Ricardo Bonacho
Ricardo Bonacho has a PhD in Design with a specialty in Food Design from the Lisbon School of Architecture of the Universidade de Lisboa and a title of Specialist of Recognized Merit with public assessments in Audio-Visual and Media Production (CNAEF 213). He is the coordinator of the Degree Course in Hotel Management and Assistant Professor at the Universidade Europeia of Lisbon. For ten years, he was coordinator and professor of the master's degrees in Innovation in Culinary Arts and Sciences and Food Design at the Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies and professor in the areas of Marketing and Communication at the Higher School of Tourism and Sea Technology of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria. He is a Guest Assistant Professor at the ELISAVA - Barcelona School of Design and Engineering in Barcelona and the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra on the Food Heritage: Identity and Cultures doctoral course. He is co-founder of the nonprofit FORK - Food Design for Opportunities, Research and Knowledge; co-founder of Food Design Lab Lisboa; and Director of Marketing, Communication and Innovation at Imppacto, Catering & Events. He is also a collaborating researcher at CEAUL - Center for English Studies at the University of Lisbon and CETRAD - Centre for Tansdisciplinary Development Studies at Universidade Europeia and University of Trás-os-Montes (UTAD). He researches, publishes and teaches in several scientific areas: Design, Communication, Innovation, Gastronomy, Gastronomic Tourism, Consumer Behavior, Marketing and New Media.