BRIEF BIO
Graduation (Licenciatura) in Economics, University of Coimbra (Faculty of Economics), 1978.
Postgraduation in Energy Economics, Ettore Majorana Center For Scientific Culture and the University of Harvard, 1979.
Ph.D. in Economics (Doctorat D’Etat ès-Sciences Economiques), specialisation in Energy Economics, Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg, France), 1986.
Full Professor of Economics at the University of Porto Faculty of Economics since 1998.
National and International Consultant: Portuguese Government, World Bank, European Commission, ANEEL – Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency, ERSE – Portuguese Regulatory Agency for Energy Services, APICER – Associação Portuguesa das Indústrias de Cerâmica e Cristalaria, ABRADEE – Associação Brasileira de Distribuidores de Energia Elétrica, APDL – Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo, DECO – Associação Portuguesa para a Defesa do Consumidor, TECHNE-GESEL, among others.
Invited Professor: University of Vigo; University of Coruña, University of Coimbra, University of Strasbourg (ULP), VPI – Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University (USA), University of Turin, University of S. Paulo and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
Total number of Publications in indexed (ISI/WEB OF SCIENCE; SCOPUS) academic journals and books/ book chapters published, among others, by: ELSEVIER, PERGAMON PRESS, SPRINGER, PETER LANG, ALMEDINA, EDIÇÕES SÍLABO: 412.
Senior Researcher/Project Leader of several research projects financed by: FCT – Fundação de Ciência e Tecnologia, OTAN (NATO), European Commission, CNPq – Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, CYTED – Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnologia.
Founder and Director of the Master in Environment Economics and Management at the Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Porto, from 2008 until 2015.
Isabel Soares is President of APEEN – Associação Portuguesa de Economia da Energia (Portuguese Association For Energy Economics, an IAEE Affili.
She is also member of IAEE – International Association for Energy Economics.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Energy Economics, Economics of Regulation, Environment Economics, Corporate Finance.
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