She received her PhD in Medieval history from the University of Barcelona. Her dissertation was focused on the first community of poor clares in Catalonia (foundation and archive). She is a lecturer in the Department of Library and Information Sciencem where she teaches courses on archival studies, documentary heritage and historiographical methods of archival research. She is also member of the Institute for Research on Medieval Cultures (IRCVM). Co-Principal Investigator, with Blanca Garí, of the Project "Spiritual Landscapes.Models of spatial analysis of the transformation of women's medieval religiosity in the iberian kingdoms (12th-16th c.)

Ana Paula Amendoeira holds a degree in History from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon, a Master's Degree in Restoration of Architectural and Landscape Heritage, the University of Évora and a PhD from the University of Paris 4 Sorbonne at the Institute of Geography in the area of world heritage research. She has developed his research in the area of cultural heritage with specialization in World Heritage. She was President of ICOMOS Portugal between March 2011 and December 2015, having held the position of Vice President since December 2015. She has been Regional Director of Culture of Alentejo since December 2013, following the results of public competitions promoted by CRESAP (Recruitment and Selection Committee for senior management positions).  

Professor of Medieval History in several italian universities, she was founder and President of the AISSCA (Associazione Italiana per lo studio della Santità, dei Culti e dell’Agiografia) until 2010; she is actually President of the CESA (Centro Europeo di Studi Agiografici) in Rieti.

Her research field (among others) is the relationship between geography and hagiography to identify the "spaces of holiness", and she promoted and coordinated several researches on these themes.