Professor João Castro is an Associate Professor at the Nova School of Business and Economics, where he studies and teaches topics such as “Product Design”, “Innovation Management” and “Technological Strategy”. With a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Porto and a PhD in Engineering Systems from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he has accumulated several years of experience in managing technological projects, both in the public and private sectors, experience that now enriches his teaching and research activities with his students. 

2011 - Post Doctoral Fellow, Stanford University, Center for Design Research, Stanford, USA

2010 - Ph.D in Engineering Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2005 - M.S in Engineering Design (ABD), Instituto Superior Técnico

2000 - B.S in Electrotecnic and Computer Engineering, University of Porto

Research interests focused on the intersections of technology, innovation and business, more specifically digital transformation, innovation management, design thinking, product design and development and systems thinking