Daniel Seabra Lopes

Daniel Seabra Lopes is an Assistant Professor at ISEG - School of Economics and Management, Universidade de Lisboa, and a Research Fellow at SOCIUS Research Centre. He holds dual PhDs in Cultural/Social Anthropology (2007) and Economic Sociology (2018). His research focuses on economic sociology, financial ethnography, and organizational studies, with a particular interest in the cultural dimensions of finance, credit practices, and Gypsy communities in Portugal. He has supervised 3 PhD and 16 Master's theses, and currently coordinates research projects on financial innovation and regulatory frameworks.

Education: BSc in Anthropology (1994, Universidade Nova de Lisboa), MSc in Anthropology (1999, ISCTE), PhD in Cultural Anthropology (2007, Universidade Nova de Lisboa), and second PhD in Economic Sociology (2018, Universidade de Lisboa).

Research interests include financial regulation, ethnography of markets, and sociocultural aspects of policing. His work bridges anthropology and sociology through studies of credit systems, institutional dynamics, and ritual practices in marginalized communities. Recent publications analyze central banking discourse, blockchain-based financial innovation, and the semiotics of financial crises.

He has participated in 8 research projects, coordinating 3, and currently leads a project exploring post-2008 financial transformations. Teaching includes courses on sociological theories, qualitative research methods, and social studies of finance across undergraduate and graduate programs at ISEG.

Lopes has conducted fieldwork in Portugal, Brazil, and Africa, examining issues such as police cooperation, educational integration of Roma communities, and transnational labor dynamics. His interdisciplinary approach combines ethnographic methods with institutional analysis to address contemporary socio-economic challenges.