Biography

Maria de Lourdes Machado-Taylor is a Professor at Lusófona University (ULHT), Director of the Institutional Development Office (GDI) at Lusófona Group and a Senior Researcher Associate at the Center for Research on Higher Education Policies (CIPES). For twelve years she worked as a researcher at the Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES) in Portugal. Supervised and co-supervised Ph students and helped them to accomplish their degrees. Her areas of research include Higher Education Policies, Governance and Management, Leadership, Strategies and Gender Studies. Her list of publications is long and strong. She is author and co-author of more than 260 indicators of scientif produtction (articles in specialized journals, book chapter(s), book(s) and paper prooceddings). Has coordinated and contributed as Investigator and Principal Investigator, to multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research projects funded namely by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Gulbenkian Foundation (Portugal), Capes (Brazil), Banque Africaine de Developement and the European Commission (EEA Grants), especially regarding academic careers, academic mobility, efficiency and equity in higher education, gender equity, models of governance and management, impacts of higher education on quality of life, students and satisfaction with higher education, leadership and strategies. Maria de Lourdes is a reviewer to scientif journals and scientif conferences. She integrates the scientif committee of national and international conferences. She is a TAIEX expert of the EU. Has received research scholarships from the Gulbenkian Foundation and Fulbright (USA). Along her professional life established a global network of professional colleagues in Europe and in particular in Brazil and the United States. Maria de Lourdes is a Fulbright Alumnae, member of the European Platform of Women Scientists (EPWS), Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER), Associação Portuguesa de Mulheres Cientistas (AMONET), The European Higher Education Society (EAIR) and the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). In her curriculum vitae the most frequent terms in the contextualization of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural production are: Higher education; Evaluation; Accreditation; Political sciences; Social Sciences; Brain drain; Academic mobility; Deskilling; Reskilling; Employability; Highly skilled emigration; Strategic management; European higher education; Academic Staff; Gender; Quality of Life; Sustainability; Exodus of skills; Circulation of skills; Learning; Education system; Governance and Management; Leadership; Gender Studies; Academic Careers; Quality.