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Pedro Lourenço holds a PhD in Political Science from the Universities of Aveiro and Beira Interior (2024). He is currently an Invited Assistant Professor at the University of Beira Interior, where he also serves as Director of the Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and International Relations, and a Researcher at the Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies of the University of Aveiro (GOVCOPP-UA). His primary research interests include European politics, political parties, and the radical left. He has published in academic journals such as Government and Opposition, Swiss Political Science Review, and Mediterranean Politics.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Pedro Lourenço

Citation names

  • Lourenço, Pedro

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B61F-9306-7360
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9666-368X
Google Scholar ID
st6Vh4kAAAAJ&hl
Researcher Id
IQR-6958-2023
Scopus Author Id
57196998133

Email addresses

  • pedromlourenco87@ua.pt (Professional)
  • pedro.lourenco@ubi.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Department of Social, Political, and Territorial Sciences, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal (Professional)
  • Faculty of Arts and Letters, Rua Marquês de Ávila e Bolama, 6201-001, Covilhã, Covilhã, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Political Sciences - Political Science

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2017 - 2024
Concluded
 Political Science (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Sociais Políticas e do Território, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal
"European radical left parties: programmatic change since the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989-2021)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved (unanimously)
2021/09 - 2021/12
Concluded
 Visiting postgraduate research student (Doutoramento)
The University of Edinburgh Graduate School of Social and Political Science, United Kingdom
2015 - 2017
Concluded
 Political Science (Mestrado)
Major in European and International Politics
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Sociais Políticas e do Território, Portugal
"Cold pragmatism, warm radicalism : ideological differences between radical left parties from Nordic and Southern European countries" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18 valores
2012 - 2015
Concluded
 Political Science (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Economia e Gestão, Portugal
"(não aplicável)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18 valores (A)
2009/03 - 2009/06
Concluded
 Research project – Erasmus programme mobility (Mestrado integrado)
Aristoteleio Panepistemio Thessalonikes Ergasterio Analytikes Chemeias, Greece
"Total Phenol Estimation of Olive leaves (Olea europaea) and Japanese Privet leaves (Ligustrum japonicum)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 19 valores
2004 - 2009
Concluded
 Pharmaceutical Sciences (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
"(não aplicável)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15 valores (B)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2025/09 - Current Researcher (Research) PRAXIS Centro de Filosofia Política e Cultura, Portugal
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal
2017/09 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação em Governança Competitividade e Políticas Públicas, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Sociais Políticas e do Território, Portugal
2025/01 - 2025/03 Research Assistant (Research) Università degli Studi di Verona Dipartimento di Scienze Umane, Italy
Università degli Studi di Verona Dipartimento di Scienze Umane, Italy
2017/11 - 2022/03 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Sociais Políticas e do Território, Portugal
2017/01 - 2017/02 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2007/03 - 2008/07 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2024/10 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/08 Tutor (University Teacher) The University of Edinburgh School of Social and Political Science, United Kingdom

Other Careers

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2020/03 - 2020/06 Assistente (Técnico Superior de Saúde - Farmácia) Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia Espinho EPE, Portugal
2010/04 - 2015/11 Assistente (Técnico Superior de Saúde - Farmácia) Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, E.P.E., Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017/11 - 2022/03 European radical left parties: programmatic change since the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989-2021)
SFRH/BD/132534/2017
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Sociais Políticas e do Território, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/01 - 2017/02 Politics, Policy, Populism and Online Media: Investigating Possible (Dis)Connections and Actors in Modern Democracies
PROJ1/2017
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/03 - 2008/07 Cardiovascular risk factors in obese children and adolescents: influence of adiponectin and of polymorphisms in apoliprotein E and apoliprotein (a) genes in a Portuguese population
n.a.
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal
 Caixa Geral de Depositos

