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Study reveals that climate change may increase risk of violence, - <p>Extreme heat days increase the risk of violence, according to the authors of a study that analysed the heat/violence link in Russia.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
When Economics fight poverty - <p>At&nbsp;<strong>Nova SBE</strong>&nbsp;there is a center that uses the same line of work as the last Nobel Prize in Economics to help reduce poverty, incorporating experimental evaluation.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
Study "Surviving the Perfect Storm: Exports, Budgetary Austerity and Business Heterogeneity" - <p>Study by Manuel Adelino, from Duke University, <strong>Paulo Fagandini</strong>, <strong><a href="https://www2.novasbe.unl.pt/en/faculty-research/faculty-profiles/faculty-detail/id/69/miguel-ferreira">Miguel A. Ferreira</a></strong> and <strong><a href="https://www2.novasbe.unl.pt/en/faculty-research/faculty-profiles/faculty-detail/id/125">Francisco Queiró</a></strong>, from&nbsp;<strong>Nova SBE</strong>, says that suppliers from the state did the &quot;miracle of...</p>
Chair BPI | “la Caixa” Foundation in Health Economics - <p><strong>The Chair BPI | &ldquo;La Caixa&rdquo; Foundation in Health Economics</strong> was awarded to&nbsp;<strong>Pedro Pita Barros</strong>&nbsp;</p>
Nova SBE organizes a summer school in Peru - <p>The Faculty of Economics and Finance, Department of Economics, Master Program in Economics and Research Vice-presidency at <a href="http://www.up.edu.pe/">Universidad del Pacífico in Lima</a>, Peru in collaboration with at <strong>Nova SBE...</strong></p>
"We are in the Stone Age of the Digital Revolution" - <p><strong><a href="https://www2.novasbe.unl.pt/en/faculty-research/faculty-profiles/faculty-detail/id/146/joana-goncalves-de-sa">Joana Gonçalves de Sá</a></strong> in&nbsp;<em>SIC</em>&#39;s&nbsp;<em><a href="https://sicnoticias.pt/programas/admiravel-mundo-novo1/2020-01-03-Estamos-na-Idade-da-Pedra-da-Revolucao-Digital.-Como-explicar-o-fenomeno-das-noticias-falsas">Admirável Mundo Novo</a>&nbsp;</em>, spoked&nbsp;about her research work&nbsp;​and how fake&nbsp;news continues to be present in our daily lives</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
VCW awarded EUR 550,000 for the European Horizon 2020 Project NextLand - <p><a href="https://www2.novasbe.unl.pt/en/faculty-research/faculty-profiles/faculty-detail/id/44/luis-lages">Luis Lages</a> was awarded EUR 550,000 for the participation of the <a href="http://www.vcw.pt"><b>VCW Lab</b></a> in the European Horizon 2020 Project NextLand, which aims to develop activities and services in agriculture and forests,...</p>
Nova SBE secured four grants in the FCT Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus 2018 - <p><b>Nova SBE</b>&nbsp;secured four grants in the FCT Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus 2018, corresponding to a success rate of 29%</p>
90 Seconds of Science with Professor Antonieta Cunha e Sá - <p>Professor Antonieta Cunha e Sá addresses the impact that land conversion at the border of urban and non-urban areas, for development or for agriculture, can have on the environment and the ecology of...</p>
90 seconds of science with Professor José Tavares - <p>A study reveals that implementing a gender quota in a democratic political system is only effective if it is high enough to convince the best qualified women to compete. A share of less than 25% may...</p>
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Prizes and Awards . 27 November 2025 Ana Balcão Reis Appointed Portugal’s National Delegate to OECD’s CERI

Ana Balcão Reis has been appointed by the Deputy Secretary of State for Education to serve as Portugal’s National Delegate to the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and...

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