Carlos Rosa

Scientific coordinator for the class Culture and Design Practices course in the PhD program in Design. Supervisor of several master's dissertations and doctoral theses. Member of the jury for master's dissertations and doctoral theses.

Definition of the mission and redefinition of IADE's positioning for the next 50 years, focusing the (1) mission centred on excellence in higher education and applied research in Design and in emerging areas of Communication and Technology. Maintain and reinforce IADE as an International reference (top 50 Design Schools in Europe) and the first choice of students and employers, and (2) vision in the pursuit of a pioneer School in the teaching of Design through Technology and Communication, empowering the emerging areas of Creative Economy, as an interface between Creativity, Culture, Technology and Communication. Responsible for selecting and recruiting the faculty, which in the last 3 years has been reinforced essentially at the level of PhD professors in the following CNAEF training areas: Computer Science, Fine Arts, Audiovisual and Media Production, Design, Information and Journalism and in Marketing and Advertising. Main achievements: 1. Academic integration of IADE into the Univ. Europeia. 2. New Doctoral programmes: Digital Games Development, the only one in the Iberian Peninsula (2023), and Communication, Media and Digital Environments (2025). 3. Inclusion of global degrees in IADE's offer: Global Design, Creative Technologies, Games Development and Global Animation. 4. Elasticity of the brand to enter new areas such as Animation, Digital Games and New Media, and consolidation of the areas of Design and Marketing and Advertising, taking IADE from 14 accredited programmes in 2017 to 32 in 2025. 5. A new postgraduate programme model, focused on three strategic vectors: ‘Design for the Creative Industries’, ‘Design in Tech’ and ‘Creative Marketing’. 6. Launch of the Visual Design degree, the first 100% online design degree in Portugal. 7. Employability rate of 97%. 8. Significant increase in the number of students by 63% in the period 2017-2024. 9. UNIDCOM is evaluated by FCT with Excellent’ (2025), obtaining funding of 1.3M.

Scientific coordinator and Professor for the Culture and Design Practices Course in the PhD in Design. Scientific coordinator and Professor for the Communication Design Curricular Unit in the Design Degree. Scientific coordinator and Professor for the Curricular Unit Atelier de Design Global in the Degree in Global Design. Scientific coordinator and Professor for the Curricular Units Laboratory I: Ideation and Laboratory II: Interface Design in the Master's Degree in Interaction Design. Supervisor of several master's dissertations and doctoral theses. Jury on master's dissertations and doctoral theses.

Vice-Rector for the Academic Training Area. Scientific and pedagogical management functions of all undergraduate, masters and doctoral programs at IADE, with the aim of integrating IADE into the European University and merging the two organic units (IADE and ETAC) into a single one. President of the Pedagogical Council of IADE (2015-2017). Member of the Management Board of IADE (2015-2017).

Vice-President of the General Assembly Board da Caixa de Crédito Agrícola, Loures, Sintra e Litoral.

Creation and development of Fabrica®, IADE's special projects unit, which included in 2018-19 and 2019-20, 68 special projects in partnership with 71 companies, (46 curricular projects, 22 extracurricular projects, 4 creative challenges), 44 multidisciplinary projects at the level of Laboratories, development of 4 websites and 3 exhibitions, 22 workshops promoted by alumni, 1 creativity festival, Bold Creative Fest and a partnership for the development of visors, with original IADE design, which were offered to DGS to help in combat to the Covid-19 pandemic. Fabrica® main mission is to leverage the reputation and recognition of the IADE brand, defining its projects in three lines of action: parallel manufacturing, curriculum manufacturing and manufacturing of the future. The Factory integrates the Laboratories of IADE, the Studio Lab and the Observatory. The area of ​​"special projects" is a privileged point of collaboration and sharing between students, teachers and partners, a common territory that unites the school with the market and civil society, counting every year with the collaboration of around 50 alumni in permanent contact . It is the input channel for partnerships and its main objective is to filter and mediate projects. Main Projects: 1. Artistic Direction and Curator for the IADE 2069 Exhibition - A Look into the Future. 2. Artistic Direction and Curatorship for the 1:6:50 Exhibition – 1 Founder, 6 Masters, 50 Years. 3. Special Project with the Food Bank 4. Art Direction for the Special Project with Diário de Notícias. 5. Direction of the Special Project with Sanjo: "wear your creative side". 6. Direction of the Special Project with Bordallo Pinheiro: "creativity stirred up the cat". 7. BOLD Creative Fest: coordination of the 2nd edition with David Carson and the 3rd edition with Stefan Sagmeister, with partner companies: EDP and Departamento

‘Carlos Rosa Design is a studio specialising in various areas of design and creative leadership. The areas of expertise are interdisciplinary design projects, creative direction and design management, strategy and innovation, digital transformation, crossing the areas of design with technology, illustration and creative writing.

Published fortnightly in the Diário de Notícias, on Wednesdays, these opinion texts cross writing with illustration, called "Illustrated Chronicles". These chronicles deal mainly with the areas of design and technology, also talk about teaching and the future professions, also addressing the world of culture. The chronicles are published in paper and online editions, and are always accompanied by an original illustration.

Dean at the School of Technologies, Arts and Communication at the Europeia University and Dean at IADE. This period was rich in international experiences and projects with Laureate partners, which was the world's largest private higher education group. The Media Design School in New Zealand, the New School of Architecture and Design in San Diego, BTK in Berlin, NABA and DOMUS in Milan stand out.

Opinion articles mainly on design and technology, published fortnightly on Saturdays, with a total of 30 articles.

Dean for the academic area of ​​the School of Technology, Arts and Communication. These three years of management had as main objective the merger of this organic unit with IADE, acquired from the Talent Group in 2015 and integrated into the Europeia University in 2016. Main achievements: Academic merger of this organic unit with IADE. Re-accreditation of the degree programs in Computer Engineering, Web and Multimedia Information Systems, Management Informatics and Communication Sciences.

Opinion articles mainly on design and technology, with some reference to the technology of the past, published fortnightly on Saturdays, with a total of 15 articles.

Scientific and pedagogical coordinator of the degree in Design. At the time, IADE had 557 students studying for a degree in Design and around 80 professors. Scientific and teacher responsible for the Communication Design and Visual Design Courses in the Degree in Design.

Professor of Design Project in the Degree in Design and Master in Design and Visual Culture in the areas of graphic design. Scientific coordinator of the Communication Design subject, after finishing his PhD in 2012. Between 2001 and 2012 I taught essentially in the fields of design fundamentals, communication design, two-dimensional design and project. I was involved in the creation of the first Editorial Center of IADE and also in the creation of the first research project financed by the FCT.

Habilitation in the field of Design focusing the concept of “Reverse Design for Collective Meaning”