Research Projects
Projectifying work: network organisation models in contemporaty capitalist societies
Contemporary capitalist societies have undergone important and significant transformations in recent decades, the last of which was marked by the aftermath of a financial, economic and social crisis, with different consequences for labour markets and the organisation of work in various countries worldwide, and in which the present has been cut across by a pandemic crisis, on a global level, with evident impacts on work, the scope of which still needs to be appraised. While theliterature on the labour market, especially on precariousness and flexibility is extensive (Kalleberg 2009; Castel 2009), literature focussing on models ofmanagement and organisation of work and labour relations is scarce (Lundin et al. 2015). Among these models, project work stands out. By project work we meana temporary structure for organising work which has specific impacts on work relationships and individual performances. In some economic sectors andprofessions, such as architecture and scientific research, it constitutes the main historical mode of organising work (Boutinet 1990; Greer, Samaluk and Umney2019), but in other areas it has been increasingly adopted as a mechanism for furthering more flexible work modalities, work relationships and worspaces (Eftaxiopoulos 2022). This research aims to analyse modes of projectification (Lundin et al. 2015; Kuura 2011; 2020) and the way in which they are part of renewed modalities for the organisation of contemporary capitalist societies and have spread to a wide range of sectors of economic activity and professions. The spread of projects as a means of organising work has been effective for a variety of reasons: the development and implementation of models of work organisation that link management rationales, leadership styles, procedures and structures of work relationships which have been specifically designed to make project work effective; the availability of digital and technological resources, enabling continuous online communication reg...
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2023-03-01
2025-09-30
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Actividades de Desenvolvimento curricular (AEC): o caso da Alta de Lisboa
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2011-06-06
2011-09-30
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Trajectories, from addiction to reintegration - study of drug addicts's social trajectories after the therapeutic process
The research to carry out with intends to make a contribution to an understanding and explanation of the complex reality of the social reintegration of people addicted to psychoactive substances, after attendance at a treatment process in a therapeutic community. In articulating different theoretical viewpoints, it is hoped to identify trends and factors that lead to effective social reintegration, and rejection of the use of psychoactive substances. We intend to develop an analysis model that considers different analytical dimensions and accounts for the strength versus vulnerability factors that may influence these individuals' social reintegration trajectories. A central objective of the research is to capture social regularities and singularities that are present in the individuals' reintegration strategies and associated with social, family, and individual patterns and with skills acquired during the therapeutic process, or resulting from the appropriation of institutional measures.
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2010-02-01
2013-07-31
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Projecto Geração - Investigação dos Caminhos Juvenis de Integração e Exclusão Social: Trajectórias de Vida dos Jovens de Casal da Boba
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2007-10-04
2008-08-30
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Crianças e Jovens em Risco de Exclusão Social no Bairro de Casal da Boba (Amadora) - Projecto de avaliação de acompanhamento
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2005-11-16
2009-12-31
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