José Carlos Pereira de Morais

Biography

José Carlos Pereira de Morais received his PhD in Sociology from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Porto (FLUP, UP), Portugal, in 2010. He is a Coordinating Professor at the Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaya. Since 2012 he has been the director of the scientific journal Revista de Psicologia, Educação e Cultura, chairing the organizing committees of the four International Congresses promoted this publication (2013, 2015, 2019 and September 2022). Chaired the organizing committees of the international congresses ISPGAYA22, ISPGAYA23, and ISPGAYA24, dedicated to the topic of Sustainability. In terms of scientific research, coordinates the research nucleus Research and Development Center-ISPGAYA. Researcher in CEOS.PP (Centre for Organizational and Social Studies of the Polytechnic of Porto) since 2017. From 2014 to the present, he has been President of the Technical-Scientific Council of ISPGAYA, reconciling activity in institutional management bodies with teaching activity in higher education, which now has 27 years, starting in 1997, after completing the Master's in Sociology in the area of cultural associations, also from FLUP, UP. In 2022 he was a technical and scientific consultant in the area of sociology in the Ecomuseum of Vale do Neiva project, in Barcelos, Portugal. Teaches subjects in undergraduate and master's cycles, in the area of social sciences, humanities and research methodologies. Develops, with regularity, activity of supervision of master's dissertations. Since September 2017 participates in international collaboration programs-ERASMUS- involving European, and in 2023, North American universities. He was a Plenary Speaker at the European Conference on Innovation Management (ECIM) 2024, this conference, held on November 22, took place at Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary, with the communication "Science Parks and Entrepreneurial Activity: The Case of UPTEC".