With a PhD in Science and Technology Policy Studies from SPRU, University of Sussex, he is a Principal Investigator at the Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra, where he is Co-Coordinator of the PhD Program 'Governance, Knowledge and Innovation'. His research, using approaches from Social Studies of Science and Technology (STS) and Innovation Studies, focuses on science and technology policies and governance, and the processes of knowledge circulation and intermediation between the public research sector, companies, public decision-making processes, and society. His research has focused on both the Portuguese and European and international contexts. He is currently part of the CoLabor research team, in its line of research on Technology, Work and Employment.

Between 2015 and 2018, he was Coordinator of the Studies and Strategy Office of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). He is Vice-Chair of the OECD Working Party on Innovation and Technology Policy (TIP), having also been the National Delegate to the OECD Committee on Science and Technology Policy (CSTP). He was Executive Director of the Centre for Social Studies and Vice-President of its Scientific Council. In addition to his research work, he has collaborated with various institutions in the area of ​​science and technology policies, namely with the European Commission, UNESCO, FCT, CYTED, and Science Europe. He was the National Delegate to the Committee on 'Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities' of the 7th European Framework Programme for Research, and a member of the Network Board of the ERA-NET NORFACE network, representing the FCT.

tsp@ces.uc.pt