Miguel Sousa Lobo

Miguel Sousa Lobo is Associate Professor of Decision Sciences at INSEAD, where he previously served as Director of the Middle East Campus (2013-2019) establishing INSEAD's presence at Abu Dhabi Global Market. Holding advanced degrees from Stanford University and an undergraduate degree from Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal, he also held academic appointments at Duke University and Columbia University prior to joining INSEAD.

His educational qualifications include:

• Undergraduate degree from Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
• MS, MA, and PhD from Stanford University, USA

Prof. Lobo's research integrates Sequential Decision-Making applications in Revenue Management, Price Optimization, Financial Engineering, and Market Microstructure with Social Network Analysis of affective dynamics in organizational contexts. His work bridges quantitative modeling and behavioral insights to address complex business problems involving uncertainty and human judgment.

Recent publications reveal dual research trajectories: exploring fat-tailed distributions in human judgment (e.g., forecast aggregation) and examining how relational affect influences team performance in organizational networks. These studies published in Management Science, Organization Science, and Academy of Management Discoveries demonstrate interdisciplinary rigor spanning operations, finance, and behavioral science.

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As former Director of INSEAD's Middle East Campus, Prof. Lobo led the development of INSEAD's Abu Dhabi operations at ADGM, though dedicated research laboratories or specialized teams are not described in the current materials.