Filipe Teles, prof. dr.
President of the European Urban Research Association - 2021/2025 (EURA)
Series Co-editor: “Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance”
Board of the Research Committee on Comparative Studies on Local Government and Politics (RC05) of the International Political Science Association
Former member of the Steering Committee of the Local Government and Politics Standing Group (European Consortium for Political Research) 2018-2024
Former Coordinator of the Local Governance and Politics Section of the Portuguese Political Science Association (APCP) 2018-2023
Filipe Teles is a political scientist in the Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, where he teaches courses in the fields of Public Policy and Political Science. Presently, he is acting as Prorector for Regional Development and Urban Policies.
He holds a PhD in Political Science and is a member of the Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policy (GOVCOPP), where he has developed research work on governance and local government, territorial reform, political leadership and innovation. Filipe Teles participates in several national and international projects and is the author and co-author of several books and articles in international journals of reference.
He has worked in and acoss different sectors. As an expert/consultant he has worked with the European Economic and Social Committee (EU Belgium), the Council of Europe (Strastbourg, France), the Joint Research Centre (European Commission), the European Environmental Agency (Copenhagen, Denmark), the European Securities and Markets Authority (Paris, France), among others. Collaborated with the Swedish Cooperation as a Consultant on Intermunicipal Cooperation in Colombia (2018-2020), and, currently, with the GFF-World Bank as an International Consultant on Integrated Governance (Kenya, Ethiopia and Malawi), and with OECD on Intermunicipal Cooperation.
In the context of his teaching and research activities he has lectured in several universities and countries: University of Warsaw (Poland), CEU Budapest (Hungary), University of Potsdam (Germany), ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences (Switzerland), Universidad Nacional de San Martin - Buenos Aires (Argentina), Bogota (Colombia), UNTL - Dili (East Timor), Institute of Advanced Studies - Koszeg (Hungary), Sofia (Bulgaria), University College Cork (Ireland), Estonia, Santiago (Chile), Cape Verde, Guatemala, Nigeria, Kenya, among others.
Just out...
Holistic in approach, this Handbook’s international range of leading scholars present complementary perspectives, both theoretical and empirically pertinent, to explore recent developments in the field of local and regional governance.
With a fresh outlook on the field, this Handbook builds significantly upon the existing literature to clarify the scope of the discipline, as well as providing tools, information, and research questions to better understand and further explore the field. Chapters provide theoretical and empirical context to current debates on local and regional governance and offer competing analytical lenses for studying the field.
Interdisciplinary and international in scope, this Handbook will be an invigorating read for students and scholars looking to better understand contemporary policy, politics, and subnational governance at local and regional levels.
This book focuses on local state-society relations, understood as institutionalised relations between local municipalities across Europe and individual, collective or corporate societal actors. It presents a typology of local state-society relations, and applies this to characterise the most relevant institutionalised relations between local government and societal actors at the municipal level in 22 European countries. The comparative volume will clarify whether or not patterns can be detected in the makeup of different types of networks; whether or not these patterns are country-specific or policy-specific; and why cases exist which are so distinct that they are not subsumable under a certain pattern. Taken together, this book will go beyond national typologies to emphasise the role of agency and innovation in particular policy sectors, providing a major contribution in the study of the local governance of Europe. It will appeal to scholars and students of local governance, public administration, urban planning and European studies.
Suggested Readings
Selected bibliography (yearly):
2024
Kurian, M., P. Swianiewicz and F. Teles (2024), "Inter-municipal co-operation in the Western Balkans", SIGMA Papers, No. 70, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/a78a01e6-en
Silva, P., Moreno Pires, S., Teles, F., Polido, A., Rodrigues, C. (2024), Pre-conditions and barriers for territorial innovation through Smart Specialization Strategies: the case of the lagging Centro region of Portugal, Urban Research & Practice, 17(1): 1-28 DOI: 10.1080/17535069.2022.2103447
Chamusca, P., Marques, J.L., Moreno Pires, S., Teles, F. (2024), Territorial Cohesion: discussing the mismatch between conceptual definitions and the understanding of local and intra-regional public decision-makers, Territory, Politics and Governance, 12(5): 649-671 DOI: 10.1080/21622671.2022.2044899
Rúben Mendes, Teresa Fidélis, Peter Roebling, Filipe Teles & Michael Farrelly (2024): What is spatial planning saying? A conceptual and methodological framework to assess the institutionalization of nature using critical discourse analysis, Critical Discourse Studies, 21(3):274-292 DOI: 10.1080/17405904.2022.2150668
2023
Teles, F., (ed.) (2023), "Handbook on Local and Regional Governance", Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Silva, P., Mota, L.F., Carneiro, R., Valentim, R., Teles, F. (2023), The inner functioning of local governance networks in centralized countries: a 'brave new world'? Social Sciences 12: 289. https://doi.org/10.3390/ socsci12050289
Teles, F. (2023), "Local and regional governance. a negotiated arena", in F Teles (ed.) Handbook on Local and Regional Governance", Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Teles, F. (2023), "Descentralização e Poder Local", in Ferndandes, J., Magalhães, P., CostaPinto, A. (eds.) "O essencial da política portuguesa", Tinta da China: Lisboa
