Scientific Board

Pedro Sousa

Integrated Researcher

Pedro Sousa, PhD in Economics from ISEG, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, currently serves as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Porto (FDUP). He is the Director of the School of Criminology and a member of both the Scientific Council of FDUP and the Representatives Board of the institution.
Pedro Sousa is an integrated member of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Justice (CIJ) at FDUP. He has participated in numerous research projects as a researcher or senior researcher, including MiscRisk, InJUSTiceWar, Intimate Partner Violence Homicides, and Telecare Protection System Assessment. Many of these projects have been conducted in close collaboration with security and justice system agencies. His research interests encompass a wide array of criminology topics, such as the costs of crime, deterrence, economic and financial crimes, corruption, tax crimes, organized crime, criminal network analysis, domestic violence, and intervention programs in crime and justice. Utilizing quantitative methods and mixed methodologies, Pedro Sousa has significantly contributed to the field through conference presentations and publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Pedro Sousa teaches various courses in the Bachelor's Degree in Criminology, Master's Degree in Criminology, and Master's Degree in Law programs. His subjects include Statistics, Methodology, Criminological Analysis, Organized Crime, Criminal Networks, Economics, and Game Theory. He is also actively involved in executive workshops for law enforcement officers, with a particular focus on criminal network analysis, underscoring his commitment to the practical application of scientific knowledge. He has supervised five PhD students in Criminology, forty-two Master’s Degree students in Criminology, and fifteen Master’s Degree students in Law.
Internationally, Pedro Sousa has served on the Executive Board of the European Society of Criminology and remains an active member of the society. He is involved in two scientific working groups within the European Society of Criminology: The European Working Group on Organizational Crime (EUROC) and The European Working Group on Organized Crime and Criminal Networks. Additionally, he is the president of the Supervisory Board of the International Association of Portuguese Language Criminology (AICLP), of which he is a founding member.


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