Economics and business

Framework: In tourism and hospitality industry, it is important to increase tourism expenditure and to attract visitors in a profitable way, but it is also necessary to complement these practices with the creation of authentic and memorable experiences, the increasing of the well-being of the residents, the promotion of social justice and gender equality and the preservation of natural and cultural assets.

Sustainable Tourism and Territories is one of the research areas of The Research Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being (CinTurs) (https://www.cinturs.pt/site/)

Economic statisticians employ specialised methodologies to delve into a variety of themes. The research activities of our statisticians group are primarily centred around three key areas: 1) statistical analysis of sustainability across its multifaceted aspects, including economic, social, environmental, and energy sustainability; 2) statistical models to examine corporate innovation and its impact on the labour market and human capital; 3) statistical models for finance, including the analysis of extreme values and forecasting, enhanced by sentiment analysis techniques.

The group's research profile covers a wide range of topics in the fields of Economics and Finance, with particular emphasis on Financial Economics, Economic Integration, Business Cycles, Monetary Economics, Regional Economics, Economics of Innovation, Economic Policy, Labor Market, Income Inequality, Economic Growth and Development and Tourism Economic Impacts.

The group's research covers a wide range of topics, with particular emphasis on financial economics, money and banking, econophysics, the application of agent-based models, networks, and multifractal models in the fields of economics and finance.

The Center for Advanced Studies in Management and Economics (CEFAGE) was created in 2006, with the aim of promoting high quality research in the areas of Management and Economics. Since 2009 CEFAGE is funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) (previous project reference: UID/ECO/04007/2013; current project reference UIDB/04007/2020). 

Optimal design of discrete mathematical models and their applications.
Application of neural networks and genetic algorithms
Application of Data Mining Technology
Simulation and estimation of cosmological parameters
Mathematical modelling, asymptotic analysis, fluid mechanics and solid mechanics
Study of reliability and vulnerability in networks by applying techniques from the Graph Theory
Study of different invariants in graphs, metric dimension and parameters related to connectivity and restricted connectivity in finite graphs and digraphs

Economía de la Innovación y política tecnológica
Flujos de conocimiento ciencia-tecnología
Flujos de conocimiento tecnología-tecnología
Patentes
Impacto económico portuario
Economía del Transporte
Economía Ecológica
Economía Circular
Economía medioambiental

ANALYSIS OF TERRITORIAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
SYSTEMIC ANALYSIS AND NETWORKS
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SUSTAINABLE LAND DEVELOPMENT
POPULATION DYNAMICS
SOCIAL ECONOMY
Rural Spaces
EXTROVERSION AND SPATIAL DYNAMICS
SOCIAL INNOVATION
POVERTY AND TERRITORIAL INEQUALITY

The scientific production is derived from the following 3 lines of research: Knowledge Management and Innovation; Top Management Teams; and Entrepreneurship. The most recent line focuses on the study of academic spin-offs, and emerged from a research project of R&D National Plan, beginning with a research stay (2011-2012) at the Institute of Innovation Research of the University of Manchester. This line has been developed through three competitive projects in which I have been the main researcher.