Scientific and technological output reflects an interdisciplinary approach, with publications in internationally indexed journals and contributions to books, book chapters, and conference proceedings with academic publishers of recognised prestige. Active participation in national and international conferences further supports engagement with the academic community in the fields of education, management, and pedagogical innovation.
Academic recognition is also reflected in involvement in scientific and organising committees, as well as in editorial board memberships and peer-review activities for international publications. This work spans areas such as education, social sciences, sustainability, leadership, cultural intelligence, digital learning, and pedagogical innovation.
Continuous participation in scientific events and academic networks demonstrates a strong commitment to ongoing professional development, knowledge exchange, and engagement with the international academic community.
Editorial board member for Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology Journal.
Editorial board member for European Journal of Education and Pedagogy.
Editorial board member for Journal of Education, Management and Development Studies.
Editorial board member for International Journal of Applied Research in Management and Economics.
Editorial board member for American Journal of Education and Learning.
Editorial board member for International Journal of Education, Culture and Society.
Editorial board member for Higher Education Research até dezembro de 2023.
Costa, A. R., Sousa, M., Fior, C., Canal, Cobo-Rendón, R., Lobos, K., Ruiz-Melero, M. J., Sainz-Gómez, M., Almeida, L. S. (2025). From Enrollment to Graduation: Pathways to Success in STEM Programs in Ibero-American countries. Trends in Higher Education (under review). Indexed in Scopus, ESCI.
Sousa, M., Costa, A. R., Almeida, L. S., & Fontão, E. (2025). Are You Sure About Your Career? Predictors of Vocational Confidence in Engineering Students. Education Sciences, 15(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15070787. Indexed in Scopus, ESCI, EBSCO. Q1 no JCR category rank.
Sousa, M., Martins, H., Costa, A. R., & Silva, A. A. (2024). The Impact of Job Satisfaction on the Quality of Life of Formal Caregivers of the Elderly. Healthcare, 12(23). https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12232432. Indexed in Scopus, SCIE, SSCI, PubMed, PMC. Q2 no JCR category rank.
Sousa, M., Cunha, M. N., & Rodrigues, J. (2024). Patients' Perceptions Resulting from the Contact with Emergency Departments Using the Manchester Triage System Protocol. Universal Journal of Public Health, 12(3), 471-480. https://doi.org/10.13189/ujph.2024.120305. Indexed in Scopus, NLM. Q2 no JCR category rank.
Sousa, M., Fontão, E., & Barata, A. (2024). Why Students Choose the European Project Semester Program for Academic Mobility: A Case Study at an Engineering School. Education Sciences, 14(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14070735. Indexed in Scopus, ESCI, EBSCO. Q1 no JCR category rank.
Sousa, M., Fontão, E., Machado, I., Mendonça, J., Rodrigues, J., & Freitas, C. (2023). Assessing Cultural Intelligence and Its Antecedents in the Portuguese Higher Education Context. Education Sciences, 13(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13060546. Indexed in Scopus, ESCI, EBSCO. Q1 no JCR category rank.
Sousa, M., Mendonça, J., & Fontão, E. (2023). The Contextual Environment as a Catalyst for Change in the Learning Process and Learning Styles of Students. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 18(21), 199-218. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v18i21.43415. Indexed in Scopus, EBSCO.
Sousa, M., Raposo, M. J., Mendonça, J., & Martínez-Azúa, B. C. (2022). Exploring Organisational Culture in Higher Educational Institutions: a comparative study. International Journal of Management in Education, 16(1), 62-82. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMIE.2022.119683. Indexed in Scopus, EBSCO. Q3 no JCR category rank.
Nogueira, T., Magano, J., Fontão, E., Sousa, M., Leite, A. (2021) Engineering Students’ Industrial Internship Experience Perception and Satisfaction: Work Experience Scale Validation. Education Sciences 11(11): 671. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11110671. Indexed in Scopus, ESCI, EBSCO. Q1 no JCR category rank.
Sousa M. and Fontão E. (2020) Exploring Learning Styles in a Portuguese Engineering School: Are They Different in Different Courses? International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy 10: 78-94. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v10i6.15237. Indexed in Scopus, ESCI, EBSCO. Q2 no JCR category rank.