Universidade do Porto
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/11 - Current Values, Attitudes, and Political Behaviour in Portugal
ZID-PJ0036 / ZID-A0083 / Kst 20906010 / ZWG 10019
Researcher
Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Germany
 Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Ongoing
2025/01 - 2025/03 The institutionalization of LGBTIQ+ equality in EU countries between advancements and oppositions: policies, actors, arenas – LGBTIQ+POL
PRIN PNRR 2022 “LGBTIQ+POL”
Researcher
Università degli Studi di Verona Dipartimento di Filosofia Pedagogia e Psicologia, Italy
 European Union
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2024/12/31 Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy
UIDB/04058/2020
10.54499/UIDB/04058/2020
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação em Governança Competitividade e Políticas Públicas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2024/06 - 2024/09 Research grant: VoteMatch Europe VAA for Portugal (EP 2024 Elections)
VoteMatch Europe
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação em Governança Competitividade e Políticas Públicas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2025/03 - Current Section on Political Parties
n.a.
Researcher
Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política, Portugal
Ongoing
2025/02 - Current Linking euroscepticism and populism: causes and consequences (EUPopLink)
CA23102
Researcher
European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Belgium
 European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Ongoing
2018/09 - Current Standing Group on Southern European Politics
n.a.
Researcher
European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) , United Kingdom
Ongoing
2018/09 - Current Standing Group on Political Parties
n.a.
Researcher
European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) , United Kingdom
Ongoing
2018/09 - Current Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy
n.a.
Researcher
European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) , United Kingdom
Ongoing
2025/02 - 2025/02 Radical Party Change – The Impact of Leadership and Government Participation (RaP-CHANGE)
2024.14745.PEX
Principal investigator
Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação em Governança Competitividade e Políticas Públicas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Not funded
2025/02 - 2025/02 Influence of Ministerial Advisers on Policy and Core ExecuTives (PI: Patrícia Silva)
2024.16761.PEX
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Unidade de Investigação em Governança Competitividade e Políticas Públicas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Not funded
2008/07 - 2008/09 TWIN "Drug Abuse"
n.a.
Bachelor student
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Københavns Universitet Institut for Farmaci, Denmark
 European Commission
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Lourenço, Pedro. "Código Deontológico para o Jornalismo Cidadão". In Utopias Europeias: o poder da imaginação e os imperativos do futuro, edited by Vasconcelos, Álvaro, 217-224. Porto, Portugal: Fundação de Serralves, 2021.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Lourenço, Pedro; JALALI, CARLOS. Corresponding author: Lourenço, Pedro. "European radical left parties: Programmatic evolution since the fall of the Berlin Wall (1990–2019)". Paper presented in Research Summit 2022, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, 2022.
    Published
  2. Lourenço, Pedro; JALALI, CARLOS; Conceição, Tiago. Corresponding author: Lourenço, Pedro. "Managing intra-party factionalism: the case of Iberian radical left parties". Paper presented in Research Summit 2021, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, 2021.
    Published