T Fidélis, MV Matos, MC Sousa, AC Miranda, F Riazi, F Teles, I Capela (2023) “Assessing policy and planning contexts for the transition to water circular economy: Examples from Southern Europe”, in Miltiadis G. Zamparas, Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos (eds.), “Water Management and Circular Economy”, Elsevier, 113-142, ISBN 9780323952804
F Riazi, T Fidélis, F Teles (2023), “Fostering the transition to water reuse: The role of institutional arrangements in the European Union circular economy action plans”, in Miltiadis G. Zamparas, Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos (eds.), “Water Management and Circular Economy”,Elsevier,427-450, ISBN 9780323952804
Teles, F. (2023), "Descentralização: um ruidoso silêncio e uma silenciosa reforma", in Camerlo, C. et al. (eds.) "Democracia em Portugal 2022", Lisboa: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais
Pires, SM., Teles, F. (2023), "A new debate on local governance from the lenses of Earth System Science", in F Teles (ed.) Handbook on Local and Regional Governance", Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Riazi, F., Fidelis, T., Matos, M.V., Sousa, M.C., Teles, F., Roebeling, P. (2023): Institutional arrangements for water reuse: assessing challenges for the transition to water circularity, Water Policy, DOI: 10.2166/wp.2023.155
Raudla, R., Callanan, M., Houlberg, K., Teles, F. (2023 forthcoming), Municipal finances in unitary systems: the effects of crises on financial autonomy in four European countries. In Johnson, C., Moldogaziev, T., & Ross, J. (Eds.), Research Handbook on City and Municipal Finance. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Teles, F., Ramos, F., Rodrigues, C., Botelho, A. (eds.) (2023), "Territorial Innovation in Less Developed Regions - Governance, Technologies and Sustainability", Palgrave
Rodrigues, C., Teles, F. (2023), "Community-led Innovation: facts, rhetric, and policy challenges" in Teles, F., Ramos, F., Rodrigues, C., Botelho, A. (eds.) "Territorial Innovation in Less Developed Regions - Governance, Technologies and Sustainability", Palgrave
Silva, P., Pires, SM, Polido, A., Rodrigues, C., Teles, F. (2023), "Towards an Integrated Conceptual Framework for territorial innovation in less developed regions: the sustainable regions' approach" in Teles, F., Ramos, F., Rodrigues, C., Botelho, A. (eds.) "Territorial Innovation in Less Developed Regions - Governance, Technologies and Sustainability", Palgrave
Callanan, M., Houlberg, K., Raudla, R., Teles, F. (2023), “Top-Down” Local Government Mergers: Political and Institutional Factors Facilitating Radical Amalgamation Reforms, Journal of Urban Affairs
2022
Egner, B., Heinelt, H., Lysek, J., Silva, P. and Teles, F. (eds.) (2022), "Perspectives on local governance across Europe: insights on local state-society relations", Palgrave
Teles, F. (2022), "Devil in details: Beyond deceptive comparisons of European local governments”, in Egner, B., Heinelt, H., Lysek, J., Silva, P. and Teles, F. (eds.), Perspectives on local governance across Europe: insights on local state-society relations, Palgrave
Silva, P., Mota, L., Teles, F. (2022), “The unbearable lightness of coherence within local governance arrangements”, Egner, B., Heinelt, H., Lysek, J., Silva, P. and Teles, F. (eds.), Perspectives on local governance across Europe: insights on local state-society relations, Palgrave
Melro, A., Teles, F., Oliveira, L. (2022), Modernization as an enhancer of access to Justice and of proximity between key actors, Revista de Estudos Constitucionais, Hermenêutica e Teoria do Direito (RECHTD) 14(1):51-70, doi: 10.4013/rechtd.2022.141.04
Teles, F. (2022), "Decentralization and Local Politics", in Ferndandes, J., Magalhães, P., CostaPinto, A. (eds.) "The Oxford Handbook of Portuguese Politics", OUP
Riazi, F., Fidelis, T., Teles, F. (2022), Governance arrangements for water reuse: assessing emerging trends for inter-municipal cooperation through a literature review, Water, 14, 2789
Melro, A., Teles, F., Oliveira, L. (2022), Relevant Stages, Actors and Instruments in the Portuguese Judicial System Modernization Process. Journal of Public Policy and Administration. 6(1): 33-48 doi: 10.11648/j.jppa.20220601.16
Teles, F. (2022), "Mind the gap: the hiddden challenges of intra-state governments in Portugal", in Copus, C., Kerley, R., Jones, A. (eds.) "A Modern Guide to Local and Regional Politics", Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
2021
Teles, F. (2021). Descentralização e podel local em Portugal, Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos
Lackowska, M., Szmigiel-Rawska, K., Teles, F. (eds.) (2021), "Local Government in Europe - New perspectives and Democratic Challenges", Bristol: Bristol University Press [link]
Teles, F., Gendzwil, A., Stanus, C., Heinelt, H. (eds.) (2021), “Close Ties in European Local Governance - Linking Local State and Society”, Basingstoke: Palgrave [link]
Tavares, A.F., Moreno Pires, S., Teles, F. (2021), Voice, Responsiveness and Alternative Policy Venues: An Analysis of Citizen Complaints against the Local Government to the National Ombudsman. Public Administration, https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12787
Camões, PJ, Tavares, A., Teles, F. (2021), Assessing the intensity of cooperation: a study of joint delegation of municipal functions to inter-municipal associatons. Local Government Studies, 47:4, 593-615, DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2020.1857245
Pedro Silva, Sara Moreno Pires & Filipe Teles (2021): Explanatory models of regional innovation performance in Europe: policy implications for regions, Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, DOI: 10.1080/13511610.2021.1909462
Fidélis, T., Cardoso, AS, Riazi, F, Miranda, AC, Abrantes, J, Teles, F., Roebeling, PC (2021), Policy narratives of circular economy in the EU – Assessing the embeddedness of water and land in national action plans. Journal of Cleaner Production (288), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125685.
