Nearly two decades after Portugal established strategic partnerships with leading U.S. universities, Professor José Manuel Mendonça reflects on their development and long-term impact in a new episode of TransAtlantic Talks.
Professor Mendonça, Coordinator of Portugal’s strategic partnerships with Carnegie Mellon University, MIT and The University of Texas at Austin, joins Pedro Oliveira, Dean of Nova SBE, for a conversation on the contribution of international academic collaboration to Portugal’s scientific and technological development.
Throughout the discussion, he highlights the role these partnerships have played in areas ranging from research internationalization and technology transfer to entrepreneurship and connections with industry. He also reflects on the importance of having invested early in scientific fields that have since become increasingly relevant.
The conversation provides useful context on the broader evolution of Portugal’s partnerships with U.S. universities and the environment in which the UT Austin Portugal Program has developed since its establishment in 2007.