Sarrico CS, Amaral A, Working together to take quality forward Quality of academic staff in Portuguese higher education institutions: a risk management approach 8th European Quality Assurance Forum, 21-23 November 2013, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Melo AI, Sarrico CS, Radnor Z, Performance management systems in higher education: a comparative study between the UK and Portugal, PMA Symposium, Loch Lomond, 2-4 October 2013.

Rosa MJ, Sarrico CS, Quality assurance in secondary and higher education: worlds apart or complementary views? 26th CHER Annual Conference, Lausanne, 9-11 September 2013.

Koryakina T, Teixeira P, Sarrico CS, Income diversification in Portuguese universities: Successes and challenges for institutional governance and management.  EAIR 35th Annual Forum, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 28-31 August 2013.

Sarrico CS, Machado I, Information for quality management in Portuguese higher education institutions.  EAIR 35th Annual Forum, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 28-31 August 2013.

Sarrico CS, Pinheiro MM, Management academics: are they who we would like them to be? 3rd INBAM Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, June 17 to 19, 2013.

Sarrico CS, Veiga A, Amaral A, Quality, Management and Governance in European Higher Education Institutions, XVII International Research Society for Public Management Conference, 10-12 April 2013, Prague, Czech Republic. 

Melo AI, Sarrico CS, Radnor Z, Do governance structures matter for the success of performance management systems in universities?, XVII International Research Society for Public Management Conference, 10-12 April 2013, Prague, Czech Republic. 

Sarrico CS, Veiga A, Amaral A, Quality, Management and Governance in Portuguese higher education institutions, CHER conference, 9-12 September 2012, Belgrade, Serbia.

Koryakina T, Sarrico CS, Teixeira P, How do Higher Education Institutions in Portugal Respond to Funding Challenges: A Tale of Two Universities, CHER conference, 9-12 September 2012, Belgrade, Serbia. 

Melo AI, Sarrico CS, Radnor Z, Do governance structures matter? Understanding the influences on performance management systems in universities, CHER conference, 9-12 September 2012, Belgrade, Serbia. 

Melo AI, Sarrico CS, Radnor Z, Factors influencing performance management systems in universities: A comparative study between the UK and Portugal, Performance Management Association 2012 Conference, 11-13 July 2012, University of Cambridge, UK. 

Koryakina T, Sarrico CS, Teixeira P, The impact of the funding changes on the university governance and management: the case of Portugal.  EUA Funding Forum, Salzburg, Austria, 11-12 June 2012.

Sarrico CS, Alves AA, Academic staff quality in Portuguese public management education, XVI International Research Society for Public Management Conference, 11-13 April 2012, Rome, Italy.

Pinheiro MM, Sarrico CS, Santiago RA, Effects on the students' personal competences of the usage of PBL methodologies in professional reality simulation environments, International Science and Technology Conference, 7-9 December 2011, Istanbul, Turkey.

Koryakina T, Sarrico CS, Teixeira P, Income diversification in Portuguese universities: organizational transformations, successes and failures.  33 ^rd EAIR Forum 2011, 28-31 August 2011, Warsaw, Poland.

Melo AI, Sarrico CS, Radnor Z, Managing performance in higher education institutions: a comparative study between entrepreneurial universities.  33 ^rd EAIR Forum 2011, 28-31 August 2011, Warsaw, Poland. 

Rosa MJ, Sarrico CS, Amaral A, The Perceptions of Portuguese Academics on the Purposes of Quality Assessment. 24th Annual CHER Conference: What are the prospects for higher education in the 21st century? Ideas, research and policy, 23-25 June 2011, Reykjavík, Iceland. 

Melo AI, Sarrico CS, Radnor Z, Changes in the roles, influences and accountabilities of key actors in higher education institutions: a comparative study between Portuguese and British universities.  24th Annual CHER Conference: What are the prospects for higher education in the 21st century? Ideas, research and policy, 23-25 June 2011, Reykjavík, Iceland. 

Melo AI, Sarrico CS, Radnor Z, The use of performance information in Portuguese and British higher education institutions: the case of two entrepreneurial universities.  15th International Research Society for Public Management Conference, 11-13 April 2011, Dublin, Ireland. 

Sarrico CS, Rosa MJ, Manatos MJ, School management practices and school achievement.  15th International Research Society for Public Management Conference, 11-13 April 2011, Dublin, Ireland. 

Cardoso MF, Pinto MF, Sarrico CS, Rosa MJ, Different Perspectives on Academic Performance in Portuguese Secondary Schools. First Lisbon Research Workshop on Economics and Econometrics of Education, 7-8 Jan 2011, ISEG, Lisboa.

