Teacher
Teresa Ruel

Resume

Teresa Ruel is a Political Scientist specializing in Comparative Politics, with a strong academic trajectory combining teaching, research, and methodological expertise. Since September 2024, she has been serving as Assistant Professor (non-tenure) at Lusófona University (Lisbon) and as a Researcher at CICANT. She served as Assistant Professor at the ISCSP- University of Lisbon from 2020 to 2024 and at the University of Aveiro from 2016 to 2020. She received a Ph.D in Political Science (2015) from ICS-ULisbon, a MA (2009) and BA (2005) degrees in Political Science from the Technical University of Lisbon (ISCSP-UTL). She also has an Advanced Diploma on Communication and Political Marketing (2006) from the same institution. During 2011 she was at the University of Salamanca (Spain) and University of La Laguna (Canary Islands, Spain) as a visiting student. Her research focuses on Comparative Politics, Autonomous Regions (Portugal and Spain), regional elections, regional/territorial politics, and research methods. She has published in international journals such as Party Politics, Regional and Federal Studies and Palgrave. She is a member of MethodsNet and Co-Convenor of the “Methods Teaching Community of Practice” and “Case-based and Comparative Approaches” and has extensive teaching experience in qualitative research methods. She takes part in several research projects such as: COST ACTION – Intergovernmental Coordination from local to European governance, assuming the Political Actors’ Working Group leadership (2001-2025); POLE - Patterns of Legislative Effectiveness (2022.07509.PTDC) (2023-2025), DECIDE - Decentralized Territorial Governance: coordination, capacity and accountability in local governance arrangements in complex regional settings, (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-032502) (2018-2021).

Graus

• Doutoramento
  Political Science
• Mestrado
  Ciência Política
• Licenciatura
  Ciência Política
• Pós-Graduação
  Comunicação e Marketing Político
• Outros
  Electoral Observer
• Outros
  Escola de Outono de Metodologia de Investigação
• Outros
  Introductory Course into QCA Analysis
• DEA
  IX Methods School – Comparative Research Analysis - QCA, fsQCA and mvQCA
• DEA
  Electoral Campaigns
• DEA
  ECPR’s Methods Winter School in Methods and Techniques – Comparative Research Design
• Outros
  Research Methods School - Surveys Design
• Outros
  Research Methods - Introduction to R
• Outros
  R School_Curso de Análise de Dados em R
• Mestrado
  Ciência Política

Publicações

Journal article

• 2025-12-29, Pluralism in Research Methodologies, Ars æqui
• 2025-09-30, From Land-Tenure Cleavage to Contentious Politics – the Intertwined Role of Catholic Church Hierarchy and Politics in Madeira Island | Da Clivagem Fundiária à Política Contenciosa, Political Observer | Revista Portuguesa de Ciência Política (Portuguese Journal of Political Science)
• 2023-12-31, Intergovernmental Coordination in Portugal, Studia Iuridica Lublinensia
• 2023-06-07, Setting up institutions in multilevel states: Assemblies, parties, and the selection of candidates, Party Politics
• 2023-04-20, Regional elections in Portugal: Madeira (2019) and the Azores (2020): the two-way spill over between national and regional politics, Regional & Federal Studies
• 2020, Long-term incumbents, long-serving ministers and portfolios concentration – mapping the career pattern in Azores and Madeira
• 2020, From Tip to Toe: Analyzing Subnational Parliaments and its Committees in Europe
• 2019-10-01, Regional elections in Portugal the Azores and Madeira: Persistence of non-alternation and absence of non-statewide parties, Regional & Federal Studies
• 2015, Madeira Regional Elections 2015: A polity tyrannised by majorities or the end of an era?, Regional & Federal Studies
• 2013, Construções atípicas de democracia : qualitative comparative analysis de África e dos Balcãs, A comparação entre diferentes blocos regionais do globo não é fácil devido às suas dissemelhanças estruturais. Tal intensifica-se quando contrapomos realidades cujos dados são ainda de difícil congruência e até veracidade. Este é o caso da maioria dos países africanos, e facto semelhante presente em certas zonas do “Velho Continente”, mais precisamente, na zona dos Balcãs. Ambas as regiões tiveram

