About

Filipe Teles is a political scientist in the Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, where he teaches courses in the fields of Public Policy and Political Science. Presently, he is acting as Prorector for Regional Development and Urban Policies. He holds a PhD in Political Science and is a member of the Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy (GOVCOPP), where he has developed research work on governance and local government, territorial reform, political leadership and innovation. Filipe Teles participates in several national and international projects and is the author and co-author of several books and articles in international journals of reference. In the context of his teaching and research activities he has lectured in several universities and countries: University of Warsaw (Poland), CEU Budapest (Hungary), University of Potsdam (Germany), ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences (Switzerland), Universidad Nacional de San Martin - Buenos Aires (Argentina), Bogota (Colombia), UNTL - Dili (East Timor), Institute of Advanced Studies - Koszeg (Hungary), Sofia (Bulgaria), University College Cork (Ireland), among others. Coordinator of the Local Governance and Politics Section of the Portuguese Political Science Association (APCP). Member of: - Governing Board of the European Urban Research Association (EURA) - Steering Committee of the Local Government and Politics Standing Group (European Consortium for Political Research) - Board of the Research Committee on Comparative Studies on Local Government and Politics (RC05) of the International Political Science Association - Entrepreneurship and Societal Impact of Research Steering Committee of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) - Political Studies Association (UK), American Political Science Association (APSA), Portuguese Political Science Association

Research Interests

Comparative Politics, Local Government, Political Leadership, Regionalism

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Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Local Government and Politics