NUNO MIGUEL FERREIRA DA CRUZ (7F1B-D512-7C34)

Curriculum Vitae

Nuno da Cruz

Nuno F. da Cruz is an Associate Research Professor at the research unit on Governance, Competitiveness, and Public Policies (GOVCOPP) of the University of Aveiro. Before joining GOVCOPP in the 2023/2024 academic year, Nuno spent 10 years at the London School of Economics and Political Science as an Assistant Professorial Research Fellow. He remains a Senior Associate at LSE Cities, an international centre that investigates the complexities of the contemporary city. Dr da Cruz is an interdisciplinary academic working in the field of urban governance. His work is multidisciplinary in nature and global in reach, engaging with a wide range of policy challenges across different sectors. He is interested in the various forces that shape governance - how public policy decisions are made, and what factors regulate or impact on those multiscalar processes. Nuno has vast experience in leading and coordinating international research projects on urban and metropolitan governance, city planning, infrastructure, local government transparency and accountability, democratic and economic performance, and sustainable urban development. This work has been funded by national councils and academies, such as the ESRC and the British Academy, as well as by non-government organisations and philanthropies. He has published widely, including in leading academic journals such as Public Administration, Government Information Quarterly, Public Management Review, Journal of Urban Affairs, Cities, and Environment and Planning C. His latest research efforts have been focused on networked and multilevel governance. Dr da Cruz has been working in cooperation with several multilateral and advocacy organisations such as UCLG, Metropolis, UN Habitat and Transparency International. Throughout his career, Nuno has also been able to gain substantial policy engagement experience. He has advised on various governmental initiatives and has been a consultant to entities such as the World Bank and the European Committee of the Regions. He teaches and convenes training workshops related to both his research and advisory work internationally. He is Field Editor (Subnational Governance and Politics) of the Journal of Public Policy.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: NUNO MIGUEL FERREIRA DA CRUZ

Citation names

da Cruz, Nuno
da Cruz, N.F.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 7F1B-D512-7C34
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3381-6359
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.co.id/citations?user=KsCecLEAAAAJ&hl=en
Researcher Id: B-9503-2011
Scopus Author Id: 56353945200

Email addresses

dacruz@ua.pt (Professional)
n.m.ferreira-da-cruz@lse.ac.uk (Professional)

Addresses

Campus Universitário de Santiago, Rua de S. Tiago DCSPT Room 12.3.8, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://www.lse.ac.uk/Cities/staff-profiles/Nuno-F.-da-Cruz (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Political Sciences - Public Administration
Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography - Urban Studies

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian	Intermediate (B1)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/04/26 - Current	Principal Investigator (Research)	Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação em Governança Competitividade e Políticas Públicas, Portugal

2014/09/01 - 2024/04/25	Auxiliary Researcher (Research)	The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

2011 - 2014	Researcher (Research)	Instituto Superior Técnico Centro de Estudos de Gestão, Portugal

2009 - 2011	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal

2010/09/01 - 2010/12/20	Visiting Researcher (Research)	University of Florida Public Utility Research Center, United States

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/09 - 2024/02	Invited Assistant (University Teacher)	The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

2018/09 - 2021/12	Tutor (University Teacher)	University College London, United Kingdom
	University College London The Bartlett School of Planning, United Kingdom

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024 - Current	Member of GOVCOPP's Coordination Council \| Coordinator of the research group on Public Policies, Institutions and Innovation (PI2)	Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação em Governança Competitividade e Políticas Públicas, Portugal

2014/09/01 - 2024	Member of the LSE Cities' Management Group	The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024 - Current	Senior Associate	The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
	LSE Cities, United Kingdom

Projects

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2023/07/01 - Current	Next Generation Urban Governance in Colombia's vanguard intermediary Cities REG-22-013 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)	Fondation Botnar Ongoing
2021/07/01 - Current	European Cities Programme BP-2021-91881 Principal investigator	Bloomberg Philanthropies Support LLC Ongoing
2021/03/01 - Current	MyFairShare: Individual Mobility Budgets as a Foundation for Social and Ethical Carbon Reduction ES/W000512/1 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)	Economic and Social Research Council Ongoing
2020/05/01 - 2024/01/31	Emergency Governance for Cities and Regions N/A Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)	Cités et Gouvernements Locaux Unis Concluded
2020/09/01 - 2022/12/31	The Governance of Spatial Change: Shaping urban policies and investments in Kuwait MEC-KP-AC-2020-01 Principal investigator	Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences Concluded
2019/09/09 - 2022/12/31	Rubbish, Resources and Residues UWB190142 Project Coordinator	The British Academy Concluded
2017/09/01 - 2019/03/31	Governing Infrastructure Interfaces: cities, technical systems and institutional connections CI170346 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)	The British Academy Concluded
2018/01/15 - 2019/03/14	Metropolitan Indicators N/A	Metropolis Concluded
2017 - 2019	NCE Coalition for Urban Transitions: National Policy workstream N/A Researcher	Global Commission the Economy and Climate
2016/01/01 - 2018/01/31	The Quality of Local Governance FFMS-QGL Principal investigator	Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos
2014/09/01 - 2016/12/31	New Urban Governance 105746 Project Coordinator	The John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation Concluded
2011/05/01 - 2015/04/30	TRUST - TRansitions to the Urban Water Services of Tomorrow 265122 Researcher	European Commission Concluded
2011/11/01 - 2014/10/31	EIMPack - Economic Impact of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive EIBURS	European Investment Bank Concluded
2013/09/01 - 2014/08/31	Local Integrity System - Pilot study for Portugal N/A Principal investigator	Transparency International e V Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2013/12/31	Strategic Project - UI 93 - 2011-2012 PEst-OE/ECI/UI0093/2011 Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Engenharia Civil para a Sustentabilidade, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Other

	Designation	Funders
2024/10/01 - 2025/09/05	Barómetro do Poder Local (Local Government Barometer) FFMS Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação em Governança Competitividade e Políticas Públicas, Portugal	Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos Concluded
2020/01/01 - 2022/12/31	Beyond Car Ownership in Cities N/A Researcher
2013/01/01 - 2014/12/31	Índice de Transparência Municipal N/A Principal investigator

