DIOGO FILIPE DA CUNHA FERREIRA (CF13-9741-551E)

Curriculum Vitae

DIOGO FILIPE DA CUNHA FERREIRA

DIOGO FILIPE DA CUNHA FERREIRA. Concluiu o(a) Mestrado integrado em Biomedical Engineering em 2012 pelo(a) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico e Doutoramento em PhD, Engineering and Management em 2018 pelo(a) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico. É Professor Auxiliar no(a) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Deputado no(a) Health Parliament Portugal, Investigador no(a) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Professor Auxiliar no(a) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Professor Associado Convidado no(a) The University of Newcastle - Newcastle City Campus e Professor Auxiliar Convidado no(a) University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. Publicou 69 artigos em revistas especializadas. Possui 2 capítulo(s) de livros. Orientou 5 tese(s) de doutoramento e coorientou 6. Orientou 27 dissertação(ões) de mestrado e coorientou 6. Recebeu 14 prémio(s) e/ou homenagens. Participa e/ou participou como Co-Investigador Responsável (Co-IR) em 1 projeto(s), Investigador em 3 projeto(s) e Investigador responsável em 2 projeto(s). Atua na(s) área(s) de Ciências Sociais com ênfase em Economia e Gestão, Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias com ênfase em Engenharia Médica e Ciências Sociais com ênfase em Economia e Gestão com ênfase em Organização e Gestão de Empresas. Nas suas atividades profissionais interagiu com 85 colaborador(es) em coautorias de trabalhos científicos. No seu currículo Ciência Vitae os termos mais frequentes na contextualização da produção científica, tecnológica e artístico-cultural são: Benchmarking; Performance; Hospitals; Order-m; Order-alpha; Investigação Operacional; Modelação Estatistica; Avaliação de Sistemas; Gestão de projetos; Gestão de stocks; Teoria da Decisão; Multicriteria decision analysis; Quality; Construction; structures and architecture; Territorial planning; transportation and systems; Environment and sustainability; Hydraulics and Water Resources; Ciência de Dados; Habitação; Políticas Públicas; Portugal.; Data Envelopment Analysis; Benefit of Doubt; Malmquist Index; Hicks-Moorsteen Index; Productivity Analysis; Returns to scale; Economies of Scale; Economies of Scope; Optimal Scale Size; Maximum Productivity Scale Size; Anatomy and Histology; Bioelectricity; Systems Physiology; Metabolism and Endocrinology; General Mechanisms of Disease; Circuits Theory and Electronic Fundamentals; Applied Mechanics; Genetic Engineering; Signals and Systems; Continuum Mechanics; Electronics; Chemistry; Mechanics and Waves; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Thermodynamics and the Structure of Matter; Organic Chemistry; Electromagnetism and Optics; Principles of Physical Chemistry; Quantum Mechanics; Quantum Structure of Matter; Differential and Integral Calculus; Elements of Programming; Linear Algebra; Computational Mathematics; Complex Analysis and Differential Equations; Probabilistic and Statistics; Algorithms and Computational Modelling; Computacional Biology; Imagiology Techniques; Biomechanics of Movement; Computational Modelling in Mechanics; Biomolecular and Cellular Engineering; Biomaterials; Tissue Biomechanics; Digital Signal Processing in Bioengineering; Signal Acquisition Instrumentation in Bioengineering; Radiation Physics; Decision Support Models; Commercial and Strategic Management; Technology Based Entrepreneurship; Management; .

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: DIOGO FILIPE DA CUNHA FERREIRA

Citation names

Ferreira, Diogo
Diogo Cunha Ferreira

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: CF13-9741-551E
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5418-9337

Email addresses

diogo.cunha.ferreira@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
diogo.cunha.ferreira123@gmail.com (Personal)

Addresses

Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/homepage/ist158548 (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Economics and Business
Engineering and Technology - Medical Engineering
Social Sciences - Economics and Business - Business and Management

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Elementary (A2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Elementary (A2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Elementary (A2)
French	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)	Upper intermediate (B2)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2018 - 2019 Concluded	Postgraduate studies, Health care administration and management (Pós-Graduação) Major in Health care administration and management Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Portugal	18
2016 - 2018 Concluded	PhD, Engineering and Management (Doutoramento) Major in Engineering and Management Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal "Essays on efficiency and productivity of hospital services" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	Approved with Distinction and Honour
2016 - 2016 Concluded	Advanced Specialization Diploma, Engineering and Management (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) Major in Engineering and Management Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	19
2006 - 2012 Concluded	Biomedical Engineering (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal "A eficiência das unidades hospitalares em Portugal: Utilização de ferramentas não-paramétricas de benchmarking: Data Envelopment Analysis" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2013 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

2019/01/03 - 2019/08/31	Contracted Researcher (Research)	Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/09 - Current	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China

2023 - Current	Invited Associate Professor (University Teacher)	The University of Newcastle - Newcastle City Campus, Australia

2019/09 - Current	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019/09 - Current	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

2022 - 2023	Invited Associate Professor (University Teacher)	University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Other Careers

	Category Host institution	Employer
2014/01/01 - 2015/12/31	Especialista de sistemas e tecnologias de informação Grau 3 (Especialista de sistemas e tecnologias de informação)	CGI Inc, Canada

