Ana Cação is a transdisciplinary designer and PhD candidate, with a FCT grant, at Eindhoven University of Technology, in collaboration with LiDA (Laboratory in Design and Arts) and MARE-IPLeiria (Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre). Her research, situated in coastal areas, explores the concept of Ecological Well-being, through a posthumanist and postcapitalist approach.

She is part of the first cohort of the PhD in Planetary Health Studies at the University of Lisbon and has a Master’s in Design for Health and Well-being (ESAD.CR, 2024). She has a bachelor’s in Spatial and Interior Design (2021), and a specialisation in Product Design (2022), both from ESAD.CR.

From 2022 to 2026 she was responsible for communications and the archive at LiDA, merging design and photography with science communication and management.

Before her career in Design, she graduated in Law from the University of Coimbra (2012), completed specialisations in Conflict Mediation (2013), Banking, Financial Markets and Insurance Law (2014), and Administrative Law and Public Administration (University of Lisboa, 2016), and was a lawyer until 2019.

Her research interests include politics of space, photography and design research methodologies.