Professor at ISCTE, University Institute of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Maria José Sousa (Ph.D. in Management) is a University Professor and a research fellow at ISCTE/IUL and of CIEO (Algarve University). Her research interests currently are public policies and political science, innovation and business management issues. She is a best seller author in ICT and People Management and has co-authored over 70 articles and book chapters and published in several scientific journals (e.g. Journal of Business Research, UAIS, Future Generations Computer Systems, Journal of Medical Systems, I. J. of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, Knowledge Management, Wseas Transactions on Business and Economics, Information Systems Frontiers and others), she has organized and peer-reviewed international conferences. She is also External Expert of COST Association - European Cooperation in Science and Technology.