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Fábio Couto is a researcher working on technology management, socio-technical AI, AI-enabled organizational systems and Human-AI Collaboration. He completed his bachelor’s degree with 16/20, and graduated with a GPA of 18/20 and 20/20 for his master's thesis in E-Business, focused on managing Digital Transformation in Cooperatives using Digital Transformation frameworks and Digital Maturity models. This early focus on digital transformation in organisations sparked a lasting interest in governance, coordination, and decision-making in technology-enabled settings, which continues to shape his current research. He is enrolled in the Doctoral Program in Digital Media (FEUP), majoring in Technologies and Human-Machine Interaction, with a final grade of 19/20 in the Research Methodologies course (best-in-class). Since 2022, he accumulated 3+ years of involvement in funded research and 2.5+ years of full-time research experience, first as a researcher at CEOS.PP and currently at INESC TEC (since Feb 2025), within projects related to the sociotechnical integration of AI in organizations, both following Design Science Research approaches (CTI, HumanAI4PM). He was involved, after competitive selection, in 5 funded projects including Verão com Ciência 2022 (FCT), AgroVila (PRR), Centros de Tecnologia e Inovação - CTI (PRR), HumanAI4PM (P2030) and Link Me Up - 1000 Ideias co-creation program (POCH/FSE; Demola). These experiences strengthened his ability to conduct applied, multi-stakeholder research and translate organizational needs into actionable models, methods, and evaluation evidence. Fábio has 6 peer-reviewed papers: 2 journal articles, one published in 2025 and another in 2026; 4 conference papers, including PRO-VE 2025 and HCI International 2024. He also disseminated results through 2 conference posters, 6 conference abstracts, and 1 technical report. He is an invited lecturer since 2024 in postgraduate and master’s programs on digital transformation (ISCAP and Porto Executive Academy) and co-supervised 2 Master’s projects, one on Digital Transformation strategies (18/20) and one on Sociotechnical Digital Twins for Human-AI Collaboration (ongoing). In total, Fábio has been involved in the production of 17 scientific outputs (11 as first author), evidencing a consistent dissemination pipeline. His scientific service includes reviewing for EurOMA and ad hoc reviewing for Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Springer Nature). He co-organized and co-led a co-creation workshop at the 13th EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains Forum and served on the organizing committee of the Digital Media Doctoral Symposium 2026; he also chaired a session at HCI International 2024 and represented INESC TEC at the Gaia-X Summit 2025, reinforcing his engagement with international research communities. Fábio served as guest speaker 3 times at academia and industry venues, and is a member of the self-evaluation committee for his former master’s degree. His achievements were recognized with 3 awards: Best Student in the E-Business MSc (2021-2023), a DGES merit scholarship (2024), and a regional win in Link Me Up - 1000 Ideias & Demola Global (2023). Internationally, he completed an Erasmus+ ICM mobility semester in Bosnia-Herzegovina (2022) and an Erasmus+ internship in Spain (2019-2020). He also engaged in civic volunteering abroad through the European Solidarity Corps in Poland (2020) and gained additional international work experience in Germany (2021).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Fábio André Pereira Couto
Gender
Male

Citation names

  • Couto, Fábio
  • F Couto
  • FAP Couto
  • Couto, Fábio André Pereira
  • Fábio Couto
  • Couto, Fábio A.
  • Couto, Fábio A. P.
  • Couto, Fábio André
  • Couto, Fabio
  • Couto, Fabio A.
  • Couto, Fabio A. P.
  • Couto, Fabio Andre
  • Couto, Fabio Andre Pereira
  • F. Couto
  • F. A. Couto
  • F. A. P. Couto
  • Pereira Couto, Fábio
  • Pereira Couto, Fabio
  • Couto, F
  • Fabio Couto
  • Pereira Couto, Fábio André
  • Pereira Couto, Fabio Andre
  • Pereira Couto, F. A.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B818-F628-1EBB
ORCID iD
0009-0008-7449-1224
AuthenticusID
R-00M-1QF
Google Scholar ID
BuuM20AAAAJ

Email addresses

  • up201605795@up.pt (Professional)
  • fabio.couto@inesctec.pt (Professional)
  • fapcouto@hotmail.com (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology
  • Social Sciences - Economics and Business - Business and Management
  • Social Sciences - Media and Communications - Information Science