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019/12 - Current	Deputado	Health Parliament Portugal, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2016/01 - 2018/12	Essays about Efficiency and Productivity of Hospital Services SFRH/BD/113038/2015	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2024 - Current	EPIC: an assessment of Environmental Performance with an Index based on Countries best-practices MPr-2023-12 Principal investigator	Under evaluation
2023 - Current	FORTHCOMING FOsteRing THe City Of proximity through Maas INteGration DUT/0008/20222 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)	Ongoing
2023 - Current	FEAR: FErrAmentas para otimização dos pagamentos a seRviços de cuidados saúde: ligando inovação, valor em saúde e sustentabilidade 2024.13601.PEX Principal investigator	Under evaluation
2022 - Current	R2UTECHNOLOGIES (PRR) PRR - C644876810-00000019 Researcher	Ongoing
2025/02/01 - 2026/01/31	DataH - Dynamic Analysis for Territorial Approaches to Housing 2024.07312.IACDC 10.54499/2024.07312.IACDC Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Instituto da Habitação e Reabilitação Urbana, Portugal Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021 - 2023	REV@Construction Mobilising Project Portugal 2020 (14/SI/2019) Researcher	Concluded
2019/01 - 2022/12	hSNS, Portuguese public hospital performance assessment using a multi-criteria decision analysis framework PTDC/EGE-OGE/30546/2017 Researcher Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31	Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability UID/ECI/04625/2019 Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Alexandre Morais Nunes; Paulo Caldas; Guilherme Vara; Diogo Cunha Ferreira. "Enhancing Environmental Performance Indicators Through Stochastic Multi-Attribute Analysis: A Novel Approach Applied to the Ecosystem Vitality". 2025. 10.1007/978-3-031-87108-5_18 Miguel Alves Pereira; Alexandre Morais Nunes; Diogo Cunha Ferreira. "Do the Resilience and Adaptive Capacity to Climate-Related Disasters Help Explain Human Health and Well-Being?". 2023. 10.1007/978-3-031-26592-1_16
Conference abstract	Pereira, Miguel Alves; Duarte Caldeira Dinis; Diogo Cunha Ferreira; José Rui de Matos Figueira; Marques, Rui Cunha. Corresponding author: Pereira, Miguel Alves. "Using Geometric Distance Functions to Assess Performance Evolution: A Statewise Look at the Pre-vaccination COVID-19 Reaction in the USA". Paper presented in XXIII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, Viseu, 2024. Pereira, Miguel Alves; Diogo Cunha Ferreira; José Rui de Matos Figueira; Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques. Corresponding author: Pereira, Miguel Alves. "Evaluating the efficiency of the Portuguese National Health System: A network data envelopment analysis approach". Paper presented in 2nd Spanish Young Statisticians and Operational Researchers Meeting, Madrid, 2019. Ferreira, Diogo; Marques, Rui Cunha; Nunes, Alexandre. "Economies of scope in health care services". Paper presented in EWEPA 2017, School of Business and Economics of Loughborough University, Londres, 2017.
Conference poster	Pereira, Miguel Alves; Duarte Caldeira Dinis; Diogo Cunha Ferreira; José Rui Figueira; Rui Cunha Marques. "How is the performance of the USA's states pandemic response evolving?". Paper presented in XXII Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, 2022. Pereira, Miguel Alves; Duarte Caldeira Dinis; Diogo Cunha Ferreira; José Rui Figueira; Rui Cunha Marques. "The efficiency of nations in the fight against SARS-CoV-2: A network Data Envelopment Analysis". Paper presented in XXI Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Investigação Operacional, 2021.
Journal article	Filipe Ribeiro de Almeida Farinhas; Guilherme Vara; Paulo Caldas; Diogo Cunha Ferreira. "Optimism, pessimism, and chaos worldwide: A comparative study of energy management performance with robust benchmarking methods". Energy Policy (2026): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2025.115013. 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.115013 Diogo Cunha Ferreira. "The MUSA model applied to luxury hotel customer satisfaction: A comparative survey of the top 10 European tourist cities". INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT (2026): 10.1016/J.IJHM.2025.104442 Jorge Gonçalves; António Fernandes Delgado; Silvia Spolaor; Diogo Cunha Ferreira. "Crisis management and adaptation:". Finisterra 60 (2025): e39146-e39146. https://revistas.rcaap.pt/finisterra/article/view/39146. 10.18055/FINIS39146 Diogo Cunha Ferreira. "Assessing the performance of Portuguese public hospitals before and during COVID-19 outbreak, with optimistic and pessimistic benchmarking approaches". HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (2025): 10.1007/S10729-024-09693-4 Diogo Cunha Ferreira. "Optimisation of annual payments to public hospitals accounting for quality, access, and efficiency: The Portuguese case". ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH (2025): 10.1007/S10479-025-06785-4 Fagundes, T.S.; Marques, R.C.; Ferreira, D.F.D.C.; Malheiros, T.F.. "Exploring water affordability through subsidy policies". Water Research 286 (2025): https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-105011153730&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.watres.2025.124251 Guilherme Mendes Vara; Gomes, Marta Castilho; Diogo Cunha Ferreira. Corresponding author: Guilherme Mendes Vara. "Assessing the performance of Portuguese public hospitals before and during COVID-19 outbreak, with optimistic and pessimistic benchmarking approaches". Health Care Management Science (2024): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10729-024-09693-4. Published G.P. Afonso; J.R. Figueira; D.C. Ferreira. "Dealing with uncertainty in healthcare performance assessment: a fuzzy network-DEA approach with undesirable outputs". International Transactions in Operational Research (2024): https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.13490. 