  3. Nascimento, H; Silva, L; Lourenço, Pedro; Rocha, S; Castro, EB; Rocha-Pereira, P; Guerra, A; et al. Corresponding author: Nascimento, H. "Interaction of apolipoprotein E polymorphism and adiponectin levels with lipid profile in obese children and adolescents – a preliminary study". Paper presented in 18th Annual Meeting of the European Childhood Obesity Group (ECOG), Porto, 2008.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. JALALI, CARLOS; Conceição, Tiago; Lourenço, Pedro. Corresponding author: JALALI, CARLOS. "Leading the Left: Leadership Dynamics in the Iberian Radical Left Parties". Paper presented in 121st American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting, Vancouver, 2025.
  2. Prearo, Massimo; Trastulli, Federico; Lourenço, Pedro. Corresponding author: Prearo, Massimo. "Riding the Electoral Cycle: Dynamics of Anti-LGBTIQ Mobilisation in Four Western European Countries". Paper presented in 38th Società Italiana di Scienza Politica (SISP) Annual Conference, Naples, 2025.
  3. Lourenço, Pedro. "Programmatic Change in Southern European Radical Left Parties: the impact of a 'Decade of Crises and Resilience' (2009-2019)". Paper presented in ECPR General Conference 2021, 2021.
  4. Lourenço, Pedro; Conceição, Tiago. "Avoiding Dissonance: the role of radical left leadership in the management of intra-party factionalism". Paper presented in 26th IPSA World Congress of Political Science, 2021.
  5. Lourenço, Pedro. "Studying European radical left parties since the fall of the Berlin Wall (1990-2019): A scoping review". Paper presented in 26th IPSA World Congress of Political Science, 2021.
  6. Conceição, Tiago; Lourenço, Pedro. "Avoiding dissonance: The role of radical left leadership in the management of intra-party factionalism". Paper presented in 2021 Joint Sessions of Workshops, Panel “Leadership in the European Radical Left”, 2021.
  7. Conceição, Tiago; Lourenço, Pedro. "Avoiding dissonance: The role of radical left leadership in the management of intra-party factionalism". Paper presented in PSA Left Radicalism International Workshop – “Radical Left Organisation: Challenges, Opportunities, Implications”, 2020.
Conference poster
  1. Nascimento, Henrique; Silva, Letícia; Lourenço, Pedro; Weinfurterová, Radka; Castro, Elisabeth; Rego, Carla; Mansilha, Helena Ferreira; et al. Corresponding author: Nascimento, Henrique. "Cardiovascular risk factors in obese children and adolescents: Influence of adiponectin and of polymorphisms in apoliprotein E and apolipoprotein (a) genes in a Portuguese population". Paper presented in IJUP 09 – 2nd Meeting of Young Researchers at University of Porto, 2009.
  2. Nascimento H; Silva, L; Lourenço, Pedro; Vieira, E; Santos R ; Rocha, S; Castro, E; et al. Corresponding author: Nascimento H. "The influence of a pentanucleotide repeat polymorphism in apolipoprotein(a) gene levels in Portuguese obese children and adolescents". Paper presented in XVI Congresso Nacional de Bioquímica, 2008.
  3. Nascimento, Henrique; Lourenço, Pedro; Silva, Letícia; Susana Rocha; Castro, Elisabeth; Rocha-Pereira, P; Guerra, António; et al. Corresponding author: Nascimento, Henrique. "Interaction of apolipoprotein E polymorphism and adiponectin levels with lipid profile in obese children and adolescents – a preliminary study". Paper presented in 18th Annual Meeting of the European Childhood Obesity Group (ECOG), 2008.
Journal article
  1. Conceição, Tiago; Jalali, Carlos; Lourenço, Pedro. Corresponding author: Conceição, Tiago. "New partners on the street? Cooperation between radical left parties and progressive social movements in Portugal". Comparative European Politics 24 1 (2026): 24-40. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41295-026-00474-7.
    Published • 10.1057/s41295-026-00474-7
  2. Lourenço, Pedro; Conceição, Tiago; Jalali, Carlos. Corresponding author: Lourenço, Pedro. "Dealing with the Facts of Life: The Management of Intra-Party Factionalism in the Iberian Radical Left Parties". Government and Opposition 59 1 (2023): 109-129. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/gov.2023.9.
    Open access • Published • 10.1017/gov.2023.9
  3. Lourenço, Pedro. Corresponding author: Lourenço, Pedro. "Programmatic change in Southern European radical left parties: The impact of a decade of crises (2010–2019)". Mediterranean Politics 29 2 (2022): 186-209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13629395.2022.2129191.
