Fernando Matos Oliveira is an associate professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, Portugal. He is the programme director of the PhD in Artistic Studies and the director of Teatro Acad�mico de Gil Vicente. In that joint capacity, he has been supporting creative work within the university environment, and running the �Practice as Research� programme since 2012, aimed at supporting doctoral projects with practical and experimental components in the field of the arts. V�nia Rodrigues, born in 1979, worked as an arts manager and consultant for several cultural organizations before transitioning to a research career. With a PhD in artistic studies from the University of Coimbra and an MA in cultural policy and management from the City University of London, she is currently principal researcher of the R&D project GREENARTS. Her research is focused on alternative management and collaboration practices in the performing arts regarding fair practices, creative producing and ecology and sustainability.