Manuel Au-Yong-Oliveira has an MBA (Cardiff Business School, 1993), a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management from FEUP (University of Porto, 2012) and post-doctoral training from the University of Aveiro (2016-2019) titled “Elements that contribute to organizational competitiveness”. Manuel has lectured at several higher education institutions, including FEUP, where he lectured on the Masters in Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship (MIETE). Manuel is currently an Associate Professor with Habilitation at the University of Aveiro, where he has been lecturing since February 2009. Manuel is an integrated researcher at GOVCOPP and also collaborates with INESC TEC. Manuel has a passion for education, and his lectures are somewhat “out-of-the-box”, whereby Manuel enjoys challenging his students to think beyond convention. Manuel has received numerous awards, including a certificate of "Outstanding Achievement" as co-winner of "The 2nd Social Media in Practice Excellence Awards 2019", which was held at the University of Brighton, England. The event was organized by Academic Conferences International, based in Reading, UK. Manuel was also attributed an honorable mention at the University of Aveiro Researcher Awards, in 2023, for his work in the social sciences.
