Research
Current research interests
Globalização e regionalização do Sindicalismo
Práticas sindicais na UE, Mercosul e NAFTA
Relações laborais
Conselhos de Empresa Europeus
Formas de participação laboral nas multinacionais
Research Projects
2024-03-22 - 2026 - "NETeJOB «Fortalecimiento de redes interdisciplinarias de conocimiento sobre los impactos de la transformación digital en las condiciones de trabajo en América Latina»", coordinated by Universidad Viña del Mar, Chile, sponsored by Erasmus + (União Europeia).
2018-10-1 - 2021-09-30 - "Representativeness of Social Partners and the Impact of Economic Governance/Ref. PTDC/SOC-SOC/29207/2017 ", coordinated by Raquel Rego, sponsored by FCT.
2016-06-01 - 2018-05-31 - ""Reconstruindo o poder sindical na era da austeridade: três setores em análise"/ "Rebuilding trade union power in the age of austerity: a review of three sectors" (REB-UNIONS)/Ref. PTDC/IVC-SOC/3533/2014 - POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016808", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT/MEC) através de fundos nacionais e cofinanciado pelo FEDER .
2013 - 2015 - ""Precarização do trabalho, desigualdades e dinâmicas de ação coletiva"", coordinated by Elísio Estanque e Ruy Braga, sponsored by cooperação transnacional FCT-CAPES.
Project Partnership:
- CENEDIC- Universidade de São Paulo
2008-09-01 - 2010-08-31 - "Informação e consulta de trabalhadores nas multinacionais: análise do impacto dos Conselhos de Empresa Europeus em Portugal nos sectores metalúrgico, químico e financeiro", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar da Universidade de Coimbra.
2007-01-01 - 2007-12-31 - "Mudanças no mundo do trabalho e novas políticas públicas", coordinated by Profs. Doutores Roberto Véras e Emília Prestes, sponsored by CNPq, (Brasil), Assessoria de Cooperação Internacional.
2007-01-01 - 2007-10-31 - "Relaciones laborales y acción sindical transfronteriza", coordinated by Prof. Doutor Pere Beneyto, sponsored by Consejeria de Economía y Empleo de la Comunidad de Castilla y León.
2005 - 2007 - "The European Works Councils: Between corporate social responsibility and labour participation", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.
2004 - 2005 - "Study of the multinational companies procedures vis-à-vis wage salary policy", coordinated by Professor Doutor António Casimiro Ferreira, sponsored by DGEEP.
2002 - 2005 - "Trade Unionism, Social Dialogue and Labor Relations: Deepening Democracy in the Workplace", coordinated by Professor Doutor Elísio Estanque, sponsored by Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.
2000 - 2003 - "Work, Citizenship and Forms of Regulation: Brazil and Portugal", coordinated by Professor Doutor Boaventura de Sousa Santos, sponsored by ICCTI and CAPES.
1999 - 2001 - "Reiventing Social Emancipation: exploring the possibilities of counterhegemonic globalization", coordinated by Professor Doutor Boaventura de Sousa Santos, sponsored by MacArthur Foundation and Gulbenkian Foundation .
1997 - 2001 - "The Portuguese Trade Union Movement vis-à-vis the Challenges of Globalization", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by JNICT/FCT.
1997 - 1999 - "A sociedade Portuguesa Perante os Desafios da Globalização: Modernização Económica, Social e Cultural", coordinated by Professor Doutor Boaventura de Sousa Santos, sponsored by PRAXIS XXI.