Research

Expertise that impacts the world

For over 40 years, we’ve been creating a positive international impact. Our investment in research has created solutions that people can use in their daily lives, contributing to a closer relationship with society and our stakeholders. Our research wants to push the boundaries of knowledge and strive to find exceptional solutions for societal challenges.

Research at Nova SBE focuses on three primary disciplinary areas – Economics, Finance, and Management – across Nova SBE Knowledge Centers (KCs), and several Nova SBE Labs and Hubs. We want to transform the world and dare to aim higher and higher. We will strengthen our community with scholars who don’t settle for the status quo and want to make a difference.

The Nova SBE Knowledge Centers’ main activities focus on developing research, help cross-fertilize applied and fundamental research, academic programs, and executive education. Our research Labs support faculty in their research and enhance knowledge co-production. Nova SBE Hubs are our gateway to engage and collaborate with society.

Nova SBE Knowledge Centers

We believe that creating and spreading knowledge is an important tool to evolve into a more enlightened society, and that’s why we count on eight Knowledge Centers. Each one with its specific approach, their goal is to answer important questions, both for today’s and tomorrow’s society.

Nova SBE Data, Operations & Technology Knowledge Center

Nova SBE Economics for Policy Knowledge Center

Nova SBE Economics of Education Knowledge Center

Nova SBE Environmental Economics Knowledge Center

Nova SBE Finance Knowledge Center

Nova SBE Health Economics & Management Knowledge Center

Nova SBE Leadership for Impact Knowledge Center

Nova SBE NOVAFRICA Knowledge Center

 
Nova SBE Labs

Our Labs support faculty in their research and enhance knowledge co-production across Economics, Finance and Management. 

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Research Unit

Research as a lever

Research is central to our culture because it allows us to have a positive impact on the world. Nova SBE integrates all its researchers into a single Research Unit with cross-disciplinary orientation, recognizing the variety and multiplicity of research taking place in the school.

At Nova SBE, we want to promote research with impact. We are aware that working in a stimulating environment is a key factor for top-quality research. That’s why we are fully committed to offering outstanding conditions to our researchers.

Our Researchers

 

Nova SBE Research Unit is funded by:

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Social Sciences DataLab (research infrastructure) is funded by:

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Nova SBE’s research is funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through UID/00124/2025 (Nova School of Business and Economics, DOI: https://doi.org/10.54499/UID/00124/2025), UID/PRR/00124/2025 and UID/PRR2/00124/2025 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.54499/UID/PRR2/00124/2025), and by LISBOA2030 through DataLab2030 (LISBOA2030-FEDER-01314200).

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We are always looking for talented researchers who want to produce high-quality research that impacts the world.

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World's top 2 % scientists

The University of Stanford, together with the specialized scientific publisher Elsevier, named four of our researchers amongst the world’s top 2 % scientists:

  • Miguel Ferreira, Finance

  • Miguel Pina e Cunha, Business & Management

  • Pedro Neves, Business & Management

  • Pedro Pita Barros, Economics

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Alper Nakkas, University of Texas at Arlington
24 Sep '26
Management Seminars | Thursday Alper Nakkas, University of Texas at Arlington

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Malcom Wardlaw, University of Georgia
11 Sep '26
Finance Seminars | Friday Malcom Wardlaw, University of Georgia

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Clara Cieslak, CERGE-EI
09 Sep '26
Management Seminars | Wednesday Clara Cieslak, CERGE-EI

Supernatural Beliefs about Illness and the Use of Modern Medicine: Evidence from the DR Congo

In many societies around the world, individuals attribute illness to supernatural forces such as...

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Ana Balcão Reis Appointed Portugal’s National Delegate to OECD’s CERI
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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Knowledge Centers’ second Annual Meeting
Past Research News | 27 October 2023 Knowledge Centers’ second Annual Meeting

The second Annual Research Meeting of the Knowledge Centers (KCs) took place at Nova SBE on September 27.

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Nova SBE at European Researchers' Night 2023
Science Outreach | 27 October 2023 Nova SBE at European Researchers' Night 2023

Nova SBE was represented at European Researchers’ Night 2023, in Lisbon, by the Open & User Innovation (OUI) and Leadership for Impact (LFI) Knowledge...

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