This paper presents aspects of an ongoing doctoral research project. The aim of this
article is to provide a framework for the research topic and demonstrate how the
systematic literature review has been applied as a methodology to investigate academic
production at master’s and doctoral level at two universities, in Portugal at ESAD and
the University of Lisbon, and in Brazil at UFPE and UERJ. The choice of the period for the
survey of academic production between 2017 and 2022 marks a political context that
tensions and provokes debate on social issues in society and in academia. According
to prior planning and protocols, the theses and dissertations included in the study were
located using online search platforms according to pre-established criteria.publishe