    Open access • Published • 10.1080/13629395.2022.2129191
  4. Lourenço, Pedro. Corresponding author: Lourenço, Pedro. "Studying European Radical Left Parties since the Fall of the Berlin Wall (1990–2019): A Scoping Review". Swiss Political Science Review 27 4 (2021): 754-777. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12478.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/spsr.12478
  5. Nascimento, Henrique; Silva, Letícia; Lourenço, Pedro; Weinfurterová, Radka; Castro, Elisabeth; Rego, Carla; Ferreira, Helena; et al. Corresponding author: Nascimento, Henrique. "Lipid Profile in Portuguese Obese Children and Adolescents: Interaction of Apolipoprotein E Polymorphism With Adiponectin Levels". Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 163 11 (2009): 1030-1036. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.190.
    Published • 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.190
  6. Nascimento, Henrique; Silva, Letíicia; Lourenço, Pedro; Vieira, Emíilia; dos Santos, Rosário; Rego, Carla; Ferreira, Helena; et al. Corresponding author: Nascimento, Henrique. "Lipoprotein(a) Levels in Obese Portuguese Children and Adolescents: Contribution of the Pentanucleotide Repeat (TTTTA)n Polymorphism in the Apolipoprotein(a) Gene". Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 163 4 (2009): 393-394. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.17.
    Published • 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.17
Newspaper article
  1. Lourenço, Pedro. "Europeias 2024: análise dos resultados do EUVoto", Jornal de Notícias, 2024, https://www.jn.pt/5413876788/europeias-2024-analise-dos-resultados-do-euvoto/.
  2. Lourenço, Pedro. "Mobilidade em bicicleta no Porto: o que falta fazer?", PÚBLICO, 2020, https://www.publico.pt/2020/09/10/local/noticia/mobilidade-bicicleta-porto-falta-1930986.
  3. Lourenço, Pedro. "A turistificação do Porto e a câmara municipal: uma relação complicada", PÚBLICO, 2017, https://www.publico.pt/2017/02/11/local/opiniao/a-turistificacao-do-porto-e-a-camara-municipal-uma-relacao-complicada-1761586.
  4. Lourenço, Pedro. "Salas de Consumo Assistido no Porto: ontem já foi tarde", Esquerda.net, 2015, https://www.esquerda.net/opiniao/salas-de-consumo-assistido-no-porto-ontem-ja-foi-tarde/40149.
Online resource
  1. Lourenço, Pedro. Portugal’s 2025 Legislative Election: A Rightward Turn and the Collapse of the Radical Left. 2025. https://transform-network.net/blog/analysis/portugals-2025-legislative-election/.
  2. Lourenço, Pedro. EP 2024: Portugal Post-election Report (European Elections 2024: A Left-Wing Observatory). 2024. https://transform-network.net/blog/_ep-2024-elections-the-left-wing-observatory_/ep-2024-portugal-post-election-report/.
  3. Lourenço, Pedro; Carlos Jalali; Patrícia Catarina de Sousa e Silva. Corresponding author: Lourenço, Pedro. EUVoto - Voting Advice Application (VAA) for the 2024 EU Elections in Portugal. 2024. https://www.jn.pt/3865007347/30-perguntas-para-saber-qual-o-partido-com-que-mais-se-identifica-nas-europeias/.
  4. Lourenço, Pedro. Portugal: The Rise of the Far Right – Part Two? (European Elections 2024: A Left-Wing Observatory). 2024. https://transform-network.net/blog/_ep-2024-elections-the-left-wing-observatory_/portugal-the-rise-of-the-far-right-part-two/.
  5. Lourenço, Pedro. The 2019 Portuguese legislative election: A comfortable victory for the social democrats. 2019. https://whogoverns.eu/the-2019-portuguese-legislative-election-a-comfortable-victory-for-the-social-democrats/.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "European radical left parties: programmatic change since the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989-2021)". PhD, Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Sociais Políticas e do Território, 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/42646.
  2. Lourenço, Pedro. "Cold pragmatism, warm radicalism: ideological differences between radical left parties from Nordic and Southern European countries". Master, Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Sociais Políticas e do Território, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/22877.