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1) Elementary (A2)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/09/16 - 2030/08/31
Ongoing
 Doctoral Program in Digital Media (Doutoramento)
Major in Technologies and Human-Machine Interaction
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021 - 2023
Concluded
 Electronic Business (Mestrado)
Major in Digital Transformation Management and Maturity Models
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, Portugal
"A Digital Transformation Model for Cooperatives of Services" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 MSc: 18 // Thesis: 20
2022/02/20 - 2022/07/10
Concluded
 Digital Economy (Erasmus+ ICM) (Master)
Faculty of Business Economics - University of East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016 - 2019
Concluded
 Languages, Literatures and Cultures (Licenciatura)
Major in Portuguese and English studies
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
 16
2013 - 2016
Concluded
 Computer Systems Management and Programming Technician (Ensino secundário)
Escola Profissional do Infante, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2025/02/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
2023/07/01 - 2025/01/15 Researcher (Research) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Centro de Estudos Organizacionais e Sociais, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/03/01 - Current Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, Portugal
Porto Executive Academy, Portugal
2024/01/03 - Current Invited Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/01 - 2021/04 English Language Tutor AuPairWorld, Germany
2020/09 - 2020/11 Social Volunteer (European Solidarity Corps) Fundacja EBU, Poland
2019/09 - 2020/03 Erasmus+ Traineeship (Bachelor's) Asociación Educativa por la Integración y la Igualdad (AEII), Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2026/09/16 - 2026/12/16 Governance of Hybrid Human-Artificial Actor Networks
Call for Expressions of Interest under the Visiting Scholars Program
Principal investigator
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
 Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Portugal Program
Ongoing
2023/03/01 - 2023/05/31 6ª Edição "Link Me Up- 1000 Ideias" (Porto - Q6)
POCH-04-5267-FSE-000825
Research Fellow
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico do Porto Escola Superior de Media Artes e Design, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Demola: Link me UP - 1000 ideas
Concluded
2022/09/01 - 2022/09/30 Verão com Ciência 2022
Verão com Ciência 2022
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Centro de Estudos Organizacionais e Sociais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2026/04/01 - Current HumanAI4PM
AAC n.º MPr-2023-7
Research Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Portugal 2030
Ongoing
2025/02/01 - 2026/03/31 Centros de Tecnologia e Inovação (CTI)
03/C05-i02/2022.P21
Research Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal
 Programa de Recuperação e Resiliência
Concluded
2023/07/01 - 2025/01/15 Projeto AgroVila
14/C05-i03/2022.PPRR-C05-i03-I-000166-LA10.5
Research Fellow
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Centro de Estudos Organizacionais e Sociais, Portugal
 Programa de Recuperação e Resiliência
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Couto, Fábio; Curado Malta, Mariana; Soares, António Lucas. Corresponding author: Couto, Fábio. "Towards a Framework for the Integration of Artificial Intelligence in Supply Chain Organisations". Paper presented in 6th Doctoral Congress in Engineering 2025 (DCE25) - Symposium on Informatics, Porto, 2025.
    Published
  2. Meira, Deolinda; Couto, Fábio; Bernardino, Susana; Curado Malta, Mariana. Corresponding author: Meira, Deolinda. "A adequação da forma jurídica cooperativa para enquadrar os mercados locais digitais AgroVila". Paper presented in Dia do Investigador CEOS.PP - DICEOS24, Porto, 2024.
    Published
  3. Meira, Deolinda; Couto, Fábio; Curado Malta, Mariana; Bernardino, Susana. Corresponding author: Meira, Deolinda. "La idoneidad de la forma jurídica cooperativa para enmarcar los mercados locales-digitales agrovila en el contexto de la economía colaborativa". Paper presented in Ecoovida - COP 16, Cali, 2024.
    Published
  4. Curado Malta, Mariana; Couto, Fábio; Marco Oliveira; Bernardino, Susana. "Projeto AgroVila". Paper presented in Dia do Investigador CEOS.PP | DICEOS23, Porto, 2023.
    Published
  5. Couto, Fábio; Curado Malta, Mariana; Azevedo, Ana Isabel Rojão Lourenço. Corresponding author: Couto, Fábio. "A Digital Transformation Model for Cooperatives of Services". Paper presented in Dia do Investigador CEOS.PP | DICEOS23, Porto, 2023.
