Research
Current research interests
Role of judicial professions
Public Prosecutors and citizenship
Rule(s) of Law
Access to law and justice
Legal and judicial professions
Quality of Justice
Working Conditions on Judicial Systems
Research Projects
2024-03-01 - 2026-02-28 - "FAIR - EU Charter of Fundamental rights: Awareness raising and Instruments to promote a culture of Rights", coordinated by Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini, sponsored by European Union - European Education and Culture Executive Agency.
Project Partnership:
- Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Symfiliosi
- Mirovni Institut
- Kentro Evropaikou Syntagmatikou Dikaio Idryma Themistokli Kai Dimitri Tsatsou
- Universidad Pontificia Comillas
- Udruge Centar Za Mirovne Studije
- Center for the Study of Democracy
2022-12-2 - 2022-12-2 - "Fundamental Rights Agency - FRANET contractor - Portugal", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Fundamental Rights Agency- European Union.
2022-1-1 - 2023-09-30 - "Researching the Rule of Law in the EU from a positive perspective: the case of Portugal", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Institut für Europäische Politik .
2022-09-01 - 2023-12-31 - "Study on working conditions, professional burnout, health and well-being of Portuguese public prosecutors", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Procuradoria Geral da República e Sindicato dos Magistrados do Ministério Público.
2021-3-1 - 2026-2-28 - "BeNAC - Barometer of the National Strategies Against Corruption", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Permanent Observatory for Justice / CES.
2021-12-01 - 2022-12-31 - "Study on working conditions, professional burnout, health and well-being of Portuguese judges", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Associação Sindical dos juízes Portugueses, Supremo Tribunal de Justiça, Conselho Superior da Magistratura, Tribunal da Relação de Coimbra, Tribunal da Relação de Évora, Tribunal da Relação de Guimarães, Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa e Tribunal da Relação do Porto.
2021-08-01 - 2022-06-31 - "International survey to judges on the use of technologies in courts", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Não aplicável.
Project Partnership:
- University of Newcastle (Austrália)
- Technological University of Dublin (Irlanda)
2019-10-01 - 2019-12-31 - "Rule of Law in Portugal", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Democracy Reporting International.
2018-11-08 - 2022-11-07 - "Fundamental Rights Agency - FRANET contractor - Portugal", coordinated by Conceição Gomes, sponsored by Fundamental Rights Agency- European Union.
2018-06-01 - 2022-05-31 - "SUPERA - Supporting the promotion of equality in research and academia", coordinated by Mónica Lopes, sponsored by European Commission - Horizon 2020.
2018-05-01 - 2022-04-30 - "Quality of Justice in Portugal! Impact of working conditions in the performance of judges and public prosecutors", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Portuguese Foudantion for Science and Technology.
2017-01-01 - 2019-12-31 - "ETHOS - Towards the European Theory of Justice and Fairness", coordinated by Maria Paula Meneses, sponsored by EC - Horizon 2020.
2016-09-01 - 2018-08-31 - "The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union "in action"", coordinated by José Manuel Pureza e Conceição Gomes, sponsored by EC - Directorate General of Justice.
2016-03-01 - 2019-02-28 - "ACCOMPLISSH - Accelerate co-creation by setting up a multi-actor platform for impact from Social sciences and Humanities", coordinated by João Arriscado Nunes, sponsored by EC- Horizon 2020.
2010-04-01 - 2013-03-31 - "Who are they? Professional characterization of judges and public prosecutors in Portugal", coordinated by António Casimiro Ferreira, sponsored by Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.
2009-09-01 - 2012-08-31 - "Menu for Justice. Toward a European Curriculum Studiorum on Judicial Studies. Rede de 35 parceiros europeus, coordenado pela Universidade de Bolonha (Itália)", coordinated by Conceição Gomes, sponsored by Comissão Europeia (Erasmus Academic Network).
2009 - 2001 - "Trajectories of Hope: institutional itineraries of women in situations of domestic violence", coordinated by Boaventura de Sousa Santos, sponsored by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (PIHM/VG/0047/2008).
2005 - 2007 - "The role of Public Prosecution in the access of citizens to law and justice in labour and family courts: the case study of Coimbra", coordinated by António Casimiro Ferreira, sponsored by Instituto Interdicisciplinar da Investigação da Universidade de Coimbra.
2001 - 2003 - "Organisation and internal control of judicial powers: the High Council of Judges and the High Council of Public Prosecutors", coordinated by Boaventura de Sousa Santos, sponsored by Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (POCTI/36480/SOC/2000).
2001 - 2002 - "Courts and the territory: contributions to the debate on the reform of the judicial organisation in Portugal", coordinated by João Pedroso e Conceição Gomes, sponsored by Ministry of Justice.
2001 - 2002 - "Uma reforma da justiça civil em avaliação. A adopção: os bloqueios de um processo administrativo e jurídico complexo", coordinated by João Pedroso e Conceição Gomes, sponsored by Ministério da Justiça.
1999 - 2002 - "O acesso ao direito e à justiça: um direito fundamental em questão ", coordinated by João Pedroso, sponsored by Ministério da Justiça.
1999 - 2001 - "O recrutamento e a formação de magistrados: Uma proposta de renovação - Análise comparada de sistemas e do discurso judiciário em Portugal", coordinated by João Pedroso e Conceição Gomes, sponsored by Ministério da Justiça.
1999 - 2001 - "Percursos da informalização e da desjudicialização - por caminhos da reforma da administração da justiça (análise comparada)", coordinated by João Pedroso, sponsored by Ministério da Justiça.
1998 - 1999 - "Projecto Re-Urbe: levantamento de áreas para reabilitação urbana", coordinated by Fernando Ruivo, sponsored by Comissão de Coordenação da Região Norte .
Project Partnership:
- Fac. de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra
- Fac. de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto
- Fac. de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
1998 - 1998 - "Estudo de avaliação da evolução curricular dos cursos de Administração Autárquica", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Centro de Estudos e Formação Autárquica.
1997 - 1997 - "História Oral do 25 de Abril", coordinated by Boaventura de Sousa Santos, sponsored by Centro de Documentação 25 de Abril da Universidade de Coimbra.
1996 - 2004 - "Observatório Permanente da Justiça Portuguesa (vários projectos de investigação)", coordinated by Boaventura de Sousa Santos, sponsored by Ministério da Justiça.
1996 - 1998 - "Porquê tão lentos? Três casos especiais de morosidade na administração da justiça. Financiamento do Ministério da Justiça. ", coordinated by Boaventura de Sousa Santos e Conceição Gomes, sponsored by Ministério da Justiça.
1996 - 1997 - "Valor da Vida na Justiça e nas Decisões dos Tribunais", coordinated by Boaventura de Sousa Santos, sponsored by Centro de Estudos Judiciários.