José Ferreira is Associate Professor with Habillitation at the University of Coimbra (UC), Portugal. José finished his undergraduate in Physical Education (1991), in Special Education and Rehabilitation (1993) and his Master in Motor Development (1998) at the Faculty of Human Kinetics, Lisbon University. In 2004 he concluded his PhD at the University of Bristol, UK, and recently his Academic Habillitation (2025) at UC. From 2007 to 2011 and 2019 to 2022 he was the Dean of the Sport Sciences and Physical Education Faculty, UC. From 2005 to 2022 he was the coordinator of the Master in Exercise, Health and Well-being for Special Groups; from 2008 to 2009 he was the coordinator of the PhD branch in Special Education Needs –APA and coordinator of the Post-doc Program in Sport Sciences. José was an invited professor for the Erasmus Mundus/International Master in Adapted Physical Activity at Leuven University, Belgium (2010-2021). He has been an invited speaker in many international conferences in Africa, South America, Latin America, USA, Asia and nearly every country in Europe. He also played the role of IR and RTM in national and international research projects with a global funding of more than 7,5 M€. José has published 13 books, 34 book chapters, 24 articles in national journals and 117 in international peer-reviewed journals. Between 2006 and 2014 he was a European Federation of Adapted Physical Activity board member and from 2014 to 2018 he was appointed as president.