    Published
  6. Couto, Fábio; Curado Malta, Mariana; Azevedo, Ana Isabel Rojão Lourenço. Corresponding author: Couto, Fábio. "Towards a Digital Transformation Model for Service Cooperatives". Paper presented in XVI Congress RulesCOOP, Porto, 2023.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Couto, Fábio; Curado Malta, Mariana; Lucas Soares, António. Corresponding author: Couto, Fábio. "A Governance Design Framework for Human-AI Collaboration in SMEs’ Production Management". Paper presented in 27th IFIP/SOCOLNET Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises - PRO-VE 2026, Padova, 2026.
    Accepted
  2. Zimmermann, Ricardo; Freires, Gaudêncio; Fontes, Cristiano; Gomes, Jorão; Freitas, Fernanda; Couto, Fábio; Dalmarco, Gustavo; Lucas Soares, António. Corresponding author: Zimmermann, Ricardo. "Towards a socio-technical AI profiling tool for supply chain contexts: insights from iterative focus groups". Paper presented in 27th IFIP/SOCOLNET Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises - PRO-VE 2026, Padova, 2026.
    Accepted
  3. Pereira, Vítor; Couto, Fábio; Lucas Soares, António. Corresponding author: Pereira, Vítor. "A Sociotechnical AI Digital Twin Framework for Modelling and Assessing Hybrid Human-Artificial Actor Networks". Paper presented in 27th IFIP/SOCOLNET Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises - PRO-VE 2026, Padova, 2026.
    Accepted
  4. Couto, Fábio; Paiva, Jerónimo; Bernardino, Susana; Curado Malta, Mariana; Azevedo, Ana; Pereira, Inês Veiga. Corresponding author: Azevedo, Ana. "What Drives Portuguese Consumers in e-Grocery? Preferences, Barriers, and Business Implications". Paper presented in IDEEA’26 – Research, Development, Experience and Academic Exploration, Coimbra, 2026.
    Accepted
  5. Couto, Fábio; Curado Malta, Mariana; Lucas Soares, António. Corresponding author: Couto, Fábio. "Collaborating with Algorithms: AI for Collaborative Supply Chain Management". Paper presented in 26th IFIP/SOCOLNET Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises - PRO-VE 2025, Porto, 2025.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-05673-3_12
  6. Freitas, Fernanda; Zimmermann, Ricardo; Freires, Gaudencio; Couto, Fábio; Fontes, Cristiano; Lucas Soares, Antonio; Dalmarco, Gustavo; Rhodes, Donna; Gomes Jr., Jorão. Corresponding author: Gomes Jr., Jorão. "Socio-Technical AI Maturity in Supply Chains: Insights from the Pulp and Paper Sector". Paper presented in 26th IFIP/SOCOLNET Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises - PRO-VE 2025, Porto, 2025.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-05673-3_11
  7. Couto, Fábio; Curado Malta, Mariana. Corresponding author: Couto, Fábio. "Contributions for the Development of Personae: Method for Creating Persona Templates (MCPT)". Paper presented in HCI International 2024, Washington D.C., 2024.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-76803-3_1
Conference poster
  1. Couto, Fábio; Curado Malta, Mariana; Bernadino, Susana. Corresponding author: Couto, Fábio. "O Modelo de Negócio AgroVila". Paper presented in Dia do Investigador CEOS.PP - DICEOS24, 2024.
    https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14195954
  2. VAZ, HUGO; Couto, Fábio. Corresponding author: VAZ, HUGO. "Pencil Survival in the Future". Paper presented in In2CoP 2024 - Conferência Internacional em Processos de Cocriação no Ensino Superior, 2024.
    https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14193457
Journal article
  1. Couto, Fábio; Curado Malta, Mariana. Corresponding author: Couto, Fábio. "Applying Directed Qualitative Content Analysis for Data-driven Persona Creation: A Case Study on User-Centred Digital Marketplace Development". Interacting with Computers (2026):
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iwag010
  2. Couto, Fábio; Curado Malta, Mariana. Corresponding author: Couto, Fábio. "Aligning Frameworks: Identifying Compatible Pairs of Digital Transformation and Maturity Models". Springer Nature Computer Science (SN Computer Science) 6 948 (2025):
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-025-04471-7
Report
  1. Couto, Fábio; Curado Malta, Mariana; Bernardino, Susana. Corresponding author: Couto, Fábio. 2026. Descrição do Modelo de Negócio AgroVila. https://www.iscap.pt/edicoesceos/index.php/livros/issue/view/60.
    https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18434735
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Couto, Fábio André Pereira. "A Digital transformation model for cooperatives of services". Master, Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/23357.
Website
  1. Couto, Fábio. Institutional Website of the AgroVila Project. 2023. https://agrovila.org/.

