Ph.D. in Management

Research Areas

The Nova SBE PhD program is designed to train future researchers in these key areas of management:

  • Management and Organization
  • Marketing
  • Operations, Technology and Innovation Management
  • Strategy and Entrepreneurship

Potential Advisors:

Supporting our researchers

Nova SBE has several Knowledge Centers and Labs to connect and support researchers. Students are typically affiliated to one Knowledge Center.

Nova SBE Leadership for Impact Knowledge Center

Nova SBE Leadership for Impact Knowledge Center

Nova SBE has recently established the Leadership for Impact Knowledge Center, where stakeholders converge to co-create transdisciplinary solutions for societal challenges and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals.

Nova SBE Data Science Knowledge Center

Nova SBE Data Science Knowledge Center

The Data Science Knowledge Center at Nova SBE aims to advance knowledge about data-driven decision-making and its application in society.

Nova SBE Behavioral Lab

Nova SBE Behavioral Lab

Nova SBE Behavioral Lab supports a research laboratory focused on experimentation.

Latest events and research highlights

Whats's happening

News

Antonieta Cunha e Sá wins Horizon Europe grant
Science Outreach | 27 October 2023 Antonieta Cunha e Sá wins Horizon Europe grant

Antonieta Cunha e Sá received a grant for the Horizon Europe programme with the project “Co-creating people-centric sustainable neighbourhoods through urban regeneration (WeGenerate)”.

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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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Events

Lydia Assouad, LSE
11 Jun '25
NOVAFRICA Seminars | Wednesday Lydia Assouad, LSE

Lydia Assouad, from LSE, will present her research. 

Leadership and Nation-Building

How do individual leaders shape nation-building beyond policy design? This paper examines the case of...

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Sasha Indarte, Wharton University
06 Jun '25
Finance Seminars | Friday Sasha Indarte, Wharton University

Sasha Indarte, from Wharton University, will present her research. 

Consumption Wedges: Measuring and Diagnosing Distortions

Deviations from canonical consumption-savings models have been...

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Wilson Bastos, Católica-Lisbon
05 Jun '25
Management Seminars | Thursday Wilson Bastos, Católica-Lisbon

Professor Wilson Bastos, from Católica-Lisbon, will present his research.

It depends on how you see it: How extraverts’ tendency to perceive purchases more experientially brings them greater...

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