I have an Undergraduate and MSc in Economics (NOVA School of Business and Economics), a MSc in Urban and Regional Planning (Universidade Técnica de Lisboa) and a PhD in Urban Planning (Universidade Lusófona).

I work at CATÓLICA-LISBON, Portugal, with the following roles:

• Senior Economist/Forecaster, Católica Lisbon Forecasting Lab | NECEP.
• Auxiliary Researcher, Católica Lisbon Research Unit in Business & Economics | CUBE (UID/GES/00407/2020).
• Consultant, Católica Lisbon Applied Research & Consulting Centre | CEA.
• Invited Teaching Assistant, Business Research Methods (data analysis and predictive analytics with R programming) and Reinforcement Learning with Business Applications (Python programming).

My research interests cross Economics with Data Analysis, Computational Methods and Urban Planning.

Here is my latest research:

• The Economic Value of Depth, 2025. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2506.15354
• Combining Space Syntax with Machine Learning to Predict Seating Places, 2024. ISBN: 979-12-5669-032-9
• Forecasting with Neuro-Dynamic Programming, 2024. DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2404.03737
• Space Syntax with Logic Programming: An Application to a Modern Estate, 2023. DOI: 10.3390/urbansci7030078

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