Other

Other output
  1. Plano de transformação digital para uma IPSS. O caso da Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Aljezur. 2024. Visitação, Joana; Couto, Fábio; Meira, Deolinda. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/27003.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/11/11 Focus Groups: From Preparation to Publication of Results Guest Speaker in the Research Methodology Course
Master's Degree in Information Science - FEUP (Porto, Portugal)
2024/11/13 The Future of the Social Economy: Leveraging AI with Purpose Guest Speaker at Diálogos com Inteligência Artificial. IA: Um Recurso para a Economia Social? (3ª Sessão)
Universidade Aberta e IEFP (Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal)
2024/10/22 The AgroVila Platform's Business Model Guest Speaker for the course on Introduction to E-Commerce
Master's Degree in E-Business - ISCAP (Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2026/03/05 - 2026/07/20 A Sociotechnical AI Digital Twin Framework for Modelling and Assessing Hybrid Human-Artificial Actor Networks
Co-supervisor of Vítor Neves Pereira
 Industrial Engineering and Management (Master)
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/09/19 - 2024/10/31 Digital Transformation Plan for a Social Solidarity Institution (IPSS) – The Case of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Aljezur
Co-supervisor of Joana Visitação
 Business and Legal Practices in the Social Economy (Master)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2026/02/26 - 2026/03/17 Co-creation session "Integrating AI in Sustainable Supply Chains: Co-creating Progression Vectors and Roadmaps for the SC-STAI Profiling Tool" (2026/03/17)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 13th EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains Forum, Portugal
2025/11/10 - 2026/01/26 Organization of the Digital Media Doctoral Symposium 2026 (2025/12/31 - 2026/01/26)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2026/03/16 - 2026/03/17 Technical Support to Parallel Session Speakers
Conference
 13th EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains Forum
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Tecnologia e Ciência, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Porto Business School, Portugal
2025/12/31 - 2026/01/26 The Idea Puzzle Software for Research Design (Tutorial)
Symposium
 Digital Media Doctoral Symposium 2026
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2025/11/20 - 2025/11/21 Attendee Representing INESC TEC
Congress
 Gaia-X Summit 2025
Gaia-X European Association for Data and Cloud AISBL, Belgium
2024/07/04 - 2024/07/04 Parallel Session Chair "Design Thinking, User Engagement, and Collaborative Creativity"
Conference
 DUXU: 13TH International Conference on Design, User Experience and Usability
HCI International 2024, United States
2019/04/04 - 2019/04/07 FLUP Representative at MOSTRA UP 2019
Exhibition
 17ª Mostra da Universidade do Porto 2019
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2025/12/26 - Current Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (2662-9992) Springer Nature

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2025/09/25 - Current Boosting Early Stage Researchers (BEAR) - INESC TEC Internal Network Founding Member

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2024/05/24 - 2025/07/01 Member of the self-assessment committee for the Master’s program in E-Business
Member
 Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2025/11/17 - 2026/03/17 13th EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains Forum Porto, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/03/15 - Current Digital Transformation in Social Organizations POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM IN INNOVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS (Pós-Graduação) Porto Executive Academy, Portugal
2024/01/03 - Current Digital Transformation in Social Economy Organizations MASTER'S DEGREE IN BUSINESS AND LEGAL PRACTICES IN THE SOCIAL ECONOMY (Mestrado) Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2024 Best Student in the Master's Program in E-Business (2021–2023)
Instituto Politécnico do Porto Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, Portugal
2024 Academic Merit Scholarship (2022–2023 Academic Year)
Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior (DGES), Portugal
2023 Regional Winner (Porto - Q6) of the Co-Creation and Business Innovation competition “Link Me Up – 1000 Ideias & Demola Global” with the project “Pencil Survival in the Future – Viarco Indústria do Lápis, Lda”
Demola: Link me UP - 1000 ideas, Portugal