Filipe Teles

Filipe Teles is professor of Political Science, researcher at the Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy, and Director of the PhD Programme in Public Policies, at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He served as President of the European Urban Research Association (2021–2025). He has acted as expert and consultant on subnational governance for organisations such as the OECD, and the World Bank, and lectured and collaborated with universities and institutions across Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. He is Series Co-editor of Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance, Co-editor of the journal Territory, Politics, Governance, and a member of the editorial board of Urban Research & Practice. He has also held leadership roles in international academic networks, including the ECPR Standing Group on Local Government and Politics, the board of the IPSA Research Committee on Comparative Studies on Local Government and Politics, and the Portuguese Political S