Isabel Lopes, Graduated in Management Informatics, received MSc Degree in Management and a PhD in Information Systems and Technologies (2012). She is currently a Professor of the Department of Computers and Communications at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB) - Portugal. She teaches several courses in the area of Informatics. She published more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and proceedings, and has several communications at international scientific conferences. She serves as a member of Program Board and Organizing Committees for some Scientific Committees of International Conferences and has collaborated as a reviewer with several journals. Her current research Interests is in Tourism Reserarch; Smart Tourism; Smart Cities; Information Security; Information Systems Security in Public Administration; Information Systems Security Policies; Higher Education; Virtual Social Networks; Portuguese Smart Cities Network; Dimensions of a Smart City; Internet of Things, Digital Transition, Digital Marketing and Social Networks. She is a researcher: UNIAG (Applied Management Research Unit, since 2013) and researcher of ALGORITMI (ISTTOS - UM, since 2013).

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