10.1111/itor.13490 Diogo Cunha Ferreira; José Rui Figueira; Salvatore Greco; Rui Cunha Marques. "Data Envelopment Analysis models with imperfect knowledge of input and output values: An application to Portuguese public hospitals". Expert Systems with Applications (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.120543. 10.1016/j.eswa.2023.120543 Pia Antoinette Plank; Luís Filipe Gomes; Paulo Caldas; Miguel Varela; Diogo Cunha Ferreira. "Assessing the Traveling Risks Perceived by South African Travelers during Pandemic Outbreaks: The Case of COVID-19". Sustainability (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/su15129267. 10.3390/su15129267 M.D. Ibrahim; A.A. Alola; D.C. Ferreira. "Assessing sustainable development goals attainment through energy-environmental efficiency: The case of Latin American and Caribbean countries". Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2023.103219. 10.1016/j.seta.2023.103219 G. P. Afonso; D. C. Ferreira; J. R. Figueira. "A Network-DEA model to evaluate the impact of quality and access on hospital performance". Annals of Operations Research (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-023-05362-x. 10.1007/s10479-023-05362-x Diogo Cunha Ferreira; Paulo Caldas; Miguel Varela; Rui Cunha Marques. "A geometric aggregation of performance indicators considering regulatory constraints: An application to the urban solid waste management". Expert Systems with Applications (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.119540. 10.1016/j.eswa.2023.119540 Diogo Cunha Ferreira; Inês Vieira; Maria Isabel Pedro; Paulo Caldas; Miguel Varela. "Patient Satisfaction with Healthcare Services and the Techniques Used for its Assessment: A Systematic Literature Review and a Bibliometric Analysis". Healthcare (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11050639. 10.3390/healthcare11050639 Ferreira, Denis Cesar; Oliveira, Tiago Roux; Krstic, Miroslav. "Inverse optimal extremum seeking under delays". Systems and Control Letters (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/61811684/. 10.1016/J.SYSCONLE.2023.105534 Alexandre Morais Nunes; Diogo Filipe da Cunha Ferreira. "Evaluating Portuguese Public Hospitals Performance: Any Difference before and during COVID-19?". Sustainability (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/su15010294. 10.3390/su15010294 Miguel Alves Pereira; Duarte Caldeira Dinis; Diogo Cunha Ferreira; José Rui Figueira; Rui Cunha Marques. "A network Data Envelopment Analysis to estimate nations’ efficiency in the fight against SARS-CoV-2". Expert Systems with Applications (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.118362. 10.1016/j.eswa.2022.118362 Alexandre Morais Nunes; Diogo Cunha Ferreira. "A Critical Analysis of Decentralizing the Portuguese Public Healthcare Provision Services". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013390. 10.3390/ijerph192013390 Guilherme C. Amado; Diogo C. Ferreira; Alexandre M. Nunes. "Vertical integration in healthcare: What does literature say about improvements on quality, access, efficiency, and costs containment?". The International Journal of Health Planning and Management (2022): https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3407. 10.1002/hpm.3407 Inês Vieira; Diogo Ferreira; Maria Isabel Pedro. "The satisfaction of healthcare consumers: analysis and comparison of different methodologies". International Transactions in Operational Research (2022): https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.13098. 10.1111/itor.13098 "Evaluating Portuguese Public Hospitals Performance: Any Difference before and during COVID-19?". Preprints (2022): 10.20944/PREPRINTS202210.0201 "Performance and its determinants in the Portuguese municipal solid waste utilities". WASTE MANAGEMENT (2022): 10.1016/J.WASMAN.2021.12.020 Diogo Cunha Ferreira; Rodrigo Soares; Maria Isabel Pedro; Rui Cunha Marques. "Customer satisfaction in the presence of imperfect knowledge of data". International Transactions in Operational Research (2021): https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.13093. 10.1111/itor.13093 Miguel Alves Pereira; Diogo Cunha Ferreira; José Rui Figueira; Rui Cunha Marques. "Measuring the efficiency of the Portuguese public hospitals: A value modelled network data envelopment analysis with simulation". Expert Systems with Applications 181 (2021): 115169-115169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.115169. 10.1016/j.eswa.2021.115169 Miguel Alves Pereira; Rui Cunha Marques; Diogo Cunha Ferreira. "An Incentive-Based Framework for Analyzing the Alignment of Institutional Interventions in the Public Primary Healthcare Sector: The Portuguese Case". Healthcare 9 7 (2021): 904-904. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9070904. 10.3390/healthcare9070904 Diogo Cunha Ferreira; Paulo Caldas; Rui Cunha Marques. "Ageing as a determinant of local government performance: myth or reality? the Portuguese experience". Local Government Studies (2021): 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2021.1904397. 10.1080/03003930.2021.1904397 Matos, Rita; Ferreira, Diogo; Pedro, Maria Isabel. "Economic Analysis of Portuguese Public Hospitals Through the Construction of Quality, Efficiency, Access, and Financial Related Composite Indicators". Social Indicators Research 157 1 (2021): 361-392. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-021-02650-6. 10.1007/s11205-021-02650-6 Diogo Cunha Ferreira; Rui Cunha Marques; Alexandre Morais Nunes; José Rui Figueira. "Customers satisfaction in pediatric inpatient services: A multiple criteria satisfaction analysis". Socio-Economic Planning Sciences (2021): 101036-101036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2021.101036. 10.1016/j.seps.2021.101036 "A two-stage data envelopment analysis of efficiency of social-ecological systems: Inference from the sub-Saharan African countries". ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS (2021): 10.1016/J.ECOLIND.2021.107381 "Data Envelopment Analysis models with imperfect knowledge of input and output values: An application to Portuguese public hospitals". Arxiv (2021): "Investment in drinking water and sanitation infrastructure and its impact on waterborne diseases dissemination: The Brazilian case". SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT (2021): 10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2021.146279 Ferreira, Dionisio Cristovao; Rocha Darmont, Mariana de Queiroz. "GROUP OF VERTICAL TRANSMISSION YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS: THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SOCIABILITY SPACE IN THE WEAVING OF A SOCIAL PROTECTION NETWORK". Humanidades & Inovacao (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/62706282/. "Quality assessment of the Portuguese public hospitals: A multiple criteria approach". OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (2021): 10.1016/J.OMEGA.2021.102505 Miguel A. Pereira; Diogo C. Ferreira; Rui C. Marques. "A critical look at the Portuguese public–private partnerships in healthcare". The International Journal of Health Planning and Management (2020): https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3084. 10.1002/hpm.3084 Diogo Cunha Ferreira; Rui Cunha Marques; Alexandre Morais Nunes. "Correction to: Pay for performance in health care: a new best practice tariff-based tool using a log-linear piecewise frontier function and a dual–primal approach for unique solutions". Operational Research (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007/s12351-020-00581-7. 10.1007/s12351-020-00581-7 Diogo C. Ferreira; Alexandre M. Nunes; Rui C. Marques. "Optimizing payments based on efficiency, quality, complexity, and heterogeneity: the case of hospital funding". International Transactions in Operational Research (2020): https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.12713. 10.1111/itor.12713 Diogo Cunha Ferreira; Alexandre Morais Nunes; Rui Cunha Marques. "Operational efficiency vs clinical safety, care appropriateness, timeliness, and access to health care". Journal of Productivity Analysis 53 3 (2020): 355-375. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-020-00578-6. 10.1007/s11123-020-00578-6 Diogo Cunha Ferreira; Rui Cunha Marques; Maria Isabel Pedro; Carolina Amaral. "Economic Inefficiency Levels of Urban Solid Waste Management Services in Portugal". Sustainability (2020): https://doi.org/10.3390/su12104170. 10.3390/su12104170 Nunes, Alexandre Morais; Ferreira, Diogo Cunha; de Matos, Andreia; Julião, Rui Miranda. "The Portuguese generic medicines market: What’s next?". Health Policy (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.02.014. Accepted • 10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.02.014 Ferreira, D.C.; Marques, R.C.. "Public-private partnerships in health care services: Do they outperform public hospitals regarding quality and access? Evidence from Portugal". Socio-Economic Planning Sciences (2020): 100798. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2020.100798. 10.1016/j.seps.2020.100798 Ferreira, Diogo; rui domingos ribeiro da cunha marques; Alexandre Morais Nunes. "Efficiency vs quality and access: The case of Portuguese public hospitals". Journal of Productivity Analysis (2020): Accepted "Waste services' performance assessment: The case of Tuscany, Italy". WASTE MANAGEMENT (2020): 10.1016/J.WASMAN.2020.08.057 "Using multi-criteria decision analysis to rank European health systems: The <i>Beveridgian</i> financing case". SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES (2020): 10.1016/J.SEPS.2020.100913 Bachl, Maximilian; C. Ferreira, Daniel. "City-GAN: Learning architectural styles using a custom Conditional GAN architecture". ArXiv (2020): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/62706278/. Ferreira, Denis Cesar; Oliveira, Tiago Roux; Krstic, Miroslav. "Inverse Optimality for Extremism Seeking Feedback under Delays". IFAC-PapersOnLine (2020): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/52265676/. 10.1016/J.IFACOL.2020.12.1532 Mustapha D. Ibrahim; Diogo Cunha Ferreira; Sahand Daneshvar; Rui Cunha Marques. "Transnational resource generativity: Efficiency analysis and target setting of water, energy, land, and food nexus for OECD countries". Science of The Total Environment 697 (2019): 134017-134017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134017. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134017 Ferreira, D.C.; Marques, R.C.. "Do quality and access to hospital services impact on their technical efficiency?". Omega 86 (2019): 218-236. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2018.07.010. 10.1016/j.omega.2018.07.010 Diogo Cunha Ferreira; Rui Cunha Marques; Alexandre Morais Nunes. "Pay for performance in health care: a new best practice tariff-based tool using a log-linear piecewise frontier function and a dual–primal approach for unique solutions". Operational Research (2019): https://doi.org/10.1007/s12351-019-00502-3. 10.1007/s12351-019-00502-3 Caldas, Paulo; Ferreira, Diogo; Dollery, Brian; Marques, Rui. "Are there scale economies in urban waste and wastewater municipal services? A non-radial input-oriented model applied to the Portuguese local government". Journal of Cleaner Production 219 (2019): 531-539. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.076. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.076 Alexandre Morais Nunes; Diogo Cunha Ferreira; Adalberto Campos Fernandes. "Financial Crisis in Portugal: Effects in the Health Care Sector". International Journal of Health Services 49 2 (2019): 237-259. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020731418822227. 10.1177/0020731418822227 "Do quality and access to hospital services impact on their technical efficiency?". OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (2019): 10.1016/J.OMEGA.2018.07.010 Ferreira, Diogo Cunha; Marques, Rui Cunha; Pedro, Maria Isabel. "Explanatory variables driving the technical efficiency of European seaports: An order-a approach dealing with imperfect knowledge". Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 119 (2018): 41-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2018.09.007. 10.1016/j.tre.2018.09.007 Alexandre Morais Nunes; Diogo Cunha Ferreira. "Reforms in the Portuguese health care sector: Challenges and proposals". The International Journal of Health Planning and Management (2018): https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.2695. 