Alex Armand is now professor “agregado” in Economics. The “agregação” jury was Pedro Vicente (President); José Tavares; Pedro Martins; Pedro Carneiro (University College London); Irma Clots-Figueras (University of Kent) and António Mendonça (ISEG).

We have two new research videos. One with Rita Dias Pereira where she explains the Horizon Europe - Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions grant that she won with the paper “Towards an understanding of social media: The effects on health, well-being, and genetic susceptibilities (SOCIAL)”, in which she tries to assess the social media's impact on health and well-being.  The second one is about Melissa Prado novobanco chair in ESG that, through research, teaching, and dissemination, wants to lead this mission focusing on finance and Environmental, Social, and Governance issues.

Luis Martinez was an editor and a co-author in five chapters of the book  Advances in Digital Marketing and eCommerce: Fifth International Conference just published. The book provides the latest insights on developing business models for the digital marketing landscape, focuses on the evolution of social media as a marketing strategy and highlights the latest research advances in e-commerce.

Nova SBE congratulates PhD students on successfully defending their thesis.

Gonçalo Sousa, PhD in Management

Thesis: “The relationship between technological innovation, open innovation and firm strategy”

Supervisor: Emanuel Gomes and Ferran Vendrell-Herrero (University of Edinburgh Business School)

Amélia Monteiro, PhD in Management

Thesis: “The Unseen Shield: Exploring the Dynamics of Resilience in the Workplace”

 Supervisor: Pedro Neves

Franziska Hittmair, PhD in Management

Thesis: “Three Essays on Corporate Environmental Pollution”

Supervisor: Roberto Ragozzino and Youtha Cuypers

Bernardo Costa, PhD in Economics

Thesis: “Data-Driven Insights in Real Estate: Data, Policy, and Shocks in Portugal’s Urban Landscape”

Supervisor: Qiwei Han and Carlos Daniel Santos (ISEG)

The 20th Symposium on Statistical Challenges in Electronic Commerce Research (SCECR), organized by the Nova SBE Data Science Knowledge Center (DSKC), was a success. Over the three-day conference, more than 250 attendees had the opportunity to engage in insightful discussions on cutting-edge data science research and innovations. The DSKC also had the final report on the Multichannel Strategy, Recommendations for Improving Digital Platforms and Analytics Strategy, prepared by it in collaboration with Organização Internacional para as Migrações - OIM Portugal, presented to AIMA I.P. Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum. This document, prepared within the scope of the project “Portugal: improving migrant integration services”, presents a set of strategies and recommendations for optimizing the Agency's contact with the migrant population residing in Portugal.

Ana Balcão Reis closed the 2nd edition of the Nova SBE "Leadership for Teachers" Program, which she taught and coordinated, and which was partially taught by other researchers from the Nova SBE Economics of Education Knowledge Center, to present to Cascais teachers the latest research in education economics.

Mariana Esteves participated in the III Girl Conference Talk, organized by EXAME magazine, which aims to bring more women into the public debate on economic topics. She spoke about the salary problem and that it cannot be solved just by increases in productivity. She was also in a Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos event to speak about what democracy we built after April 25, 1974, and in 50 years, what have women achieved.

Miguel Ferreira, within the scope of the Finance for All program and at the invitation of the Ministry of Education, participated in the session presenting the results of the OECD's PISA (International Student Assessment Program) on financial literacy for Portugal. This event was not only an opportunity to explore the results presented, but also a moment of rich and constructive discussion with other experts, educators and policy makers about the implications and future directions of financial literacy in our country.

The 6th Value Creation Wheel Conference: How to Innovate, Make Decisions and Solve Problems?", organized by Luis Filipe Lages, took place at Nova SBE. It brought together leaders, managers, public policymakers, and academics to foster sustainable innovation in a pivotal platform for cross-disciplinary dialogue and collaboration.

Nova SBE Open and User Innovation Knowledge Center and Meta co-organized an event that gathered speakers from academics, business and government to discuss “How can Artificial Intelligence foster Open Innovation”.

Nova Medical School and Nova SBE Health Economics & Management Knowledge Center brought to academia the well-known 'Shark Tank' business capture model by designing together the Nutrition Shark Tank, attended by “sharks” from the business world to evaluate projects presented by six groups of final year students of the Degree in Nutrition Sciences, involving a total of 15 finalists. The projects were put to the test by the panel of experts, with the audience in attendance being nominated for the best pitch.

Economic Development in Africa was the main theme of the NOVAFRICA Conference, bringing together numerous world leaders to participate in the bi-annual event. The challenges caused by migration (at origin and destination), climate change and wars (many with religious motivations) in developing countries, with a focus on Africa, were some of the themes that brought together academics and political decision-makers at the international conference at this conference.

Nova SBE Jerónimo Martins Grand Auditorium, hold the 2024 Celebration of PhD Graduates to honor our PhD students and colleagues who graduated in the academic year 2023-2024. It was a significant milestone celebrating PhD graduates of the last year and the hard work of these exceptional individuals who have pushed the frontiers of knowledge.

Rodrigo Tavares participated in the launch of SIBS ESG, an SIBS platform designed to simplify the management of sustainability information, companies can now structure, systematise and report their ESG data, aligned with European taxonomy and regulations, and share it with financial institutions. He spoke about the relevance of sustainability practices for European SMEs.

Pedro Oliveira participated in the closing of the conference ‘Portugal, AI and the future: emerging technologies and opportunities in customer service’, which celebrates Teleperformance’s 30 years in Portugal. He also attended the 10th Observador Anniversary, hosted by Nova SBE, where we welcomed 52 personalities (Clube dos 52) to think about the next 10 years. He was at also the launch of the book "The Analytics Sandwich – Bringing People and Artificial Intelligence Together to Unlock Business Value" at our school. This book is co-authored by our partners from the Nova SBE Innovation Ecosystem: Bernardo Almada-Lobo, Pedro Amorim, Teresa Bianchi de Aguiar and Luis Guimarães from LTPlabs

Nova SBE Environmental Economics Knowledge Center co-organized a workshop on Climate Change Adaptation. This event brought together researchers to discuss and present findings on the impacts and adaptations related to climate change. It focused on the economic impact of wildfires, the role of technology in mitigating climate effects, and the adaptation costs in agriculture. This event provided a platform for sharing cutting-edge research and fostering collaborations to address the pressing challenges posed by climate change. The workshop was organized by Maria Antonieta Cunha-e-Sá, Christopher Knittel and Benjamin Krebs (MIT), Renato Rosa (University of Coimbra), and Joana Silva (Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics).

Filipa Castanheira, participated in a workshop focused on “Women in the Universe of Basketball”, in the 21st edition of the Cantanhede International Training Clinic.

Miguel Pina e Cunha participated in Innova Talks for a conversation about leadership whose starting point was the change that the pandemic introduced in the world of work, forcing us to overcome the fear regarding instruments that already existed, namely remote work, accelerating a process which otherwise could have taken years.

Pedro Pita Barros participated in the debate "Creation of Value for the Patient - Role of Integration and Continuity of Care" in the third edition of Mais Valor em Saúde. When asked whether the ULS model adds value in healthcare, he stressed that the ongoing legal transformation does not it must occupy all of management's mental space, otherwise, it will not leave room to think about integration. And, to achieve this goal, “professionals must be committed to the idea”, “computer systems must be prepared for change.