She received her PhD in Medieval Philosophy from the University of Lisbon with a thesis on Bonaventure’s Metaphysics of Light. She is conducting a post-doctoral research focused on Eriugena’s Ontology. Filipa Afonso is vice-director of Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa, and member of Société Internationale pour l’Étude de la Philosophie Médiévale, and Sociedade Portuguesa de Filosofia Medieval.