Machado I, Sarrico CS, Ferreira C, Concepção de um modelo integrado de medição e gestão de desempenho para o 2º ciclo do ensino superior, I Encontro Nacional de Jovens Investigadores em Educação: Desafios Teóricos e Metodológicos. 8 e 9 de Outubro de 2010, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal.

Koryakina TA, Teixeira PN, Sarrico CS, Diversificação do financiamento nas universidades portuguesas: desafios para gestão e governação institucional, I Encontro Nacional de Jovens Investigadores em Educação: Desafios Teóricos e Metodológicos. 8 e 9 de Outubro de 2010, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal.

Sarrico CS, Rosa MJ, Student Satisfaction with Portuguese Public Universities, 5th European Quality Assurance Forum "Building bridges: making sense of QA in European, national and institutional contexts," 18-20 November, 2010, Lyon, France.

Manatos MJ, Sarrico CS, Rosa MJ, Cardoso MF, Performance Management Practices in Portuguese Secondary Schools: The Contribution For School Achievement, The European Conference on Educational Research, 25 - 27 August 2010, Helsinki, Finland.

Pinheiro MM, Sarrico CS, Santiago RA, A Business Simulation course: a teaching strategy for students' learning, European Learning Styles Information Network, ELSIN 2010, 15th Annual International Conference, Exploring styles to enhance learning and teaching in diverse contexts, 28-30 June 2010, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

Cardoso SC, Santiago RA, Sarrico CS, The impact of quality assessment in Portuguese universities: students' perceptions, 23rd Annual CHER Conference: Effects of Higher Education Reforms, 10-12 June 2010, University of Oslo, Norway.

Melo AI, Sarrico CS, Radnor Z, How have performance management systems affected university governance structures in Portugal: a case study.  23rd Annual CHER Conference: Effects of Higher Education Reforms, 10-12 June 2010, University of Oslo, Norway.

Sarrico CS, Rosa MJ, Higher education quality assessment: an account of intended purposes and observed effects, 23rd Annual CHER Conference: Effects of Higher Education Reforms, 10-12 June 2010, University of Oslo, Norway.

Manatos MJ, Sarrico CS, Rosa MJ, Performance Management Practices in Schools: a Literature Review, Research Network 10 - Sociology of Education, Social Ecology of School Success: Implications for Policy and Practice, 13-15 May 2010, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Sarrico CS, Ferreira LM, Silva LF, POLQUAL - assessing the quality of police traffic services in Portugal, 17th International EurOMA Conference Managing Operations in Service Economies, 6-9 June 2010, Porto, Portugal.

Sarrico CS, Perceived performance versus measured performance of Portuguese schools, 14th International Research Society for Public Management Conference, 7 - 9 April 2010, Berne, Switzerland.

Melo AI, Sarrico CS and Radnor Z, Understanding the effect of performance management systems on the governance of universities: the case of a Portuguese university, 14th International Research Society for Public Management Conference, 7 - 9 April 2010, Berne, Switzerland.

Pinheiro MM, Sarrico CS, Santiago RA, Altos e Baixos de um Casamento: PBL e Motivações dos Alunos, PBL 2010 Congresso Internacional, 8-12 de Fevereiro de 2010, São Paulo, Brasil.

Melo AI, Sarrico CS and Radnor Z, The impact of performance management systems on the governance of universities: the case of an English university, SRHE Annual Conference: Challenging Higher Education: Knowledge, Policy and Practices, 8-10 December 2009, Newport, UK.

Cardoso SC, Santiago RA and Sarrico CS, Quality Assessment: does it meet students' participative expectations? SRHE Annual Conference: Challenging Higher Education: Knowledge, Policy and Practices, 8-10 December 2009, Newport, UK.

Silva ACM, Sarrico CS, A Qualidade do Serviço de Urgência: Contrastando as Percepções dos Utentes e dos Profissionais de Saúde com Funções de Gestão, 7º Congresso Nacional de Administração Pública - Estado e Administração na Resposta à Crise (Organizado pelo Instituto Nacional de Administração), 10 e 11 de Novembro de 2009, Lisboa, Portugal.

Melo AI, Sarrico CS and Radnor Z, The impact of performance management systems on the governance of universities: the case of an English university, The Consortium of Higher Education Researchers 22nd Annual Conference, 8-10 September 2009, Oporto, Portugal.

Cardoso SC, Santiago RA, Sarrico CS, Managerialist and market rhetoric in students' social representations on higher education institutions' evaluation, The Consortium of Higher Education Researchers 22nd Annual Conference, 8-10 September 2009, Oporto, Portugal.

