João Teixeira Lopes is a PhD in Sociology of Culture and Education, coordinator of the Institute of Sociology of the University of Porto and Full Professor at the Department of Sociology of the Faculty of Arts, being part of its scientific board. He has published 44 books, alone or in co-authorship, from among 300 publications. He was distinguished on 29 May 2014 with the award "Chevalier des Palmes Académiques" by the French Government. He presided over the Portuguese Association of Sociology from July 2016 to March 2021.