Susana Soares Pinheiro Vieira Pescada has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Évora, a master’s in social service from the Portuguese Catholic University and a degree in Sociology from ISCTE- University Institute of Lisbon. Attends a PhD in Economic and Business Sciences (management specialty) at the Faculty of Economics of the University of the Algarve.
She started her professional activity in 2002 as a Local Development Technician at the in Loco Association. Between 2006 and 2011 she was a teacher at the Higher School of Education and Communication at the University of Algarve. In 2009, she was a Research Fellow at SOCIUS/Research Center for Economic and Organizational Sociology at ISEG – Higher Institute of Economics and Management of the Technical University of Lisbon. Her main activity in this research center was being a member of the research team of the Arquimed Project – Participatory design of adaptive groundwater management strategies in instruments in Mediterranean coastal water scarce areas as a response to climate change. Later, between 2017 and 2020 she taught at the Polytechnic Institute of Beja.
Currently, Susana Soares Pinheiro Vieira Pescada is an Invited Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of the Algarve and an integrated researcher at CinTurs (Center for Research in Tourism, Sustainability and Wellbeing). Since 2012, she has maintained her collaboration at the Interdisciplinary Center for Social Sciences at the University of Évora [CICS.NOVA.UÉvora] as a Collaborating Researcher. She has published in the areas of organizational behaviour and sustainable development of territories and supervised dissertations in the areas of organizational behaviour, human resource management, wellbeing and community development. Her current scientific interests include the health and wellbeing of communities, groups and organizations.
Academic Profile by:Filipos RUXHO Assistant Professor of Economics and Sustainable Development