Maria João Machado

My academic background is in the field of Labour Law. I completed my PhD in Law (Labour Law) in 2011 at the University of Vigo, my Master's Degree in Legal and Comparative Sciences in 1998 at the University of Coimbra and Law Degree in 1985 at the Universidade Livre do Porto. In 1987, I joined Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique where I teached Labour Law and International Private Law. In 2005 I joined the School of Technology and Management of Polytechnic of Porto, where I dedicated full-time on academia and research on Business Law (Labor Law, Corporate Law and Insolvency Law). During my academic and scientific career, I have focused on different aspects of business law, namely those related to entrepreneurial, business and technology. Over the years I have been accumulating several management positions within the academia, most of them related to the management of teams. My previous positions as director of the Bachelor in Legal Practice and the Master in Legal Practice have contributed to the professional development of many professionals (some of them remained in academia). Currently, I coordinate a department with 4 degrees (1 technical degree; 1 bachelor’s degree and 2 master’s degrees). I am also a researcher at CIICESI. I have contributed to the scientific community in many ways: my scientific production (two books, several book chapters, papers published in international and national scientific journals, presentations at international scientific conferences); master's thesis supervisor; ·member of organising and scientific committees of both international and national conferences; · member of journals’ editorial boards and reviewer; · Erasmus mobilities across Europe.