Isabel Miguel holds a Ph.D. in Social Psychology, from the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Graduate degree in Psychology, by the same University. She is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology and Education at Portucalense University (UPT), where she teaches in the fields of social psychology and developmental psychology. She is the Erasmus Coordinator for the Department of Psychology and Education, at UPT. She is an integrated member of CINTESIS@RISE, CINTESIS.UPT, Portucalense University, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal. At present, her main research interests include social representations, social psychology of development, social contexts of aging, age attitudes and discrimination, and behavior change. She has (co-) authored publications in scientific journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters in these fields. She is a founding member of the Social Psychology Center (NO) of the Portuguese Association of Psychology (APP).