Sousa, M., Bañegil Palacios, T., & Corchuelo Martínez-Azúa, B. (2015). Comparison of Internationalization Degree of Public Higher Education Institutions in Portugal and Spain. In L. C. Carvalho (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Internationalization of Entrepreneurial Innovation in the Global Economy (pp. 221-246): Hershey, PA: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8216-0. Indexed in Scopus.
Silva, R., Sousa, M., Monteiro, F., Barral, R., Santos, J., & Lopes, M. (2004). Effects of some variables on R.F. Magnetron Sputtered Hydroxyapatite Coatings on Titanium. Key Engineering Materials, 254-256, 323-326. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.254-256.323. Indexed in Scopus, SJR (0.194).
Sousa, M. (in press). Fewer conflicts and more cooperation: the impact of the group contract on collaborative learning. In J. Neal-Smith & H. Martins (Eds.), Doing Pedagogy Creatively. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
Sousa, M. (2025). Cultural intelligence in higher education: Promoting inclusion and global collaboration. Societal Impacts, 5, 100115. Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socimp.2025.100115
Sousa, M., & Fontão, E. (2025). Team-based learning - An approach to enhance collaboration and academic success in engineering education: A comprehensive study. Forum for Education Studies, 3(1), 2239. https://doi.org/10.59400/fes2239
Sousa, M., & Rodrigues, J. (2025). Group Contract: a boost for commitment and effectiveness in collaborative learning. Academic Success in Higher Education 2025 (CASHE 2025), Porto, Portugal https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14982986
Lopes, P., Sousa, M., & Fontão, E. (2025). Teaching Methodologies and student success: a comparison between courses in civil engineering. Paper presented at the Academic Success in Higher Education 2025 (CASHE 2025), Porto, Portugal. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14983001
Sousa, M., Rodrigues, J., Monteiro, R., Pinheiro, B., & Sousa, A. (2024). Princípios de Gestão. In M. Sousa (Ed.), (1ª ed., pp. 212). https://doi:10.5281/zenodo.16412075
Rodrigues, J., & Sousa, M. (2024). TBL's impact on attendance at theoretical lectures: a case study in an engineering school. Porto Pedagogical Innovation Conference, Porto, Portugal. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14982585
Sousa, M., Cunha, M., Rodrigues, J. (2022). Students' perception of TBL classroom: a case study for a Portuguese school of engineering- Proceedings of the Conference Academic Success in Higher Education 2022, 56-63. https://www.isep.ipp.pt/files/CASHE2022_proceedings_book.pdf
Vasconcelos, H., Metello, L., Sousa, M., Roda, A., Capoulas, M., Ferreira, F., Cunha, L. (2020). Como a Física e as Tecnologias dos Materiais se aplicam aos Desafios da Medicina Nuclear. Açores Magazine.
Sousa, M. (2019). O ensino de princípios de gestão com suporte na aprendizagem experiencial. Sensos-e 6: 51-60. Indexed in CAPES/QUALIS. https://doi.org/10.34630/sensos-e.v6i3.3107
Sousa, M., Nogueira, T., Barata, A. (2019). Internacionalização do ensino superior: para além da mobilidade internacional. Sensos-e 6: 28-38. Indexed in CAPES/QUALIS. https://doi.org/10.34630/sensos-e.v6i3.3106
Sousa, M. (2018). Tendencias de la Internacionalización de la Enseñanza Superior en Portugal y España: un estudio comparativo. (Trends in the Internationalization of Higher Education in Portugal and Spain: a comparative study.). (PhD Thesis), Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Extremadura. https://dehesa.unex.es/handle/10662/8649
Sousa, M., Bañegil Palacios, T., & Corchuelo Martínez-Azúa, B. (2018). Factors Affecting Internationalization Degree of Higher Education Institutions in Portugal and Spain. In L. C. Carvalho (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Social Dynamics in a Globalized World (pp. 348-377): Hershey, PA: IGI Global. https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/factors-affecting-internationalization-degree-of-higher-education-institutions-in-portugal-and-spain/192807
Sousa, M., Bañegil Palacios, T., & Corchuelo Martínez-Azúa, B. (2017). A internacionalização do ensino superior como alavanca da inovação e do desenvolvimento do território. Proceedings of the International Conference 24th APDR Congress: Intellectual Capital and Regional Development: New landscapes and challenges for space planning, 848-854. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13985992
Sousa, M. (2012). Gestão estratégica - Lição das provas de aptidão cientifico-pedagógica. Estante de Organização e Gestão (Ed.) Biblioteca do ISEP (pp. 99). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13986066
Sousa, M., Costa, A. R., & Almeida, L. S. (2025, July 17). Garra Académica: Traço de Personalidade ou Resultado do Contexto? [Comunicação oral]. PPIC25 - Porto Pedagogical Innovation International Conference, 17-18 julho, Porto, Portugal.
