Zoe Venter

Zoe Venter is an Invited Assistant Professor at the Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics, Universidade Católica Portuguesa. She is affiliated with the CUBE Research Unit in Business and Economics (2020-2025), contributing to projects involving financial stability, macroprudential policies, and economic policy analysis. Venter holds a PhD in Economics and her research focuses on aggregate demand dynamics, financial stability mechanisms, and the interplay between monetary policy and credit markets. Her work aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals related to economic growth and financial inclusion.

Her research interests include macroprudential policy design, the impact of minimum wage reforms, housing market dynamics, and institutional bargaining frameworks. Key contributions analyze how policy instruments like macroprudential tools affect aggregate demand, savings behavior, and financial stability across advanced economies. She has also explored the role of central banks in mitigating systemic risks and the effects of political environments on financial regulation.

Venter has supervised 26 graduate works, emphasizing empirical and policy-oriented research. Her current project, CUBE, involves over 50 researchers addressing economic and business challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and working papers, with notable contributions in the International Journal of Central Banking and the Portuguese Economic Journal.