Outputs

Publications

Book	Tavares, António; De Sousa, Luís; da Cruz, Nuno; Teles, Filipe; Moreno Pires, Sara; Macedo, Ana; Fernandes, Daniel; Mota, Luis F.. Qualidade da governação local em Portugal [The Quality of Local Governance in Portugal]. Lisbon, Portugal: Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos. 2018. Published Marques, R.C.; da Cruz, N.F.. Recycling and extended producer responsibility: The European experience. 2016. 10.4324/9781315604121 De Sousa, Luís; Tavares, António; da Cruz, Nuno; Jorge, Susana. A Reforma do Poder Local em Debate [Debating the Reform of Local Government]. Lisbon, Portugal: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais. 2015. Published
Book chapter	Vitale Brovarone, Elisabetta; Papa, Enrica; F. da Cruz, Nuno. "Accessibility-oriented territorial governance". In Handbook of Territorial Governance, 316-331. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025. 10.4337/9781035317288.00028 Rode, Philipp; da Cruz, Nuno. "The empirical study of urban transport governance". In Handbook of Transportation and Public Policy, edited by Perl, Anthony; Ray, Rosalie Singerman ; Reardon, Louise, 427-446. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar, 2025. Published • 10.4337/9781800888784.00041 da Cruz, Nuno F.. "Good governance". In Elgar Encyclopedia of Corruption and Society, edited by De Sousa, Luís; Coroado, Susana, 129-133. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024. 10.4337/9781803925806.ch29 da Cruz, Nuno; Burdett, Ricky. "Destapando la metropolis: breve reflexión y visión de América Latina [Uncovering the metropolis: a brief reflection and overview of Latin America]". In La Unidad Territorial Metropolitana: interrogando su escala,complejidad y gobernanza, 54-59. New York, United States: Inter-American Development Bank, 2024. Published da Cruz, Nuno. "Metropolitan governance in the age of emergencies". In Urban Development in the Post-Covid Era, edited by Méndez Romeu, J.L.. Vigo, Spain: Eixo Atlantico, 2022. Published Rode, Philipp; da Cruz, Nuno. "The governance of urban accessibility". In Sharing Mobilities: New Perspectives for the Mobile Risk Society, edited by Kesselring, S.; Freudendal-Pedersen, M.; Zuev, D., 68-88. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2020. Published da Cruz, Nuno. "Local Government Benchmarking". In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, edited by Farazmand, Ali, 3821-3829. Springer International Publishing, 2018. 10.1007/978-3-319-20928-9_2329 McQuarrie, Michael; da Cruz, Nuno; Rode, Philipp. "Tensions of governance". In Shaping Cities in an Urban Age, edited by Burdett, Ricky; Rode, Philipp, 187-194. London, United Kingdom: Phaidon, 2018. Published Cruz, Carlos Oliveira; da Cruz, Nuno. "Public-Private Partnership". In The Governance of Infrastructure, edited by Wegrich, Kai; Kostka, Genia; Hammerschmid, Gerhard, 103-126. Oxford University Press, 2017. 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198787310.003.0006
Conference paper	Rogers, Ben; da Cruz, Nuno; Hamilton-Jones, Imogen. "Researching city government innovation capacity through comparative case studies: theory development and methods". Paper presented in Harvard Urban Research Conference, Cambridge, MA, 2025. 0000-0002-0219-1432; Tavares, António; da Cruz, Nuno. "An explanation of drivers and barriers to local youth participation". Paper presented in XII Congress of the Portuguese Political Science Association, Lisbon, 2025. Published da Cruz, Nuno; De Sousa, Luís; Tavares, António; Teles, Filipe. "Mayor Tom to ground control: testing the determinants of local governance quality". Paper presented in 'Democracy and its Discontents' - American Political Science Association Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Boston, 2018. Published De Sousa, Luís; da Cruz, Nuno; Fernandes, Daniel. "An Institutional Analysis of the Quality of Local Democracy". Paper presented in IX Congress of the Portuguese Political Science Association, Braga, 2018. Published da Cruz, Nuno; Tavares, António. "A Political Market Framework for Analyzing the Transparency Profiles of Local Governments". Paper presented in Public Management Research Association Conference, Aarhus, 2016. Tavares, António; da Cruz, Nuno. "Explaining Local Government Transparency: A Political Market Framework". Paper presented in American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2015. Tavares, António; da Cruz, Nuno. "The Determinants of Local Government Transparency: A Preliminary Analysis". Paper presented in ICEGOV2014 – 8th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, 2014. Tavares, A.F.; Da Cruz, N.F.. "The determinants of local government transparency: A preliminary analysis". Guimarães, 2014. 10.1145/2691195.2691291 Santos, M.; Marques, Rui Cunha; da Cruz, Nuno. "Medição do Desempenho dos Municipios Portugueses". Paper presented in 8º Congresso Nacional da Administração Pública: Administração Pública - Desafios e Soluções, 2011. da Cruz, Nuno; Marques, Rui Cunha. "Índices de Governança Municipal: Utilidade e Exequibilidade". Paper presented in 8º Congresso Nacional da Administração Pública: Administração Pública - Desafios e Soluções, Cascais, 2011. da Cruz, Nuno; Marques, Rui Cunha. "A Multi-Criteria Model to Determine the Sustainability Level of Water Services". Paper presented in Pi 2013 - 5th Annual IWA International: Benchmarking and Performance Assessment, Medellin, 2011. da Cruz, Nuno; Marques, Rui Cunha; Romano, G.; Guerrini, A.. "Measuring performance in Mediterranean countries: a comparison between Portugal and Italy". Paper presented in International Conference on Benchmarking and Performance Assessment of Water Services, Valencia, 2011. da Cruz, Nuno. "The drivers of local governments involved in the creation of mixed companies". Paper presented in 1st International Conference on Economics and Management of Public Utilities, Milan, 2010. da Cruz, Nuno; Marques, Rui Cunha. "Accountability and Governance in Local Public Services". Paper presented in Regulation in the Age of Crisis, Third Biennial Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research, Dublin, 2010.
Journal article	Ramos, Flávio; Tavares, António F.; da Cruz, Nuno F.. "Between promise and practice: a scoping review of the democratic outcomes of youth participation in local governance". Children and Youth Services Review 181 (2026): 108738. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108738. 10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108738 Nuno F. da Cruz; Saeeduddin Ahmed; Eyob Balcha Gebremariam. "Political (in)visibility and governance disconnects: dealing with waste in Addis Ababa and Faisalabad". Oxford Development Studies (2026): https://doi.org/10.1080/13600818.2026.2613972. 10.1080/13600818.2026.2613972 da Cruz, Nuno F.; Rode, Philipp. "Social structures of urban governance: strategic spatial planning in Addis Ababa". Territory, Politics, Governance 13 9 (2025): 1260-1282. https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2024.2317939. Published • 10.1080/21622671.2024.2317939 Rogers, Ben; da Cruz, Nuno F.; Ripa, Francesco; Hamilton-Jones, Imogen. "Prosperity Beyond Growth: An Emerging Agenda for European Cities". Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy 2 2 (2024): 124-146. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jccpe-2023-0001. Published • 10.3138/jccpe-2023-0001 Nuno F. da Cruz; Philipp Rode; Michael McQuarrie; Nicole Badstuber; Enora Robin. "Networked Urban Governance: A Socio-Structural Analysis of Transport Strategies in London and New York". Urban Affairs Review (2023): https://doi.org/10.1177/10780874221117463. 10.1177/10780874221117463 Liza Rose Cirolia; Tesfaye Hailu; Julia King; Nuno F da Cruz; Jo Beall. "Infrastructure governance in the post-networked city: State-led, high-tech sanitation in Addis Ababa's condominium housing". Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 39 7 (2021): 1606-1624. https://doi.org/10.1177/23996544211037063. 10.1177/23996544211037063 Luís de Sousa; Nuno F. da Cruz; Daniel Fernandes. "The quality of local democracy: an institutional analysis". Local Government Studies (2021): 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2021.1882428. 10.1080/03003930.2021.1882428 Antonio F. Tavares; Nuno F. da Cruz. "Explaining the transparency of local government websites through a political market framework". Government Information Quarterly 37 3 (2020): 101249-101249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2017.08.005. 10.1016/j.giq.2017.08.005 Rode, P.; Terrefe, B.; da Cruz, N.F.. "Cities and the governance of transport interfaces: Ethiopia's new rail systems". Transport Policy 91 (2020): 76-94. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85083097547&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.03.004 da Cruz, N.F.; Oh, D.Y.; Choumar, N.B.. "The metropolitan scale". Cities 100 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85079891936&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.cities.2020.102644 Jo Beall; Cherenet, Zegeye; Liza Rose Cirolia; da Cruz, Nuno; Parnell, Sue; Philipp Rode. "Understanding infrastructure interfaces". Journal of the British Academy (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.5871/jba/007s2.011. 10.5871/jba/007s2.011 Nuno F. da Cruz; Philipp Rode; Michael McQuarrie. "New urban governance: A review of current themes and future priorities". Journal of Urban Affairs (2019): 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2018.1499416. 10.1080/07352166.2018.1499416 Philipp Rode; Nuno F. da Cruz. "Governing urban accessibility: moving beyond transport and mobility". Applied Mobilities (2018): 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/23800127.2018.1438149. 10.1080/23800127.2018.1438149 Cruz, Nuno. "An Application of a Multicriteria Model to Assess the Quality of Local Governance". Urban Affairs Review 0 0 (2017): 1078087417733049-1078087417733049. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078087417733049. 10.1177/1078087417733049 Ferreira, S.; Cabral, M.; De Jaeger, S.; Da Cruz, N.F.; Simões, P.; Marques, R.C.. "Life cycle assessment and valuation of the packaging waste recycling system in Belgium". Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management 19 1 (2017): 144-154. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84928128706&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s10163-015-0383-x da Cruz, Nuno F.; Marques, Rui Cunha. "Structuring composite local governance indicators". Policy Studies 38 2 (2017): 109-129. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000395401900001&KeyUID=WOS:000395401900001. 10.1080/01442872.2016.1210117 Ferreira, S.; Cabral, M.; da Cruz, N.F.; Simões, P.; Marques, R.C.. "The costs and benefits of packaging waste management systems in Europe: the perspective of local authorities". Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 60 5 (2016): 773-791. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2016.1181609. 10.1080/09640568.2016.1181609 da Cruz, Nuno Ferreira; Tavares, Antonio F.; Marques, Rui Cunha; Jorge, Susana; de Sousa, Luis. "Measuring Local Government Transparency". Public Management Review 18 6 (2016): 866-893. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000372198000004&KeyUID=WOS:000372198000004. 10.1080/14719037.2015.1051572 Pinto, F.S.; Da Cruz, N.F.; Marques, R.C.. "Contracting water services with public and private partners: A case study approach". Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA 64 2 (2015): 194-210. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84923646664&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.2166/aqua.2014.121 Marques, Rui Cunha; da Cruz, Nuno Ferreira; Pires, Joao. "Measuring the sustainability of urban water services". Environmental Science & Policy 54 (2015): 142-151. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000362603400015&KeyUID=WOS:000362603400015. 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.07.003 Nuno Ferreira da Cruz; Rui Cunha Marques. "Análise econômica do sistema da reciclagem em Portugal". Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental 19 3 (2014): 335-344. https://doi.org/10.1590%2Fs1413-41522014019000000190. 10.1590/s1413-41522014019000000190 Ferreira, S.; Cabral, M.; da Cruz, N.F.; Simões, P.; Marques, R.C.. "Life cycle assessment of a packaging waste recycling system in Portugal". Waste Management 34 9 (2014): 1725-1735. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2014.05.007. 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.05.007 da Cruz, Nuno; Simões, Pedro; Marques, Rui Cunha. "Costs and benefits of packaging waste recycling systems". Resources, Conservation and Recycling 85 (2014): 1-4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.01.006. 10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.01.006 Marques, Rui Cunha; da Cruz, Nuno Ferreira; Simões, Pedro; Faria Ferreira, Sandra; Pereira, Marta Cabral; De Jaeger, Simon. "Economic viability of packaging waste recycling systems: A comparison between Belgium and Portugal". Resources, Conservation and Recycling 85 (2014): 22-33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.12.015. 10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.12.015 Ferreira, S.; Cabral, M.; Da Cruz, N.F.; Marques, R.C.. "Economic and environmental impacts of the recycling system in Portugal". Journal of Cleaner Production 79 (2014): 219-230. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84905080196&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.05.026 Da Cruz, N.F.; Marques, R.C.. "Revisiting the determinants of local government performance". Omega (United Kingdom) 44 (2014): 91-103. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84888042995&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.omega.2013.09.002 Da Cruz, N.F.; Ferreira, S.; Cabral, M.; Simões, P.; Marques, R.C.. "Packaging waste recycling in Europe: Is the industry paying for it?". Waste Management 34 2 (2014): 298-308. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84892483814&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.10.035 Cruz, N.F.D.; Marques, R.C.. "Scorecards for sustainable local governments". Cities 39 (2014): 165-170. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84901243003&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.cities.2014.01.001 Cruz, N.F.; Marques, R.C.; Marra, A.; Pozzi, C.. "Local mixed companies: The theory and practice in an international perspective". Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics 85 1 (2014): 1-9. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84894091405&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/apce.12032 da Cruz, N.F.; Marques, R.C.. "Mixed companies as local utilities". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Municipal Engineer 167 1 (2014): 3-10. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84901802458&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1680/muen.12.00041 da Cruz, Nuno Ferreira; Marques, Rui Cunha. "Economic analysis of the Portuguese recycling system". Engenharia Sanitaria E Ambiental 19 3 (2014): 335-344. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000343749100014&KeyUID=WOS:000343749100014. 10.1590/S1413-41522014019000000190 da Cruz, Nuno; Marques, R.C.. "Rocky road of urban transportation contracts". Journal of Management in Engineering 30 5 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84906261984&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000224 da Cruz, Nuno; Carvalho, Pedro; Marques, Rui Cunha. "Disentangling the cost efficiency of jointly provided water and wastewater services". Utilities Policy 24 (2013): 70-77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2012.09.002. 10.1016/j.jup.2012.09.002 da Cruz, N.F.; Simões, P.; Marques, R.C.. "The hurdles of local governments with PPP contracts in the waste sector". Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 31 2 (2013): 292-307. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84876871738&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1068/c11158 da Cruz, N.F.; Berg, S.V.; Marques, R.C.. "Managing public utilities: Lessons from Florida". Lex Localis 11 2 (2013): 101-118. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84876536746&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.4335/11.2.101-118 Cabral, M.; Ferreira, S.; Simões, P.; da Cruz, N.F.; Marques, R.C.. "Financial flows in the recycling of packaging waste: The case of France". Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 22 6 (2013): 1637-1647. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84890377088&partnerID=MN8TOARS. da Cruz, N.F.; Marques, R.C.. "New development: The challenges of designing municipal governance indicators". Public Money and Management 33 3 (2013): 209-212. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84876037949&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1080/09540962.2013.785706 Simões, P.; da Cruz, Nuno; Marques, R.C.. "The performance of private partners in the waste sector". Journal of Cleaner Production 29-30 (2012): 214-221. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.01.027. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.01.027 da Cruz, Nuno; Marques, Rui Cunha; Romano, Giulia; Guerrini, Andrea. "Measuring the efficiency of water utilities: a cross-national comparison between Portugal and Italy". Water Policy 14 5 (2012): 841-853. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2012.103. 10.2166/wp.2012.103 Da Cruz, N.F.; Marques, R.C.. "Mixed companies and local governance: No man can serve two masters". Public Administration 90 3 (2012): 737-758. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84866023116&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.02020.x Marques, R.C.; Da Cruz, N.F.; Carvalho, P.. "Assessing and exploring (in)efficiency in Portuguese recycling systems using non-parametric methods". Resources, Conservation and Recycling 67 (2012): 34-43. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84865059527&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.resconrec.2012.07.005 Da Cruz, N.F.; Simões, P.; Marques, R.C.. "Economic cost recovery in the recycling of packaging waste: The case of Portugal". Journal of Cleaner Production 37 (2012): 8-18. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84865466401&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.05.043 Cruz, N.F.D.; Marques, R.C.. "Delivering Local Infrastructure through PPPs: Evidence from the School Sector". Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 138 12 (2012): 1433-1443. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84870889456&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000558 da Cruz, N.F.; Marques, R.C.. "Viability of municipal companies in the provision of urban infrastructure services". Local Government Studies 37 1 (2011): 93-110. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79952510763&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1080/03003930.2010.548551 da Cruz, N.F.; Marques, R.C.. "Accountability and governance in local public services: The particular case of mixed companies \| Rendición de cuentas y gobernabilidad en los servicios públicos locales: El caso particular de las compañías mixtas". Innovar 21 42 (2011): 41-54. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84860906959&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Journal issue	da Cruz, Nuno; Rode, Philipp; McQuarrie, Michael. "New Urban Governance". Journal of Urban Affairs 21 1 (2019): https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ujua20/41/1. Published • Invited editor da Cruz, Nuno; Marques, Rui Cunha; Marra, Alessandro; Pozzi, Cesare. "The Governance of Mixed Companies: Policy Implications for Local Governments". Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics 85 1 (2014): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14678292/2014/85/1. Published • Invited editor da Cruz, Nuno; Marques, Rui Cunha; Simões, Pedro. "Packaging Waste Recycling". Resources Conservation & Recycling 85 (2014): https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/resources-conservation-and-recycling/vol/85/suppl/C. Published • Invited editor
Magazine article	da Cruz, Nuno. "Mayors may be agile but don't forget representation and pluralism", Local Government Chronicle, 2015, https://www.lgcplus.com/politics/devolution-and-economic-growth/mayors-may-be-agile-but-dont-forget-representation-and-pluralism-09-10-2015/.
Newspaper article	da Cruz, Nuno; de la Varga, Octavi. "¿Dónde empiezan y acaban las ciudades? [Where do cities start?]", El País, 2019, https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/11/11/seres_urbanos/1573484935_867955.html#. da Cruz, Nuno; Marques, Rui Cunha. "Sobre o Futuro das Empresas Municipais [On the future of municipal companies]", Expresso , 2009, Caderno de Economia
Online resource	Alrasheed, Dhari; da Cruz, Nuno. Governance obstacles in Kuwait's path to a more sustainable urban future. 2023. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2023/07/11/governance-obstacles-in-kuwaits-path-to-a-more-sustainable-urban-future/?_gl=12bxq5r_gaMTk1MjY0Njc3NS4xNjc1MDk2MDk5_ga_LWTEVFESYXMTcwNzIyMzE1MC4yMzYuMS4xNzA3MjIzMzM4LjIyLjAuMA... da Cruz, Nuno. How do we govern metropolitan areas in the Age of Emergencies?. 2022. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2022/05/05/how-do-we-govern-metropolitan-areas-in-the-age-of-emergencies/?_gl=1bx5uqo_gaMTk1MjY0Njc3NS4xNjc1MDk2MDk5_ga_LWTEVFESYXMTcwNzIyMzE1MC4yMzYuMS4xNzA3MjIzNzkxLjQ0LjAuMA...
Report	Teles, Filipe; da Cruz, Nuno. 2025. Barómetro do Poder Local. https://ffms.pt/pt-pt/estudos/barometros/barometro-do-poder-local. da Cruz, Nuno; Ellaway, Louise; Hamilton-Jones, Imogen; Heeckt, Catarina; Rogers, Ben. Corresponding author: da Cruz, Nuno. 2024. Public Innovation: Building Capacity in Europe’s City Governments. https://www.lse.ac.uk/Cities/publications/research-reports/public-innovation. Rogers, Ben; da Cruz, Nuno; Heeckt, Catarina; Hamilton-Jones, Imogen; Ripa, Francesco. 2023. Old Cities, New Ambitions: the future of urban Europe. https://www.lse.ac.uk/Cities/publications/research-reports/Old-Cities-New-Ambitions-the-future-of-urban-europe. Rossetti, M.; da Cruz, Nuno. 2022. Local Public Services in Crisis Mode: Adapting Governance Models to Exceptional Times. https://www.lse.ac.uk/Cities/publications/Policy-Briefs-and-Analytics-Notes/Policy-Brief-05-Emergency-Governance-Initiative. da Cruz, Nuno; Rossetti, M.. 2022. Local Public Services and Sustainable Development: shifts in priorities due to COVID-19. https://www.lse.ac.uk/Cities/publications/Policy-Briefs-and-Analytics-Notes/Analytics-Note-05. Flynn, Rebecca; Heeckt, Catarina; da Cruz, Nuno. 2021. Financing Emergencies in Cities and Regions: Ongoing Lessons from the Pandemic. https://www.lse.ac.uk/Cities/publications/Policy-Briefs-and-Analytics-Notes/Policy-Brief-03-Emergency-Governance-Initiative. da Cruz, Nuno; Flynn, Rebecca; Heeckt, Catarina. 2021. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Subnational Finances. https://www.lse.ac.uk/Cities/publications/Policy-Briefs-and-Analytics-Notes/Analytics-Note-03-The-Impact-of-the-Covid-19-pandemic-on-Subnational-Finances. da Cruz, Nuno. 2020. The COVID-19 Response: Governance Challenges and Innovations by Cities and Regions. https://www.lse.ac.uk/Cities/publications/Policy-Briefs-and-Analytics-Notes/Analytics-Note-02-The-COVID-19-Response-Governance-Challenges-and-Innovations-by-Cities-and-Regions. Tavares, António Fernando Freitas; De Sousa, Luís; Ana Macedo; Daniel Fernandes; Teles, Filipe; Mota, Luis F.; da Cruz, Nuno; Sara Moreno Pires. 2018. Qualidade da Governação Local em Portugal: resumo (Quality of Local Government in Portugal - research summary). https://www.ffms.pt/FileDownload/f450fd04-7a03-437a-9c60-85dec5ac8e9e/resumo-qualidade-da-governacao-local. da Cruz, Nuno; De Sousa, Luís. 2014. Local Integrity System Assessment: Portugal. https://transparencia.pt/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/TIAC_LISPortugal-LisboaBraga2014.pdf.
Website	da Cruz, Nuno. How cities are governed: building a global database for current models of urban governance. 2016. https://urbangovernance.net/en/.
Working paper	Rode, Philipp; da Cruz, Nuno; Roth, Cécile; Stephens, Anthea; Flynn, Rebecca; Duarte, Catalina; Fernández, Ainara. 2024. "Governing Complex Emergencies at the Local Level". https://www.lse.ac.uk/Cities/publications/Policy-Briefs-and-Analytics-Notes/SummaryPaper-2020-24-Emergency-Governance-Initiative. da Cruz, Nuno; Alrasheed, Dhari; Alrabe, Muneerah; al-Khonaini, Abdullah. 2024. "Spatial patterns and urban governance in Kuwait: exploring the links between the physical, the socioeconomic and the political". https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/122858/. Hügler, B.; Flynn, Rebecca; Heeckt, Catarina; da Cruz, Nuno; Herrmann, A.; Rode, Philipp. 2023. "What keeps us driving? Exploring sociodemographic patterns and underlying motives of mode choice in cities.". https://www.lse.ac.uk/Cities/Assets/Documents/Working-Papers/Beyond-Car-Ownership-What-Keeps-Us-Driving.pdf. Rode, Philipp; Heeckt, Catarina; da Cruz, Nuno. 2019. "National transport policy and cities: key policy interventions to drive compact and connected urban growth". https://newclimateeconomy.net/content/national-transport-policy-and-cities-key-policy-interventions-drive-compact-and-connected. da Cruz, Nuno. 2018. "Urban infrastructure in political science and public administration". https://www.lse.ac.uk/cities/publications/working-papers/Urban-infrastructure-in-Political-Science-and-Public-Administration. da Cruz, Nuno; Marques, Rui Cunha. 2011. "Does the mixed company model provide value for money? An analysis of different local infrastucture sectors.". http://www.ub.edu/catedramaragall/old/eng/WP-2-2011final.pdf. da Cruz, Nuno; Berg, Sanford; Marques, Rui Cunha. 2011. "Managing Public Utilities: The American Way". https://bear.warrington.ufl.edu/centers/purc/docs/papers/1101_Cruz_Managing_Public_Utilities.pdf.

