Luísa Schmidt is a sociologist and Coordinating Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon. She is part of the team that introduced Environmental Sociology in Portugal, encompassing research, teaching, and the articulation between academia and society.
She coordinates and/or participates in several national and international research projects on the social dimensions and impacts of environmental problems and climate change, as well as the analysis and evaluation of corresponding public policies. She is a member of CNADS (National Council for Environment and Sustainable Development) and the Working Group for Sustainable Development within the framework of EEAC – European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Council. She received the ‘Personality’ Visão Verde Award, Visão Magazine (2022); and the Ciência Viva Montepio – Media Award 2016 / Ciência Viva – National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture (Ministry of Science). Her latest book, 50 Anos de Políticas Ambientais em Portugal: da conferência de Estocolmo à atualidade (50 Years of Environmental Policies in Portugal: from the Stockholm conference to the present), was published in 2023. She is a regular columnist for the weekly newspaper Jornal Expresso.