Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DATA
João Lourenço Cardoso
PROFESSIONAL SITUATION
Principal Researcher, Head of Department
ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC DEGREES
Principal Researcher (Full Professor), in 2022
Habilitated degree at the Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (Portuguese National Laboratory for Civil Engineering), in 2007.
PhD degree at the Instituto Superior Técnico da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, in 1996.
Graduated in Civil Engineering at the Instituto Superior Técnico da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, in 1982.
FUNCTIONS AND RELEVANT PUBLIC OFFICES
Head of the Transportation Department (DT) of LNEC (2026 - ...)
Principal Researcher at the Planning and Traffic Safety Division (NPTS) of the DT (2022 - …)
Habilitated Senior Research Officer at the NPTS of the DT (2007 - 2022)
Head of NPTS of DT of LNEC (2004 – 2026)
Senior Research Officer at the NPTS of the DT (2003 - 2007)
Research Officer at the Traffic and Safety Division (NTSR) of the Transport Infrastructures Department (DVC) (1996 - 2003)
Research Assistant at the NTSR of DVC (1988 - 1996)
Research Trainee at the NTSR of DVC (1986 - 1988)
Grant holder at the NTSR of DVC (1981 - 1986)
AREAS OF RESEARCH / INTEREST
ITS applications in road infrastructure maintenance and safety management
Road safety aspects in road maintenance
Safety aspects in the planning and design of urban and interurban roads
Characterisation of vulnerable road user behaviour
Reconstruction and simulation of road accidents
ACTIVITY DEVELOPED
Since 2025 - Member of the Executive Board of the Forum of European Road Safety Research Institutes (FERSI).
Since 2023 - Member of the Steering Committee of the ETSC – European Transport Safety Council’s project PIN- The Road Safety Performance Index. Ranking road safety performance across the EU.
Since 2021 - Member of the Advisory Board for the National Strategy for Active Cycling Mobility (ENMAC 2020-2030).
Since 2020 - Member of the Executive Committee for the preparation of the Portuguese National Road Safety Strategy 2021/2030 - Vision Zero 2030(Ministry of Internal Affairs).
Since 2020 - Member of the Technical Committee 148, the Portuguese committee of the CEN TC 320 – Transport - logistics and services, and ISO/TC 241 – Road traffic safety management systems.
Since 2018 - LNEC representative at the Forum of European Road Safety Research Institutes (FERSI).
2017 - 2021 - LNEC representative on the ‘Working Group for the Public Transport Dedicated Corridor on the South Bank of the Tagus River’, established by the Ministry of Public Works and the Ministry of Environment.
2018 - 2019 - Coordinator of Theme 3 – Road Safety, of the 9th Portuguese Road Congress.
2016 - 2019 - National expert in the Twinning UE-Algeria program DZ20 - “Accompagner l’Organisme National de Contrôle technique des Travaux Publics (CTTP) dans la mise en place de systèmes d’aide à la décision pour la gestion du réseau routier et des ouvrages d’art” CTTP1/DZ20 (2016-2019).
2016 - 2017 - LNEC representative in the Ad Hoc National Technical Commission for the ISO 39001/2012 standard on Road traffic safety management systems - Requirements with guidance for use.
Coordinator of national participation in the following research projects funded by the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR):
2017 - 2019 PROGRESS - Provision of Guidelines for Road Side Safety (Transnational Road Research Programme – Call 2017 – Safety).
2009 - 2011 RISMET - Road Infrastructure Safety Management Evaluation Tools (ERA NET Road program)
Coordinator of LNEC’s participation in the following research projects co-financed by the European Union:
Since 2025 - CAMBER – Connected and Adaptive Maintenance for a Safer Urban and Secondary Roads (HE)
2022 - 2025 - TRENDLINE – Technical Assistance for the Development and Collection of Road Safety Key Performance Indicators.
2020 - 2022 - BASELINE - Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for road safety (EC, DG-Move)
2016 - 2019 - SAFERAFRICA - Innovating dialogue and problems appraisal for a safer Africa (Horizon 2020) – awarded Prince Michael of Kent International Road Safety Award 2019.