Other

Dataset

da Cruz, Nuno. Metropolitan Indicators. https://indicators.metropolis.org/. 2019.
da Cruz, Nuno; De Sousa, Luís; Tavares, António; Jorge, Susana. Municipal Transparency Index. https://transparencia.pt/en/itm/. 2013.

Standard or policy

Policy paper 4: Urban governance, capacity and institutional development. In 2015 and early 2016, LSE Cities co-led jointly with UCLG a group of twenty global experts as part of the preparatory process for the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), which took place in Quito, Ecuador, from 17–20 October 2016. The policy paper is now an official UN General Assembly document.. 2016. Rode, Philipp; Saiz, Emilia; Heeckt, Catarina; da Cruz, Nuno; Bilsky, Edgardo; Blain, Harry; Vega, Nestor; Martinez, Ricardo. https://lsecities.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Habitat-III-PU4-Urban-Governance-Capacity-and-Institutional-Development-Policy-Paper_Final.pdf.
Local Governance Integrity: Principles and Standards. The purpose of the Anti-Corruption Principles and Standards for Local Governance Systems is to provide clear guidance as to how to prevent corruption and deal with it when it occurs. Most of them apply to the whole governance system, including citizens, civil society, the media and the private sector.. 2014. da Cruz, Nuno; Gary, Michel. https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/local-governance-integrity-principles-and-standards.

