1.Academic degrees PhD in Management, speciality in Accounting - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), January, 2009. Grade: distinction and praise. Thesis title: "A Contabilidade Pública e a Contabilidade Nacional: Principais diferenças e implicações no défice público em Portugal". Master of Accounting - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), June, 2003. Grade 17 (seventeen) out of 20, in the lecture part and Very Good in the Dissertation, with the title: "O Tratamento Contabilístico das Existências - Aplicação Empresarial ao Sector de Transformação de Bacalhau". First Degree (licenciatura) in Corporate Organisation and Management (Organização e Gestão de Empresas) - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), July, 1985. Final average grade 15 (fifteen) out of 20. First Degree (licenciatura) in Economics - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), January, 1978. Final average grade 14 (fourteen) out of 20. 2.Academic activity - Director of the Finance and Accounting program (undergraduate degree), since February 2013; - Coordinator of the Management Accounting I course, lectured in all programs of ISCTE Business School, since 2013; - Subdirector of the Department of Accounting, ISCTE Business School, between June 2010 and January 2015; - Coordinator of the third year of the Finance and Accounting program, specialization in Accounting, between 2009 and 2013; - Coordinator of the ERASMUS program (outgoing students of the Management program) between 2008 and 2013; - Since January 2009, Assistant Professor at the Department of Accounting of the ISCTE Business School, lecturing the following courses in masters and undergraduate programs: Management Accounting I, Management Accounting II, Public Sector Accounting, Fundamentals of Management Accounting, and Public Entities' Control. Since July 2013 holds a permanent position (tenure). 3. Scientific activities 3.1 Main scientific area of research Governmental Accounting versus National Accounts; Public Sector Accounting, embracing all levels of governments; Management Accounting and Management Control and Performance Systems. 3.2 Publications (Papers in journals with blind review - national and international) JORGE, Susana; JESUS, M. Antónia; LAUREANO, Raul; «Budgetary balances adjustments from Governmental Accounting into National Accounts in EU countries: can deficits be prone to management?», resubmitted to Public Money and Management (special issue on 'International (public sector) accounting'. [SCOPUS and ISIListed] JORGE, Susana; JESUS, M. Antónia; LAUREANO, Raul; «Governmental Accounting maturity towards IPSASs and the approximation to National Accounts in the EU», forthcoming in International Journal of Public Administration, 2015/2016. [SCOPUS and EBSCO-Listed] JESUS, M. Antónia; JORGE, Susana; "Accounting basis adjustments and deficit reliability: evidence from southern European countries", forthcoming in RC-SAR - Revista de Contabilidad (Spanish Accounting Review), 2015. [SCOPUS and EBSCO-Listed] MANES ROSSI, Francesca; JORGE, Susana; JESUS, Maria Antónia; CAPERCHIONE, Eugenio, «Introduction to a Symposium on New Challenges for Public-Sector Accounting: IPSAS, Budgetary Reporting, and National Accounts», (special issue of) International Journal of Public Administration, Vol.38, Issue 4, (March) 2015, pp. 237-239. [SCOPUS and EBSCO-Listed] JESUS, M. Antónia; JORGE, Susana; «Governmental budgetary reporting systems in the European Union: is the accounting basis relevant for the deficit reliability?», International Review of Administrative Sciences, Vol. 81(1), March 2015, pp.110-133. [ISI and SCOPUS-Listed] JORGE, Susana; JESUS, M. Antónia; LAUREANO, Raul; «Exploring determinant factors of differences between Governmental Accounting and National Accounts budgetary balances in EU member-States»; TRAS - Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, Special Issue, Vol.10(44), December 2014, pp. 34-54. [ISI and SCOPUS-Listed] JESUS, M. Antónia; JORGE, Susana; «From Governmental Accounting into National Accounts: adjustments diversity and materiality with evidence from the Iberian countries' Central Governments»; INNOVAR - Journal of Administrative and Social Sciences, Revista da Universidad de Colombia [Innovar: Revista de Ciencias Administrativas y Sociales], Vol.24, Nº54, Octubre-Diciembre 2014, pp.121-138. [SCOPUS-Listed] JESUS, M. Antónia and COSTA, Ana Lúcia; « A accountability nas organizações sem fins lucrativos: o caso particular de algumas Fundações em Portugal; Special Issue - Book of Proceedings of the TMS Management Studies International Conference, Vol. 3, 995-1004, 2013 [ISNN: 1646-2408] [Listed Scielo] JESUS, M. Antónia and EIRADO, Juliano Sávio; «Relevance of accounting information to public sector accountability: a study of Brazilian federal public universities», Tékhne - Review of Applied Management Studies), 10(1), July 2012, [ISSN1645-9911]. JESUS, M. Antónia and AMARO Sónia; «Motivações para a concepção de um Balanced Scorecard numa empresa de serviços: um estudo de caso»; Revista Ibero Americana de Contabilidade de Gestíon, Vol.20, July-December 2012. ISSN: 1696-294X. [Listed Latinex] JESUS, M. Antónia; JORGE, Susana; «From Governmental Accounting to National Accounting: implications on the Portuguese Central Government deficit»; Notas Económicas, Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra, Volume 31, Junho 2010; pp.24-46. [JEL-Listed] .

Graduation in Management from ISCTE (1979) DEA in Management Sciences IAE Bordeaux (1983) Phd in Management - Finance ISCTE (2009) Assistant Professor of ISCTE-IUL Finance Department Member of the Department Scientific Committee Executive Trainer in Finance Consultant for Corporate Finance, Corporate Valuation, Financial Statement Analysis, Equity Research Analyst, and Business Plans Ex-Board Member of UniAUDAX

Rúben S. Barros is an Assistant Professor of Management Accounting and Control at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and associated researcher at the Business Research Unit (BRU-IUL). His current research interests are related to management accounting and control. Particularly, he has investigated management control systems design and use with a focus on innovation, and performance measurement and management in public organizations. He has published in reputable international peer-reviewed journals like Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change, Journal of Management Control, and Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management.

Degree in Economics, Masters in Mathematical Economics (University of Paris) and Business Sciences (ISCTE), PhD in Management (ISCTE). Assistant Professor at ISCTE. Published theses and research papers in international scientific journals and others. Experience as consultant and project coordinator in Portugal and abroad.