Member of the Economics Department at Minho University and of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences – Pólo UMinho. Member of the board of the Masters in Social Economics (MSE) Former director of MSE and of the Research Unit in European Economy, Industry and International. Former Vice-president of the General Assembly of APHES. Stakeholder of the project Economic Outcomes Flowing from the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815, having Patrick O´Brien as coordinator, London School of Economics, London. Principal Investigator of projects PTDC/HIS-HIS/118984/2010,POCTI/HAR/59281/2004 e POCTI/HEC/59348/2004. Former president of the Economic and Business Historical Society, USA. Supervisor of three concluded PhD thesis and several Masters thesis. Acted as jury in PhDs and Masters. Post-Doctorate supervisor for Rodrigo da Costa Dominguez, " The Marco of ships and their contribution to the tax system in the Erário Régio (1761-1833". Colaborates as referee in Portugal and abroad.
Economical and social history in the 18th and 19th century: external trade; economy and war
Economics and tourism
Social economics
Selected publications
Moreira, C., Reis, J., & Sousa, R. M. (2021). Portugal’s French Wars: Cost, Loss, Missed Opportunities? 1793–1850. In O. B. P. Karl (Ed.), The Crucible of Revolutionary and Napoleonic Warfare and European Transitions to Modern Economic Growth (pp. 205–251). Brill. DOI
Moreira, M. C., Fernandes, A., & Mourão, P. (2020). The Importance of Social Canteens in the Portuguese Emergency Food Program: A Case Study of the Holy Houses of Mercy. Revista Portuguesa De Estudos Regionais, 55, 129–141. DOI
Henriques, C., & Moreira, M. C. (2019). Creative Tourism and Urban Sustainability: The Cases of Lisbon and Oporto. Revista Portuguesa De Estudos Regionais, (51), 93–108. DOI
Eloranta, J., Golson, E., Hedberg, P., & Moreira, M. C. (2018). Small and Medium Powers in Global History: Trade, Conflicts and Neutrality from the 18th to the 20th Centuries (1st Edition.). Londres, Inglaterra: Routledge. DOI
Moreira, C., & Eloranta, J. (2011). Importance of «weak» states during conflicts: Portuguese trade with the United States during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Revista De Historia Economica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, ( 29), 393–342. DOI
Other publications
Behrendt, S. D., Solar, P. M., Hens, L., Kane, A., Marzagalli, S., & Moreira, M. C. (2021). Ton, tonneau, tonelada, last. La jauge des navires britanniques et européens au xviiie et au début xixe siècle. Histoire Et Mesure, (35), 197–232. DOI
Behrendt, S., Solar, P., Hens, L., Aidan, K., Marzagalli, S., & Moreira, M. C. (2021). Tons, tonneaux, toneladas, lasts: British and European ship tonnages in the Eighteenth and early Nineteenth Centuries. Histoire Et Mesure, (35(2), 197–232. DOI
Moreira, C., Reis, J., & Sousa, R. M. (2021). Portugal’s French Wars: Cost, Loss, Missed Opportunities? 1793–1850. In O. B. P. Karl (Ed.), The Crucible of Revolutionary and Napoleonic Warfare and European Transitions to Modern Economic Growth (pp. 205–251). Brill. DOI
Henriques, C. H., de Alcântara Bittencourt César, P., Herédia, V. B. M., & Moreira, M. C. (2020). Turismo & História Perspectivas sobre o Patrimônio da Humanidade no Espaço Ibero-Americano . Brasil : EDUCS- Editora da Universidade de Caxias do Sul. DOI
Moreira, M. C., Fernandes, A., & Mourão, P. (2020). The Importance of Social Canteens in the Portuguese Emergency Food Program: A Case Study of the Holy Houses of Mercy. Revista Portuguesa De Estudos Regionais, 55, 129–141. DOI
de Melo Vidal, M. B., Moreira, M. C., & Cordeiro, J. M. L. (2020). Centro histórico do Porto – novas formas de hospedagem: o caso da AIRBNB. In C. H. Henriques, P. de Alcântara Bittencourt César, V. B. M. Herédia, & M. C. Moreira (Eds.), Turismo & História Perspectivas sobre o Patrimônio da Humanidade no Espaço Ibero-Americano (pp. 10–21). Caxias do Sul: EDUCS- Editora da Universidade de Caxias do Sul. DOI
