João Paulo Dias
Biography
João Paulo Dias is a sociologist, Master and PhD in Sociology of Law, Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra. He is currently Researcher of the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra, where he acted as Executive Director between 2011 and 2020. He is a member of the Permanent Observatory of Justice (OPJ/CES) since 1996, where he coordinated, integrated or collaborated in multiple national and international researches on the issues of access to law and justice, rule(s) of law, role of the Public Prosecutors, governance and judicial organization, legal and judicial professions and, more recently, working conditions in the judicial system. He is professor at the Doctoral Programme in Sociology of the State, Law and Justice (FEUC / CES) and Cocoordinator of the Barometer of National Anti-Corruption Strategies (OPJ / CES). He is (co)author of several book and book chapters on the developed research topics, as well as articles in national and international professional and scientific journals.
Projetos
RESILIO
Researching the Rule of Law in the EU from a positive perspective: the case of Portugal
BENAC
Barómetro das Estratégias Nacionais Anticorrupção
FRANET
Atlantic-Social-Lab
Cooperação Atlântica para a promoção da inovação social
FRANET
Data collection and research services on fundamental rights issues
International Survey of Judges on the use of technologies in courts
Study on working conditions, professional burnout, health and well-being of Portuguese judges
Latest Publications
Article in Scientific journal
Casaleiro, Paula; Dias, João Paulo; Queirós, Filipa; Jesus, Fernanda (2023), "When the court buildings close: the use of technologies during COVID-19 in Portugal", University of Bologna Law Review, 7, 2, 241-262
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Nascimento, Maricilene Isaira Baia do; Dias, João Paulo (2022), Estatativismo institucional e os episódios em torno das causas da magistratura de primeira instância brasileira, in Natália Massaco Koga, Pedro Lucas de Moura Palotti, Janine Mello, Maurício Mota Saboya Pinheiro (org.), Políticas públicas e usos de evidências no Brasil: conceitos, métodos, contextos e práticas. Brasilia: Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, 427-453
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Dias, João Paulo; Casaleiro, Paula; Maneca Lima, Teresa; Gomes, Conceição (2021), O Acesso aos Tribunais em Tempos de Pandemia: análise do contexto português, in Alberto Carvalho Amaral, Cléber Francisco Alves e Maurílio Casas Maia (org.), Defensoria Pública e COVID-19 no Cenário Intra e Pós-pandémico. São Paulo: Editora D'Plácido, 293-321