José N. Cruz is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto. He holds a degree and a PhD in Economics, as well as a Master’s in Finance.
He is a member of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Justice (CIJ). He participates in the network European Working Group on Organizational Crime (EUROC) and in the White Collar Crime Research Consortium (WCCRC).
 
He has conducted research in the field of Public Economics and more recently in the areas of Economic and Financial Crime and Entrepreneurship. He has published and participated in national and international conferences on these topics. He teaches various courses in undergraduate and master’s programmes in Law and Criminology: Political Economy; Organised Crime and Economic and Financial Crime; Economic Law; Special Topics in Criminology; Practicum in Legal and Economic Sciences.
 
His experience in management arose from being the CEO of a small company in the beginning of his career (during 10 years) and more recently he was the President of the Faculty of Law’s Board of Directors (during 5 years). Presently, he is the Chairman of the Teaching Council of FDUP (since 2014). He has been teaching Economics and Organizational Behaviour in the Law degree and in the Master of Laws, and Topics of Economic and Financial Criminality in the Master of Criminology.


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