Luis Cruz obtained a degree and a Master in Economics from the University of Coimbra (in 1993 and 1997, respectively) and a Ph.D. in Environmental Social Sciences from the School of Politics, International Relations and the Environment, Keele University, UK (in 2003). He is Tenured Associate Professor (with Aggregation/Habilitation) at the Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra (FEUC), Portugal, where he has been teaching courses mainly on the microeconomics and environmental economics related areas, both at graduate and post-graduate courses, and has supervised several PhD and Master students.
He is currently the FEUC’s vice-Dean for Research; he is a researcher at the Centre for Business and Economics Research - CeBER, Univ. Coimbra, and he co-coordinates advanced educational programs within the Energy for Sustainability (EfS) Initiative of the UC, which include a Doctoral degree in association with the MIT-Portugal Program, as well as a Masters degree and a Specialization course offered within the University.
His research interests include the modelling and analysis of environmental and socio-economic interactions, either at local, regional and country levels, with a policy oriented focus. He has been participating in a number of R&D national and EU-funded projects and contracts with the industry and has been (co)author and reviewer of scientific publications in peer-reviewed international journals in economics and energy and environment areas (in journals such as: Economic Systems Research, Energy Economics, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Forest Economics, Cities, Energy Policy, Ecological Indicators, Water Policy, Utilities Policy, Sustainable Cities and Society, J. of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, British Food Journal, J. of Environmental Psychology, J. of Geographical Systems, Int. J. of Sustainability in Higher Education, Environmental Management, Public Organization Review, Int. J. of Productivity and Performance Management, RPER).
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