José Manuel Mendes

Contacts

jomendes@fe.uc.pt
jomendes@ces.uc.pt

Biography

José Manuel Mendes holds a PhD in Sociology by the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, where he is a Full Professor of Sociology. He is the Dean of the Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra. He is also researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, where he has been working in the fields of public policies and citizenship, risk, social vulnerability, climate crisis and planning.

ORCID

Agenda

30 and 31 March, 2026

VI Meeting of the APS Sociology of Law and Justice Thematic Section | The Constitution of the Social and the Political: affirming fundamental rights, responding to challenges and imagining the future

Projetos

EcoGrief

EcoGraphies of Grief: Assessing Climate Intangible Loss and Distress in Rural Portugal

iCOAST

Innovation ecosystems for climate resilience in high-risk coastal communities

Latest Publications

Book Chapter

Masseko, Felizardo; Mendes, José; Mantas, Vasco (2025), Uma análise às estratégias de redução do risco da seca em Moçambique, in João Luís Fernandes; Fátima Velez de Castro; António Vieira; Bruno Martins (org.), Riscos, Proteção Civil e Cultura de Segurança: Discursos e Práticas no Portugal Democrático. Estudos Cindínicos. Coimbra: RISCOS, 333-353

Article in Scientific journal

Fernández Lopera, Cristian Camilo; Mendes, José Manuel; Barata, Eduardo Jorge; Parra Sánchez, Beatriz Helena (2025), "Prácticas de protección financiera ante el riesgo de desastres en Colombia: Voces del nivel subnacional", Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres REDER, 9, 1, 80

Article in Scientific journal

Mendes, José Manuel (2024), "Critique du risque, appartenances et citoyenneté", Recherches & éducations, 28-29