Tomás B. Ramos is a professor of sustainability assessment and planning at NOVA University Lisbon and was a visiting professor/researcher at +10 international universities. His research activity is centered around sustainability assessment and management. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Cleaner Production and is an editorial board member of the journals Sustainable Development, Business Strategy and Development, Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, and Revista Iberoamericana de Economía Solidaria e Innovación Socioecológica. He was a board member of the International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS), a member of the Accreditation Council of the Order of Engineers of Portugal, and president of the Portuguese Environmental Engineering Association.