Martins, H., Sousa, M., Costa, A. & Gruntusch, G. (2025, july 2). A comparative analysis of life satisfaction, job satisfaction, and organisational justice: Non-family employees in family businesses vs employees in non-family businesses [Comunicação oral]. 2nd International Conference on Resilience and Sustainable Regions, Setúbal, Portugal.
Sousa, M. (2025, maio 8). Contrato de Grupo: fomentar a responsabilidade e a colaboração em contextos de aprendizagem colaborativa (Team Contract: Fostering Responsibility and Collaboration in Collaborative Learning Contexts) [Comunicação oral]. Universidade Lusófona, Portugal.
Sousa, M., & Rodrigues, J. (2025, fevereiro 7). Group Contract: a boost for commitment and effectiveness in collaborative learning [Comunicação oral]. Academic Success in Higher Education 2025 (CASHE 2025), Porto, Portugal.
Rodrigues, J., & Sousa, M. (2024, July 5). TBL's impact on attendance at theoretical lectures: a case study in an engineering school [Comunicação oral]. Porto Pedagogical Innovation Conference, Porto, Portugal.
Sousa, M. (2024, maio 9). Como cativar a civilização do peixe vermelho? (How to captivate the red fish civilisation?). Novas abordagens de ensino/Partilha de experiências [Comunicação oral], ISEP, Porto.
Sousa, M., Cunha, M., Rodrigues J. (2022, April 8). Students' perception of TBL classroom: a case study for a portuguese school of engineering [Comunicação oral]. Academic Success in Higher Education 2022 Conference, Porto, Portugal.
Sousa, M. (2022, November 30). Education 4.0. Reinventing Active Participation in Education: Innovation Challenges [Comunicação oral]. ISEP, Porto.
Sousa, M. (2021, maio 7). Reflexões sobre a incorporação da Aula Invertida na metodologia de Aprendizagem Experiencial Cooperativa no ensino superior [Comunicação oral]. Fórum Interno P.PORTO 2021 - Formação e Inovação Pedagógica no P.PORTO.
Cunha, L., Roda, A. R., Ratão, P., Capoulas, M., Vasconcelos, H. C., Sousa, M., Moreira, A., Metello, L. F. (2021 Oct 23). Communicating Radiation Issues with Patients: Can We Do Better? 34rd Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine. Virtual Conference. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 48 (Supply 1), 159-160.
Cunha, L., Ratão, P., Roda, A., Capoulas, M., Ferreira, F., Sousa, M., Vasconcelos, H., Moreira, A., & Metelo, L. F. (2020, Oct 21). The novel coronavirus: Our experience in facing an invisible enemy. Annual Congress of the EANM’2020 - Abstracts, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 47 (Suppl 1), S623–S624.
Cunha, L., Ratão, P., Roda, A., Capoulas, M., Ferreira, F., Sousa, M., Vasconcelos, H., Moreira, A., Metello, L. F. (2020, Oct 21). Internal Audits: an Ally in the Promotion of a Radiation Protection Culture. Poster presentation at the Annual Congress of the EANM’2020 - Abstracts, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 47 (Suppl 1), S658- S659.
Cunha, L., Metello L., Ratão, P., Moreira, Agostinho S., Roda, A., Capoulas, M., Vasconcelos, H., Sousa, M., Ferreira, F. (2020, Nov. 9-10). Parallelisms Between Organization Audits And Health Checkups. Poster presentation at the International Conference on Radiation Safety: Improving Radiation Protection in Practice, Virtual Conference.
Metello, L. F., Cunha, L., Roda, A., Ferreira, F., Vasconcelos, H. C., Capoulas, M., Johnson, Sousa, M., Richard, R. (2020). Innovative Integrated Approaches to Solid Targetry Systems. Poster presentation at the International Conference on Molecular Imaging and Clinical PET–CT in the Era of Theranostics (IPET-2020), Virtual Conference.
