Academic and professional activities

2016-04-15 to 2017-06-30 - Chair do ERAC Ad-hoc Working Group on Measuring the Impact of EU Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation at National Level

2015-11-15 - Delegado Nacional ao Working Party Innovation and Technology Policy (TIP) da OCDE. É atualmente Vice-Chair e membro do Bureau.

2015-10-10 - Delegado Nacional ao Comité de Política Científica e Tecnológica (CSTP) da OCDE

2015-09-15 - Coordenador do Gabinete de Estudos e Estratégia da FCT

2011-02 - Vice-Presidente do Conselho Científico do Centro de Estudos Sociais (CES) da Universidade de Coimbra

2011 - Co-coordenador do Núcleo de Estudos sobre Ciência, Economia e Sociedade (NECES) do Centro de Estudos Sociais (CES) da Universidade de Coimbra

2010-03 to 2011-02 - Membro da Unidade Interna de Acompanhamento, Centro de Estudos Sociais (CES) da Universidade de Coimbra

2007 to cont - National Delegate to the Program Committee of the 'Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities' of the 7th Framework Programme of the European Community for Research and Technological Development

2006-03 to 2008-07 - Executive Director of the Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra

2006 to 2007 - Member of the Expert Group on "Regional research intensive clusters and science parks", DG Research, European Commission.

2005 to cont - Co-coordinator of the Doctoral Programme on 'Governance, Knowledge and Innovation', in collaboration between the Centre for Social Studies (CES) and the School of Economics of the University of Coimbra (FEUC)

2005 to cont - Co-coordinator of the Research Group on Science, Technology and Society (NECTS) of the Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra

2005 to cont - Member of the Network Board of NORFACE (New Opportunities for Research Funding Co-operation in Europe) in representation of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) - NORFACE is an ERA-NET partnership involving 13 social science research funding ag

2005 to 2006 - Member of the Executive Board of the Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra

2004 to 2006 - Co-editor of CES Newsletter - 'CESemCena'

2004 to 2006 - National Delegate to the Program Committee of Priority 7 - 'Citizens and Governance in the Knowledge Based Society' from the 6th Framework Programme of the European Community for Research and Technological Development

2004 - Member of the Research Cartographers Forum of the European Commission

2003 to cont - Research Fellow of the Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra

2002 to 2003 - Co-editor of the Newsletter IES - Innovation, Economy and Society and co-organizer of the IES Seminar Series

2002 to 2003 - Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Research Centre on the Portuguese Economy (CISEP) - ISEG/UTL, with a Fellowship from FCT

2002 - Member of the Science Policy Decision-Making Network, coordinated by Chris Caswill (ESRC, UK), including science policy researchers and practitioners

2002 - Participation in the Stakeholder Panel of the exercise towards an European Mapping of Research Excellence in Europe, European Commission

2001 to 2003 - Collaborating Lecturer in the MSc in the Economics and Management of Science, Technology and Innovation, ISEG-UTL

2001 - Visiting Associate do Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Universidade de Harvard. Bolsa Fulbright-ICCTI em Políticas de Ciência

2000 to 2002 - Research Fellowship from the Institute for International Scientific and Technological Cooperation, Ministry of Science and Technology

1999 to 2000 - Collaborator in the Research Project BASES (Building a Common Database on Scientific Research and Public Decision on TSEs in Europe), ISCTE

1996 to 1999 - Lecturing on S&T Policy and Sociology of Science, MSc on S&T Policy, University of Sussex (including as Co-convenor of the Seminar Research Policy for the 21st Century: Preparing for the Millenium, 1998)

1995 to 2000 - PhD Student, SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit), University of Sussex. Scholarship from FCT/Praxis XXI

1995 to 1996 - Research Assistant, Assessment of the Impacto of the European Union's Research and Technological Development Policies on European Socio-Economic Cohesion, SPRU, University of Sussex

1994 to 1995 - Student, MSc in Science and Technology Policy, SPRU, University of Sussex

1993 to 1994 - Research Assistant, Experimental techniques in fluid mechanics with laser anemometry, IST-UTL

Other Activities

2023-03-14 to 2023-11-11 - Membro do Júri do Prémio INA - Melhor Investigação no Domínio da Administração Pública

2019-07 to 2019-07 - Membro do Júri dos Prémios a Projetos Inovadores na Gestão no âmbito do Sistema de Incentivos à Inovação na Gestão Pública (SIIGeP)

2004 to cont - Evaluator of Project/fellowship proposals for the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal), European Commission, European Science Foundation, International Partnerships Initiative of the National Centers of Excellence (Canada), Tagus Valley - Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia (Portugal), Ibero-American Network for Science and Technology (CYTED)

2000 - Referee for scientific journals (Science and Public Policy, Research Policy, Scientometrics, International Journal of Technology Management, Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, Análise Social, Research Evaluation, JCom) and conferences (EUNIP, ENANPAD)

1999 - Member, European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST)

1999 - Member, Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S)