João Teixeira Lopes has a degree in Sociology from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Porto (1992) a Master’s degree in Social Sciences from the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon (1995) and a PhD in Sociology of Culture and Education (1999) with the dissertation “The City and Culture – A Study on Urban Cultural Practices”. He was a member of the Observatory of Cultural Activities (1996-96) and the team coordinating the Report on National Cultural Policies (1985-95). He was the programme director for Porto European Capital of Culture 2001. He chaired the Department of Sociology at FLUP (2011-19) and the Portuguese Sociological Association (2016-21). He has been the coordinator of the Institute of Sociology at the University of Porto since 2020. He has more than 50 books (alone or co-authored) in the fields of sociology of culture, social inequalities, the city, youth and education, as well as museology and territorial studies.
