**About the Editors**

**Carlos Miguel Ferreira** holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from UNL—Nova University of Lisbon, and a Master's in Sociology from the same institution. He is an Invited Assistant Professor at the Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies. He is a member of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences—CICS.NOVA. He is the founder of the Mediterranean Institute (1989) of FCSH-UNL (Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Nova University of Lisbon); the founder of the Institute of Sociology and Ethnology of Religions (1989) of FCSH-UNL; and the founder of the Institute for Studies and Sociological Divulgation (1992) of FCSH-UNL. He carries out research in the following areas: sociology of health and illness, in particular, the medicalization process; research methodology; sociology of organizations and general sociology. He is the author and co-author of numerous scientific publications and presentations on these topics.

**Sandro Serpa** has been a higher education faculty member since 2000. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the University of the Azores since 2013. He received his Ph.D. in Education in 2013 from the University of the Azores, specializing in Sociology of Education. He is an integrated researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences—Campus of the University of the Azores, CICS.NOVA.UAc.

He has teaching experience in areas such as research, sociology of education, introduction to sociology, general sociology, sociology of organizations, psychosociology of educational organizations and human resources, among others.

He has more than 230 publications in international journals, books, and other scientific outlets in Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States of America.

His research interests are in teaching of sociology in higher education; sociology of education; sociology of organizations; organizational culture of educational organizations; and scientific communication.

Prof. Dr. Sandro Serpa is Professor in the Department of Sociology at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of The Azores, Portugal. He is also affiliated with the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences—CICS.UAc/ CICS.NOVA.UAc, Portugal, and Interdisciplinary Centre for Childhood and Adolescence—NICA—UAc, Portugal.
