Luís Curral

Luís Curral serves as Associate Professor at the University of Lisbon's Faculty of Psychology, where he coordinates the Master in Psychology of Human Resources, Work and Organizations program and participates in the Pedagogical Council. His academic appointment focuses on organizational psychology and human resources disciplines.

His research investigates adaptation processes through the lens of complexity theory, examining cognitive self-leadership strategies at individual levels and emergent team states like transactive memory systems. Current work tests complex leadership theory using simulations (e.g., SimCity) to model team adaptation in unpredictable environments. Key research areas include Teams as Complex Adaptive Systems, Complexity Leadership, Self-Leadership, and Innovation Projects.

Dr. Curral leads significant research initiatives including the FCT-funded "Leadership process and occupational health of firefighters" intervention program (2019-2023) and the H2020 DiSSCo Prepare infrastructure project (2020-2023). His publication record demonstrates consistent output in high-impact journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Product Innovation Management, and Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, with recent work emphasizing nonlinear team dynamics and cross-cultural leadership applications.

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As Master's program coordinator, he teaches core modules including Organizational Design, Teamwork and Leadership, Work Relationships and Motivation, and Work Analysis and Performance Management. His methodological approach combines laboratory simulations with field studies in high-stakes environments like firefighting units, bridging theoretical complexity frameworks with practical organizational interventions.