Cristiana Maria Silva Cerqueira Leal, Professor in the Department of Management at the School of Economics, Management and Political Science at the University of Minho (EEG), took the Aggregation Examination in Business Sciences on 14 April 2025, presenting a report on the subject ‘Behavioural Finance’, which is part of EEG-UMinho's 2nd cycle training offer, and a lesson on the subject ‘How the tone of mass media news affects pledge amounts in reward crowdfunding campaigns’.

The exams were held at the EEG and the jury was chaired by José Carlos Martins Rodrigues Pinho, Full Professor at the School of Economics, Management and Political Science at the University of Minho, with António Sarmento Gomes Mota, Full Professor at the University Institute of Lisbon - Iscte, Zélia Maria da Silva Serrasqueiro Teixeira, Full Professor at the Department of Management and Economics of the University of Beira Interior, Luís Miguel Serra Coelho, Full Professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Algarve, Maria do Céu Ribeiro Cortez, Full Professor at the School of Economics, Management and Political Science of the University of Minho and Gilberto Ramos Loureiro, Full Professor at the School of Economics, Management and Political Science of the University of Minho.

The candidate was unanimously approved.

EEG congratulates Professor Cristiana Leal!