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PhD student in Public Administration at ISCTE-IUL/CIES. Master's in Law - Legal and Political Sciences from the Autonomous University of Lisbon (2015). Postgraduate in Public Management from the Instituto Superior de Gestão (2011). Postgraduate in Digitalisation of Public Administration from ISCTE-IPPS (2023). Certificate in Leadership of Organisations in Disruptive Times from INSEAD Business School. Auditor at the Portuguese Court of Auditors. Previously, held senior leadership positions as Inspector General and Sub-Inspector General for Health Activities (2020-2025) and middle management positions at the Food and Economic Safety Authority (ASAE): Head of Division of the Inspection and Internal Affairs Office, Chief Inspector of the Santarém Delegation and Inspector-Director of the Northern Regional Unit. I have extensive training experience in the areas of misdemeanour law, criminal law and criminal procedure, financial responsibility, external auditing and public compliance issues, with an emphasis on internal control, organisational and professional ethics, integrity systems, fraud and the fight against corruption. Guest lecturer at various higher education institutions in Portugal and Brazil. Trainer at the National Institute of Administration, I.P.. Member of the board of the Observatory of Economics and Fraud Management (OBEGEF) and the Observatory of Security, Organised Crime and Terrorism (OSCOT). Author of several articles and studies published in Portugal and Brazil, I am also a columnist for Jornal I and Jornal Expresso.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Rute Serra

Citation names

  • Serra, Rute

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1B1B-D099-C368
ORCID iD
0009-0008-8002-6679

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Political Sciences - Public Administration
  • Social Sciences - Law

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2025/09/29 - 2029
Ongoing
Doutoramento em Administração Pública (Public Administration PhD) (Doutoramento)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2024/01/11 - 2024/07/12
Concluded
FA>AP Dirigentes Superiores (Senior Leaders) (Diploma de especialização)
Instituto Nacional de Administração, Portugal
17 valores
2023/01/23 - 2024/01/31
Concluded
Pós-Graduação em Digitalização da Administração Pública (Postgraduate in Digitalisation of Public Administration) (Pós-Graduação)
Major in Digitalização da Administração Pública
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Escola de Sociologia e Políticas Públicas, Portugal
17 valores
2023/01/01 - 2023/08/23
Concluded
Certification Open-source Intelligence (Diploma de especialização)
Basel Institute on Governance, Switzerland
2023/05/01 - 2023/08/01
Concluded
Certification Leading Organisations in Disruptive Times (senior executives) (Diploma de especialização)
INSEAD, France
2015/10/27 - 2015/10/27
Concluded
Certification Crime101X: The Psychology of Criminal Justice (School of Psychology) (Diploma de especialização)
The University of Queensland - Dutton Park Campus, Australia
2015
Concluded
Mestrado em Direito (LL.M) (Mestrado)
Major in Ciências Jurídico-Económicas
Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, Portugal
"CONTROLO FINANCEIRO PÚBLICO E RESPONSABILIDADE FINANCEIRA" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Muito Bom
2008/11/01 - 2009/04/07
Concluded
Pós-Graduação em Gestão Pública (PostGraduate in Public Management) (Pós-Graduação)
Business and Economics School, Portugal
17 valores
1993/09/01 - 1998/09/29
Concluded
Direito (pre-bologna Law Degree) (Licenciatura)
Major in Ciências jurídicas puras
Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, Portugal
Affiliation

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution
Employer
2014/03/07 - Current Auditora Tribunal de Contas, Portugal
2020/03/01 - 2025/05/31 Subinspetora-Geral das Atividades em Saúde Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Saúde, Portugal
2020/03/01 - 2020/08/31 Inspetora-Geral das Atividades em Saúde Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Saúde, Portugal
2011/08/01 - 2014/03/01 Inspetora-Diretora da Unidade Regional do Norte Autoridade de Segurança Alimentar e Económica, Portugal
2008/11/01 - 2011/08/01 Inspetora-Chefe da Unidade Regional de Santarém Autoridade de Segurança Alimentar e Económica, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Serra, Rute Alexandra de Carvalho Frazão. "Fraud and corruption management in healthcare - the road to democracy and future challenges". In Fraude e Corrupção na Administração Pública – 50 anos em democracia. Portugal, 2025.
    Published
  2. Serra, Rute Alexandra de Carvalho Frazão. "Public Compliance Audits in Portuguese Healthcare". In Auditoria Interna na Saúde. Portugal: Almedina Editora, 2024.
    Published
  3. Serra, Rute Alexandra de Carvalho Frazão. "Corruption prevention in Portugal - the legal and procedural challenges of ‘internal investigations’ in public organisations". In Canais de Denúncia nas Organizações – perspetivas pragmáticas. Portugal: Almedina Editora, 2023.
    Published
  4. Serra, Rute Alexandra de Carvalho Frazão. "Good Governance and Compliance Programs in Public Management". In O Whistleblowing em Portugal - Proteção do Denunciante nas Organizações. Portugal: Almedina Editora, 2022.
    Published
  5. Serra, Rute Alexandra de Carvalho Frazão. "Anti-fraud protection mechanisms for the European Union's financial interests - the context of the European funds". In Riscos de Fraude e Corrupção aos Fundos Europeus. Portugal: Almedina Editora, 2021.
    Published
  6. Serra, Rute Alexandra de Carvalho Frazão. "Ethical Dilemmas in Public Management: contexts and methodologies". In Ética e Integridade na Vida Pública, edited by Almedina Editora. Portugal: Almedina Editora, 2020.
    Published
  7. Serra, Rute Alexandra de Carvalho Frazão. "Economic Crime - Anti-economic offences - reflection on the crime of fraud on goods". In Fraud in Portugal - Causes and contexts, edited by Almedina. Almedina Editora, 2017.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Serra, Rute Alexandra de Carvalho Frazão. Corresponding author: Serra, Rute Alexandra de Carvalho Frazão. "External public audits as an instrument in the fight against corruption: the role of the Supreme Audit Institutions". TCU Magazine 48 (2016): https://revista.tcu.gov.br/ojs/index.php/RTCU/about.
    Open access • Published
Magazine article
  1. Serra, Rute Alexandra de Carvalho Frazão. "From primitive defence reactions to the 1886 penal code: a journey through the conceptions and vicissitudes of the death penalty in Portugal", Investigação Criminal, Ciências Criminais e Forenses – IC3F , 2019
  2. Serra, Rute Alexandra de Carvalho Frazão. "The violation of industrial property: Counterfeiting - a crime without victims?", Revista Científica da Associação Portuguesa de Criminologia, 1st edition, April, 2018, 2018
Online resource
  1. Serra, Rute Alexandra de Carvalho Frazão. FRAUD AGAINST EUROPEAN FUNDS BRIEF STUDY ON THE STATE OF THE ART. 2025. https://thinktank-fundosue.ministeriopublico.pt/lista-atividades.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Serra, Rute Alexandra de Carvalho Frazão. "Controlo financeiro público e responsabilidade financeira". Master, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11144/1841.
  2. "CONTROLO FINANCEIRO PÚBLICO E RESPONSABILIDADE FINANCEIRA (Financial Control and Financial Accountability)". Master, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, 2015.
Working paper
  1. Serra, Rute Alexandra de Carvalho Frazão. 2018. "Public and private interests: conflict management". https://obegef.pt/wordpress/?cat=71&paged=2.
  2. Serra, Rute Alexandra de Carvalho Frazão. 2016. "External public audit as a tool to fight corruption - the role of Supreme Audit Institutions". https://obegef.pt/wordpress/?cat=71&paged=4.