Miguel Vale de Almeida (born August 21, 1960 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese, anthropologist, LGBT activist, and professor at the Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE) in Lisbon.
He is the current editor-in-chief of the journal Etnográfica and member of CEAS-ISCTE and APA.
He was Visiting Professor (Tinker Fellowship) Dept of Anthropology and Latin American Studies’ Center, University of Chicago in the spring of 2006.
As a LGBT activist, he is known in Portugal for participating in LGBT rights events, including several appearances on LGBT debates in television.