Inês Araújo is a core team member of DESCOLA, within the Education and Cultural Mediation division of the Lisbon City Council. Her research focuses on methodologies that link education, culture, and the arts. She led a youth consultation on democracy and cultural citizenship with the National Arts Plan and previously collaborated with the Bordalo Pinheiro Museum. A PhD candidate in Art Education at the University of Lisbon, she studies cultural institutions and public policy.