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2026/02/12	As cidades portuguesas e as outras cidades do mundo	URBE: Que caminho para Portugal? Jornal Público (Lisbon, Portugal)
2025/04/03	Advancing public innovation in Europe's city governments	Eurocities Interactive Webinar Eurocities (Brussels, Belgium)
2024/11/06	O Futuro é Urbano: as cidades como catalisador do desenvolvimento sustentável	Sustainable Development Report launch Município do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2024/10/24	Government innovation capacity in Europe’s cities	Cities in transition: towards a sustainable, inclusive and prosperous future Eurocities (Bilbao, Spain)
2024/10/18	Revitalizing democracy: powering youth participation and rebuilding trust in intermediary cities	Populist Threats: Building Democratic Resilience with Participatory Communities International Observatory of Participatory Democracy (Valongo, Portugal)
2023/06/06	Meeting the urban challenges of the 2020s: the leaders and the levers of European cities	The European City: a practice of resilience in the face of an uncertain future European Urban Research Association (Reykjavik, Iceland)
2022/11/24	Emergency governance: enabling adaptive and agile responses	Better rules, governance and decision-making for urban transformation Eurocities (Brussels, Belgium)
2022/11/04	Comparative urban governance: empirical research at the global level	Lab Talk Networks & Governance Lab, University of Illinois Chicago (Chicago, United States)
2022/10/17	Metropolitan indicators across the world: solutions to monitor metropolitan spaces and improve public services	MetroSolutions: Looking at innovation for the metropolises of tomorrow Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB) (Barcelona, Spain)
2022/03/10	Urban governance and spatial patterns in Kuwait: exploring the links between the physical and the socioeconomic	Future-Proofing Kuwait: Urban Policymaking in the 21st Century LSE Middle East Centre (London, United Kingdom)
2021/10/03	Lessons learned: post-COVID-19 urban governance	Cities Developing Solutions: Re-Think, Co-Act Marmara Urban Forum (MARUF) (Istanbul, Turkey)
2021/09/27	Empirical research on urban governance	Cities and Governance Webinar Series Lingnan University (Hong Kong, China)
2021/04/27	Financing Emergencies in Cities and Regions: ongoing Lessons from the Pandemic	Online Forum on decentralisation under COVID-19: challenges for municipal finances U-LEAD with Europe and GIZ Ukraine (Kiev, Ukraine)
2021/03/10	Knowledge frontiers and future research in the field of urban governance	Global Cities Forum, Sub-forum 2: Digital Transformation in Global Cities in a Post-Pandemic Era UNDESA, Shanghai Big Data Center, the Asian Association of Public Administration, and China Institute of Urban Governance of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Shanghai , China)
2020/12/09	Conducive Policy, Legal and Governance Responses to COVID-19	UN-Habitat Report on Cities and Pandemics: towards a more just, green and healthy future UN-Habitat
2019/06/27	Metropolitan Indicators: A global Database of Metropolitan Territories	Metropolitan Policies and Indicators of Social Cohesion Metropolis (Barcelona, Spain)
2019/03/11	The Quality of Local Democracy: an institutional analysis	Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain)
2018/05/24	Data and the Urban Governance Research Agenda	13th Annual Meeting of the Development Partners Network on Decentralisation and Local Governance (DeLoG) Development Partners Network on Decentralisation and Local Governance (DeLoG) (The Hague, Netherlands)
2017/11/24	From Local Government to Local Governance: the implications for transparency and beyond	TI Ukraine (Kiev, Ukraine)
2017/06/21	The quality of local governance: a critical review of current assessment models	European Urban Research Association Conference European Urban Research Association (Warsaw, Poland)
2016/10/13	Mapping urban governance: a global survey by LSE Cities, UN Habitat and UCLG	World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders United Cities and Local Governments (Bogota, Colombia)
2016/06/03	The Value of Municipal Transparency	XXV Encontro de Marketing e Comunicação Autárquica (Graciosa, Portugal)
2014/11/06	Urban Governance Survey by UN Habitat, UCLG and LSE Cities	Smart Local Governance: The Challenge of Good Governance in Local Administrations UCLG Committee on Digital and Knowledge-based Cities (Bilbao, Spain)
2014/10/16	Os Determinantes da Transparência nos Governos Locais: Uma Análise Preliminar	Jornadas Internacionais sobre Cidades Inteligentes (Braga, Portugal)
2012/08/22	What Influences the Performance of Local Governments?	52nd European Congress of the RSAI and 4th Central European Regional Science Conference: Regions in Motion European Regional Science Association (Bratislava, Slovakia)
2011/05/26	Does the mixed company model provide value for money? An analysis of different local infrastructure sectors	Workshop on Public-Private Partnerships Universitat Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
2010/02/25	The Pros and Cons of Mixed Companies as Local Water Utilities	WATERDAY - Workshop on Water Economics and Technology Joint Research Program on "Water Economics and Management" (Berlin, Germany)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025 - Current	Measurement and analysis of municipal integrity risks: the Portuguese case Supervisor	Public Policy (PhD) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025 - Current	Public Sector Capabilities at the Local Level Supervisor	Ciência Política (Master) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023 - Current	Measuring the democratic outcome of youth participation Co-supervisor	PhD in Administrative Sciences (PhD) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2017 - 2019	Network urban governance: a socio-structural analysis of transport strategies in the metropolitan area of Porto Co-supervisor	MSc in Public Administration (Master) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015 - 2017	Measuring and comparing the quality of local governance in Portugal towards sustainable development goals (SFRH/BDP/110472/2015). Co-supervisor	Post-doc in Political Science (Other) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2009 - 2010	"Financing models of public-private partnerships" [Paralelismo dos modelos de financiamento das parcerias público-privadas] Supervisor	VII Post-graduate Course on Public-Private Partnerships (Specialization course) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Direito Económico Financeiro e Fiscal, Portugal
2009 - 2010	"The risk factor in contracting public-private partnerships" [O factor de risco na contratação de parcerias público-privadas] Supervisor	VII Post-graduate Course on Public-Private Partnerships (Specialization course) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Direito Económico Financeiro e Fiscal, Portugal

