Personal Presentation

Sociologist. Assistant professor at the Sociology Department of the University of Porto. He graduated from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto (FLUP) with a final thesis on the cultural and political uses of Theatre of the Oppressed and has a PhD from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, in Sociology of labour and collective action, with a thesis on 'The Formation of the Precariat. Transformations at work and mobilisations of precarious workers in Portugal'. He is an integrated researcher at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Porto (IS-UP) and a visiting researcher at CIES-ISCTE. He was a member of the Portuguese Parliament between 2008-2011 and 2015-2025, mainly with responsibilities in labor and social security.

His main areas of interest are: labour relations, precariousness and social classes; work, collective action and trade unionism; division of labour and the social organisation of care; public policies of employment, social protection, and care policies; theatre, theatre of the oppressed, social intervention through the arts and cultural policies.

He is co-author and co-editor, among others, of the books: "Cuidar de quem Cuida" (Objectiva, 2020, com Mafalda Araújo e Sofia Figueiredo), "The Routledge Companion to Theatre of the Oppressed" (ed.) (Routledge, 2019, editor with Kelly Howe e Julian Boal), "A Falácia do Empreendedorismo" (Bertrand, 2016, with Adriano Campos), "Não Acredite em Tudo o que Pensa" (ed.) (Tinta-da-China, 2013, editor with Miguel Cardina e Nuno Serra).


Recent papers include:

Soeiro, J., Seto, K. S., & Riesgo Gómez, V. (2025). Varieties and similarities of platform capitalisms: A comparative approach of labor regulation in Brazil, Portugal, and Spain. Frontiers in Sociology, 10, https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1454324

Fonseca, D., & Soeiro, J. (2024). Precariedade, trabalho migrante e preconceito étnico-racial em Portugal: mudanças no emprego e respostas sindicais. Cadernos CRH – Dossiê «O Trabalho Racializado: novos debates». DOI: https://doi.org/10.9771/ccrh.v37i0.61367

Soeiro, J. (2024). O trabalho, entre as “promessas de Abril” e a regulação neoliberal. Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 133, 51–76. https://journals.openedition.org/rccs/15574

Soeiro, J. (2023). Nova lei para o serviço doméstico: Velhas segregações com algumas injustiças corrigidas. Memórias da Servidão, Instituto de História Contemporânea, FCSH-UNL/IN2PAST. https://projetos.dhlab.fcsh.unl.pt/s/memorias-de-servidao/item/60412

Cruz, S. A., Soeiro, J., Canha, S., & Perrotta, V. (2023). The concept of informal care: Ambiguities and controversies on its scientific and political uses. Frontiers in Sociology, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2023.1195790

Soeiro, J. (2023). Vieillissement et crise du care au Portugal: Familialismes, défamiliarisation et le nouveau statut des aidants non-rémunérés. Retraite et société, 91(2), 99–121. https://doi.org/10.3917/rs1.091.0099

Costa, H. A., Soeiro, J., & Filho, V. M. (2022). Sentidos, regulações e práticas de plataformização do trabalho em Portugal. Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 129, 85–110. https://doi.org/10.4000/rccs.13957