Lackowska, M., Szmigiel-Rawska, K., Teles, F. (2021), "Perspectives on European Local Government: Putting Local Democracy First!", in M. Lackowska, K. Szmigiel-Rawska, Teles, F. (eds.) "Local Government in Europe - New perspectives and Democratic Challenges", Bristol: Bristol University Press
Teles, F., Romeiro, P. and Pires, S.M. (2021), Thirty Years of Urban Policy in Portugal, in K. Zimmerman and V. Fedeli (eds.), "A Modern Guide to National Urban Policies in Europe", EdwardElgar
Teles, F. (2021), Diversity in local state-society relations: A typology to grasp differences in institutional networks, in Teles, F., Gendzwil, A., Stanus, C., Heinelt, H. (eds), “Close Ties in European Local Governance - Linking Local State and Society”, Basingstoke: Palgrave
Teles, F., Gendzwil, A., Stanus, C., Heinelt, H. (2021), Interactions of societal actors and local government in institutionalized governance arrangements,in Teles, F., Gendzwil, A., Stanus, C., Heinelt, H. (eds.), “Close Ties in European Local Governance - Linking Local State and Society”, Basingstoke: Palgrave
Heinelt, H., Teles, F., Gendzwil, A., Stanus, C.(2021), Local state-society relations in European countries: Main findings, in Teles, F., Gendzwil, A., Stanus, C., Heinelt, H. (eds.), “Close Ties in European Local Governance - Linking Local State and Society”, Basingstoke: Palgrave
Mota, L., Silva, P., Teles, F. (2021), Local state-society relations in Portugal, in Teles, F., Gendzwil, A., Stanus, C., Heinelt, H. (eds.), “Close Ties in European Local Governance - Linking Local State and Society”, Basingstoke: Palgrave
2020
Teles, F. (2020), Public Administration in Portugal, in Geert Bouckaert and Werner Jann (eds), “European Perspectives for Public Administration: the Way Forward”, Leuven University Press: Leuven (pp 439-454)
Rio Fernandes, J. A., Teles, F., Chamusca, P., & Seixas, J. (2020). The power of the cities and the power in the cities: a multiscale perspective from Portugal. Boletín De La Asociación De Geógrafos Españoles, (87). https://doi.org/10.21138/bage.2978
A. Galli, S.M. Pires, K. Iha, A.A. Alves, D. Lin, M.S. Mancini, F. Teles (2020), Sustainable food transition in Portugal: Assessing the Footprint of dietary choices and gaps in national and local food policies, Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 749
Mendes, R., Fidélis, T., Roebeling, P., Teles, F. (2020), The institutionalization of nature-based solutions – a discourse analysis of emergent literature, Resources, 9(1), 6; doi:10.3390/resources9010006
2019
Pires, S., Polido, A, Teles, F., Silva, P., Rodrigues, C. (2019) Territorial Innovation Models in Less Developed Regions in Europe: the Quest for a New Research Agenda?, European Planning Studies DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2019.1697211
Polido, A.; Moreno Pires, S.; Rodrigues, C.; Teles, F. (2019) “Sustainable development discourse in Smart Specialization Strategies”, Journal of Cleaner Production, 240
Fidelis, T.; Teles, F.; Roebeling, P.; Riazi, F. (2019), Governance fo Sustainability of estuarine areas - assessing alternative models using the case of Ria de Aveiro, Portugal, Water, 11, 846; doi:10.3390/w11040846
Swianiewicz, P.; Teles, F. (2019), The Institutionalization of Inter-municipal arrangements in Europe: Findings from the Unusual Suspects, Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, No. 57 E pp. 119-136
Ramos, D, Costa, C. and Teles, F. (2019) Tourism in low density areas: a review of Coastal and rural development practices, in V. Ratten, V. Braga, J. Alvarez-Garcia and M.C. Rio-Rama (eds.) "Tourism Innovation: Tecchonoly, sustainability and Creativity", Routledge
2018
Tavares, A; de Sousa, L.; Macedo, A.; Fernandes, D.; Teles, F.; Mota, L.; Cruz, N.; Moreno Pires, S. (2018), A Qualidade da Governação Local em Portugal, Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos [link]
Hlepas, N.; Kersting, N.; Kuhlman, S.; Swianiewicz, P.; Teles, F. (2018). "Sub-municipal Governance in Europe: Decentralization Beyond the Municipal Tier", Basingstoke: Palgrave [link]
Teles, F.; Swianiewicz, P. (eds.) (2018), "Inter-municipal Cooperation in Europe: Institutions and Governance", Palgrave. [link]
Teles, F. (2018), Animal Farm: The New Political Leaders in Mass Democracies, in Tony Middlebrooks (ed.) Symposium, Journal of Leadership Studies, 12(4): 69-70
Swianiewicz, P.; Teles, F. (2018), Inter-municipal cooperation in Europe. Introduction to the Symposium (guest editors), International Review of Administrative Sciences, Vol. 84 (4):613-618
Silva, P.; Teles, F.; Ferreira, J. (2018), Inter-municipal cooperation: the quest for governance capacity?”, International Review of Administrative Sciences, Vol. 84 (4): 619-638
Ramos, D., Costa, C, Teles, F (2018) "Competitiveness factors in rural areas adjacent to coastal zones", Revista Turismo & Desenvolvimento, 30: 9-20
Tavares, A.; Teles, F. (2018), Deeply rooted but still striving for a role: the Portuguese Freguesias under reform, in Hlepas, N., Kersting, N., Kuhlman, S, Swianiewicz, P. and Teles, F. (Eds.), Sub-municipal Governance in Europe: In search of expressive and responsive communities?