10.1002/hpm.2695 Ferreira, D.C.; Marques, R.C.; Nunes, A.M.; Figueira, J.R.. "Patients’ satisfaction: The medical appointments valence in Portuguese public hospitals". Omega 80 (2018): 58-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2017.08.009. 10.1016/j.omega.2017.08.009 Diogo Ferreira; Rui Cunha Marques. "Identifying congestion levels, sources and determinants on intensive care units: the Portuguese case". Health Care Management Science (2018): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10729-016-9387-x. 10.1007/s10729-016-9387-x Paulo Caldas; Diogo Ferreira; Brian Dollery; Rui Marques. "Economies of scope in Portuguese local government using an augmented Hicks–Moorsteen approach". Regional Studies (2018): https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2018.1508872. 10.1080/00343404.2018.1508872 Diogo Cunha Ferreira; Alexandre Morais Nunes. "Technical efficiency of Portuguese public hospitals: A comparative analysis across the five regions of Portugal". The International Journal of Health Planning and Management (2018): https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.2658. 10.1002/hpm.2658 Alexandre Morais Nunes; Diogo Cunha Ferreira. "The health care reform in Portugal: Outcomes from both the New Public Management and the economic crisis". The International Journal of Health Planning and Management (2018): https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.2613. 10.1002/hpm.2613 Diogo Cunha Ferreira; Alexandre Morais Nunes; Rui Cunha Marques. "Doctors, nurses, and the optimal scale size in the Portuguese public hospitals". Health Policy (2018): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.06.009. 10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.06.009 D.C. Ferreira; R.C. Marques; A.M. Nunes. "Economies of scope in the health sector: The case of Portuguese hospitals". European Journal of Operational Research 266 2 (2018): 716-735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.09.044. 10.1016/j.ejor.2017.09.044 Ferreira, Diogo. "Municipal Sustainability Influence by European Union Investment Programs on the Portuguese Local Government". Sustainability (2018): http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/4/910. 10.3390/su10040910 "Patients' satisfaction: The medical appointments valence in Portuguese public hospitals". OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (2018): 10.1016/J.OMEGA.2017.08.009 Diogo Cunha Ferreira; Rui Cunha Marques. "A step forward on order-a robust nonparametric method: inclusion of weight restrictions, convexity and non-variable returns to scale". Operational Research (2017): https://doi.org/10.1007/s12351-017-0370-1. 10.1007/s12351-017-0370-1 Ferreira, Diogo; Nunes, Alexandre. "Utilização de fronteiras não-paramétricas para avaliação da eficiência técnica: o caso dos hospitais públicos portugueses". Jornal Brasileiro de Economia da Saúde 9 3 (2017): 316-323. http://dx.doi.org/10.21115/jbes.v9.n3.p316-23. 10.21115/jbes.v9.n3.p316-23 Diogo Cunha Ferreira; Rui Cunha Marques. "Malmquist and Hicks–Moorsteen Productivity Indexes for Clusters Performance Evaluation". International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making 15 05 (2016): 1015-1053. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0219622016500243. 10.1142/S0219622016500243 Ferreira, D.C.; Marques, R.C.; Pedro, M.I.. "Comparing efficiency of holding business model and individual management model of airports". Journal of Air Transport Management 57 (2016): 168-183. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84981169490&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2016.07.020 Ferreira, D.C.; Marques, R.C.. "Should inpatients be adjusted by their complexity and severity for efficiency assessment? Evidence from Portugal". Health Care Management Science 19 1 (2016): 43-57. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84961129644&partnerID=MN8TOARS. 10.1007/s10729-014-9286-y Ferreira, D.; Marques, R.C.. "Did the corporatization of Portuguese hospitals significantly change their productivity?". The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care 16 3 (2015): 289-303. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84954613850&partnerID=MN8TOARS. "Did the corporatization of Portuguese hospitals significantly change their productivity?". EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS (2015): 10.1007/S10198-014-0574-8
Online resource	Vara, Guilherme; Gomes, Marta Castilho; Diogo Cunha Ferreira; CALDAS, PAULO; Varela, Miguel. Corresponding author: Vara, Guilherme. Comparative Analysis of Additive and Multiplicative BoD Models in Healthcare Performance Evaluation. 2024. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4777886.
Preprint	Filipe Ribeiro de Almeida Farinhas; Guilherme Vara; Diogo Cunha Ferreira; Paulo Caldas. "Robustness of Benefit of the Doubt in Energy Management Performance Assessment: A Hit-and-Run Randomized Weights Approach Across 174 Countries". 2026. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6250772. 10.2139/ssrn.6250772 Pia Plank; Luís Gomes; Paulo Caldas; Miguel Varela; Diogo Filipe da Cunha Ferreira. "Assessing the Traveling Risks Perceived by South African Travelers during Pandemic Outbreaks: The Case of COVID-19". 2023. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.0207.v1. 10.20944/preprints202305.0207.v1 Diogo Ferreira; N. Heitor; Paulo Caldas; Miguel Varela. "Project and contract management in hospital Public-Private Partnerships: A strategic analysis of the Portuguese experience". 2023. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.168874384.42066717/v1. 10.22541/au.168874384.42066717/v1 Alexandre Morais Nunes; Diogo Filipe da Cunha Ferreira. "Evaluating Portuguese Public Hospitals Performance: Any Difference Before and During COVID-19?". 2022. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202210.0201.v1. 10.20944/preprints202210.0201.v1 Alexandre Morais Nunes; Diogo Cunha Ferreira. "A Critical Analysis of Decentralizing the Portuguese Public Healthcare Provision Services". 2022. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202207.0147.v1. 10.20944/preprints202207.0147.v1