Metello, L. F., Cunha, L., Roda, A., Ferreira, F., Vasconcelos, H. C., Capoulas, M., Johnson, Sousa, M., Richard, R. (2020). Simple, Safe and Reliable Radiopharmaceutical Local Direct Production: the near-future solution for autonomous modern Nuclear Medicine Departments? Poster presentation at the International Conference on Molecular Imaging and Clinical PET–CT in the Era of Theranostics (IPET-2020), Virtual Conference.
Sousa, M. (2019, maio 9). O ensino de princípios de gestão com suporte na aprendizagem experiencial [Comunicação oral]. Fórum Interno P.PORTO 2019.
Sousa, M. (2019, maio 10). Internacionalização do ensino superior: para além da mobilidade internacional [Comunicação oral]. Fórum Interno P.PORTO 2019.
Membro da Comissão Científica da 2025 International Conference on Marketing, Communication, Technologies and Applications (ICMCT&A´25), Bogotá, Colombia, 20 to 22 of March 2025. https://www.icmcta.org/index.php/en/committees
Membro da Comissão Científica da International Conference Academic Success in Higher Education 2025 (CASHE 2025), Porto, Portugal, 6 to 7 February 2025.embro da Comissão Científica da 2024 International Conference on Marketing, Communication, Technologies and Applications (ICMCT&A´24), Bogotá, Colombia, 14 to 16 of November 2024.
Membro da Comissão Científica da International Conference on Industry Science and Computer Sciences Innovation (iSCSi) 2024 edition, Porto, Portugal, 29 to 31 of October 2024.
Membro da Comissão Científica da International Conference on Industry Science and Computer Sciences Innovation (iSCSi) 2023 edition, Lisboa, Portugal, 4 to 6 of October 2023.
Membro da Comissão Científica da International Conference on Industry Science and Computer Sciences Innovation (iSCSi) 2022 edition, Porto, Portugal, 9 to 11 of March 2022.
Membro da Comissão organizadora das conferências: HIS'2018, 18th Hybrid Intelligent Systems, SOCPAR'2018, 10th Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition e IAS’2018, 13th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security. 13 a 15 dezembro de 2018. ISEP, Porto, Portugal.
Moderadora da Sessão 1 da International Conference Academic Success in Higher Education 2025 (CASHE 2025), Porto, Portugal, 6 to 7 February 2025.
Moderadora nas Jornadas de Engenharia de Gestão Industrial numa mesa-redonda com participantes da Efacec, da Delloite, da MIGSO-PCUBED e da ADECI, ISEP, Porto, Portugal, em 14 de maio de 2024.
Organização, coordenação e moderação do Seminário: De Participantes a Protagonistas: Repensar as Aulas com a Perspetiva dos Estudantes, com a colaboração do Núcleo de Estudantes de Engenharia Informática, ISEP, Porto, Portugal, em 9 de dezembro de 2024.
Moderadora da sessão Empreender sem Fronteiras do Seminário ISEP.Start, ISEP, Porto, Portugal, 29 de novembro de 2012.
Membro da Comissão Organizadora da conferência: 2ª Jornadas Científicas do ISEP. 9-10 maio 2001. ISEP, Porto, Portugal.
Coordenação da Comissão Organizadora da conferência: Sistemas de avaliação no Ensino Superior, 11-12 dezembro 2000, ISEP, Porto, Portugal.
Membro da Comissão Organizadora da conferência: 1ª Jornadas Científicas do ISEP, 29-30 setembro 1999. ISEP, Porto, Portugal.
Coordenação da Comissão Organizadora da conferência: Qualidade no Ensino, 3 junho 1998, ISEP, Porto, Portugal.
Membro da Comissão de Organização do Curso Intensivo "Bioptics-Optics in Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences" que decorreu de 17 a 25 de março de 1991 na Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, sob o auspício da European Optical Society.
Colaborou na organização da edição dos Proceedings do Curso Intensivo "Bioptics-Optics in Biomedicine and Environmental Sciences, que decorreu de 17 a 25 de março de 1991 na Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, sob o auspício da European Optical Society.