Dr Frederico Matos
Sessional Lecturer, Sociology
BSc (Organizational Sociology, Minho, Portugal), MSc (Political Sociology, LSE), PhD (Sociology, UCL), PGCELTHE (UCL), FHEA
Contact details
Department of Social Policy and Education
Birkbeck, University of London
26 Russell Square
WC1B 5DQ
Email: f.matos@bbk.ac.uk
Employment History
Sessional Lecturer, Department of Social Policy and Education,
Birkbeck, University of London (since 2009)
Research Associate, University of Cambridge (since 2006)
Guest Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Anglia Ruskin University (2010)
Research Officer, London School of Economics and Political Science (2003-2006)
Teaching
Sociology (HEIS)
Sociological Imagination and Everyday Life
Social Inequalities and Diversities
Knowing the Social World
Conference Papers
“What next for Academia? A reflection on how funding policies for doctoral programmes impact on future academics and disciplinary practices” presented at the British Sociological Association 60th Anniversary conference, London School of Economics, London, 6-8 April (2011)
“Doctoral programmes and the concept of “original contribution to knowledge”: are doctoral students creators of new knowledge? Implication of new policies on Social Sciences doctoral programmes in the UK.”, presented at the 9th European Sociological Association Conference, Lisbon, 2-5 September (2009)
“The role of doctoral students in the creation of knowledge. A case study of the Social Sciences PhD in a UK research-intensive university”, presented at the Intellectuals – Knowledge, Power and Ideas 2nd Global Conference, Budapest, 8-10 May (2009)
“A new face for academia? How changing policies impact on practices in doctoral programmes in the UK. A case study” presented at the “2nd International Sociology Conference”, ATINER, Athens, 12-15 May (2008)
“Independent PhD student? The new PhD programmes in the UK and their impact on academic independence of the doctoral student. A case study” presented at Withstanding Influence: Academic Independence and its Discontents conference”, University of Rouen, France, 27-28 March (2008)
“Transnational intellectual elites in the global city” presented at the Everyday Life in the Global City Conference, The Manchester Institute of Social and Spatial Transformations (MISST), Department of Sociology, Manchester Metropolitan University (2007)
“PhD: what is it? An analysis of how different stakeholders perceive the doctoral degree. Match or mismatch?” presented at the “Higher Education Close Up 3” International Conference Devoted to Fine-Grained Qualitative Research, Lancaster University (July 2006)
“Developing the PhD Experience” presented at the 1st SRHE Postgraduate Student Conference, University of Bristol (December 2004)
Past research projects
Lead researcher (joint): Academic Career Paths in the Social Sciences –funded by the CETL Centre for Excellence in Academic Practice (University of Oxford) (2007-2009)
Researcher: Evaluation of researcher support programmes: assessment within development events, and the attitudes and experiences towards academic careers provision, of early career academics (ECAs) (2007-2009)
Consultancy
Consultant, UniversitiesUK
Development of the Principal Investigator and Research Leader Survey (PIRLS) which has been rolled out in 2011 to all UK universities wishing to take part (2010-2011)
Project Consultant and Researcher
Institute of Education, University of London, and the Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA – now divided into the QIA and the LSN) (2003)
Affiliations/memberships
British Sociological Association
European Sociological Association
Portuguese Sociological Association/Associação Portuguesa de Sociologia