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023	“Resposta Sócio-Institucional ao Contexto Pandémico: Observações a Partir do Tratamento Estatístico a um Inquérito Online na Área Metropolitana de Lisboa” in I Conferência Internacional de Políticas Públicas e Ciência de Dados do Amazonas	Conferência Internacional de Políticas Públicas e Ciência de Dados do Amazonas
2023	“Dealing with uncertainty in healthcare performance assessment: a fuzzy network-DEA approach with undesirable outputs” in DEA45 – Centre for Business Analytics in Practice, University of Surrey, Guilford, UK	DEA
2023	“Economic development, industrialization, and poverty eradication: A benchmarking analysis of developing, emerging, and developed countries” in DEA45 – Centre for Business Analytics in Practice, University of Surrey, Guilford, UK	DEA
2023	“Evaluating Portuguese public hospitals performance: Any difference before and during COVID-19?” - 9th International Workshop on Efficiency in Education, Health and other Public Services, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain	International Workshop on Efficiency in Education, Health and other Public Services
2023	“Dealing with uncertainty in healthcare performance assessment: a fuzzy network-DEA approach with undesirable outputs” - 9th International Workshop on Efficiency in Education, Health and other Public Services, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain	International Workshop on Efficiency in Education, Health and other Public Services
2022	“Efficient tariffs paid for wastewater services in Portugal” in EWEPA, 27-29 June, Business School – Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Oporto, Portugal	EWEPA
2022	“A Stochastic Multicriteria Acceptability Analysis of customer satisfaction with luxury 5-star hotels located in five European capital cities” in EWEPA, 27-29 June, Business School – Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Oporto, Portugal	EWEPA
2022	“Evaluating the evolution of Portuguese public hospitals performance and sustainability before and during the Covid-19 pandemic” in EWEPA, 27-29 June, Business School – Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Oporto, Portugal	EWEPA
2022	“Constructing composite indicators for performance assessment of wastewater utilities in the presence of regulatory constraints” in Inclusivity, Resilience and Cicular Economy of Water Services, 29-30 September, Law School – University of Lisbon, Portugal	Inclusivity, Resilience and Cicular Economy of Water Services
2021	“Investment in sanitation and drinking water infrastructure and its impact on waterborne diseases dissemination: The Brazilian case” in hSNS Workshop (online)	hSNS workshop
2021	“Customer satisfaction in Portuguese drinking water” in IWA 5th International Conference on Water Economics, Statistics and Finance, School of Engineering of the Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal	International Conference on Water Economics, Statistics and Finance
2019	"Optimising payments based on efficiency, quality, and heterogeneity: The case of hospitals funding" in IO2019 (APDIO), 22-24 July, Tomar, Portugal.	APDIO
2019	"Pay for performance in health care: A new best practice tariff-based tool using a log-linear piecewise frontier function and a dual-primal approach for unique solutions" in Congresso Nacional de Economia da Saúde 2019, 16-18 October, Lisbon, Portugal.	Congresso Nacional de Economia da Saúde
2019	On optimizing tariffs in wastewater treatment services using best practices and a log-linear piecewise frontier function with unique solutions" in Sustainable Tariffs for Water Services Conference 2019, 14 - 15 March 2019, Lisbon	Sustainable Tariffs for Water Services Conference
2019	"Economies of Scope in Portuguese Local Government Using an Augmented Hicks-Moorsteen Approach" in Political Studies Association 2019, 15-17 April, Nottingham, UK	Political Studies Association
2019	"Pay for performance in health care: A new best practice tariff-based tool using a log-linear piecewise frontier function and a dual-primal approach for unique solutions" in EWEPA, 10-13 June, London, UK	EWEPA
2019	"Efficiency vs quality and access: The case of Portuguese public hospitals" in 7th International Workshop on Efficiency, 5-6 September, Barcelona, Spain	International Workshop on Efficiency
2019	"Experts' assessment of hospitals performance: Towards the construction of a subjective performance composite index" in INFORMS Annual Meeting, 20-23 October, Seattle, USA	INFORMS
2018	"Optimising payments based on efficiency, quality, and heterogeneity: The case of hospitals funding" in IO2018 (APDIO). Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.	APDIO
2018	"Public-private partnerships in health care services: Do they socially outperform public hospitals?" in 27th European Association of Hospital Managers. Cascais, Portugal	European Association of Hospital Managers
2017	"Economies of scope in health care services" in IO2017 (APDIO). School of Business (Valença do Minho) of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo, Portugal.	APDIO (Portugal)
2017	"Pay for performance: a new best practices tariff-based tool" in 6th Workshop in Efficiency and Productivity Analysis. Business School – Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Oporto, Portugal	Workshop in Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
2017	"Economies of scope in health care services" in EWEPA 2017. School of Business and Economics of Loughborough University, London, UK	EWEPA
2015	"Malmquist and Hicks-Moorsteen productivity indexes for clusters performance evaluation" in 5th Workshop in Efficiency and Productivity Analysis. Business School – Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Oporto, Portugal	Workshop in Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
2013	Measuring the congestion of ICU services regarding the Portuguese NHS, 2008-2009, and non-parametric, conditional partial and stochastic frontier methods" in 13th European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis (EWEPA" 13). Aalto University School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland	EWEPA
2013	"Measuring the congestion and marginal products of Portuguese internment services" in 11th International Conference on Data Envelopment Analysis. Mayis University Campus of Samsun, Samsun, Turkey	DEA
2012	"Measuring the efficiency of Portuguese NHS, 2002-2009, using non-parametric methodologies." in 4th Workshop in Efficiency and Productivity Analysis. Business School – Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Oporto, Portugal	Workshop in Efficiency and Productivity Analysis

