I am an Associate Professor of Economics at Nova School of Business and Economics, a research affiliate at CEPR, a resident member of NOVAFRICA, and a research fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (UK), and at the Navarra Centre for International Development (Spain). My main research fields are applied microeconomics, development economics and political economy. My work focuses on social policy, local community engagement, conflict-reducing policy, and on the impacts on pollution and climate change in poorer countries.