Cátia Batista is one of the personalities chosen to be a member of the new "Conselho Nacional para as Migrações e Asilo". The council will be the national advisory body for the Government for the strategic debate in the field of policies for national migration and asylum, one of the most sensitive topics of recent governments.

Irene Consiglio is now professor with “Agregação” in Management, after the public presentation to the jury formed by Pedro Gardete; Luís Lages; Miguel Pina e Cunha; Elena Reutskaja (IESE Business School); Ana Valenzuela Martinez (ESADE Business School) and Steven Sweldens (Rotterdam School of Management).

 Anne-Laure Fayard's online article - The 3-Stage Process That Makes Universities Prime Innovators - written with Martina Mendola (researcher at The Dock, Accenture’s global R&D and innovation center) for Harvard Business Review has been selected for "Inspiring Minds" by Harvard Business Publishing Editions. The article addresses the role of universities in creating and nurturing collaborations for social innovation and it is illustrated with examples from several international schools on how to engage students, communities, companies, and the public sector to tackle complex societal issues.

Pedro Sena-Dias, PhD student in Management, participated in Encontro Ciência 2024 through the submission of a poster entitled Business Model Schemas as Forces for Early Internationalization and Later Transitions: Lessons from A World Leader Born Global done in co-authorship with Miguel Pina e Cunha. This purely inductive study follows the internationalization phases of Nelo Kayaks, a Born Global that evolved to sell canoes/kayaks to 75% of the paddlers in the 2020 Olympics. The authors found that Nelo’s business model (the who, the what, the how of the firm (Teece. 2010) explains Nelo’s express internationalization: (1) International knowledgeable buyers; (2) Niche product requiring no localized adaptations; (3) small set international distributors.

How do mothers allocate resources and effort based on anticipated outcomes for their children's future? The new paper "Maternal Investment in Children: The Role of Expected Effort and Returns" published in the Economic Journal by Nova SBE Professor and Era Chair holder Adeline Delavande, with Sonia  Bhalotra (University of Bristol), Poulino Font-Gilabert (Kings College), and Joanna Maselko (University of North Carolina ), finds the importance of subjective expectations of returns among mothers in rural Pakistan.

Happy to share the new episode of the Design Thinking Roundtable Podcast: Radical Participatory Design. Anne-Laure Fayard was in conversation with Victor Udoewa Service Design Lead for the CDC. In this episode, they discussed Victor's experience as a service designer in particular in the public sector. Victor also explained why radical participatory design (and other forms of design like relational design and pluriversal design) can address some of the challenges faced by design. He introduced concepts such as “designer as community member,” “community member as designer,” and “community member as facilitator".

Get ready to embark on a transformative journey from November 6^th to 8^th at Nova SBE campus, which is designed to generate innovative solutions, strategies, and perspectives to navigate the complexities of today's business landscape. This is a conference to kick off the future of executive education, unlocking the full potential of our collective intelligence to drive organizational growth and shape a brighter future for all. Make sure you check more about the event and join in.

Save the date for the next Nova SBE Leadership for Impact Knowledge Center events. On October 16th, “Let’s Talk about…Changing People”, in a Social Leadership for Managers moment of meeting and dialogue at Nova SBE. It will be led by Miguel Pina e Cunha and will feature a panel of guests whose mission is to Transform People. The 9th edition of the Social Leadership for Managers training is also coming – October 8th to 10th and 25th at Nova SBE! This time we have 8 scholarships for executives from the Beja and Évora region, as the program intends to expand its impact and create advisory councils in these regions.

Portugal was the country chosen by the European Business History Association to celebrate its 30 years of existence, with the Annual Congress of the European Business History Association (EBHA).  The event, a joint initiative between Nova SBE and ISEG, brought together distinguished international experts in business history, making this one of the most important scientific events on the subject. The initiative – was organized by Amélia Branco and Pedro Neves (ISEG) and Álvaro Ferreira da Silva, Luciano Amaral and Lisbeth Rodrigues.

Susana Lavado and Leid Zejnilovic attended the Data for Policy 2024—Decoding the Future: Trustworthy Governance with AI?" conference at Imperial College London. Susana Lavado presented the paper "Human Oversight of Algorithmic Decisions: A Post-Deployment Empirical Investigation," co-authored with Charles W. (Rotterdam School of Management) and Leid Zejnilovic had the opportunity to engage in meaningful discussion on Algorithmic Governance as he chaired one of the sessions.

Bernardo Forbes Costa, a researcher from Nova SBE Data Science Knowledge Center, attended the 14th Lisbon Machine Learning School at Instituto Superior Técnico. This prestigious program covered the most up-to-date methods in neural networks, sequence models, transformers, vision and language, and causality.

Pedro Gardete participated at the Rectory in the NYTA awards (NOVA Young Talent Awards) that distinguished 40 students who stood out in the 1st year of each of NOVA's courses. In addition to distinguishing their commitment and dedication, this award also pays homage to the high schools that prepared the students, very well for a brilliant start in academic life.

Pedro Brinca participated in the Associação Business Roundtable (ABR) Conference - Portugal a country where you will want to live. You can click here to watch. He also participated in a round table in the Conversas Anpromis initiative, organized by the Associação Nacional de Produtores de Milho e Sorgo (Anpromis). The debate was about the evolution that national agriculture has had in recent years, demonstrating that even with political cycles that are sometimes less favourable, this sector knew how to react and demonstrate its strong dynamics.

Anne-Laure Fayard participated in a panel discussion on Space and the Ethics of Care organized by the Politecnico di Milano where she pointed to the social contract in companies struggling with high turnover and turning to experiments with power dynamics and flawed ideas of care to “lure” employees into the office and so on.

Pedro Oliveira delivered the welcome remarks to the participants of the European Business History Association (EBHA) Congress hosted by Nova SBE and ISEG. He also attended the “Walk the Talk: AI in Hospitality and Travel”, co-organized by Nova SBE Westmont Institute of Tourism & Hospitality and BAE Ventures, where he talked about "User Innovation Powered by AI" and the potential of AI to revolutionise the processes and speed of innovation. He also participated in the ‘Trends Forum’ of the QSP SUMMIT where, alongside with other deans, discussed issues such as IA challenges and digital transformation.

On the first day of the Statistical Challenges in Electronic Commerce Research (SCECR), Daniela Schmitt presented the paper "Beyond Preferences: Identifying Wealth Effects in Consumer Choice" – a joint work with Pedro Gardete and Florian Stahl (University of Mannheim).

Sofia Kousi attended the European Conference on Positive Psychology where she presented the work developed with co-authors Marlene Jäger and Afrem S., both M.Sc. in Management, linking gratitude to sustainable consumption of hedonic and utilitarian products.

Several researchers from the Nova SBE Health Economics & Management Knowledge Center attended the EuHEA Conference 2024. The event explored various perspectives on health economics, from macro analyses of health systems to microeconomic studies on patient and provider behaviors. The goal was to foster a comprehensive understanding of the latest research and inform effective, equitable, and sustainable health policies.

Pedro Pita Barros participated in the third episode on the topic of Health of the InNova Talks. This episode addressed the challenges of health innovation.