PROSPER, our Center of Economics for Prosperity celebrates its 1st anniversary

The goal of the Center is to gather a community of faculty, researchers and students to develop rigorous knowledge on economic policy and analysis to contribute to societal development and human prosperity.

The Center has 8 team members and is growing, with new funding, new research projects, several published papers and reports on topics such as employment, poverty and inequality, and the supervision of master theses that have received outstanding grades (20, 20, 19).

Prof. Joana Silva, the academic director of our MSc in Economics, leads PROSPER and has brough to CATÓLICA-LISBON more than 15 years of experience as a Senior Economist in the World Bank.

Please see attached a Brief on the Center accomplishments. At CATÓLICA-LISBON we believe that rigorous economic thinking and effective policies is a key lever for progress and we are growing our community of great economic thinkers and analysts. If you want to be an excellent Economist in academia, international organizations, large companies or public institutions, CATÓLICA-LISBON is the right school for you.

Please follow the work of PROSPER and feel free to contact them at catolica-lisbon-research@ucp.pt

Católica Lisbon Center of Economics for Prosperity
400,000 new poor and 9% increase in inequality due to covid-19 in portugal
PROSPER (Católica-Lisbon's Center of Economics for Prosperity) from Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics in partnership with Fundacion La Caixa has just released a study that aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 on poverty and inequality in Portugal, as well as the mitigating effect of public protection policies.
Católica Lisbon Center of Economics for Prosperity
CATÓLICA-LISBON launches new research centre PROSPER
The new research centre PROSPER - Center of Economics for Prosperity was launched on June 4, along with the presentation of the report "Quem arcará com os custos da crise covid-19: Análise de empregos em risco em Portugal".