Thesis / Dissertation

• 2015, PhD, Political alternation at sub-national democracies : the cases of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands

Book

• 2021, Political alternation in the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands, Ruel, Teresa, Palgrave Macmilan
• 2020, Manuel Nicolau - 40 anos de fotografia na Madeira, Ruel, Teresa; Franco, José Eduardo, Direcção Geral de Cultura/Secretaria da Cultura, Governo Regional da Madeira
• 2017, As regiões autónomas (Açores e Madeira) nos debates parlamentares da Assembleia da República (1975-2015), , Ruel, Teresa, Assembleia da República
• 2012, Oposição e democracia na Madeira, Ruel, Teresa, Fonte da Palavra

Book chapter

• 2024, A reconfiguração da direita europeia e o fim da exceção portuguesa , Portugal Ingovernável? Da maioria absoluta à absoluta minoria, 1, Imprensa de Ciências Sociais
• 2021, A ilha e a sua descoberta – as lentes da investigação, A Condição de Ilhéu, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
• 2019, O Partido Socialista: a socialização e vincolo externo de um partido político europeísta, Os partidos políticos portugueses e a União Europeia, Almedina
• 2015, A longevidade do poder e riscos associados, A reforma do poder local em debate, Instituto de Ciências Sociais
• 2014, As Regiões Autónomas Portuguesas (Açores e Madeira) e as Eleições Europeias - A Participação Eleitoral e a Territorialização do Voto (1987-2014), Almedina
• 2012, Spain, Greece, Italy and Portugal: Quality of Democracy and Stability Policies, Management and Public Policies, Mexicalli/Universidad Autónoma de Baja Califórnia
• 2012, España, Grecia, Italia y Portugal: la calidad de la democracia e la stabilidade de politicas publicas, Gestión y Políticas Públicas, Mexicalli/Universidad Autónoma de Baja Califórnia
• 2007, O princípio de neutralidade e imparcialidade nas Eleições Regionais na Madeira (2004-2007), Comunicação e Marketing Político - contributos pedagógicos, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas

Edited book

• 2024, Observatórios - ICS

Book review

• Hepburn, Eve (2010), Using Europe: Territorial Party Strategies in a Multi-level System
• Dandoy R. e Schakel, A. (eds.) (2013) Regional and National Elections in Western Europe – territoriality of the vote in thirteen countries

Newspaper article

• 2010, Aprender com os erros: A tragédia da Madeira como corolário do modelo de desenvolvimento, Le Monde Diplomatique (ed. portuguesa)

Encyclopedia entry

• Spaak, Paul Henri, Enciclopédia das figuras da construção europeia
• Representante da República, Enciclopédia da Constituição Portuguesa
• Região autónoma, Enciclopédia da Constituição Portuguesa
• Oposição Política, Enciclopédia da Constituição Portuguesa
• Governo Regional, Enciclopédia da Constituição da República Portuguesa
• Governação Multinível, Enciclopédia de Relações Internacionais
• Estatuto político-administrativo, Enciclopédia da Constituição da República Portuguesa
• Assembleia legislativa, Enciclopédia da Constituição Portuguesa

Dictionary entry

• 2020, Democracia na Madeira, Madeira Global: Grande Dicionário Enciclopédico da Madeira,

Report

• 2020, Governo e elites governativas em Portugal (1976-2020) [Government and executive elites in Portugal (1976-2020)], https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/6363004a-9cb7-4d3c-b5a4-46ab53b035ee

Working paper

• 2020, Governo e Elites governativas em Portugal (1976-2020)

Online resource

• 2025, “Regional election in Azores, February 2024”, https://geopolitique.eu/en/articles/regional-election-in-the-azores-4-february-2024/
• 2024, “Regional election in Madeira, September 2023”,, https://geopolitique.eu/en/articles/regional-election-in-madeira-24-september-2023/