Integrated Researcher at the Institute of Medieval Studies (IEM), Paulo Catarino Lopes is also Associate Researcher at CHAM - Humanities Center, both Research Units of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas) of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (NOVA FCSH), academic institution in which he obtained the degrees of Master and PhD in History after graduating in the same scientific domain at the School of Arts and Humanities (Faculdade de Letras) of Universidade de Lisboa (FLUL).

Having as field of specialization Medieval History (Culture and Mentalities), his research interests focus on the central subject of Travel and travellers (circulation and mobility), with special attention to the topics of pilgrimage, diplomacy, otherness/identity, landscape, practices and conditions, material culture and imaginary. 

Currently, he works as a PhD researcher hired by NOVA FCSH, developing in this context a project entitled «Portugal and the foreigners in the Late Middle Ages. Representations of identity and otherness in diplomatic relations and intellectual outputs evocative of the practice of travel». This work is funded by national funds through the FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., under the Norma Transitória – DL 57/2016/CP1453/CT0015.