Henriques, C., & Moreira, M. C. (2019). Creative Tourism and Urban Sustainability: The Cases of Lisbon and Oporto. Revista Portuguesa De Estudos Regionais, (51), 93–108. DOI
Eloranta, J., Golson, E., Hedberg, P., & Moreira, M. C. (2018). Small and Medium Powers in Global History: Trade, Conflicts and Neutrality from the 18th to the 20th Centuries (1st Edition.). Londres, Inglaterra: Routledge. DOI
Eloranta, J., Hedberg, P., & Golson, M. C. M. E. (2018). Introduction "Small and Medium Powers in Global History: Trade, Conflicts and Neutrality from the 18th to the 20th Centuries". In Routlege (Ed.), Small and Medium Powers in Global History: Trade, Conflicts and Neutrality from the 18th to the 20th Centuries (1st Edition., pp. 1–26). Londres, Inglaterra: Routledge. DOI
Land, J., Eloranta, J., & Moreira, M. C. (2018). Trade and the new republic American trade during Napolelonic Wars 1783-1830. In P. H. Jari Eloranta Eric Golson & M. C. Moreira (Eds.), Small and Medium Powers in Global History: Trade, Conflicts and Neutrality from the 18th to the 20th Centuries (pp. 29–51). Londres: Routledge. DOI
Moreira, M. C., Sousa, R. M., & Werner, S. (2018). Commercial relations between Portugal and Russia: neutrality, trade and finance (1770-1850). In P. H. Jari Eloranta Eric Golson & eds) Maria Cristina Moreira (2018 (Eds.), Small and Medium Powers in Global History: Trade, Conflicts and Neutrality from the 18th to the 20th Centuries (pp. 73–94). Londres: Routledge. DOI
Ojala, J., Karvonen, L., Moreira, M. C., & Eloranta, J. (2018). Trade between Sweden and Portugalin the eighteenth century : Assessing the reliability of the STRO: compared to Swedish and Portuguese sources. In J. W. Veluwenkamp & W. S. Veluwenkamp (Eds.), Early Modern Shipping and Trade. Novel Approaches Using Sound Toll Registers Online (pp. 151–173). Londres: Brill. DOI
Mourão, P., Pereira, T., & Moreira, M. C. (2017). The importance of new forms of capital in nonprofit organizations A case study of the Fafe delegation of the Portuguese Red Cross. International Journal of Social Economics, 44(7), 846–868. DOI
Henriques, C., Moreira, M. C., & César, P. B. (2016). Tourism e History: World Heritage Case Studies of Ibero-American Space. Centro de Investigação em Ciências Sociais - Universidade do Minho. DOI
Moreira, M. C., & Cordeiro, J. M. L. (2016). The impact of the world cultural heritage classification by UNESCO on the cultural touristic demand in Oporto. In C. Henriques, M. C. Moreira, & P. B. César (Eds.), Tourism and History: World Heritage Case Studies of Ibero-American Space (http://www.lasics.uminho.pt/ojs/index.php/cics_ebooks/issue/view/212., pp. 40–52). Centro de Investigação em Ciências Sociais - Universidade do Minho. DOI
Eloranta, J., Moreira, M. C., & Karvonen, L. (2015). Between Conflicts and Commerce: The Impact of Institutions and Wars on Swedish-Portuguese Trade, 1686-1815. The Journal of European Economic History, 2015(3 ), 9–50. DOI
Moreira, M. C., Eloranta, J., Ojala, J., & Karvonen, L. (2015). Early modern trade flows between smaller states: The Portuguese- Swedish trade in the eighteenth century as an exemple. Revue De l'OFCE, 140, 87–109 . DOI
Linhares, A., Henriques, C., & Moreira, M. C. (2014). Turismo e folclore: O papel de valorização das danças populares pelos grupos folclóricos de Viana do Castelo. Revista De Turismo e Desenvolvimento, 1(21-22 ), 57–65. DOI
Moreira, M. C., do Rego Machado, M. V., & Cordeiro, J. M. L. (2013). The Portuguese Empire (1760-1815): The Contractor State in Peace and Wartime” in "Forum The Contract State, c. 1650-1815"Forum The Contract State, c. 1650-1815. International Journal of Maritime History, (25 (1), 265–270. DOI
de Almeida Moreira, M. C. G. (2013). Relaciones Comerciales Luso-Españolas (1774-1860). Editorial Academica Espanola - EAE . DOI
