Sunamita Borges da Costa
Co-founder, XQuote
Sunamita (Brazilian) holds a PhD in the Geography of Innovation and public policy in Science, Technology, and Innovation. She also holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Management and Policies, with a focus on alternative technologies for family farming in semi-arid regions.
Her research adopts a transdisciplinary approach within the social sciences, combining qualitative and quantitative methods. She focuses on innovation-related inequalities, asymmetries, and territorial imbalances resulting from the global diffusion of contemporary scientific and technological paradigms. Sunamita has extensive experience in international research projects in partnership with universities in Europe and Latin America and in mobilising public and private research funding.
She is currently a social entrepreneur and co-founder of QXote, a quintuple helix Living Lab in the rural south of Portugal, where she contributes to sustainable regional development through education, research, and collaborative innovation.