Other

Dataset
  1. Lourenço, Pedro. Replication Data for: “Studying European Radical Left Parties since the Fall of the Berlin Wall (1990–2019): A Scoping Review”. Harvard Dataverse (https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/XLNVGD). 2021.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2026/05/20 Research on Political Parties and Radicalism in Europe 1st UBI-ICESI Scientific Meeting in Political Science and International Relations
University of Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
2025/05/20 Beyond the Collective: Leadership, Factionalism, and Party Structures in the Iberian Radical Left III International Conference on Public Policies and Data Science
International Network on Public Policies and Data Science (RP3CD) (Aveiro, Portugal)
2025/03/07 Centralised or Democratic? Leadership and intra-party dynamics in the Iberian Radical Left Parties XII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política
Associação Portuguesa de Ciência Política (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/03/09 Programmatic change in Southern European radical left parties: the impact of a decade of crises (2010-2019) GOVCOPP Research Seminar
GOVCOPP, University of Aveiro (Portugal)
2020/11/25 Studying European radical left parties since the fall of the Berlin Wall (1990-2019): a scoping review. GOVCOPP Research Seminar
GOVCOPP, University of Aveiro (Portugal)
2019/07 European radical left parties: programmatic change since the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989–2019) Research Summit 2019, University of Aveiro
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2018/04/18 Cold Pragmatism, Warm Radicalism: ideological differences between Radical Left Parties from Nordic and Southern European countries IX Congress of the Portuguese Association of Political Science
(Braga, Portugal)
2010/03/24 Marcadores bioquímicos de risco cardiovascular e polimorfismos genéticos 5th Year Congress of the Integrated Master’s in Pharmaceutical Sciences “Cardiovascular Disease – An old theme, a new approach”
Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2008/09/26 Adiponectin levels, Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and BMI influence on lipid profile in obese children and adolescents III Yes (Young European Scientist) Meeting
(Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role		 Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2026/01 - Current Mapping and characterising the radical right’s participation in government in Europe (1980-2026)
Co-supervisor of Guilherme Pio Almeida
 Political Science (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Sociais Políticas e do Território, Portugal
2025/11 - Current Curricular internship at the City Hall
Supervisor of Joana Beatriz Costa Lucas
 Political Science (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal
2025/10 - Current Political participation in decision-making spaces: an analysis of youth in political parties in Bissau
Supervisor of Magalhães Romão Fernandes
 Political Science (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal
2025/09 - Current The post-government career of ministers in Portugal
Co-supervisor of Inês Filipa Isaías Faísca
 Political Science (PhD)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal

PRAXIS Centro de Filosofia Política e Cultura, Portugal
2025/03 - Current Ministerial political representation of women in Cape Verde
Supervisor of Solange Sofia de Pina Ferreira
 Political Science (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal
2025/03 - 2026/07 The electoral participation of Portuguese emigrants in France in the Portuguese legislative elections
Supervisor of Sara Isabel Gaspar Aparício
 Political Science (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)		 Institution / Organization
2018/04 - 2019/05 "European Utopias: The power of imagination and the imperatives o the future". A series of nine conferences held at the Serralves Foundation, coordinated by Álvaro Vasconcelos. (2018/05 - 2019/05)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Fórum Demos, Portugal

Fundação Serralves, Portugal
2007/11 - 2007/11 II AEFFUP Scientific Congress “Quality - for a Future of Excelence”, Students’ Association of the Faculty of Pharmacy (AEFFUP) (2007/11 - 2007/11)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Farmácia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event		 Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/10/21 - 2023/10/22 “Enhancing Tutorials”
Other
 IAD Courses for Tutors and Demonstrators
The University of Edinburgh Institute of Academic Development, United Kingdom
2023/09/21 - 2023/09/21 “Effective Tutoring”
Other
 IAD Courses for Tutors and Demonstrators
The University of Edinburgh Institute of Academic Development, United Kingdom
2022/09/20 - 2022/09/20 “Introduction to Tutoring in SPS”
Other
 SDO Tutor Training
The University of Edinburgh Graduate School of Social and Political Science, United Kingdom
2022/09/16 - 2022/09/16 “Inclusive Classrooms”
Other
 SDO Tutor Training
The University of Edinburgh Graduate School of Social and Political Science, United Kingdom
2019/10/21 - 2019/10/22 CICP Short-Course “Methodology in Political Science” lectured by Professor Gary King (University of Harvard)
Universidade do Minho Escola de Economia e Gestão, Portugal
2019/02/22 - 2019/03/01 Courses attended: Introduction to R (entry level) (2 ECTS) and Comparative Research Designs (4 ECTS). ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques
Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Germany
2018/09/10 - 2018/09/21 Presentation and discussion of a research paper and project: "The Programmatic Evolution of European Radical Left Parties since the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989-2018)". Attendance of lectures, preparation of readings, and participation in discussions in topics such as party organization, strategy and competition (7.5 ECTS). 28th ECPR PhD Summer School on “Political Parties”
University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
2016/08/08 - 2016/08/19 Successfully attended lectures, prepared readings, and participated in class discussions on topics including economic crises, governance, and democracy (7.5 ECTS). Final written assignment was not submitted. Summer School ‘Economic crises: A brief history of time’
Københavns Universitet Institut for Statskundskab, Denmark
2014/10/20 - 2014/10/20 PORDATA Training - Introduction to data sourcing and analysis using the PORDATA statistical database
Workshop
 Formação PORDATA
Universidade do Minho Escola de Economia e Gestão, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role		 Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2026/07/01 Cape Verde’s diplomatic relations and international treaties: political context and analysis of the Fisheries Agreement as an instrument of international cooperation [Report of Internship at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Regional Integration of Cape Verde]
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Debora Vanessa dos Santos Cabral (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal
2026/07/01 The electoral participation of Portuguese emigrants in France in the. Portuguese general elections
Supervisor
 Sara Isabel Gaspar Aparício (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal
2026/01/20 Morality policy in Portugal (Political Science)
(Thesis) Arguer
 Inês Filipa dos Santos Almeida (PhD)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Sociais Políticas e do Território, Portugal
2025/07/08 Social media, digital mobilisation and recruitment: the case of Brazilian truck drivers in the 2018 social protests (Political Science)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Beatriz Alves de Freitas Ribeiro (Master)
Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal
2025/07/07 Religion and politics: themes and strategies in Portuguese evangelical churches (Political Science)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Catarina Maria Dias Pinheiro Peralta Feio (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Sociais Políticas e do Território, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024/04 - 2024/09 South European Society and Politics (1360-8746) Taylor & Francis
2023/08 - 2024/06 Swiss Political Science Review (1424-7755) Wiley