Moreira, C., & Eloranta, J. (2012). Contracts and the Role of the State: Portuguese military provisions supply system in the early nineteenth century. In R. Harding & S. S. Ferri (Eds.), The contractor state and its implications: 1659-1815 (pp. 199–221). Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Universidad. DOI
Moreira, M. C. (2012). The concise economic history of Portugal - a comprehensive guide. Business History, 54(5), 818–820 . DOI
Moreira, C., & Eloranta, J. (2011). Importance of «weak» states during conflicts: Portuguese trade with the United States during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Revista De Historia Economica - Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, ( 29), 393–342. DOI
Moreira, M. C. (2011). Portuguese State Military Expenditure: British support of the Peninsular War efforts of Erário Régio (Royal Treasury) from 1809 to 1811. In S. Conway & R. T. Sánchez (Eds.), The spending of the States. Military expenditure during the long Eighteenth Century: patterns, organisation and consequences, 1650-1815 (1st ed., pp. 109–127). Germany: Springer Verlag. DOI
Moreira, C., & Coelho, S. V. (2009). Evolution of Portuguese Military Uniformology in 19th century; examples pictured in sculptoric monuments in Public Space, Portugal. Portuguese Studies Review, 16(2), 79–102. DOI
Moreira, M. C., Lourenço, J., Saial, J., Veludo, S., & Alvares, D. (2009). Estatuária das guerras napoleónicas e turismo cultural em Portugal. In Á. Matias & R. Sardinha (Eds.), Avanços em Economia e Gestão do Turismo (Vol. 1, pp. 255–269). Piaget. DOI
Moreira, M. C., & Weber, A. (2008). A importância do mercado brasileiro no comércio externo luso-hamburguês (1796-1831). In B. Verlag (Ed.), Jahrbuch fuer Geschichte Lateinamerikas Anuario de Historia de América Latina 45/2008 (pp. 325–341). Alemanha: Böhlau Verlag. DOI
Moreira, M. C. (2007). The role of Quality: Spanish wool in Portuguese Trade in the Early 19th Century. Essays in Economic and Business History - The Journal of the Economic and Business Historical Society, XXV, 85–104. DOI
Moreira, M. C. (2007). Tracking signs of Portuguese fiscal military state 1762-1816. In R. T. Sanchez (Ed.), War, State and Development, The Fiscal Military States during the Eighteenth Century (pp. 251–275). Ediciones Universidad de Navarra. DOI
Moreira, M. C., & Gonçalves, J. P. (2007). Horizontes de Sustentabilidade Social na Nova Economia. In Caderno: contrato social com as novas gerações (p. 121). Sociedade Cientifica da Universidade Católica Portuguesa. DOI
Moreira, M. C., & Henriques, C. (2007). Percursos Turístico-Culturais e Criatividade - Que futuro para a relação entre turismo-cultura-estatuária? Tourism and Management Studies, 3, 134–145. DOI
Moreira, M. C., Rocha, J. A. O., & Martins, J. (2007). História e tecnologia: preservação do património estatuário como identidade cultural luso – brasileira. Projeto História, (34), 69–84. DOI
Proença, M., Correia, I., Petiz, O., Moreira, C., & Dias, J. B. (2007). Felgueiras: Que Futuro? Estudo prospectivo da economia municipal no contexto do emprego e da formação. Minicipio de Felgueiras. DOI
Moreira, C. (2006). La Importancia del Mercado Español en el Comercio Exterior Portugués (1796‐1831). Hispania Nova Revista De Historia Contemporánea, (6), 1–26. DOI
Vieira, E., Pereira, O., & Moreira, M. C. (2006). Educação e produtividade na Euroregiao Galiza - Norte de Portugal, 1995-2002. Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, 6(2), 121–145. DOI
Moreira, M. C. (2005). Fiery Debate: The Need to Use the Portuguese Dry Ports as a Way of Channelling Consular Duties to Spanish Consuls Based in Portugal (1722 -1841) . In M. Aradas & N. C. J. Pappas (Eds.), Themes in European History: Essays from 2nd International Conference on European History (pp. 363–370). ATINER - Athens Institute for Education and Research. DOI
Economic History
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