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Associate Professor in the Department of Quantitative Methods for Management and Economics at Iscte, holding various positions in academic management, including coordinator of the 3rd year of the Bachelor's degree in Management, elected member of the Scientific Council and General Council, department director, and currently director of the Iscte Business School, all at Iscte.
Her research interests focus on Combinatorial Optimization Problems, with a special emphasis on the Design of Logistics Networks and Sectorization and Route Design, using metaheuristics. She has participated as a researcher in research projects funded by FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Foundation for Science and Technology) and in some national scope research studies, notably in the definition of a logistic model for the supply of forest biomass to power plants, and in the definition of a model for expanding the national network of the Justice of the Peace Courts.
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Associate Professor at ISCTE-IUL and integrated researcher at BRU-Iscte (Business Research Unit), she has a PhD in Management with a specialisation in Operations and Technology Management and a Master's Degree in Management, with a specialisation in Strategy.
She is currently Vice-President of Iscte Business School for Teaching and Innovation and Vice-President of Iscte's Pedagogical Council. She is also Co-Director of the Master's in Humanitarian Action together with a Co-Director of the School of Sociology and Public Policy, a programme offered jointly by both schools, and in the past she held the position of Director of the Degree in Industrial Management and Logistics.
She teaches Operations Management, Logistics Management, Services and Operations Management and Value Chain Management and is the author of more than 85 scientific articles, published in scientific journals such as the International Journal of Logistics Management, International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management and Public Money and Management, among others.
She has also authored book chapters on logistics management and lean management in justice systems. Her main research topics are operations management in humanitarian contexts, logistics management, value chain management and management in the area of services, mainly in judicial and health systems.
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With a PhD in Management from Tilburg University in the Netherlands, she lectures at Iscte Business School on Strategic Management and Sustainability, Ethics and Social Responsibility. She is currently Associate Dean for Engagement and Impact at Iscte Business School.
As a researcher in the Business Research Unit (BRU-Iscte), her work has appeared in various publication outlets, including the Journal of Business Ethics and Public Management Review. She has been Associate editor of the International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education and Topic editor of Sustainability.
She is also collaborating as Guardian of the GRLI Council (Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative), Head of Programmematic Work at the PRME Iberia Chapter and serves as Quality and Sustainability Liaison for Iscte Business School. In the past, she was Deputy Director of the Marketing, Operations and General Management Department, a member of the BRU-Iscte Scientific Committee, coordinator of the Sustainability Prosperity dimension at Iscte and collaborated as an expert on ISO TC323 on the Circular Economy.
She has also complemented her academic training with various professional qualifications, including the GRI Certified Training Programme, Sustainable Business Strategy at Harvard Business School Online, and certifications as an Advanced Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) Professional, as a LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Certified Facilitator and as a Pro.Play® Certified Facilitator.
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