves

current

• Participatory fantasy scenarios for a conscious speculative design practice.
  Orientação de doutoramento: Hernâni de Souza Santos Alves
  Coorientação: Prof. Doutora Ana Margarida Ferreira

• Social Awareness and Cultural Significance in Designing (Non) Gendered Toys
  Orientação de doutoramento: Alakesh Dhibar
  Coorientação: Prof. Doutor António Gorgel