Hlepas, N.; Kersting, N.; Kuhlmann, S.; Swianiewicz, P.; Teles, F. (2018) Introduction: Decentralization Beyond the Municipal Tier, in Hlepas, N., Kersting, N., Kuhlman, S, Swianiewicz, P. and Teles, F. (Eds.), Sub-municipal Governance in Europe: Decentralization Beyond the Municipal Tier, Palgrave
Silva, P.; Teles, F. (2018) The biggest loser? Local Public Services under austerity measures in Portugal, in Lippi, A. & Tsekos, T. (eds.), Local Public Services in Times of Austerity across Mediterranean Europe, Palgrave
Teles, F.; Swianiewicz, P. (2018), Motives for Revisiting Inter-municipal Cooperation, in Teles, F. and Swianiewicz, P. (eds.) (2018), Intermunicipal cooperation in Europe: Institutions and Governance, Palgrave
Swianiewicz, P.; Teles, F. (2018), Inter-municipal Cooperation Diversity, Evolution and Future research Agenda, in Teles, F. and Swianiewicz, P. (eds.) (2018), Intermunicipal cooperation in Europe: Institutions and Governance, Palgrave
2017
Steen, T.; Teles, F.; Torsteinsen,H. (2017), "Improving Local Service Delivery: Increasing Performance Through Reforms", in Schwab, C., Bouckaert, G. & Kuhlmann, S. (eds.), The Future of Local Government in Europe: Lessons from Research and Practice in 31 Countries, Berlin:Nomos/Edition Sigma
[édition en français] Steen, T.; Teles, F.; Torsteinsen,H. (2018), "Améliorer la prestation des services locaux : des réformes pour accroître la performance", en Schwab, C., Bouckaert, G. et Kuhlmann, S. (eds.), L’Avenir des Administrations Locales en Europe, PAris: Institut de la gestion publique et du développement économique
Rodrigues, C.; Teles, F (2017), The fourth helix in Smart Specialization Strategies - the gap between discourse and practice, in Carayannis and Monteiro (eds.) The Quadruple Innovation Helix Nexus: A Smart Growth Model, Quantitative Empirical Validation and Operationalization for OECD Countries, Springer / Palgrave.
2016
Teles, F. (2016). Local governance and Inter-municipal Cooperation. Palgrave. [link]
Silva, P. Rosa Pires, A., Teles, F (2016) “Paving the (hard) way for regional partnerships: evidences from Portugal”, Regional and Federal Studies 26(4): 449-474
Hlepas, N, Kettunen, P, Kutsar, D., MacCarthaigh, M., Navarro, C, Richter, P, Teles, F (2016) “Child day-care in transition: scaling and re-scaling in comparative perspective”, in Geert Bouckaert and Sabine Kuhlmann (eds.) “Local Public Sector Reforms in Times of Crisis: National Trajectories and International Comparisons”, Palgrave.
Teles, F., Kettunnen, P. (2016), “ Why Municipal Cooperation Matters: Diversity and research agendas”, in Ugur Sadioglu and Kadir Dede (eds.), “ Theoretical Foundations and Discussions on the Reformation Process in Local Governments”, IGI Global, Hershey PA, pp:140-152.
Teles, F. (2016), “Gobierno Local en Portugal: Identidad y Transición”, in José Manuel Ruano y Camilo Vial (eds.) Gobiernos Locales en Iberoamérica, CLAD.
2015
Teles, F. (2015) “Órgãos autárquicos: limitações e alternativas”, in Sousa, L., Cruz, N., Tavares, A. e Jorge, S. (eds.) “A reforma do poder local em debate”, ICS: Lisboa, pp:123-128.
