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Rita Sousa
Ph.D in Climate Change and Sustainable Development (Universidade Nova Lisboa)
Department of Economics
 
  Assistant Professor
  ritasousa@eeg.uminho.pt
   253604512 , 253691383
Interest in energy economics, environmental economics, and climate change issues. Ph.D. and MSc. in economics and policy of climate and energy. I work on carbon pricing mechanisms, on countries’ low-carbon development scenarios, and modeling the linkage of renewable power systems. Past: Euronatura, Portuguese Climate Delegation to the UNFCCC, EDP and National Park of Peneda-Gerês.
Energy economics
carbon pricing
low carbon development
Selected publications
Santos, J. A., R.Vicente, J., Pinto, E., Lomba, A., Gonçalves, J. F., Fraga, H., … Cerejeira, J. (2022). On the development of a regional climate change adaptation plan: Integrating model-assisted projections and stakeholders' perceptions. Science of the Total Environment, 805, 1–14. DOI
Sousa, R., Álvarez-Espinosa, A. C., Pardo, N. R., Leon, S. F. M., Otalora, G. R., Diaz, S. C., … Salcedo, L. R. (2020). Emissions trading in the development model of Colombia. Climate Policy, 20(9), 1161–1174. DOI
Aguiar-Conraria, L., Soares, M. J., & Sousa, R. (2018). California's carbon market and energy prices: A wavelet analysis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 376(2126). DOI
Sousa, R., Cerejeira, J., Portela, M., & Agante, E. (2018). EEE fees and the WEEE system – A model of efficiency and income in European countries. Waste Management, 79, 770–780. DOI
Sousa, R., Aguiar-Conraria, L., & Soares, M. J. (2014). Carbon financial markets: A time-frequency analysis of CO 2 prices. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications, 414, 118–127. DOI
Sustainable Development and Digital Transformation
Master
Energy Economics
Master
Public Economics and Finance
Bachelor
Macroeconomics I
Bachelor
Project in Applied Economics
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