Filipe Pais worked as a multimedia designer for Ydreams in Lisbon, then as assistant professor in digital art at ESAD.

In 2014, he defended his PhD thesis in Digital Media as part of the UT Austin-Portugal programme at FEUP (Engineering faculty, University of Porto). He is now a post-doctoral researcher at EnsadLab and Paris 8 University with a scholarship from Labex Arts-H2H.