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2025/02 - Current Political Studies Association (PSA) – Left Radicalism Group Member
2020/01 - Current Portuguese Political Science Association (APCP) Member
2009 - 2020 Order of Pharmacists Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role		 Institution / Organization
2025/12 - Current Director of the Bachelor degree in Political Science and International Relations
Director
 Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2025/12 - Current Accreditation Committee of the Bachelor degree in Political Science and International Relations
Member
 Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2025/09 - Current Scientific Commission of the Bachelor degree in Political Science and International Relations
Member
 Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2025/09 - Current Scientific Commission of the doctoral programme in Political Science
Member
 Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Sociais Políticas e do Território, Portugal
2025/09 - Current Coordinator of the 3rd Year (Political Science branch) of the Bachelor degree in Political Science and International Relations
Coordinator
 Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2025/09 - Current Pedagogical Coordination Committee of the Bachelor in Political Science and International Relations
Member
 Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal

Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2025/04/09 - 2025/04/10 V International Meeting of Political Science University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/09 - Current Compared Political Systems Political Science (Mestrado) Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal
2025/09 - Current Research Design in Political Science Political Science (Mestrado) Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal
2025/09 - Current Quantitative Research Methods and Techniques Political Science and International Relations (Licenciatura) Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal
2025/09 - Current Research Methodologies I Political Science (Doutoramento) Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal
2025/02 - Current Local and Regional Policy Political Science and International Relations (Licenciatura) Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal
2025/02 - Current Pressure Groups and Social Movements Political Science (Mestrado) Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal
2025/02 - 2025/07 Research Methodologies II Political Science (Doutoramento) Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal
2024/10 - 2025/07 Politics Analysis Political Science and International Relations (Licenciatura) Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal
2024/10 - 2025/07 Political Science Theories Political Science (Mestrado) Universidade da Beira Interior Faculdade de Artes e Letras, Portugal
2025/06/27 - 2025/06/27 My PhD Experience | Thematic Seminar II (guest lecture) Political Science (PhD) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Sociais Políticas e do Território, Portugal
2024/05 - 2024/12 1) The democratization process; 2) Globalization and democratic governance Good Governance, Democracy and Human Rights in Development Cooperation (distance learning course) (Outros) Universidade de Aveiro Associação para a Formação Profissional e Investigação, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Sociais Políticas e do Território, Portugal

