Maria Manuel Serrano holds a PhD in Economic and Organizational Sociology and a Master's Degree in Socio-Organizational Systems of Economic Activity from ISEG/UL - Lisbon School of Economics and Management/University of Lisbon and a degree in Sociology from the University of Évora. She is Assistant Professor at the University of Évora/School of Social Sciences/Department of Sociology and Director of the Degree in Sociology. She is integrated researcher at CICS.NOVA.UÉvora - Interdisciplinary Center of Social Sciences and collaborating researcher at SOCIUS/CSG - Center for Research in Economic and Organizational Sociology. She is sector coordinator of the UMPP - Public Policy Monitoring Unit at the University of Évora and Director of the Public Policy Portuguese Journal. She is author and co-author of several scientific publications in the fields of Economic Sociology, Organizations, Work and Employment, Innovation, Human Resources Development and Public Policies.

Research Interests:

Economic sociology. Organizations. Work. Human resources development. Public policies.

Main Projects:

• 2018-2022: + RESILIENT Mediterranean Open REsouRcEs for Social Innovation of SociaLly ResponsIve ENTerprises
  Posição no projeto: membro do Policy Coherence Group (PCG)
  Parceiros: Veneto Region – Operational Unit for EU and State Relations (Itália); Aix-Marseille University (AMU) (França); Foundation for Partnership and Civil Society Development (Croácia); Region of Istria (Croácia); Development and Innovation Network (RCDI) (Portugal); Region of East Macedonia and Thrace (REMTH) - Regional Development Fund (Grécia); Treviso and Belluno Chamber of Commerce (Itália); Technological Institute of Aragon (Espanha); Greek Free Open Source Software Society (Grécia); Barcelona Activa SA SPM (Espanha); Open University of Catalonia (UOC) (Espanha); Foundation for Improvement of Employment Possibilities (PRIZMA) (Eslovénia); National Association of Italian Municipalities (Itália); Union of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Albania (Albânia).
  Entidade Financiadora: INTERREG MED (2014-2020), Priority Axis 1: Promoting Mediterranean innovation capacities to develop smart and sustainable growth;
• 2019-2020: Desigualdades e Bem-Estar
  Posição no projeto: Investigadora
  Parceiros: CIES-IUL (ISCTE-IUL); CIS-IUL (ISCTE-IUL); Universidade de Évora; Delegação Permanente de Portugal junto da Organização de Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Económico – OCDE (Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros); Observatório das Desigualdades; Inequality Watch e UMPP - Unidade de Monitorização de Políticas Públicas (UÉVORA). Consultores: António Firmino da Costa (ISCTE-IUL), Bernard Lahire (École Normale Supérieure de Lyon), Richard Wilkinson (Universidade de Nottingham) e Danny Dorling (Universidade de Oxford).
  Entidade Financiadora: Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos;
• 2016-2017: RH.Pt. Survey, inquérito multiinstitucional
  Posição no projeto: Investigadora responsável na Universidade de Évora
  Parceiros: Associação Portuguesa para a Gestão de Pessoas (APG), Universidade de Évora; SOCIUS/ISEG-Centro de Investigação em Sociologia Económica; Escola Superior de Ciências Empresariais/IPSetúbal, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas; Universidade Lusíada; Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão; Instituto Politécnico de Tomar; Instituto Superior de Gestão Bancária; Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e Empresa/IUL; Instituto Politécnico do Porto; Universidade do Algarve. 
  Entidade Financiadora: Não financiado;
•  2014- : Unidade de Monitorização de Políticas Públicas- UMPP
  Posição no projeto: Coordenadora Sectorial
  Entidade Financiadora: Programa INALENTEJO 2007-2013 – Aviso Promoção e Capacitação Institucional – Convite Público nº 2/PCI/2013 (ALENT-13-2013-22).

• Santos, A.; Cincera, M.; Neto, P. and Serrano, M. M. (2019). “Which projects are selected for an innovation subsidy? The Portuguese case”. Portuguese Economic Journal, April 2019;
• Neto, Paulo; Serrano, Maria Manuel & Santos, Anabela (2018). “Policy Cycle of the Urban Agenda and its Effects on Territorial Cohesion”. In Eduardo Medeiros (Ed.) (2018). Territorial Cohesion. The Urban Dimension. Berlin: Springer. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-03386-6_8] [ISBN 978-3-030-03386-6], https://www.springer.com/kr/book/9783030033859, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-03386-6_8;
• Santos, Anabela; Neto, Paulo & Serrano, Maria Manuel (2016). “A long-term mortality analysis of subsidized firms in rural areas: an empirical study in the Portuguese Alentejo region”. Eurasian Economic Review, April 2016, Volume 6, Issue 1, pp. 125-151. ISSN: 1309-422X. DOI: 10.1007/s40822-015-0035-4 (First online: 22 September 2015, ISSN: 2147-429X) (Online). This journal is indexed in the Thomson Reuters EMERGING SOURCES CITATION INDEX (WEB OF SCIENCE TM CORE COLLECTION);
• Santos, Anabela; Serrano, Maria Manuel & Neto, Paulo (2015). “Análise da eficácia, eficiência e valor acrescentado de políticas públicas place-based – uma aplicação a territórios rurais”. Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural, Vol. 53, Supl. 1, pp. S033-S048. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/resr/v53s1/0103-2003-resr-53-s1-00033.pdf;
• Neto, Paulo; Santos, Anabela & Serrano, Maria Manuel (2014). “Public policies supporting local networks for entrepreneurship and innovation. Effectiveness and added value analysis of LEADER program in the Alentejo region of Portugal”. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. Vol. 21, nº 3, pp. 406-435  (Special issue on: Innovative Networks and Entrepreneurship). IJESB is indexed in: Scopus (Elsevier); Academic OneFile (Gale); Business and Company Resource Center (Gale) and CAB Abstracts. DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2014.060900.