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
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.