Manuel Carvalho da Silva was an electrical worker, work planner, union activist, coordinator and general secretary of the CGTP-National Trade Union between 1986 and 2012. He has a degree and PhD in Sociology from ISCTE-IUL. He is the coordinator of the Collaborative Laboratory for Work, Employment and Social Protection (CoLABOR) and the Lisbon branch of the Center for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra (CES-UC). He was Visiting Professor at Lusófona University, 2011-2016. He was Vice-President of the General Council of the University of Minho and a member of the Technical-Scientific Council of the Escola Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão. He is the author of several books and book chapters, hundreds of articles and a wide-ranging intervention on topics such as work, employment, trade unionism, the welfare state, Europe and globalization. He is currently involved in various research projects. He has been a regular columnist for JN since 2011 and a commentator on RR since 2012.     

carvalho.silva@colabor.pt