Manuel Carvalho da Silva was an electrical worker, work planner, trade union activist, coordinator and general secretary of the CGTP-Intersindical Nacional between 1986 and 2012. He holds a degree and a doctorate in Sociology from ISCTE-IUL. He is the coordinator of the Collaborative Laboratory for Work, Employment and Social Protection (CoLABOR) and of the Lisbon branch of the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra (CES-UC). He was a Visiting Professor at the Lusófona University from 2011 to 2016. He was Vice-President of the General Council of the University of Minho and a Member of the Technical-Scientific Council of the Alcoitão Higher School of Health. He is the author of several books and book chapters, hundreds of articles, and has extensive experience in topics such as work, employment, trade unionism, the Welfare State, Europe, and globalization. He currently participates in several research projects. He has been a regular columnist for JN since 2011 and a commentator on RR since 2012.     

carvalho.silva@colabor.pt