Rui Silva holds a PhD in Management from the University of Beira Interior (Covilhã – Portugal). He is Associate professor with Habilitation of Accounting, Accounting Management and Finance in UTAD (Portugal). He conducts research about Accounting, Gamification in Accounting, University Partenerships, Strategic Management; Quality Systems; Write and Oral Accounting Students Communication in CETRAD (Centre for Transdiciplinary Development Studies) of UTAD. He has done fieldwork research in University (UTAD and Almeria) and Polytechnic Institute (Porto) about Accounting and Finance. He was awarded in 2018 best investigation project in In Doctoral Consortium – Universidade de Évora. He was awarded in 2018 the best conference paper in XX Seminário Hispano Luso de Economia Empresarial. Huelva, Spain. In 2019 he was awarded the best paper III International Forum on Management – Value Creation and Local Heritage. In same year he was awarded the best paper in XX Luso‑Spanish Conference on Scientific ManagemenT. Bragança, Portugal. He is reviewer in several Scopus and JCR international journals.

Main Publications:

Silva, R. J. R. D., Rodrigues, R. G., & Leal, C. T. P. (2019). Gamification in management education: A systematic literature review. BAR-Brazilian Administration Review, 16.

Silva, R., Rodrigues, R., & Leal, C. (2019). Play it again: how game-based learning improves flow in Accounting and Marketing education. Accounting Education, 28(5), 484-507.

Franco, M., Silva, R., & Rodrigues, M. (2019). Partnerships between higher education institutions and firms: The role of students’ curricular internships. Industry and higher education, 33(3), 172-185.

Rodrigues, M., Franco, M., & Silva, R. (2020). COVID-19 and disruption in management and education academics: Bibliometric mapping and analysis. Sustainability, 12(18), 7362.

Silva, R., Rodrigues, R., & Leal, C. (2021). Games based learning in accounting education–which dimensions are the most relevant?. Accounting Education, 30(2), 159-187.

Main Projects:

Participação, enquanto investigador, no projeto Ceturium/Viseeon Portugal.

Participação, enquanto investigador, no projeto Energy Transition Entrepreneurs in Action (ETEIA) – developing a supportive academic environment for the young talents.

Participação, enquanto investigador, no projects Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices – KA203 – Strategic Partnerships for higher education

CultRural+ – Entrepreneurship Education and Cultural Heritage Creative Management for Rural Development. Data início: 2019-09-01. Data fim: 2021-08-31. Financiador: Erasmus+. KA2 – Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices. KA204 – Strategic Partnerships for adult education. Valor CETRAD: 18.149,00 €. Coordenador CETRAD: Veronique Joukes. Investigadores CETRAD: Ricardo Bento, Rui Silva e António Dias.