Studied Sociology at ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon until 1980; Post-graduation studies on Social Sciences at University of Azores 1983; PhD on Sociology at Universidade Nova de Lisboa 1992, on processes of technological and organisational changes in the Portuguese manufacturing industry. Habilitation 2001 at Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal) on Sociology of New Information Technologies.

• 2007-2008 Invited researcher at ITAS with a sabbatical leave from Universidade Nova de Lisboa
• Member of the Forschungsbereich "Innovationsprozesse und Technikfolgen"
• Coordinator of the PhD programme on Technology Assessment at Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal)
• Founder of the Portuguese TA network Studies Group on Technology Assessment (GrEAT)
• Member of the High Level Group (GAN) of the APDSI (Portuguese think tank on the development of the Information Society)
• Member of the PACITA project team

• Future trends on the usage of autonomous systems in manufacturing industries
• Scenarios building methods, Delphi survey
• Robotics Technology Assessment
• Mobility and transport inter-modalities

• Socio-economics of Fisheries and Aquaculture
• Technology Assessment
• Socio-Economics of Innovation
• Studies on the automobile industry

Books and book chapters

Moniz, A.
From the Lisbon strategy to EU2020: illusion or progress for European economies?, in B.-J. Krings (ed) Brain drain or brain gain? Changes of work in knowledge-based societies, Berlin, Sigma Verlag, 2011

Moniz, A.
Change processes and methodologies of future perspectives on work, (colaboration with M. R. Paulos and D. Bannink), Leuven, HIVA/Unibbok, 2009, 82 pp.+annex

Moniz, A.
The future of work in European knowledge societies: policy implications (with Duco Bannink,Margarida R. Paulos, Bettina Krings and Linda Nierling, in Meil, Pamela (ed.) Challenges for Europe under value chain Restructuring: Contributions to policy debates , Leuven, HIVA, 2009,pp. 85-110

Moniz, A.
"Scenario-Building Methods as a Tool for Policy Analysis" in B. Rihoux and H. Grimm: Innovative Comparative Methods for Policy Analysis. Beyond the Quantitative-Qualitative Divide , New York, Springer, 2006, pp. 185 - 209.

Articles (peer-reviewed journals)

Moniz, A.
Technological practices in the European auto industry: Exploring cases from Belgium, Germany and Portugal" (with B.-J. Krings, G. van Hootegem and R. Huys), International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, Vol. 2, Geneve, 2002

Moniz, A.
Competencia o cooperación? Sobre el desarrollo socio-cultural de la sociedad de la información (with Bettina-Johanna Krings), Sociología del Trabajo, nº 44, Madrid, Siglo XXI, Invierno 2002, pp.125 - 143

Moniz, A.
Foresight methodologies to understand changes in the labour process. Experience from Portugal, Enterprise and Work Innovation Studies, nº 2, 2006, IET, Monte de Caparica, pp. 105 - 116.

Moniz, A.
Assessing scenarios on the future of work, Enterprise and Work Innovation Studies, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, IET-Research Center on Enterprise and Work Innovation, Faculty of Science and Technology, vol. 4(4), pages 91-106, November 2008.

Working papers

Moniz, A.
Procesos de globalización de las cadenas de valor en la industria de vestuario en Portugal: implicación en las estructuras de trabajo, (with A.V. Silva, T. Woll and J.J. Sampaio), MPRA Paper 5629, University Library of Munich, Germany, Feb 2007.

Moniz, A.
Futures of automobile industry and challenges on sustainable development and mobility, IET Working Papers Series 04/2008, (with Margarida Paulos) Universidade Nova de Lisboa, IET-Research Center on Enterprise and Work Innovation, Faculty of Science and Technology.

Moniz, A.
The transformation of work? A quantitative evaluation of changes in work in Portugal, IET Working Papers Series 07/2008, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, IET-Research Center on Enterprise and Work Innovation, Faculty of Science and Technology

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