Luís Catela Nunes holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. He is full professor at Nova School of Business and Economics, where he served as chair of the pedagogical council, deputy director for research and coordinator of its research unit.
He is currently a member of the advisory board of EDULOG — an educational think tank from the Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo —, as well as co-scientific director of the Economics of Education Knowledge Centre at Nova School of Business and Economics, where he has coordinated several projects, including «Does Grade Retention Help?», «The Impact of Teachers on Student Learning», «Inclusion and Discrimination of Immigrant Students» and «Diagnosis of Teaching Needs».
His research has been published in several international scientific journals.

Last updated: July 2025