Nuno Albuquerque Matos

Nuno Albuquerque Matos serves as an Invited Lecturer at the Lisbon School of Law, Catholic University of Portugal, contributing to legal education while advancing research in European Union frameworks. His academic foundation includes undergraduate and master's degrees from Universidade de Coimbra's School of Law, establishing expertise in complex EU legal systems.

His educational trajectory features:

• Undergraduate Degree in Law, Universidade de Coimbra
• Master’s Degree in Law, Universidade de Coimbra

Matos's research critically examines the interplay between EU institutional structures and market dynamics, with concentration on Competition Law, Banking Law, and Commercial Law. His scholarship interrogates ECB mandates, state aid mechanisms, and fiscal capacity evolution within the Economic and Monetary Union, revealing how legal frameworks navigate tensions between national sovereignty and supranational governance. Particular emphasis is placed on crisis response instruments like Next Generation EU and their implications for democratic accountability in economic integration.

Analysis of his 2022-2025 publications demonstrates a pronounced shift toward systemic EU transformation, especially regarding climate transition challenges within central banking and horizontal fiscal cooperation models. His work consistently bridges legal doctrine with political economy perspectives, highlighting the 'dual mandate' dilemmas facing European institutions amid inflationary pressures and eurozone stability concerns.

Academic engagement spans international platforms including:

• REBUILD Annual Conference (2023) on NGEU integration
• Symposium co-chairmanship on European Economic Governance (2022)
• Visiting lectureships at European University Institute and Max Planck Institute (2022-2023)

He maintains active research affiliations through the Católica Research Centre for the Future of Law (CEID) and REBUILD Centre, where his working papers explore horizontalisation mechanisms in EU economic governance. Media contributions, such as his 2022 analysis of the ECB's dual mandate, demonstrate public intellectual engagement with contemporary EU policy challenges.