Prof. Gonçalo Santinha

Gonçalo Santinha is an associate professor with habilitation at the Department of Social, Political, and Territorial Sciences (DCSPT) at the University of Aveiro (UA) in Portugal. He is the coordinator of research line PI2 within the GOVCOPP—Governance, Competitiveness, and Public Policies Research Unit. With a Ph.D. in social sciences, his teaching activities encompass undergraduate, master’s, and Ph.D. courses focusing on health policies, spatial development policies, ageing policies, and public administration. His primary research interests lie in the areas of public policies and territorial governance as well as health geography and policies. He holds the position of director of the master’s program in public policy and administration and is a member of the council and executive board of the DCSPT. He is also a member of the Pedagogic Council at UA.