Teles, F. (2015), Ambiguity is the leader’s new double edged sword, in Tony Middlebrooks (ed.) Symposium: Provoking Perspectives of Creativity and Innovation in Leadership, Journal of Leadership Studies, Volume 9(3): 55-56
Teles, F. (2015), Local Political Leaders and Context Awareness: identifying perceptions of autonomy and efficacy, Space and Polity 19(2): 170-190
Teles, F. (2015), The distinctiveness of Democratic Political Leadership, Political Studies Review, 13 (1): 22-36 doi: 10.1111/1478-9302.12029 (pub online 11 oct 2013)
2014
Teles, F. (2014), Facilitative mayors in complex environments: why political will matters, Local Government Studies, 40(5): 809-829 DOI:10.1080/03003930.2013.801835
Teles, F. (2014), Local Government and the Bailout: reform singularities in Portugal, European Urban and Regional Studies, 23(3): 455-467 DOI: 10.1177/0969776413517249
2013
Teles, F. (2013), Local Co-Governance: An exploratory study on third sector’s artificial autonomy, Croatian and Comparative Public Administration, Vol.13(3): 783-802
2012
Teles, F. (2012), Effective Local Government Arrangements, Identity and Social Capital: a Framework for institutional design and administrative reform, Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, Vol.7(4): 20-34
Teles, F. (2012), Beyond Paternalism towards social capital: local governance reform in Portugal, International Journal of Public Administration, 35:13, 864-872
Teles, F. (2012), Political leaders: the paradox of freedom and democracy, Revista Enfoques, Ciência Política y Administración Pública (Chile), Vol X, n.16, pp. 112–131
Ramos, A.M.; Teles, F. (2012), Memória das Políticas Educativas em Timor-Leste: a Consolidação de um Sistema, Ed. Universidade de Aveiro
2009
Teles, F.; Pinto, L.C. (2009), Ser capaz de adquirir competências, Programa Escolhas, ACIDI: Lisboa
2008
Teles, F. (2008), “Autarquias no Fio da Navalha: Governação Local e as Estratégias de Reforço do Capital Social”, in J.M. Moreira, C. Jalali e A.A. Alves (Eds.), Estado, Sociedade Civil e Administração Pública: para um novo paradigma do serviço público, Almedina: Coimbra
Current Research Projects
Project Coordinator:
DECIDE: Decentralized Territorial Governance - Coordination, Capacity and Accountability in Local Governance Arrangements in complex regional settings Jul2018-Jul2022
(co-PI) ENVISION: accelerating environmental assessments towards sustainable cities and regions Mar2021-Feb2024
Member of the Research Team:
Unalab (Urban Nature Labs) Horizon2020, 2017-2021
Project Ô - demonstration of planning and technology tools for a circular, integrated and symbiotic use of water Horizon2020, 2018-2022
Local State-society Relations in Europe (Coord: Institut für Politikwissenschaft, TU Darmstadt)
Getting out of the shadows? - research on territorial self-government in the European context (coord: University of Warsaw)
Previous Research Projects
Project Coordinator of CeNTER – Community-led Networks for Territorial Innovation Apr2017-Mar2021
Member of the Research Team: Explaining Quality of Local Governance (Mar2016-Ago2018)
Management Committee of Local public sector reforms: an international comparison – LocRef, COST Action IS1207, ISCH, COST-European Cooperation in Science and Technology (2013-2017)
Coordinator: Territorial Integrated Development Strategy 2014-2020 - Aveiro Region (2013-2014)
Co-coordinator: Territorial Alliances for Innovation, POAT/FSE (2012-2014)
Member of the Research Team: Political Patronage in Portugal (2006-2010)
Selected bibliography
Books
Teles, F. (2021). Descentralização e podel local em Portugal, Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos
Tavares, A; de Sousa, L.; Macedo, A.; Fernandes, D.; Teles, F.; Mota, L.; Cruz, N.; Moreno Pires, S. (2018), A Qualidade da Governação Local em Portugal, Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos [link]
Teles, F. (2016). Local governance and Inter-municipal Cooperation. Palgrave. [link]
Ramos, A.M.; Teles, F. (2012), Memória das Políticas Educativas em Timor-Leste: a Consolidação de um Sistema, Ed. Universidade de Aveiro
Teles, F.; Pinto, L.C. (2009), Ser capaz de adquirir competências, Programa Escolhas, ACIDI: Lisboa
Edited Volumes
Teles, F., (ed.) (2023), "Handbook on Local and Regional Governance", EElgar
Teles, F., Ramos, F., Rodrigues, C., Botelho, A. (eds.) (2023 forthcoming), "Territorial Innovation in Less Developed Regions - Governance, Technologies and Sustainability", Palgrave
Egner, B., Heinelt, H., Lysek, J., Silva, P. and Teles, F. (eds.) (2022), "Perspectives on local governance across Europe: insights on local state-society relations", Palgrave
Lackowska, M., Szmigiel-Rawska, K., Teles, F. (eds.) (2021), "Local Government in Europe - New perspectives and Democratic Challenges", Bristol: Bristol University Press [link]
Teles, F., Gendzwil, A., Stanus, C., Heinelt, H. (eds.) (2021), “Close Ties in European Local Governance - Linking Local State and Society”, Basingstoke: Palgrave [link]
Hlepas, N.; Kersting, N.; Kuhlman, S.; Swianiewicz, P.; Teles, F. (2018). "Sub-municipal Governance in Europe: Decentralization Beyond the Municipal Tier", Basingstoke: Palgrave [link]
Teles, F.; Swianiewicz, P. (eds.) (2018), "Inter-municipal Cooperation in Europe: Institutions and Governance", Palgrave. [link]
Book Chapters
Teles, F. (2023), "Descentralização e Poder Local", in Ferndandes, J., Magalhães, P., CostaPinto, A. (eds.) "O essencial da política portuguesa", Tinta da China: Lisboa
