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)
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Latest Publications
Book Chapter
Hespanha, Pedro (2023), O Desenvolvimento Local entre o Estado, o mercado e o terceiro setor, in Alcides Monteiro e António Fragoso (org.), Desenvolvimento Local em Portugal. Porto: Afrontamento, 55-72
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