Hugo Silveira Pereira

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Name

Hugo Silveira Pereira

Academic title(s)

Dr.

Institute

Interuniversity Center for the History of Science and Technology

Department

Faculty of Sciences and Technology – University NOVA of Lisbon

Function

Post-doctoral researcher

Address

Rua Emídio Pinto 34 3º dtº fr.

Zip code

4400 – 670 Vila Nova de Gaia

Country

Portugal

Phone

00351962070916

Visible Email Address

hugojose.pereira@gmail.com

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Hugo Silveira Pereira, post-doctoral researcher at the Interuniversity Research Centre for the History of Science and Technology (University NOVA of Lisbon) and the Institute of Railway Studies (University of York) and former Visiting Scholar at History Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He concluded his PhD in 2012 with a dissertation about the Portuguese national railway policy in the second half of the 19th century. He presented and published several papers about Portugal’s mainland and colonial railways. His current academic interests include the decision-making process of building railways in the Portuguese former colonies of Angola, Mozambique, Goa, and Macao

Role in Tensions of Europe

Participant

Research interests

Mobilty

Additional research interests

Railways, engineers, technical heritage