Camões - Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, Portugal
2023/10/20 - 2023/10/20 Scoping reviews | Research Methodologies I (guest lecture) Political Science (Doutoramento) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Sociais Políticas e do Território, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/07 Politics of the Welfare State (Tutor) Social Policy (Bachelor) The University of Edinburgh School of Social and Political Science, United Kingdom
2022/09 - 2023/01 Research Design in Politics and International Relations (Tutor) Politics (Bachelor) The University of Edinburgh School of Social and Political Science, United Kingdom
2019/11/26 - 2019/11/26 Democracy | Governance, Democracy and Globalization (guest lecture) Political Science (Mestrado) Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ciências Sociais Políticas e do Território, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2025/11/12 For the news article: "Sem ‘rejeitar património’, Bloco de Pureza quer ser ´menos defensivo’ e mais dialogante" (https://www.publico.pt/2025/11/12/politica/noticia/rejeitar-patrimonio-be-pureza-quer-menos-defensivo-dialogante-2154153) PÚBLICO
2025/11/03 For the news article: "Da viragem à direita ao crescimento do Livre: os principais desafios da próxima liderança do Bloco de Esquerda" (https://expresso.pt/politica/partidos/2025-11-03-da-viragem-a-direita-ao-crescimento-do-livre-os-principais-desafios-da-proxima-lideranca-do-bloco-de-esquerda---58f3dbb9) Expresso
2025/04/01 For the news article: "Com os ‘grisalhos’ e campanha porta a porta, BE tenta imitar o partido ‘irmão’ na Alemanha – mas é ‘improvável’ que tenha o mesmo sucesso" (https://expresso.pt/politica/eleicoes/legislativas-2025/2025-04-01-com-os-grisalhos-e-campanha-porta-a-porta-be-tenta-imitar-o-partido-irmao-na-alemanha--mas-e-improvavel-que-tenha-o-mesmo-sucesso-f86090b8) Expresso
2024/08/12 For the news article: "Da Venezuela à Ucrânia, a política externa deixa o PCP em contracorrente" (https://www.publico.pt/2024/08/12/politica/noticia/venezuela-ucrania-politica-externa-continua-deixar-pcp-contracorrente-2100356) PÚBLICO
2023/09/29 For the news article: “BE e PCP estão nos movimentos pela habitação mas ninguém teme apropriação” (https://www.publico.pt/2023/09/29/politica/noticia/be-pcp-estao-movimentos-habitacao-ninguem-teme-apropriacao-2065108) PÚBLICO

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2024/06/09 - 2024/06/09 Electoral night from the Jornal de Notícias newsroom (live online) (https://www.jn.pt/nacional/artigo/analise-aos-resultados-da-noite-eleitoral-europeia-a-partir-da-redacao-do-jornal-de-noticias/17804942) Analysis of the results of the 2024 European Elections

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2026/03 - 2026/06 Mentoring Programme EEGuiding Your Way (6th edition) – School of Economics, Management and Political Science of the University of Minho (EEGCP-UM) Salomé Marinho Sousa Bastos
2025/03 - 2025/06 Mentoring Programme EEGuiding Your Way (5th edition) – School of Economics, Management and Political Science of the University of Minho (EEGCP-UM) Lara Barbosa Machado
2024/03 - 2024/06 Mentoring Programme EEGuiding Your Way (4th edition) – School of Economics and Management of the University of Minho (EEG-UM) Duarte Mendes Ribeiro
2023/03 - 2023/06 Mentoring Programme EEGuiding Your Way (3rd edition) – School of Economics and Management of the University of Minho (EEG-UM) Ricardo Paulo Cardoso Rodrigues
2022/03 - 2022/06 Mentoring Programme EEGuiding Your Way (2nd edition) – School of Economics and Management of the University of Minho (EEG-UM) Sofia Mascarenhas Chumbo Pires
Distinctions

Award

2021 Best Pitch Award for Political Science at the University of Aveiro - Research Summit 2021 with "Managing Intra-Party Factionalism: the Case of Iberian Radical Left Parties", Lourenço P, Conceição T, Jalali, C. July 2021.
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2008 Third Prize for Best Oral Presentation in the Physiology and Medicine area
III Young European Scientist Meeting, Portugal

Other distinction

2016 4 Excellence Scholarships from the University of Minho (Political Science): from 2013 to 2015.
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2016 4 Merit Scholarships from the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Higher Education of Portugal: from 2013 to 2016.
Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior, Portugal