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2026 - Current	Khoijarern, S. “Quality, safety, risks and decision-making in sustainability of energy and decarbonisation in Portuguese airport infrastructure”. Supervised by D.C. Ferreira Supervisor
2025 - Current	Vara, G. “eEPI: An enhanced Enviromental Performance Index based on expert preferences, benchmarking, and decision-support tools”. Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and co-supervised by J.R. Figueira Supervisor
2025 - Current	Farinhas, F. “Essays about Energy Management Performance worldwide”. Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and co-supervised by P. Caldas Supervisor
2022 - Current	Afonso, L.G. “Group decision making and Network Data Envelopment Analysis with uncertainty: An approach for improving healthcare services”. Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and co-supervised by J.R. Figueira Supervisor
2022 - Current	Sousa, P. “A Produção Adicional de Radiologia nos Hospitais Públicos. O recurso ao Outsourcing e Insourcing nos anos 2019 e 2022” (Additional production in public hospitals: The ousourcing and insourcing between 2019 and 2022). Supervised by A.M. Nunes and co-supervised by D.C. Ferreira Co-supervisor
2021 - Current	Montenegro Ramos, D. "Cooperação entre os setores público e social no SNS: O caso da Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa" (Cooperation between the public and social sectors in the NHS: The case of Holy House of Mercy of Lisbon). Supervised by A.M. Nunes and co-supervised by D.C. Ferreira Co-supervisor
2021 - Current	Sardinha, C. “A reforma dos cuidados de saúde primários em Portugal: análise comparada da eficiência das USF e UCSP” (The reform of primary health care in Portugal: A comparative analysis of the efficiency of USF and UCSP). Supervised by A.M. Nunes and co-supervised by D.C. Ferreira Co-supervisor
2020 - Current	Fagundes, T. “Decision-making support model for water and wastewater services universalization, taking into account affordability and vulnerability issues”. Supervised by D.C. Ferreira (IST) and co-supervised by R.C. Marques (ULusofona) and T. Malheiros Co-supervisor
2024 - 2024	São Pedro, G. “Operations improvement interconnecting lean, simulation and statistical tools”. Supervised by A. Arantes and D.C. Ferreira Co-supervisor
2024 - 2024	Santos, P. “Monitoring good water governance. Application of the OECD indicators methodology to the Tagus River basin.” Supervised by S. Neto and D.C. Ferreira Co-supervisor
2024 - 2024	Vara, G. “Análise de eficiência e benchmarking dos hospitais do SNS” (Efficiency and benchmarking analysis of hospitals belonging to the NHS). Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and M. Gomes. Supervisor
2024 - 2024	Távora Santos, L. “Estimating the performance of Portuguese public hospitals through a stochastic multicriteria acceptability analysis.” Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and J.R. Figueira Supervisor
2024 - 2024	Cunha, C. “Benchmarking the quality of care in hospitals: Identifying best practices and opportunities for improvement.” Supervised by D.C. Ferreira. Supervisor
2024 - 2024	Marques, A.S. “Simulation and improvements of inbound operations in a pharmaceutical warehouse.” Supervised by D.C. Ferreira. Supervisor
2024 - 2024	Farinha, F. “Optimism, pessimism, and chaos worldwide: A comparative study of Energy Management Performance with robust benchmarking methods.” Supervised by D.C. Ferreira Supervisor
2019 - 2024	Reis, N. "Parcerias Públicas com o Setor Social: relação entre as Misericórdias e o Estado na prestação de cuidados em Portugal - O Caso dos Hospitais (des)nacionalizados" (Public Partnerships with the Social Sector: The relationship between Holy Houses of Mercy and the State in the provision of health care in Portugal - The Case of (de)nationalized hospitals). Supervised by A.M. Nunes and co-supervised by D.C. Ferreira and M.H. Monteiro Co-supervisor
2023 - 2023	Carvalho, A.C. "Assessing the economic impact of pandemic outbreaks". Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and M.I. Pedro Supervisor
2023 - 2023	Ramos, R. “Inpatient satisfaction: A literature review based on a meta-analysis”. Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and M.I. Pedro Co-supervisor
2023 - 2023	Jesus, M. “Satisfação na prestação de cuidados saúde: Uma revisão sistemática da bibliografia” (Satisfaction in health care provision: A systematic review of the literature). Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and M.I. Pedro Supervisor
2023 - 2023	Sotomaior, S. “Quality in healthcare: A systematic literature review applied to hospital care”. Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and A.S. Costa Supervisor
2023 - 2023	Sousa, J.F. “Políticas de minimização do impacto socio-económico do SARS-COVID-19: Uma comparação internacional” (Policies to minimize the socio-economic impact of SARS-COVID-19: An international comparison). Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and P. Caldas Supervisor
2023 - 2023	Delgado, A. “Desempenho dos países no desenvolvimento da indústria e da economia e na erradicação da pobreza: Uma abordagem de benchmarking aplicada aos ODS 1, 8 e 9” [Country performance in industrial and economic development and poverty eradication: A benchmarking approach applied to SDGs 1, 8 and 9]. Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and P. Caldas Supervisor
2023 - 2023	Faria, M.L. “Socio-institutional response to the pandemic in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area: A multicriteria decision analysis”. Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and J. Gonçalves Co-supervisor
2022 - 2022	Amaral, C. “Sustentabilidade e eficiência na gestão de resíduos dos municípios portugueses” (Sustainability and efficiency in waste management in Portuguese municipalities). Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and M.I. Pedro Supervisor
2022 - 2022	Anjos, A. “Criação de valor para a sociedade através de parcerias público-privadas na saúde: mito ou realidade?” (Creating value for society through public-private partnerships in health: myth or reality?). Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and J.R. Figueira Supervisor
2022 - 2022	Mano, J. “Eficiência no setor do turismo: Uma análise conceptual do desempenho a nível internacional” (Efficiency in the tourism sector: A conceptual analysis of international performance). Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and M.I. Pedro Supervisor
2022 - 2022	Pinto, C. “Optimization of annual payments due to public hospitals in Portugal accounting for their performance and operational environment”. Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and A.S. Costa Supervisor
2022 - 2022	Pimentão, N. “Satisfação no setor do turismo: Uma análise bibliométrica aplicada ao setor hoteleiro” (Satisfaction in the tourism sector: A bibliometric analysis applied to the hotel sector). Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and M.I. Pedro Supervisor
2022 - 2022	Plank, P. “Travellers perceived risks in international travel in the current pandemic situation”. Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and L. Gomes (School of Economics, University of Algarve) Co-supervisor
2022 - 2022	Delgado, A. “Resposta socioinstitucional ao contexto de pandemia: Análise a partir da Área Metropolitana de Lisboa” (Socio-institutional response to the pandemic context: Analysis from the Lisbon Metropolitan Area). Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and J. Gonçalves Co-supervisor
2022 - 2022	Mira, J. “Melhoria de processos num hospital público com recurso a simulação por eventos discretos” (Process improvement in a public hospital using discrete event simulation). Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and A.M. Nunes Supervisor
2019 - 2022	Gomes, L. “Essays about public policies evaluation: Design of a socio-technical process and projects selection and evaluation”. Supervised by D.C. Ferreira. Supervisor
2021 - 2021	Vieira, I. “A satisfação e a lealdade dos consumidores de cuidados de saúde: Análise e comparação de diferentes alternativas para o mesmo fim” (Satisfaction and loyalty of healthcare customers: Analysis and comparison of different alternatives for the same purpose). Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and M.I. Pedro Supervisor
2021 - 2021	Gomes, A.C. Healthcare and the creation of public value: A critical analysis of the Portuguese National Health Service. Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and J.R. Figueira Supervisor
2021 - 2021	Afonso, L.G. “A network-DEA model to evaluate the impact of quality and access on performance of hospitals”. Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and J.R. Figueira Supervisor
2020 - 2020	Amado, G. "Analyzing the vertical merging of Portuguese health care providers". Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and A.M. Nunes Supervisor
2020 - 2020	Heitor, N. "Public-private partnerships in healthcare: A critical analysis to the project and contract management". Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and A. Arantes Supervisor
2020 - 2020	Lopes, M.M. “Construção de indicadores compósitos com vista a avaliação dos hospitais portugueses, tendo em conta critérios sociais e económico-financeiros” (Construction of composite indicators for the assessment of Portuguese hospitals, taking into account social and economic-financial criteria). Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and J.R. Figueira Supervisor
2020 - 2020	Fortuny, S. "On establishing the additive value functions compatible with the public Portuguese hospitals' quality, efficiency, and access related criteria". Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and J.R. Figueira Supervisor
2019 - 2019	Grazielle, I. “Serviços de saneamento e abastecimento de água no Brasil: Bases para a sustentação da universalização” (Sanitation and water supply services in Brazil: Bases for sustaining universalization). Supervised by J. Gonçalves and co-supervised by D.C. Ferreira Co-supervisor
2019 - 2019	Santos, G. "Do PPP hospitals outperform the corporatized ones?". Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and M.I. Pedro Supervisor
2019 - 2019	Matos, R. “Análise económico-financeira dos hospitais EPE portugueses” (Economic and financial analysis of Portuguese EPE hospitals). Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and M.I. Pedro Supervisor
2019 - 2019	Grilo, S. “Avaliação de desempenho de unidades privadas de cuidados de saúde: O caso do grupo José de Mello Saúde, S.A.” (Performance evaluation of private healthcare units: The case of the José de Mello Saúde, S.A.). Supervised by D.C. Ferreira, J.R. Figueira, and J. Leal (José de Mello Saúde, S.A.) Supervisor
2019 - 2019	Graça, R. "Are Portuguese hospitals suitably clustered according to their activity, quality, access, and expenses? An exploratory analysis on behalf of financial sustainability". Supervised by D.C. Ferreira, A.M. Nunes, and R. Henriques Supervisor
2019 - 2019	Ambrósio, S. “Monitorização e previsão do desempenho hospitalar em Portugal” (Monitoring and forecasting hospital performance in Portugal). Supervised by D.C. Ferreira and A.M. Nunes Supervisor

