MARIA HELENA PESTANA has been a professor at ISCTE since 1982. She holds a PhD in Quantitative Management Methods in the area of Market Research. She is a researcher in Statistics, Econometrics, and Data Analysis applied in the fields of Demography, Economics, Finance, Gerontology, Management, Psychology, Health, Sociology, and Tourism. She is the author of books and scientific articles in national and foreign publications. She is a researcher at Unifai-Universidade do Porto and researcher-collaborator at Dinamia_ISCTE and CEPCEP_UCP. CINTESIS, Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde,Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (FMUP), www.cintesis.eu. Helena received a certificate from the PSE company that represents in Portugal the IBM-SPSS for having pioneered in Portugal the first books of statistics and data analysis complemented with SPSS and its applications (1998, 2005, 2009, 2014). In the last 20 years, research interest has been directed essentially towards the application of multivariate analysis (quantitative/qualitative), scientometrics/bibliometrics, programming, big data, social networks, and the like with applications in the field of health and social sciences.
CV Summary
Academic Qualifications
University/Institution | Type | Degree | Period |
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ISCTE-IUL - Instituto Superior Ciências Trabalho e da Empresa
Métodos Quantitativos de Economia e Gestão
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Portugal
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Lisboa
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PhD | Organização e Gestão de Empresas | 1998 - 2026 |
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
Portugal
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Lisboa
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PhD | Métodos Quantitativos de Gestão | 2003 |
Instituto Superior de Economia
Portugal
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Lisboa
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M.Sc. | Métodos Quantitativos de Gestão | 1984 - 1985 |
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
Portugal
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Lisboa
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Other type of qualification | Provas Científico Pedagógicas | 1985 |
ISCTE-IUL - Instituto Superior Ciências Trabalho e da Empresa
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Licenciate | Organização e Gestão de Empresas | 1981 |
Research Interests
Tourism |
Ageing |
Big Data Analysis |
University Bullying |
Covid-19 and university students |
Virtual reality and dementia |
Scientometric analysis |
Network science approach |
Senior tourism |
Data analyse using python and IBM-SPSS |
Older people: scientometric analysis of aplications of Taichi, Hiits, meditation, compation, yoga, Wim-Holf breathing method, and other related methods, in quality improvement |
Data analysis in the field of Neuroscience |
Collection and data analysis in the field of Psychiatry, namely older people and dementia |
Musical effects in the reduction of dementia |
Senior tourism |
University sector, namely the effect of Covid-19 in the private and publica life of students |
Fields of Science and Technology Classification
Other Natural Sciences Natural Sciences |
Other Engineering and Technology Sciences Engineering and Technology |
Other Medical Sciences Medical and Health Sciences |
Educational Sciences Social Sciences |
Sociology Social Sciences |
Other Social Sciences Social Sciences |