Teles, F. (2023), "Descentralização: um ruidoso silêncio e uma silenciosa reforma", in Camerlo, C. et al. (eds.) "Democracia em Portugal 2022", Lisboa: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais
Teles, F. (2023), "Local and regional governance. a negotiated arena", in F Teles (ed.) Handbook on Local and Regional Governance", Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Pires, SM., Teles, F. (2023), "A new debate on local governance from the lenses of Earth System Science", in F Teles (ed.) Handbook on Local and Regional Governance", Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Raudla, R., Callanan, M., Houlberg, K., Teles, F. (2023), Municipal finances in unitary systems: the effects of crises on financial autonomy in four European countries. In Johnson, C., Moldogaziev, T., & Ross, J. (Eds.), Research Handbook on City and Municipal Finance. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
T Fidélis, MV Matos, MC Sousa, AC Miranda, F Riazi, F Teles, I Capela (2023) “Assessing policy and planning contexts for the transition to water circular economy: Examples from Southern Europe”, in Miltiadis G. Zamparas, Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos (eds.), “Water Management and Circular Economy”, Elsevier, 113-142, ISBN 9780323952804
F Riazi, T Fidélis, F Teles (2023), “Fostering the transition to water reuse: The role of institutional arrangements in the European Union circular economy action plans”, in Miltiadis G. Zamparas, Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos (eds.), “Water Management and Circular Economy”,Elsevier,427-450, ISBN 9780323952804
Rodrigues, C., Teles, F. (2023), "Community-led Innovation: facts, rhetric, and policy challenges" in Teles, F., Ramos, F., Rodrigues, C., Botelho, A. (eds.) "Territorial Innovation in Less Developed Regions - Governance, Technologies and Sustainability", Palgrave
Silva, P., Pires, SM, Polido, A., Rodrigues, C., Teles, F. (2023), "Towards an Integrated Conceptual Framework for territorial innovation in less developed regions: the sustainable regions' approach" in Teles, F., Ramos, F., Rodrigues, C., Botelho, A. (eds.) "Territorial Innovation in Less Developed Regions - Governance, Technologies and Sustainability", Palgrave
Teles, F. (2022), "Devil in details: Beyond deceptive comparisons of European local governments”, in Egner, B., Heinelt, H., Lysek, J., Silva, P. and Teles, F. (eds.), Perspectives on local governance across Europe: insights on local state-society relations, Palgrave
Silva, P., Mota, L., Teles, F. (2022), “The unbearable lightness of coherence within local governance arrangements”, Egner, B., Heinelt, H., Lysek, J., Silva, P. and Teles, F. (eds.), Perspectives on local governance across Europe: insights on local state-society relations, Palgrave
Teles, F. (2022), "Decentralization and Local Politics", in Ferndandes, J., Magalhães, P., CostaPinto, A. (eds.) "The Oxford Handbook of Portuguese Politics", OUP
Teles, F. (2022), "Mind the gap: the hiddden challenges of intra-state governments in Portugal", in Copus, C., Kerley, R., Jones, A. (eds.) "A Modern Guide to Local and Regional Politics", Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Lackowska, M., Szmigiel-Rawska, K., Teles, F. (2021), "Perspectives on European Local Government: Putting Local Democracy First!", in M. Lackowska, K. Szmigiel-Rawska, Teles, F. (eds.) "Local Government in Europe - New perspectives and Democratic Challenges", Bristol: Bristol University Press (tbp)
Teles, F., Romeiro, P. and Pires, S.M. (2021), Thirty Years of Urban Policy in Portugal, in K. Zimmerman and V. Fedeli (eds.), "A Modern Guide to National Urban Policies in Europe", Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Teles, F. (2021), Diversity in local state-society relations: A typology to grasp differences in institutional networks, in Teles, F., Gendzwil, A., Stanus, C., Heinelt, H. (eds), “Close Ties in European Local Governance - Linking Local State and Society”, Basingstoke: Palgrave
Teles, F., Gendzwil, A., Stanus, C., Heinelt, H. (2021), Interactions of societal actors and local government in institutionalized governance arrangements,in Teles, F., Gendzwil, A., Stanus, C., Heinelt, H. (eds.), “Close Ties in European Local Governance - Linking Local State and Society”, Basingstoke: Palgrave
Heinelt, H., Teles, F., Gendzwil, A., Stanus, C.(2021), Local state-society relations in European countries: Main findings, in Teles, F., Gendzwil, A., Stanus, C., Heinelt, H. (eds.), “Close Ties in European Local Governance - Linking Local State and Society”, Basingstoke: Palgrave
Teles, F. (2020), Public Administration in Portugal, in Geert Bouckaert and Werner Jann (eds), “European Perspectives for Public Administration: the Way Forward”, Leuven University Press: Leuven (pp 439-454)
Mota, L., Silva, P., Teles, F. (2021), Local state-society relations in Portugal, in Teles, F., Gendzwil, A., Stanus, C., Heinelt, H. (eds.), “Close Ties in European Local Governance - Linking Local State and Society”, Basingstoke: Palgrave
Ramos, D, Costa, C. and Teles, F. (2019) Tourism in low density areas: a review of Coastal and rural development practices, in V. Ratten, V. Braga, J. Alvarez-Garcia and M.C. Rio-Rama (eds.) "Tourism Innovation: Tecchonoly, sustainability and Creativity", Routledge
Tavares, A.; Teles, F. (2018), Deeply rooted but still striving for a role: the Portuguese Freguesias under reform, in Hlepas, N., Kersting, N., Kuhlman, S, Swianiewicz, P. and Teles, F. (Eds.), Sub-municipal Governance in Europe: In search of expressive and responsive communities?
