Coordinator: Mário António de Sousa Aroso de Almeida | CV

Integrated Members:
Catarina Santos Botelho | CV
Maria Filipa Pires Urbano Costa Calvão | CV
Jorge Pereira da Silva | CV
Luis Manuel da Costa Sousa da Fábrica | CV
Marta Vaz Canavarro Portocarrero de Carvalho | CV
Pedro Machete | CV
Pedro Cerqueira Gomes | CV
Raquel Maria Resende Duarte de Carvalho | CV


Cátia Daniela Rodrigues Matos
Cláudio Simão De Lucena Neto
Duarte Manuel Coutinho Ribeiro de Amorim Pereira
Helena Prata Garrido Ferreira
Isabel Teixeira Duarte
Jorge Eduardo de Faria Lopes
Leonardo Cacau Santos La Bradbury
Maria Madalena Torres Pereira Mendes
Raul Moreira
Ricardo Bandeira Jorge


This research line aims to develop studies and training activities in the fields of the reform of public administration and the reform of the administration of justice.

1. The Modernization of Public Administration, including organizational solutions and mechanisms for concentration and simplification proceedings and safeguarding of fundamental rights in this context namely in the field of personal data protection;

2. The Reform of the civil service regarding models of human resource management of Public Administration, institutional training and qualification of these resources, evaluation of new organizational models, support for training and qualification of employees in the public service;

3. The Reform of the Welfare State, in the perspective of the evolution of state functions in a globalized world regarding financial sustainability, principles of intergenerational justice and sustainability of public policies.

Concerning the reform of the administration of justice, the thematic area includes management models and mechanisms for alternative dispute resolution.

In these listed areas, it’s intended to draw up comparative studies at European and international level, to promote public debates on the proposed solutions and to conduct international conferences and training activities.