Full professor of Economics at the department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering and Tourism, University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal, where she serves as the director of the Department and coordinator of the Economics Area.
Among others, she has previously performed the following institutional duties since joining the UA in 2014: coordinator (elected) of the GOVCOPP (Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies) Research Unit; member (elected) of the UA Scientific Council; proponent and director of the Doctoral Program in Economic and Business Sciences; director of the Master in Economics.
She has been, since 2008, an effective member of the Portuguese Higher Statistical Council (CSE-entity of the State which guides and coordinates the National Statistical System), nominated by the Portuguese prime minister as indicated by the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities, and an effective member (and elected President since December 2022) of the Standing Section of Statistical Confidentiality of CSE.
A pioneer in the introduction of teaching and research in Experimental Economics in the Portuguese academy, she previously held teaching and/or research positions in several institutions, namely in the Universities of Minho and Porto, and, in the United States, in the Universities of South Carolina, Central Florida, Arizona and California.
Dr. Botelho received her PhD in Economics (1998) from the University of South Carolina, USA, and her main teaching activities have included undergraduate and graduate courses in Econometrics, Microeconometrics, Game Theory, and Experimental Economics. Her research focuses on the use of these methodologies to the analysis of specific problems affecting mainly the Environmental, Energy, Financial, and Health sectors of the Economy.

Last update: may 2024