Luís Catela Nunes

Luís Catela Nunes is a Full Professor at Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE), where he has held leadership roles including Deputy Dean for Research, Head of its Research Unit, and President of the Pedagogical Council. He is a scientific director of Nova SBE’s Economics of Education Knowledge Center and co-founded the Social Sciences DataLab in 2017. His research focuses on Applied Econometrics and Economics of Education, with additional contributions to Environmental Economics.

Education:

• PhD in Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1994)
• Master in Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1991)
• Bachelor in Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (1987)
• Agregação in Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2014)

Research Interests: Dr. Nunes explores topics such as educational policy design, school accountability, teacher effectiveness, and environmental valuation. His work bridges quantitative methods with real-world policy implications, particularly in Portugal’s education system and natural resource management.

Key Research Trends: Recent articles analyze school performance disparities, environmental crowdfunding mechanisms, wildfire impacts on tourism, and the socio-economic dynamics of immigrant education. His work often employs advanced econometric techniques to assess policy interventions.

Advising & Grants: Coordinated projects like ‘Teacher’s Impact on Student Learning’ and ‘Inclusion of Immigrant Students’. Active in interdisciplinary collaborations, including the Environmental Economics Knowledge Center and DataLab initiatives.

Labs/Teams: Leads Nova SBE’s Economics of Education Knowledge Center and co-directs the Social Sciences DataLab, fostering data-driven research in education and social sciences.