Lucia Viegas

Lucia Viegas serves as an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Data Analytics within Bond Business School, Bond University, specializing in the economic and social dimensions of retirement in extended lifespans.

Her core research domains include:

• Retirement Economics
• Longevity-Driven Financial Planning
• Quality of Life Metrics in Aging Populations
• Decision-Making Processes Among Elderly Individuals
• Cognitive Decline and Economic Behavior
• True Costs of Extended Retirement Periods

Viegas investigates how increased longevity fundamentally alters consumption patterns during retirement, emphasizing the hidden financial burdens and societal implications of living longer. Her work bridges behavioral economics with demographic trends, particularly examining how cognitive deterioration impacts financial choices in later life. The article "The high price of eternal life" exemplifies her critical approach to life-extension narratives, analyzing their socioeconomic consequences beyond technological feasibility.

She actively participates in academic development initiatives such as the May 21, 2025 workshop on "Generative AI for Learning and Teaching," demonstrating engagement with evolving educational technologies while maintaining her retirement economics research focus.

Contact can be established through her institutional email lviegas@bond.edu.au or secondary address lucia.antoniadou@student.bond.edu.au.