Vukasović M, Sarrico CS, Inequality in access, progress and completion in higher education in Serbia - definitions, measures, inferences.  2nd International RESUP conference: "Inequalities in Higher Education and Research", 18-20 June 2009, UNIL, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Pinheiro M, Sarrico CS, Santiago RA, Re-shaping Learning Processes in Vocational Higher Education: a Study on Professional Competences in PBL Methodologies.  Society for Research in Higher Education Conference 2008, 9-11 December 2008, Liverpool, UK.

Sarrico CS, Quality assessment has not fostered excellence in higher education. The case of Portugal, The Consortium of Higher Education Researchers 21st Annual Conference, 11-13 September 2008, Pavia, Italy.

Sarrico CS, Rosa MJ, Teixeira PN, Cardoso MF, Excellence, performance indicators and higher education: Trying to make sense of them, The Consortium of Higher Education Researchers 21st Annual Conference, 11-13 September 2008, Pavia, Italy.

Melo AI, Sarrico CS and Radnor Z, Governance structures and performance management systems in higher education, The Consortium of Higher Education Researchers 21st Annual Conference, 11-13 September 2008, Pavia, Italy.

Melo AI, Sarrico CS and Radnor Z, The effect of performance management systems on the governance of universities: the case of an English university, European Group on Public Administration Conference, 3-6 September 2008, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Antunes TK, Sarrico CS, Teixeira PN, Challenges to university management from a changing funding environment, Governance & Management Models in Higher Education, 3-5 September 2008, Coimbra, Portugal.

Machado I, Sarrico CS, Ferreira C, À Procura de um Modelo Integrado de Medição e Gestão de Avaliação de Desempenho para o 2º Ciclo do Ensino Superior, Governance & Management Models in Higher Education, 3-5 September 2008, Coimbra, Portugal.

Melo AI, Sarrico CS and Radnor Z, The effects of new public management on the measurement, reporting and management of performance in higher education: a comparative study between Portuguese and British universities, European Consortium for Political Research, Rennes Joint Sessions, 11-16 April 2008, Rennes, France.

Sarrico CS and Rosa, Measuring and Comparing the Performance of Portuguese Secondary Schools: a Confrontation between Metric and Practice Benchmarking, The Twelfth Annual Conference of the International Research Society for Public Management, 26-28 March 2008, Brisbane, Australia.

Melo AI, Sarrico CS and Radnor Z, Governance Structures and performance measurement and management in higher education institutions: a comparative study between Portuguese and British universities, The Twelfth Annual Conference of the International Research Society for Public Management, 26-28 March 2008, Brisbane, Australia. Best student paper award.

Pinheiro AP e Sarrico CS, A gestão da qualidade e a modernização administrativa - estudo de caso da Câmara Municipal de Oliveira de Azeméis, 5º Congresso Nacional da Administração Pública - Modernização, Desenvolvimento e Competitividade (Organizado pelo Instituto Nacional de Administração), 29 e 30 de Outubro de 2007, Lisboa, Portugal.

Cavaco A e Sarrico CS , Exequibilidade da utilização do balanced scorecard num hospital do sector público administrativo, 5º Congresso Nacional da Administração Pública - Modernização, Desenvolvimento e Competitividade (Organizado pelo Instituto Nacional de Administração), 29 e 30 de Outubro de 2007, Lisboa, Portugal.

Sarrico CS, Rosa MJ and Coelho I, Measuring and comparing the performance of Portuguese Secondary schools, European Group on Public Administration Conference: Public Administration and the Management of Diversity, 19-22 September 2007, Madrid, Spain.

Coelho I, Sarrico CS e Rosa MJ, Modelos de Avaliação de Escolas na Europa: Experiências e Tendências das Políticas Educativas, IX Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências da Educação 26, 27 e 28 de Abril de 2007, Funchal, Portugal.

Teixeira P, Cardoso MF, Sarrico CS and Rosa MJ, Different but Similar?  Patterns and Rationales for Portuguese Public Universities' Performance.CHER 19th Annual Conference: Systems Convergence and Institutional Diversity? 7-9 September 2006, International Centre for Higher Education Research Kassel (INCHER-Kassel), University Kassel, Germany.

Taylor J, Brites R, Correia F, Farhangmehr M, Ferreira B, Machado M, Sarrico C and Sá M, Institutional Diversity: Creating Distinctiveness Through Strategic Enrolment Management.CHER 19th Annual Conference: Systems Convergence and Institutional Diversity? 7-9 September 2006, International Centre for Higher Education Research Kassel (INCHER-Kassel), University Kassel, Germany.

Coelho I, Sarrico CS e Rosa MJ, Assessoria na Educação: que contributos para o desempenho da escola, IV Simpósio sobre Organização e Gestão Escolar, 4 e 5 de Maio de 2006, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.

