Research

The ERA Chair aims to address the complexity of today's societal grand challenges and the transformative power of innovative ideas, prompting Social Innovation as an urgent call on a global level, from both practice and research. We expect this project to impact the Social Innovation Ecosystem and be a valuable contribution to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. A new research area on Social Innovation at Nova SBE will be established, including defining research priorities, securing research funds, and establishing international collaborations and networks.

The NOVO BANCO Entrepreneurship & Technology Chair has the objective of promoting and developing knowledge intersecting the areas of finance, entrepreneurship, and technology.

Part of the Social Equity Initiative
The BPI | Fundação “la Caixa” Chair in Responsible Finance aims to develop research and education on the important role that finance plays in societal progress and how a competitive and inclusive financial system can contribute to economic development.

The Fundação Amélia de Melo Chair in Leadership supports the emergent study of a new social and organizational model as a consequence of confluent forces in technology, demography, organization, and leadership. These forces present a challenge to traditional management practices and stimulate the creation of new models of social and business organization, the outlines of which are still to be defined.

The Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Chair in Impact Economy aims to prospect the field of Impact Economy in Portugal through research in areas such as User Innovation, Leadership for Impact, Entrepreneurial Learning and System Change.

Part of the Social Equity Initiative
The BPI | Fundação “la Caixa” Chair in Health Economics aims to develop research to analyze new trends and challenges in the health sector through impact measurement, studies, and analyses on subjects such as Access to Healthcare Services, Human Resources, and Ageing Population.

The objective of this chair is to develop three main pillars: Research, Teaching and Transmission of Knowledge in entrepreneurship to society. It also aims to train, prepare and equip all students with the necessary tools to become better entrepreneurs, building a dynamic community together with academics, start-ups, partners and society. Its academic activities include an annual conference, creation of scientific articles, master's theses in entrepreneurship and a Certification in Entrepreneurship. The teaching of undergraduate, masters and doctoral programs are also linked to the Nova SBE Haddad Entrepreneurship Institute through the curatorship of courses in areas related to entrepreneurship.