Luciana Barbosa joined ISCTE-IUL in 2021 as an Assistant Professor. She has published articles in top-ranked international journals, such as the European Journal of Operational Research, Energy Economics and Emerging Markets Review. She has teaching experience at the undergraduate and graduate level. Her current research interests include the following topics: real options, game theory, investment decisions, renewable energy and real estate.

Luciana has more than 20 years of Financial Analysis experience in Brazil, USA, UK and Portugal. Education includes a Ph.D. degree with distinction within the MIT Portugal Program at Instituto Superior Técnico, a Master degree in Finance with distinction at Lancaster University Management School (UK), and a Master degree in Industrial Engineering with distinction at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).