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2025/06/06 - 2025/06/06	Speednetworking session: ‘Supporting leadership for public innovation in cities’, Eurocities Conference: Stronger Cities, Fairer Europe (2025/06/04 - 2025/06/06) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Eurocities, Belgium
2024/11/12 - 2024/11/12	‘Public Innovation: Building Capacity in Europe's City Governments’, Public Event hosted by Member of the European Parliament Pierfrancesco Maran, LSE Cities and Eurocities, European Parliament (2024/11/12 - 2024/11/12) Other (Member of the Scientific Committee)	European Parliament, France
2023/07/05 - 2023/07/05	'Old Cities, New Ambitions: the future of urban Europe' (2023/07/05) Symposium (Co-organisor)	The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
2023/06/22 - 2023/06/22	Panel: 'European Cities: meeting the urban challenges of the 2020s', EURA 2023 - the European City: a practice of resilience in the face of an uncertain future, University of Iceland, Reykjavik. (2023/06/22) Conference (Co-organisor)	European Urban Research Association, Germany
2023/05/23 - 2023/05/23	'Growing Apart: cities, nations and the future of Europe' (2023/05/23) Symposium (Co-organisor)	The London School of Economics and Political Science European Institute, United Kingdom
2022/11/02 - 2022/11/02	'Understanding Prosperity Without Growth' (2022) Round table (Co-organisor)	The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
2022/05/04 - 2022/05/04	Europe's cities in the 2020s: change, challenges and governance capacities (2022) Round table (Co-organisor)	The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
2020/03/05 - 2020/03/05	Slowing the smart city (2020) Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)	The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
2018/04/16 - 2018/04/16	Democratic lives in the 21st century (2018) Symposium (Co-organisor)	The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom International Idea, Sweden
2016/07/04 - 2016/07/04	Urban Pollution and Health Effects: What Can Cities Do? (2016) Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)	Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, Spain
2016/05/31 - 2016/05/31	Public Participation for Urban Planning and Management: a Means and an End (2016) Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)	The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
2015/11/10 - 2015/11/10	Innovations for Urban Security and Policing (2015) Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)	New York University, United States
2015/01/28 - 2015/01/28	Energy Transitions: Implications for City Governments (2015) Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)	Hertie School, Germany

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2017/04/04 - 2017/04/07	Expert in the Post-Habitat III Cross-Cutting Expert Group Meeting on UN-Habitat's "Action Framework for the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda" (AFINUA). Helped refine and revise the key elements of UN-Habitat's action framework in particular with regards to the breakout group session on "National Urban Policies", United Nations. Meeting	United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Kenya United Nations Secretariat, United States

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2025/11/04	Conflito Político nas Políticas de Moralidade: o caso do debate da regulamentação do consumo recreativo de canábis em Portugal President of the jury	Diogo Russo (Master) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/09/23	The CLAIM network and the electoral participation of immigrants President of the jury	Bruno Ribeiro (Master) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025	Ana Filipa Santos Novais (Examiner, PhD upgrade). “Essays on Water Governance and Performance”. PhD in Administrative Sciences, University of Minho. (Thesis) Main arguer	Ana Filipa Santos Novais (PhD) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2023	Dissertation Committee, PhD; External Examiner, dissertation defense. "Alone in the Multitude? Central Cities and their Role in Governance and Public Service Networks". PhD in Public Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago. (Thesis) Main arguer	Jose Sanchez Cetina (PhD) University of Illinois Chicago Department of Political Science, United States
2021	External Examiner, PhD viva. "Public Policies in the Water Sector: Water Safety Plans as Tools for risk assessment". PhD in Administrative Sciences, University of Minho. (Thesis) Main arguer	Alexandra Suzana Abreu de Faria Carvalho Roeger (PhD) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2020	External Examiner, PhD upgrade. "The determinants of service delivery performance measures: an analysis of municipalities in developing countries". PhD in Administrative Sciences, University of Minho. Thesis Member	Moses Kofi Armah (PhD) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2019	External Examiner, PhD upgrade. "Effects of strategic planning on the performance of local governments" [Efeitos da adoção do planeamento estratégico na performance dos governos locais]. PhD in Administrative Sciences, University of Minho Thesis Member	Juliano Kruger (PhD) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015	External Examiner, PhD viva. "Public private partnerships in Portugal: accountability, models and underlying rationale" [Parcerias público privadas em portugal: accountability, modelos e motivações subjacentes]. PhD in Administrative Sciences, University of Minho. (Thesis) Main arguer	Sandra Firmino (PhD) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2015	Second Reviewer, Masters. "Sustainable market entry in the solid waste sector in emerging megacities - The case of German companies in Rio de Janeiro". Master Thesis of the MBA in Sustainability Management, Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM), Leuphana Universität Lüneburg. (Thesis) Arguer	Kathrin Zeller (Other) Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Germany

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2024 - Current	Portuguese Political Science Association (APCP)

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2020 - Current	LSE Middle East Centre Academic Committee Member	The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
2021 - 2023	London School of Economics' Research and Policy Staff Committee (RPSC) Member	The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
2021/01/11 - 2021/12/31	Academic Steering Committee for Connected Places Catapult's "Urban Links Africa" programme, funding by Innovate UK, Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). Contributing thought leadership and reviewing analysis reports for cities in Kenya and South Africa. Advisor / Consultant	Connected Places Catapult, United Kingdom
2015/09/01 - 2016/03/31	Co-Leading of Habitat III Policy Unit 4 on "Urban Governance, Capacity and Institutional Development". Participated in the revision and editing of the final Policy Paper. Was also Co-Facilitator of the working groups on "equity" and "participation" composed of experts appointed by the Secretary General of the Conference, in consultation with the Bureau of the Preparatory Committee for Habitat III, after receiving nominations from Member States and stakeholders. Final Policy Paper is now an official UN General Assembly document. Member	United Nations Secretariat, United States

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2026 - 2026	19th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV) – ‘Strengthening Digital Governance through Innovation, Human-Centered and Trustworthy Services’	Prince Sultan University and the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV)
2024 - 2024	17th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV) – ‘Trust and Ethical Digital Governance for the World We Want’	United Nations University and University of Witwatersrand
2022 - 2022	15th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV) – 'Digital Governance for Social, Economic, and Environmental Prosperity'	United Nations University

