Pedro Neves, alongside Birgit Schyns and Kimberley Breevaart, just launched the research handbook Destructive Leadership, Forms, Context and Boundary Conditions (Edward Elgar Publishing). The book is a collection of contributions in the field of destructive leadership. "Destroying individual lives, disrupting team processes, damaging organizations’ reputations, and even threatening democracies, it is no wonder that destructive leaders have been the talk of the town for many years. (...) As long as we do not give destructive leadership the scholarly attention it deserves, both scientists and practitioners may wrongly believe that we go overboard in problematizing destructive leadership or that such stance is a mere opposition to the new trends in the positive management approach." (from the introduction).

Nova SBE has just launched the Nova SBE Public Policy Institute, which aims to tackle real-world issues and share best practices globally to promote research. Positioned between the public and private sectors, it will serve as a neutral space for experimentation, ensuring complete independence. One of its main goals is to place knowledge at the heart of public debate, fostering reasoned discussions with tangible societal impacts. The institute also aims to promote inclusive leadership and facilitate dialogue among various stakeholders, including political forces and ideological groups, to combat polarization and encourage collective problem-solving. The management team includes Luis Cabral as Academic Director, Pedro Martins as Deputy Academic Director, and Filipe Alfaiate as Executive Director.

Luisa Nobre, a PhD student in Economics and a member of Nova SBE Environmental Economics Knowledge Center, received the Best Young Researcher Paper Award at the XI AERNA Conference 2024, hosted by Nova SBE, for her paper titled “Tightening the Regulatory Framework: Assessing the Anticipatory Effects in Hydroelectric Production in Portugal.” Nobre’s innovative research offers a detailed examination of how regulatory changes influence hydroelectric production and broader environmental impacts, particularly focusing on the role of regulatory tightening in driving sustainability in energy systems.

The XI AERNA Conference was organized by the Nova SBE Environmental Economics Knowledge Center in collaboration with the Spanish-Portuguese Association of Natural Resource and Environmental Economics (AERNA). The event centered around urgent topics such as climate change, sustainable resource management, and energy transitions, offering a platform for key discussions on the circular economy and the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus. The conference underscored the ongoing collaboration and dialogue and the pivotal role of environmental economics in addressing the world’s sustainability challenges, emphasizing the need for cross-disciplinary approaches to tackling issues such as climate change, resource depletion, and environmental degradation.

The Nova SBE Health Economics & Management Knowledge Center and the Nova SBE Economics for Policy Knowledge Center, in partnership with the Administração Central do Sistema de Saúde (ACSS) (Central Administration of the Health System), promoted an event in September on our campus to disseminate results from the project “REFORM/SC2022/170, Enhancing Cooperation & Quality of Public Administration: Support for Strengthening Health Cost Accounting in Portugal”. Scientifically coordinated by Pedro Pita Barros and Pedro Brinca, after it is completed by the Nova SBE team, the ACSS will lead the implementation of the new Management Accounting Plan in the National Health Service (SNS), which will be operational nationwide at the beginning of 2025.

Engin Ayaz, co-founder and co-CEO of ATÖLYE, will be the Fall 2024 social innovator in residence at DESIS Lab and the ERA CHAIR in Social Innovation. Ayaz is a transdisciplinary designer and strategist with a rich background in architecture, systems thinking, and interaction design. From November 27-29, he will be sharing his visionary approach to design and social impact and will engage our community through the activities where he  will present some interesting ideas around design and his journey on this vast and transformative field.

Leid Zejnilovic spoke at DSPA INSIGHTS 2024 with the talk: "WiTH Africa: AI, Data, and Decision-Making for Tourism and Hospitality Management in Emerging Markets."

Pedro Brinca was part of the group of speakers who debated “Growth and Sustainability” at the 9th Congress of the Portuguese Agro-Food Industry. Pedro Brinca participated in the panel “Empowering the Food Industry for Growth and Sustainability.”

Pedro Neves and Filipa Castanheira gathered more than 50 professionals in the field of organizational behavior at Nova SBE for the 1st edition of the Dialogues in Organizational Behavior. The event featured keynotes from Jenny Hoobler (Developments in Research on Women's Leadership), Miguel Pina e Cunha (Normalized extremeness: Findings from special operations forces in the state of Rio de Janeiro), and Leid Zejnilovic (AI, Humans, and Organizations), as well as the presentation of awards for the best presentations by doctoral students. Miguel Almeida Fernandes, a PhD in Management, won one.

Pedro Oliveira intervened at Siemens Tech day on how AI is challenging higher education and Nova SBE in particular.  He was also at the 1^st anniversary of Nova SBE VOICE Leadership and hosted the launch of Nova SBE Public Policy Institute, with the participation of several personalities of our school such as Susana Peralta (Inequality Observatory), Ana Balcão Reis (Learning Loss During the Pandemic), Antonieta Cunha e Sá (Biophysical Economics and Sustainability), Pedro Pita Barros (Health Policy), Alex Armand (Cabo Delgado), Miguel Ferreira (Finance for All), Leid Zejnilovic (Data for Change), among others.

Steffen Hoernig participated in the Lisbon Institute of Public Policy event “Should we fear or embrace Gen AI in higher education?” He presented the report “Generative AI in Higher Education”.

Miguel Ferreira, at the first anniversary of the Nova SBE VOICE Leadership presented the first results of the ongoing study on the impact of education, training, and mentoring on SME growth and productivity. The findings highlight the potential transformative potential of tailored educational approaches in enhancing the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises.

Pedro Pita Barros and Carolina Santos were speakers at the 10th Health Economics and Policy Workshop. Two days were dedicated to the detailed discussion of the scientific work of the association members. A great opportunity to see colleagues, meet new Health Economists, discuss work, and think about research ideas with an impact on health systems.