Pedro Hespanha


Biography

Sociologist and founding member of CES. I am retired Professor at the Faculty of Economics of Coimbra. My main research is on the areas of rural studies, social policies, sociology of medicine, poverty and social exclusion. I have been a visiting professor at several foreign universities. I participated as main researcher in several national and international research projects and research networks, dealing with active social policies, social exclusion and poverty, employment and unemployment experiences and strategies.Since 2008, I coordinate the Research Group on Solidarity Economy (ECOSOL/CES)


Latest Publications

Book Chapter

Hespanha, Pedro (2022), Sobre as raízes do CES, in Alvaro Garrido (org.), 1972-2022 50 anos da Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra. Coimbra: Faculdade de Economia, 128-144

Book Chapter

Hespanha, Pedro (2022), El desafío de los nuevos usos de las tierras comunales en Portugal, in Ana Aliende Urtasun, Rafael Castell-Cogollos e Ramón Llopis-Goig (org.), La sociedad colaborativa. Los impactos de la acción colectiva en la sociedad contemporânea. Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 189-210

Book Chapter

Hespanha, Pedro (2020), A vulnerabilidade das instituições sociais básicas e a resposta de primeira linha, in José Reis (org.), Como Reorganizar um País Vulnerável?. Coimbra: Conjuntura Atual, 447 - 486