Swianiewicz, P. and Teles, F. (2025), Wartości samorządu lokalnego w oczach europejskich radnych (The value of local self-government in the eyes of European councillors), Samorzad Terytorialny, 4: 11-31
Teles, F., da Cruz, N. (2025), Barómetro do Poder Local (relatório), Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos
Ponte, T., Fernandes, ML, Teles, F. & Polido, A. (2025), Municipal administration and citizens linkages in strategic environmental assessment: exploring agency features in participatory decision-making processes of municipal master plans, Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, DOI:10.1080/1523908X.2025.2552373
Matos,MV, Fidélis, T., Sousa, MC, Riazi, F., Miranda,AC, Teles, F. (2025) Institutional challenges in water reuse and circularity: insights from co-creation processes in Southern Europe and Middle East. Water Policy, 27 (4): 429–446. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2025.165
Ponte, T., Teles, F., & Polido, A. (2025). Identifying and exploring ‘agency features’ in decision-making processes aimed at urban sustainability transformation. Urban Research & Practice, 1–32. https://doi.org/10.1080/17535069.2025.2483242
F Riazi, T Fidélis, F Teles (2025), "Exploring the role of inter-municipal cooperation for promoting circular economy: insights from a Southern European country", Water Policy 27(2): 161-181
Fernandes, ML, Moreno Pires, S., Ramos, TB, Rodigues, C, Teles, F. & Polido, A (2024), Actors in the spotlight: scrutinising how actors affect strategic environmental assessment towards sustainability in municipal master plans, Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, DOI:10.1080/1523908X.2024.2392680
Teles, F (2024). Decentralization and Governance in Portugal. In: Lois-González, R.C., Rio Fernandes, J.A. (eds) Urban Change in the Iberian Peninsula. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59679-7_24
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
