Biography

Sociologist, specialized in the Labour and Organizations domain (ISCTE, 1980), Sociology Assistant lecturer at Universidade dos Açores (1980-83) and NOVA School of Sciences and Technology (UNL) from 1983 to 1992, and was Assistant Professor from 1992 to 1999. After that was "Gastwissenschaftler" at the Fraunhofer Institut für Systemtechnik und Innovationsforschung (ISI-FhG, from 2002 to 2004) and at the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (2007-08), and "Visiting Researcher" at the Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (1999) and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario (2017). Associate Professor (since 1999) of the Industrial Sociology in NOVA School of Sciences and Technology (UNL), with habilitation for Full Professorship since 2001. Was coordinator of the PhD Programme on "Technology Assessment" (UNL) 2009-23. From 2011 to 2019 was also Senior Researcher of the Institute of Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. He is integrated researcher of CICS.NOVA centre and elected for the Faculty Scientific Board of FCT Nova in 2020. He is director of the national Observatory of Technology Assessment (OAT), and member of the Steering Committee and of the Working Group on "Work in the International Automotive Industry" of the GERPISA network.