Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues (MLR, born 19 March 1956 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese professor of Sociology and politician.
MLR is associate professor at ISCTE - Lisbon University Institute, where she has taught since 1986 and received her PhD in Sociology in 1996.
She was the national representative at the Eurostat's Working Party of R&D and Innovation Survey (1996–2002), President of the Observatory of Sciences and Technologies at the Ministry of Science and Technology (1997–2002) and the national representative at the OECD Working Party on the Indicators for the Information Society (1999–2002).
She also worked in the consultancy and human resources management and training areas.
MLR has authored dozens of scientific papers and books chapters and published three monographs: Sociologia das Profissões [Sociology of Professions] (1997), Os Engenheiros em Portugal [Engineers in Portugal] (1999) and A Escola Pública Pode Fazer a Diferença [Public School Can Make the Difference] (2010).