Hlepas, N.; Kersting, N.; Kuhlmann, S.; Swianiewicz, P.; Teles, F. (2018) Introduction: Decentralization Beyond the Municipal Tier, in Hlepas, N., Kersting, N., Kuhlman, S, Swianiewicz, P. and Teles, F. (Eds.), Sub-municipal Governance in Europe: Decentralization Beyond the Municipal Tier, Palgrave
Silva, P.; Teles, F. (2018) The biggest loser? Local Public Services under austerity measures in Portugal, in Lippi, A. & Tsekos, T. (eds.), Local Public Services in Times of Austerity across Mediterranean Europe, Palgrave
Teles, F.; Swianiewicz, P. (2018), Motives for Revisiting Inter-municipal Cooperation, in Teles, F. and Swianiewicz, P. (eds.) (2018), Intermunicipal cooperation in Europe: Institutions and Governance, Palgrave
Swianiewicz, P.; Teles, F. (2018), Inter-municipal Cooperation Diversity, Evolution and Future research Agenda, in Teles, F. and Swianiewicz, P. (eds.) (2018), Intermunicipal cooperation in Europe: Institutions and Governance, Palgrave
Steen, T.; Teles, F.; Torsteinsen,H. (2017), "Improving Local Service Delivery: Increasing Performance Through Reforms", in Schwab, C., Bouckaert, G. & Kuhlmann, S. (eds.), The Future of Local Government in Europe: Lessons from Research and Practice in 31 Countries, Berlin:Nomos/Edition Sigma
[édition en français] Steen, T.; Teles, F.; Torsteinsen,H. (2018), "Améliorer la prestation des services locaux : des réformes pour accroître la performance", en Schwab, C., Bouckaert, G. et Kuhlmann, S. (eds.), L’Avenir des Administrations Locales en Europe, PAris: Institut de la gestion publique et du développement économique
Rodrigues, C.; Teles, F (2017), The fourth helix in Smart Specialization Strategies - the gap between discourse and practice, in Carayannis and Monteiro (eds.) The Quadruple Innovation Helix Nexus: A Smart Growth Model, Quantitative Empirical Validation and Operationalization for OECD Countries, Springer / Palgrave.
Hlepas, N, Kettunen, P, Kutsar, D., MacCarthaigh, M., Navarro, C, Richter, P, Teles, F (2016) “Child day-care in transition: scaling and re-scaling in comparative perspective”, in Geert Bouckaert and Sabine Kuhlmann (eds.) “Local Public Sector Reforms in Times of Crisis: National Trajectories and International Comparisons”, Palgrave.
Teles, F., Kettunnen, P. (2016), “ Why Municipal Cooperation Matters: Diversity and research agendas”, in Ugur Sadioglu and Kadir Dede (eds.), “ Theoretical Foundations and Discussions on the Reformation Process in Local Governments”, IGI Global, Hershey PA, pp:140-152.
Teles, F. (2016), “Gobierno Local en Portugal: Identidad y Transición”, in José Manuel Ruano y Camilo Vial (eds.) Gobiernos Locales en Iberoamérica, CLAD.
Teles, F. (2015) “Órgãos autárquicos: limitações e alternativas”, in Sousa, L., Cruz, N., Tavares, A. e Jorge, S. (eds.) “A reforma do poder local em debate”, ICS: Lisboa, pp:123-128.
Teles, F. (2008), “Autarquias no Fio da Navalha: Governação Local e as Estratégias de Reforço do Capital Social”, in J.M. Moreira, C. Jalali e A.A. Alves (Eds.), Estado, Sociedade Civil e Administração Pública: para um novo paradigma do serviço público, Almedina: Coimbra
Articles
Kurian, M., P. Swianiewicz and F. Teles (2024), "Inter-municipal co-operation in the Western Balkans", SIGMA Papers, No. 70, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/a78a01e6-en
Silva, P., Moreno Pires, S., Teles, F., Polido, A., Rodrigues, C. (2024), Pre-conditions and barriers for territorial innovation through Smart Specialization Strategies: the case of the lagging Centro region of Portugal, Urban Research & Practice, 17(1): 1-28 DOI: 10.1080/17535069.2022.2103447
Chamusca, P., Marques, J.L., Moreno Pires, S., Teles, F. (2024), Territorial Cohesion: discussing the mismatch between conceptual definitions and the understanding of local and intra-regional public decision-makers, Territory, Politics and Governance, 12(5): 649-671 DOI: 10.1080/21622671.2022.2044899
Rúben Mendes, Teresa Fidélis, Peter Roebling, Filipe Teles & Michael Farrelly (2024): What is spatial planning saying? A conceptual and methodological framework to assess the institutionalization of nature using critical discourse analysis, Critical Discourse Studies, 21(3):274-292 DOI: 10.1080/17405904.2022.2150668
Callanan, M., Houlberg, K., Raudla, R., Teles, F. (2023), “Top-Down” Local Government Mergers: Political and Institutional Factors Facilitating Radical Amalgamation Reforms, Journal of Urban Affairs
Silva, P., Mota, L.F., Carneiro, R., Valentim, R., Teles, F. (2023), The inner functioning of local governance networks in centralized countries: a 'brave new world'? Social Sciences 12: 289. https://doi.org/10.3390/ socsci12050289
Riazi, F., Fidelis, T., Matos, M.V., Sousa, M.C., Teles, F., Roebeling, P. (2023), Institutional arrangements for water reuse: assessing challenges for the transition to water circularity, Water Policy, DOI: 10.2166/wp.2023.155
Melro, A., Teles, F., Oliveira, L. (2022), Modernization as an enhancer of access to Justice and of proximity between key actors, Revista de Estudos Constitucionais, Hermenêutica e Teoria do Direito (RECHTD) 14(1):51-70, doi: 10.4013/rechtd.2022.141.04
Riazi, F., Fidelis, T., Teles, F. (2022), Governance arrangements for water reuse: assessing emerging trends for inter-municipal cooperation through a literature review, Water, 14, 2789
Melro, A., Teles, F., Oliveira, L. (2022), Relevant Stages, Actors and Instruments in the Portuguese Judicial System Modernization Process. Journal of Public Policy and Administration. 6(1): 33-48 doi: 10.11648/j.jppa.20220601.16
Tavares, A.F., Moreno Pires, S., Teles, F. (2021), Voice, Responsiveness and Alternative Policy Venues: An Analysis of Citizen Complaints against the Local Government to the National Ombudsman. Public Administration, https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12787
Camões, PJ, Tavares, A., Teles, F. (2021), Assessing the intensity of cooperation: a study of joint delegation of municipal functions to inter-municipal associatons. Local Government Studies, 47:4, 593-615, DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2020.1857245
Pedro Silva, Sara Moreno Pires & Filipe Teles (2021): Explanatory models of regional innovation performance in Europe: policy implications for regions, Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, DOI: 10.1080/13511610.2021.1909462
Fidélis, T., Cardoso, AS, Riazi, F, Miranda, AC, Abrantes, J, Teles, F., Roebeling, PC (2021), Policy narratives of circular economy in the EU – Assessing the embeddedness of water and land in national action plans. Journal of Cleaner Production (288), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125685.