Sarrico CS, Rosa MJ e Coelho I, Avaliação de Escolas Secundárias: O Contributo dos Modelos Quantitativos, 4º Congresso Nacional da Administração Pública - Novos modelos de Administração Pública (Organizado pelo Instituto Nacional de Administração), 2 e 3 de Novembro de 2006, Lisboa, Portugal.

Ferreira I e Sarrico CS, Estratégias de qualidade em serviços públicos: estudo de caso da avaliação organizacional da Escola Superior de Gestão, do Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, através da aplicação da Common Assessment Framework (CAF), 3º Congresso Nacional da Administração Pública - O Novo Ciclo de Desenvolvimento da AP: Abertura, Eficiência, Independência (Organizado pelo Instituto Nacional de Administração), 3 e 4 de Novembro de 2005, Lisboa, Portugal.

Pinheiro M, Sarrico CS e Santiago R, O papel da simulação nas aprendizagens no ensino superior: estudo de caso no ensino profissionalizante, Congresso Internacional Educação e Trabalho, Representações Sociais, Competências e Trajectórias Profissionais, 2, 3 e 4 de Maio de 2005, Aveiro, Portugal.

Cardoso S, Santiago R, Sarrico C, Pereira A e Oliveira L, Impacto da avaliação institucional na inserção dos estudantes do ensino superior no mercado de trabalho: representações, Congresso Internacional Educação e Trabalho, Representações Sociais, Competências e Trajectórias Profissionais, 2, 3 e 4 de Maio de 2005, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.

Santiago R, Cardoso S, Pereira A, Sarrico CS e Oliveira L, Representações Mediáticas da Avaliação Institucional e da Gestão das IES - Observatório de Imprensa, VIII Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências de Educação - Cenários da Educação/Formação: novos espaços, culturas e saberes, 7 a 9 de Abril de 2005, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal.

Caires L e Sarrico CS, O regime do Best Value e as autarquias portuguesas, 2º Congresso Nacional de Administração Pública - Projectos de Mudança (Organizado pelo Instituto Nacional de Administração), 3 e 4 de Novembro de 2004, Lisboa, Portugal.

Pinheiro M, Sarrico CS e Santiago RA, O papel de um modelo de simulação nas aprendizagens no ensino superior: estudo de caso no ensino profissionalizante, Conferência eLES'04 - eLearning no Ensino Superior, 27-29 Outubro de 2004, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal.

Cardoso S, Santiago RA, Sarrico CS, Leite D, Polidori M, Leite C, Pereira A e Oliveira L, Avaliação institucional e gestão das instituições de ensino superior, VIII Congresso Luso-Afro-Brasileiro de Ciências Sociais - A Questão Social no Novo Milénio, 16 a 18 de Setembro de 2004, Organizado pelo Centro de Estudos Sociais e Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.

Sarrico CS, Tice JH and Rodrigues C, Managing performance in a Portuguese secondary school using the balanced scorecard, PMA 2004, the 4th International Conference on Theory and Practice in Performance Measurement and Management, 28-30 July 2004, Edinburgh, UK.

Rodrigues C e Sarrico CS, A gestão estratégica e a avaliação de desempenho: concepção do modelo Balanced Scorecard numa escola secundária.  III Simpósio sobre Organização e Gestão Escolar, Políticas e Gestão Local da Educação, 13 e 14 de Maio de 2004, Organização do Departamento de Ciências da Educação, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal.

Sarrico CS, Avaliação institucional das universidades - a avaliação esquecida?  1º Congresso Nacional da Administração Pública: Os Vectores da Mudança, 10-11 Novembro de 2003, Instituto Nacional de Administração, Lisboa, Portugal.

Estima AC e Sarrico CS, O impacto das comunicações electrónicas nas organizações públicas - o caso da Universidade de Aveiro.  1º Congresso Nacional da Administração Pública: Os Vectores da Mudança, 10-11 Novembro de 2003, Instituto Nacional de Administração, Lisboa, Portugal.

Gil VMS, Alarcão I, Sarrico C, Oliveira JM, Azevedo MR, Borges AR and Vieira JD, What makes a good university teacher?  International Conference Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: New Trends and Innovations, 13-17 April 2003, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

Leite D, Santiago R, Leite C, Sarrico C, Braga AM, Genro ME, Polidori M and Broilo C, Students' representations on the influence of institutional evaluation on teaching improvement.  International Conference Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: New Trends and Innovations, 13-17 April 2003, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

Pinheiro M, Sarrico C and Santiago R, The role of simulation learning in higher education.  International Conference Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: New Trends and Innovations, 13-17 April 2003, University of Aveiro, Portugal.