Nuno Boavida

junior researcher/CESNOVA-IET, ITAS-KIT

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Education

  • Graduated in Industrial Production Engineering at the New University of Lisbon in 1999
  • Master of Science in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2001 (Thesis on the Revitalization strategies for Portuguese labour movement)
  • Student of the PhD in Technology Assessment at the New University of Lisbon since 2009 (Thesis on technology decision-making and the use of innovation indicators)

Professional background

since 2011 "Técnico Superior" of the Office of Planning, Strategy, Evaluation and International Relations (GPEARI) of the Ministry of Education and Science (MEC), Lisbon
2007 - 2010 Advisor of the Office of Planning, Strategy, Evaluation and International Relations (GPEARI) of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education (MCTES), Lisbon
2003 - 2007 Advisor of the Observatory for Science, Technology and Higher Education (OCES) of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education (MCTES), Lisbon
2002 - 2003 Consultant at the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Lisbon
2002 Trainee at the Economic and Social Committee of the European Union, Brussels
2001 Consultant at the Portuguese Electric Vehicle Association, Lisbon
2000 Consultant at the Rolin Group SA, Lisbon
1998 - 1999 Trainee at REFER - National Railway Company, EP (Department of Infrastructures), Lisbon

Current positions

2012 - 2014 Scholarship from the Portuguese National Science Foundation to finish his PhD in Technology Assessment at ITAS/KIT, Karlsruhe
since 2011 Coordinator of the working group on TA indicators of the network Studies Group on Technology Assessment (GrEAT), Lisbon

Fields of work

  • Technology decision-making
  • Innovation indicators
  • Sociology of Technology

Recent publications outside of ITAS

Paper with peer-review

Boavida, Nuno and Susana Moretto (2011) "Innovation Assessment of a Portuguese railway branch of a foreign multinational: A case study", in Proceedings of the XIV Congreso Latino-Iberoamericano de Gestión Tecnológica – ALTEC 2011 (19-21 October 2011), Lima, Perú, p. 339: 587

Working papers

Boavida, Nuno (2011) "The selection of indicators in prospective study ‘Forecasting the carbon footprint to road freight transport in 2020’" (in Portuguese), IET Working Papers Series, WPS06/2011, 17 pp

Boavida, Nuno and Susana Moretto (2011) "Innovation assessment in a local branch of a rail transport manufacture industry - A case study", IET Working Papers Series, WP04/2011, 15 pp

Boavida, Nuno and Susana Moretto (2010) "Innovation Assessment of a Portuguese Railway branch of a foreign multinational - A case study", IET Working Papers Series, WP05/2010, 38 pp

Boavida, Nuno; Nuno Cabrita; Susana M. Moretto (2010) "Analysis of the public participation process in the High-Speed Railway project" (in Portuguese), IET Working Papers Series, WPS06/2010, 34 pp

Boavida, Nuno (2008) "Portugal and the knowledge-based economy: The business R&D" (in Portuguese). IET Working Papers Series, WP 02/2008, 17 pp

Edition of books

Trindade, C., Garrido, U., Avelãs, A., Boavida, N. and Naumann, R. (2010) "Trade Union Internationalism in Portugal - The Challenges of Trade Union Actionand Organization, CGTP-IN and the International Trade Union Confederation" (in Portuguese), Sindicato dos Trabalhadores da Portaria, Vigilância, Limpeza, Domésticas e Actividades Diversas, p. 87. Lisbon

Boavida, Nuno and Reinhard Naumann (2007) "The State and the Economy: The European Social and Economic Model in the 21st century". Friedrich Ebert Foundation, p.133. Lisbon

Campos Lima, Maria and Nuno Boavida (2006) "United for a Solidarity response to Globalization" (in Portuguese). Cadernos Ruben Rolo 5, Instituto Ruben Rolo, p.43. Lisbon

Lemos, Teresa and Nuno Boavida (2006) "The IT sector in the Portuguese Higher Education and Scientific System" (in Portuguese). Observatory for Science, Technology and Higher Education, p.57. Lisbon

Rego, Raquel and Nuno Boavida (2004) "Globalization and Unionism" (in Portuguese). Cadernos Ruben Rolo 3, Instituto Ruben Rolo, p.40. Lisbon

Poster with peer review

"Innovation Assessment in a local branch of a rail transport manufacture industry - A case study", Boavida, Nuno and Susana Moretto (2011), in 3rd European Conference on Corporate R&D (CONCORD 2011), 6/10/2011, European Joint Research Center / IPTS, Seville

Communication with peer-review

"The Technology Assessment in Portugal: Recent trends" (in Portuguese), Moniz, António, Nuno Boavida, Maria João Maia and Susana Moretto (2011), Conferência Nacional - Rumos da Sociologia do Conhecimento, Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal, Secção Temática em Conhecimento, Ciência e Tecnologia da Associação Portuguesa de Sociologia, ISEG-UTL, 18 e 19 de Novembro de 2011, Lisboa.