Jury of academic degree

	Topic Role	Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization
2023	Moreno, C.F. (2023). “"A multi-criteria decision-making approach applied to Responsible Artificial Intelligence Digital Cloud Transformation Strategy of Organisations. Case study in the health sector”. Complutense University of Madrid, Spain (Thesis) Arguer	Moreno, C.F. (PhD) Complutense University of Madrid School of Statistics, Spain
2023	Sousa, D.H. (2023). “Exploring formative performance assessment in the context of COVID-19 pandemic”. School of Economics, University of Algarve (Thesis) Main arguer	Sousa, D.H. (PhD)

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2018 - Current	Strategic plan definition for entering Europe market of dental care, Dental Design Smile, Miami, USA
2018 - Current	Defining the performance indicators for call centres dedicated to health care appointments, Dental Design Smile, Miami, USA
2019/12 - 2021/12	Congressman at the Health parliament Portugal, as a result of the partnership between Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), Microsoft, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and the Expresso journal (Impresa group), with the goal of debating and making recommendations for the improvement of the Portuguese health systems
2019/06 - 2019/09	Non-executive member of aldermen board (town councillor), Arruda dos Vinhos, Portugal
2018 - 2018	Performance monitoring of dentists in primary health care, General Directorate of Health, Lisbon, Portugal
2018 - 2018	Application of benchmarking tools to assess the factor X of urban solid waste services in Portugal, ERSAR
2014/01 - 2015/12	SAP-IS-U consultant for EDP Distribuição, EDP Comercial, EDP Gás, and Eletricidade dos Açores, in the following fields: contact management, contract management, switching management between the regulated and the liberalized markets, licenses and access management, work and devices management, logistics, database control and information provision, processes automation (debts, contacts, printing, and finishing), computational code implementation and testing; Portugal
2015 - 2015	SAP-Financial consultant for the evaluation and development of financial projects for the cities of Helsinki and Tampere, Finland

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2024 - Current	Operational Research - Shanghai University	(Bachelor)
2024 - Current	Risk and Decision Making in Transport	(Mestrado)
2024 - Current	Freight Transport and Logistics	(Mestrado)
2023 - Current	Risk and Decision-Making	(Doutoramento)
2021 - Current	Simulation of Processes and Operations	(Mestrado)
2020/01 - Current	Investigação Operacional	Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019/09 - Current	Gestão e Teoria da Decisão/ Gestão e Avaliação de Projetos	Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019/09 - Current	Modelação e Avaliação de Sistemas/ Análise de Dados e Avaliação de Sistemas	Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Civil (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019/09 - Current	Modelação Estatística	(Doutoramento)

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization	Funding entity
2024 - Current	Expert for the evaluation of proposals in the Horizon Europe call HORIZON-MSCA-2024, by the European Research Executive Agency Evaluator	European Research Executive Agency, Belgium

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2024 - Current	Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments
2022 - Current	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
2022 - Current	Ecological Indicators
2021 - Current	Science of the Total Environment
2021 - Current	Journal of Cleaner Production
2021 - Current	Sustainability
2021 - Current	Waste Management
2021 - Current	Local Government Studies
2021 - Current	Regional Studies
2021 - Current	Journal of Environmental Management
2021 - Current	European Journal of Health Economics
2021 - Current	Journal of Health Economics
2021 - Current	Health Economics
2021 - Current	International Journal of Health Planning and Management
2021 - Current	International Journal of Health Services
2021 - Current	Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
2021 - Current	Journal of Air Transport Management
2020 - Current	Expert Systems with Applications
2019 - Current	Social Indicators Research
2016 - Current	International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making
2015 - Current	European Journal of Operational Research (0377-2217)	Elsevier
2015 - Current	Omega (0305-0483)	Elsevier
2015 - Current	Health Policy (0168-8510)	Elsevier
2015 - Current	Health Care Management Science
2015 - Current	Water Policy
2015 - Current	International Transactions in Operational Research
2015 - Current	Social Work in Public Health (1937-190X)	Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
2015 - Current	BMC Health Services Research (1472-6963)	Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
2015 - Current	Journal of Productivity Analysis
2015 - Current	Operational Research

Distinctions

Award

2024	Scientific merit award (2024) - Caixa Geral de Depósitos' Award, Edition 2022/2023, Advanced Research, Coordination Units Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Portugal
2022	Prémio Científico ULisboa/CGD - Economia e Gestão
2019	Best student award, Postgraduate studies, Health care administration and management Servier International Research Foundation (Fondation Internationale de Recherche Servier), Portugal
2019	Scientific merit award (2019) Caixa Geral de Depositos, Portugal
2019	Research merit award (2019) Caixa Geral de Depositos, Portugal

Title

2025	Excellent professor
2024	Excellent professor
2023	Excellent professor
2022	Excellent professor
2021	Excellent professor
2020	Excellent professor
2018	PhD approved Summa Cum Laude

Other distinction

2023	Honorary appointment as Adjunct Associate Professor The University of Newcastle, Australia
2022	Honorary appointment as Adjunct Associate Professor University of Technology Sydney, Australia