Ana Dias Daniel is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering and Tourism (DEGEIT) at the University of Aveiro and a Researcher at the Research Unit in Governance Competitiveness and Public Policies (GOVCOPP), Portugal. As a researcher her main interests are on management issues related to innovation, entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial university, especially the dynamics that affect university-business collaboration, technology and knowledge transfer in order to stimulate socioeconomic development. A number of publications have been produced in these areas, as well as several entrepreneurship prizes have been awarded due to her work in the development of technology-based spin-offs. She is/was principal investigator of several national (e.g. ‘Entrepreneurial University: the case of Portuguese higher education and its impact on regional competitiveness’, PTDC/IVC-PEC/5514/2014 funded by the Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology) and European funded projects. She is currently a partner in the RUNIN Marie Curie ITN on the role of universities in regional innovation, and Erasmus + project ‘More Entrepreneurial Life at European Schools (MELES)’. She also reviewer of several scientific journals and member of the scientific board of the Portuguese conference in the field of entrepreneurship education.