2006 - 2008 - RIPCORD-ISEREST - Road Infrastructure Safety Protection. (6th EU RDFP)
2006 - 2008 - IN-SAFETY - Infrastructure and Safety. (6thEU RDFP)
1997 - 2000 - SAFESTAR - Safety Standards for Road Design and Redesign. (4th EU RDFP)
1998 - 1999 - GADGET - Guarding Automobile Drivers through Guidance Education and Technology. (4th EU RDFP)
1995 - 1998 - COST-329 - Models for Traffic and Road Safety Developments and Interventions.
Coordinator of the following research projects co-financed by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT):
2008 - 2011 - SAFESIDE – Roadside Safety in the National Road Network.
2005 - 2009 - IRUMS – Safer Urban Road Infrastructures.
Other relevant studies:
2018 - 2019 - Comparative quality assessment of the Fertagus suburban rail transit service on the North-South line.
2017 - 2018 - Feasibility analysis of implementing magnetic or optical guidance systems in the Mondego Mobility System.
2015 - 2017 - Comparative assessment of feasible technological solutions for a cost-effective Mondego Mobility System (Phases I and II).
2014 - Road safety assessment of roads affected by the construction of motorway A26.
2005 - 2006 - Safety analysis of the IP 4 road between kilometres 58,800 and 101,900 (Geraldes – Vila Real/Norte), for Estradas de Portugal, EPE.
1999 - 2000 - Impact of traffic and safety measures on driver’s behaviour on the IP5 road.
1998 - Bayesian method for the identification of high crash risk segments on the National Road Network.
2024 - Co-author of the ‘Design Standards for Urban Roads’, Booklets I, II, III and IV, Instituto da Mobilidade e dos Transportes, Lisboa.
2010 - Co-author of the ‘Base Document for the new edition of the Road Design Standards’, commissioned by Instituto de Infra-estruturas Rodoviárias (InIR - Portuguese Institute for Road Infrastructures)..
2010 - Author of the ‘Manual for Road Safety Inspections in the National Road Network’, commissioned by Instituto de Infra-estruturas Rodoviárias (InIR - Portuguese Institute for Road Infrastructures).
2010 - Author of the ‘Manual for the application of Road Safety Impact Analysis to the National Road Network’, commissioned by InIR.
2010 - Author of the manual “Recommendations for setting and signing speed limits on Portuguese roads and streets”. Prevenção Rodoviária Portuguesa, Lisboa. ISBN978 972 98080 4 3.
2006 - Co-author of the Manual for the Road Safety Audit of National Road Network schemes, commissioned by InIR.
2024 to 2025 - Coordinator of Theme 3.1 – Commitment to Road Safety, of the 11th Portuguese Road & Railway Congress
2021 to 2022 - Coordinator of Theme 4 – Road Safety, of the 10th Portuguese Road & Railway Congress.
2015 - Member of the Steering Committee of the Young Researchers Seminar de 2015, organized by FERSI, FEHRL e ECTRI.
2008 - 2016 - Member of the Editorial Board of the "European Transport Research Review - An Open Access Journal (ETRR)".
2023 - Member of the Assessment Panel for the PhD scholarship competition in the field of Civil Engineering at the FCT.
2013 - Member of the Assessment Panel for the competition for PhD and postdoctoral fellowships in the field of Civil Engineering at the FCT.
2013 - Member of the Jury for the LNEC’s 2013 Manuel Rocha Prize.
2012 - Member of the External Expert Panel for the evaluation of proposals for COST actions in the theme "Transport & Urban Development".
Coordinator and lecturer of the accredited 1st Specific Initial Training Course for Road Safety Auditors (2024).
Coordinator and lecturer of the two editions of the five-day training course ‘Road safety inspection of operational interurban roads’, organised by LNEC/PRP for Ascendi (2020).
Lecturer on road safety-related modules on the master’s degree in Transport at the Instituto Superior Técnico (2001‑2007), on the master’s degree in Road Engineering at the Universities of Coimbra and Minho(2001‑2007), and on the master’s degree in Urban Engineering at the University of Coimbra (1993‑2000).
Coordinator of the one-week course on road accident investigation and reconstruction, organised for the Portuguese Insurers’ Association (2005).
Co-supervisor of six PhD theses in Civil Engineering, Transport Systems, and Statistics and Operational Research