Rio Fernandes, J. A., Teles, F., Chamusca, P., & Seixas, J. (2020). The power of the cities and the power in the cities: a multiscale perspective from Portugal. Boletín De La Asociación De Geógrafos Españoles, (87). https://doi.org/10.21138/bage.2978
A. Galli, S.M. Pires, K. Iha, A.A. Alves, D. Lin, M.S. Mancini, F. Teles (2020), Sustainable food transition in Portugal: Assessing the Footprint of dietary choices and gaps in national and local food policies, Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 749
Mendes, R., Fidélis, T., Roebeling, P., Teles, F. (2020), The institutionalization of nature-based solutions – a discourse analysis of emergent literature, Resources, 9(1), 6; doi:10.3390/resources9010006
Pires, S., Polido, A, Teles, F., Silva, P., Rodrigues, C. (2019) Territorial Innovation Models in Less Developed Regions in Europe: the Quest for a New Research Agenda?, European Planning Studies DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2019.1697211
Polido, A.; Moreno Pires, S.; Rodrigues, C.; Teles, F. (2019) “Sustainable development discourse in Smart Specialization Strategies”, Journal of Cleaner Production, 240
Fidelis, T.; Teles, F.; Roebeling, P.; Riazi, F. (2019), Governance fo Sustainability of estuarine areas - assessing alternative models using the case of Ria de Aveiro, Portugal, Water, 11, 846; doi:10.3390/w11040846
Swianiewicz, P.; Teles, F. (2019), The Institutionalization of Inter-municipal arrangements in Europe: Findings from the Unusual Suspects, Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, No. 57 E pp. 119-136
Teles, F. (2018), Animal Farm: The New Political Leaders in Mass Democracies, in Tony Middlebrooks (ed.) Symposium, Journal of Leadership Studies, 12(4): 69-70
Swianiewicz, P.; Teles, F. (2018), Inter-municipal cooperation in Europe. Introduction to the Symposium (guest editors), International Review of Administrative Sciences, Vol. 84 (4):613-618
Silva, P.; Teles, F.; Ferreira, J. (2018), Inter-municipal cooperation: the quest for governance capacity?”, International Review of Administrative Sciences, Vol. 84 (4): 619-638
Ramos, D., Costa, C, Teles, F (2018) "Competitiveness factors in rural areas adjacent to coastal zones", Revista Turismo & Desenvolvimento, 30: 9-20
Silva, P. Rosa Pires, A., Teles, F (2016) “Paving the (hard) way for regional partnerships: evidences from Portugal”, Regional and Federal Studies 26(4): 449-474
Teles, F. (2015), Ambiguity is the leader’s new double edged sword, in Tony Middlebrooks (ed.) Symposium: Provoking Perspectives of Creativity and Innovation in Leadership, Journal of Leadership Studies, Volume 9(3): 55-56
Teles, F. (2015), Local Political Leaders and Context Awareness: identifying perceptions of autonomy and efficacy, Space and Polity 19(2): 170-190
Teles, F. (2015), The distinctiveness of Democratic Political Leadership, Political Studies Review, 13 (1): 22-36 doi: 10.1111/1478-9302.12029 (pub online 11 oct 2013)
Teles, F. (2014), Facilitative mayors in complex environments: why political will matters, Local Government Studies, 40(5): 809-829 DOI:10.1080/03003930.2013.801835
Teles, F. (2014), Local Government and the Bailout: reform singularities in Portugal, European Urban and Regional Studies, 23(3): 455-467 DOI: 10.1177/0969776413517249
Teles, F. (2013), Local Co-Governance: An exploratory study on third sector’s artificial autonomy, Croatian and Comparative Public Administration, Vol.13(3): 783-802
Teles, F. (2012), Effective Local Government Arrangements, Identity and Social Capital: a Framework for institutional design and administrative reform, Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, Vol.7(4): 20-34
Teles, F. (2012), Beyond Paternalism towards social capital: local governance reform in Portugal, International Journal of Public Administration, 35:13, 864-872
Teles, F. (2012), Political leaders: the paradox of freedom and democracy, Revista Enfoques, Ciência Política y Administración Pública (Chile), Vol X, n.16, pp. 112–131
External links
Faculty profile: Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences, University of Aveiro
Researcher profile: Research Centre: Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies, University of Aveiro
Pro-rector profile: Rectorate, University of Aveiro
Social
Twitter @FTeles Facebook Linkedin ResearchGate Academia.edu