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2022/09/01 - 2023/12/20	Senior Consultant, World Bank. "Mapping Transport Governance in the Urban Space." Developing a systematic understanding and categorisation of urban transport governance in developing countries to inform and improve the Bank's lending operations and technical assistance programmes.	World Bank, United States
2019/02/19 - 2019/07/31	Consultant for the Committee of the Regions (CoR), European Union (via LSE Consulting). "Constitutional affairs, multilevel governance and devolution." Updating and harmonising the existing Division of Powers study and website in order to provide a clear view of the governing structures across the EU at sub-national level (country researcher responsible for Portugal).	European Committee of the Regions, Belgium
2018/06/20 - 2019/05/29	Consultant for the International Federation for Housing and Planning (IFHP). "Social Cities." Development of a framework to help cities measure and influence the social dimension of their sustainable development.	International Federation for Housing and Planning, Denmark
2014/05/06 - 2014/06/10	Consultant for Transparency International. "Case Studies of Chapters' Solutions for Strengthening Local Governance Systems against Corruption". Drafting of case-studies on international best practices regarding integrity, transparency and accountability at the local government level (project countries: Bangladesh, Colombia, Mexico, Palestine, Sri Lanka and Venezuela).	Transparency International e V, Germany
2014/02/01 - 2014/04/30	Consultant for Transparency International. "Local government ranking methodology development". Development of local government transparency indexes for Middle East and North Africa countries (project countries: Lebanon, Morocco and Palestine).	Transparency International e V, Germany
2013/10/08 - 2013/12/31	Consultant for Transparency International. "Consultancy on developing principles for local governance with high levels of transparency, integrity and accountability". Development of an international charter of principles. Final document available at the following link: https://www.transparency.org/whatwedo/publication/local_governance_integrity_principles_and_standards	Transparency International e V, Germany

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2026 - Current	Regional and Urban Planning Studio (43828)	Planeamento Regional e Urbano (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025 - Current	Institutions and Structures of Regional and Local Governance (41841)	Ciência Política (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025 - Current	Introduction to Political Science (47135)	Administração Pública (Licenciatura)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2024 - Current	Governance, Democracy and Globalisation (47620)	Administração e Politicas Públicas (Mestrado)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2024 - Current	Local Governance and Public Policy (40945)	Políticas Públicas (Doutoramento)	Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019 - Current	Multicriteria Analysis (PP4A3E)	Executive MSc in Cities (Master)	The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
2017 - Current	Urban Governance Analytics (SO4A4)	Executive MSc in Cities (Master)	The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
2023 - 2024	Public Management (PP403)	Master of Public Policy (MPP) (Master)	The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
2020 - 2023	Guest Lecturer, 'Research Project in Comparative Politics and International Relations', PhD program in Comparative Politics, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal.		Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2018 - 2021	City Planning (BPLN0035), MSc Urban Design and City Planning, The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London (UCL).	City Planning (Master)	University College London, United Kingdom
2020 - 2020	Critical Debates in Urban Design and City Planning (BPLN0032), MSc Urban Design and City Planning, The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London (UCL).	Critical Debates in Urban Design and City Planning	University College London, United Kingdom
2020 - 2020	Visiting Lecturer, 'The Governance of Cities: from research to policy', RCA Doctoral Training Programme, Royal College of Art, UK.	RCA Doctoral Training Programme	Royal College of Art, United Kingdom
2019 - 2019	Translating between Research and Policy (SO521), PhD Seminar series on Cities and Space, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics &Political Science.	Seminar series on Cities and Space (Doctor of Philosophy)	The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
2018 - 2018	Lecturer, 'Transparency and Accountability in Local Governance', Integrity of Civil Servants training programme, The Hague Academy for Local Governance, Netherlands.	Integrity of Civil Servants training programme	The Hague Academy for Local Governance, Netherlands
2014 - 2014	Training course on the 'Local Integrity System assessment tool' for Transparency International Bosne i Hercegovine (TI BiH), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.		Transparency International e V, Germany

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2025/09/09 - 2025/12/15	Evaluator for Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA-PF) Evaluator	European Commission, Belgium
2021 - 2021	Reviewer for "Future Leaders Fellowships", UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). https://www.ukri.org/what-we-offer/developing-people-and-skills/future-leaders-fellowships/ Evaluator	UK Research and Innovation, United Kingdom
2021 - 2021	Reviewer for "ESRC Research Grant", Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/esrc-research-grant/ Evaluator	Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom
2018 - 2018	Expert Reviewer for "Newton Prize", Newton Fund and the UK National Commission (UKNC) for UNESCO. http://www.newtonfund.ac.uk Evaluator	Newton Fund, United Kingdom United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, France
2018 - 2018	Independent Reviewer for "Future Leaders - African Independent Research (FLAIR) Fellowship", The Royal Society. https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/flair Evaluator	The Royal Society, United Kingdom
2017 - 2017	Assessor for "Early Career Research Fellowship" competition of the Independent Social Research Foundation. http://www.isrf.org Evaluator	Independent Social Research Foundation, United Kingdom

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2023/02/15	Perfil do autarca de uma grande cidade europeia: homem, branco e de meia-idade. Mulheres, jovens e minorias étnicas pouco representadas	Expresso
2022/12/19	The (Slowly) Changing Face of Europe’s Mayors	Bloomberg City Lab
2021/09/24	Quando os partidos e os candidatos se perpetuam no poder: As autárquicas são a prova de que vivemos numa democracia imperfeita?	Sapo24
2021/05/21	It's time for a government reset - and the ideas are flourishing.	Knowable Magazine

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2017/06/07 - 2017/06/07	Fronteiras XXI	Do campo para as cidades [from the country side to cities]

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2023 - Current	Análise Social	Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa
2023 - 2025/12/31	Journal of Public Policy	Cambridge University Press
2015 - 2023	Urban Affairs Review	Sage

Other jury / evaluation

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2026 - 2026	Jury member, 20th OIDP Award: Best Practice in Citizen Participation, Category B: “Urban Management and Public Space”, International Observatory on Participatory Democracy (OIDP). https://oidp.net/distinction/en/	International Observatory on Participatory Democracy, Spain

Distinctions

Award

2018	Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education The Royal Anniversary Trust, United Kingdom
2009	Phd Scholarship Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal