Alexandre Abreu

Biografia

Alexandre Abreu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics of ISEG (Lisbon School of Economics & Management, ULisboa, Portugal) and a researcher and member of the Board at CEsA – Centre of African and Development Studies, which is part of the CSG - Research in Social Sciences and Management consortium. He is also one of the coordinators of the PhD Programme in Development Studies of the University of Lisbon and a member of ISEG’s Ethics Committee. His main research interests include development economics, political economy, poverty and inequality.

Alexandre’s early academic training took place at ISEG with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics (2003) and a Master’s in Development and International Cooperation (2006). He then pursued his doctoral studies at SOAS – University of London, where he obtained his PhD (2012) with a thesis on the political economy of development in Guinea-Bissau. His subsequent professional trajectory included periods working for The Economist Intelligence Unit, the Overseas Development Institute, the Government of Timor-Leste and the g7+ Secretariat.

Outside of academia, Alexandre has written numerous op-ed commentaries on economic and political affairs for the newspaper Expresso and featured regularly on television. He is currently a member of the editorial boards of the journal Mundo Crítico – Revista de Desenvolvimento e Cooperação and the Portuguese edition of Le Monde Diplomatique. He is also a member of the Municipal Assembly of Cascais.

Since re-joining ISEG in 2018, Alexandre has been committed to undertaking rigorous and meaningful research with a progressive social impact and to motivating and training the next generations of researchers, professionals and citizens.