| Academic Degrees | Degree in Sociology from the University of Évora (1993). Master in Socio-Organizational Systems of Economic Activity by Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (1996). PhD in Economic and Organizational Sociology by Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (2009). |
| Current Professional Activity | Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Évora, teaching the following courses: Organizational Sociology, Sociology of Work, Business Sociology, Sociology of Innovation, Economic Sociology, General Sociology and Human Resources Development, among others.
Director of the High Degree Course in Sociology from University of Évora, since 2009. |
| Domains of Research | The research activity has focused on the area of business networks, policies, management practices and development of human resources, organizational innovation, with particular interest in the method of cases. |
| Relevant Publications | Serrano, Maria Manuel & Neto, Paulo (Coord.) (forthcoming). Espaço. Perspectivas Multidisciplinares sobre a Construção dos Territórios. Lisboa: Edições Sílabo.
Serrano, Maria Manuel (forthcoming). A Construção Social do Espaço Organizacional. In Maria Manuel Serrano & Paulo Neto (Coord.). Espaço. Perspectivas Multidisciplinares sobre a Construção dos Territórios. Lisboa: Edições Sílabo.
Neto, Paulo; Santos, Anabela and Serrano, Maria Manuel (2012). “Public Policies Supporting Local Based Networks for Entrepreneurship and Innovation - Contributions to the Effectiveness and Added Value Assessment”. In Iréne Bernhard, (ed.) Entrepreneurship and Innovation Networks, Research Reports 2012:02, Trollhätan: University West, pp. 627-648, ISBN 978-91-977943-4-3.
Serrano, Maria Manuel and Neto, Paulo (2012). “The Innovation Public Policies and the Firms’ Adoption of Innovative Processes: Some Notes About the Portuguese Case”.Sociology Study, February 2012, volume 2, number 2, pp. 83-106.
Neto, Paulo e Serrano, Maria Manuel (2011). “Clusters, Governace and Sustainability”. Journal of Modern Accounting and Auditing. May 2011, vol.7, nº 5, pp. 509-523. |
