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Researcher with 10 years of experience in the fields of macroeconomics, economic growth and production theory, energy systems, environment, sustainability and climate change. Working in the transdisciplinary field of ecological economics, applying concepts from thermodynamics to economic understanding, while collaborating with international researchers based at various academic institutions in Europe and the USA. Focused on the econometric investigation of the historical relationships linking energy use, energy efficiency, and energy services, with innovation/technological change and economic growth. Proficient programming skills applied to econometric analysis - namely non-stationarity, cointegration, and Granger non-causality testing of time series and panel data - with applications to the development of models for scenario-building to inform policy action. Engaged in science-communication activities, both at international conferences, in the classroom and interacting with stakeholders. Team worker. Since 2017 I have published 7 peer-reviewed journal articles (3 as first/corresponding author) and contributed to 2 project reports. I have an h-index of 4 calculated using Google Scholar, and a total of 176 citations. Currently working as a researcher at MARETEC - Marine, Environment and Technology Centre (integrated in LARSyS - Laboratory for Robotics and Engineering Systems).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
João Alexandre Almeida dos Santos

Citation names

  • Santos, João

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
131F-C831-0B1A
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5123-8244
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=QTA1I5wAAAAJ
Researcher Id
rid24552
Scopus Author Id
56071044800

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Economics and Business - Econometrics
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2015 - 2022/04/05
Concluded
 Sistemas Sustentáveis de Energia (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"The role of energy in economic growth seen through a useful exergy lens" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Pass with Distinction and Honour
2006 - 2013/12/09
Concluded
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Física Tecnológica (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"The role of energy in economic growth: a two-sector model with useful work." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
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2023 - 2024 Visiting Researcher (Research) University of Leeds School of Earth and Environment, United Kingdom
University of Leeds School of Earth and Environment, United Kingdom
2020 - 2022 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
(...)
2016 - 2020 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
(...)
2015 - 2016 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
(...)
2012 - 2014 Researcher (Research) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos em Inovação Tecnologia e Políticas de Desenvolvimento, Portugal
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Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas de Engenharia
UID/EEA/50009/2019
PhD Student Fellow
Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação, Portugal

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/06 - 2015/05 Consultoria
BL/367/2013
 Universidade de Lisboa

Contract

Designation Funders
2022 - Current LARSyS-pluri/IST-ID (UIDP/EEA/50009/2020)
UIDP/EEA/50009/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento
Ongoing
2020 - 2022 DIADES - EAPA_18/2018 (1018P.05606.1.01)
1018P.05606.1.01
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
 European Regional Development Fund
Ongoing
2016 - 2020 PhD Studentship contract PD/BD/128054/2016
PD/BD/128054/2016
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Santos, João; Viana, Miguel; Nieto, Jaime; Brockway, Paul E.; Sakai, Marco; Domingos, Tiago. "The Impact of Energy Efficiency on Economic Growth: Application of the MARCO Model to the Portuguese Economy 1960–2014". Energies 17 11 (2024): 2688. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en17112688.
    Published • 10.3390/en17112688
  2. Gonçalves, João; Santos, João; Heun, Matthew; Brockway, Paul E.; Domingos, Tiago; João Gonçalves; João Santos; et al. "Useful Exergy as an Intermediate Input in a Two-Sector Model of the United States Economy". Energies 17 6 (2024): 1481. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en17061481.
    Published • 10.3390/en17061481
  3. Ecclesia, Marco Vittorio; Santos, João; Brockway, Paul; Domingos, Tiago. Corresponding author: Ecclesia, Marco Vittorio. "A Comprehensive Societal Energy Return on Investment Study of Portugal Reveals a Low but Stable Value". Energies 15 10 (2022): 3549. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15103549.
    Published • 10.3390/en15103549
  4. Santos, João; Borges, Afonso S.; Domingos, Tiago. Corresponding author: Santos, João. "Exploring the links between total factor productivity and energy efficiency: Portugal, 1960–2014". Energy Economics 101 (2021): 105407. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105407.
    Published • 10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105407
  5. Santos, João; Domingos, Tiago; Sousa, Tânia; St. Aubyn, Miguel. "Useful Exergy Is Key in Obtaining Plausible Aggregate Production Functions and Recognizing the Role of Energy in Economic Growth: Portugal 1960–2009". Ecological Economics 148 (2018): 103-120. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.01.008.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.01.008
  6. Heun, Matthew Kuperus; Santos, João; Brockway, Paul; Pruim, Randall; Domingos, Tiago; Sakai, Marco. Corresponding author: Heun, Matthew Kuperus. "From Theory to Econometrics to Energy Policy: Cautionary Tales for Policymaking Using Aggregate Production Functions". Energies 10 2 (2017): 203. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en10020203.
    Published • 10.3390/en10020203
  7. Brockway, Paul; Heun, Matthew Kuperus; Santos, João; Barrett, John. Corresponding author: Brockway, Paul. "Energy-Extended CES Aggregate Production: Current Aspects of Their Specification and Econometric Estimation". Energies 10 2 (2017): 202. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en10020202.
    Published • 10.3390/en10020202
Report
  1. Domingos, Tiago; da Silva Vieira, Ricardo; Sousa, Tânia; Ricardo F.M. Teixeira; Morais, Tiago G.; Santos, João; Teixeira, Carlos MGL; et al. Corresponding author: da Silva Vieira, Ricardo. 2021. Environmental Boundaries: The intergenerational impacts of biophysical resource use. Final report. https://gulbenkian.pt/de-hoje-para-amanha/wp-content/uploads/sites/46/2021/11/JI_LimitesEcologicos_EN_web-2.pdf.
  2. Alvarenga, António; Marta-Pedroso, CRISTINA; Santos, João; Laura Felício; Luísa Almeida Serra; Maria do Rosário Palha; da Silva Vieira, Ricardo; et al. Corresponding author: Alvarenga, António. 2017. Towards a Carbon Neutral Economy: How Can Portugal's Economy Grow While Creating Employment? MEET 2030 Report for Business.. https://bcsdportugal.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/MEET2030-Relatorio.pdf.
Working paper
  1. Santos, João; Domingos, Tiago; Sousa, Tânia; André Serrenho. Corresponding author: Santos, João. 2018. "Development of a two-sector model with an extended energy sector and application to Portugal (1960-2014)". https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/id/eprint/89175.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/06/21 Global convergence in energy intensity of GDP: Analysis at primary, final and useful stages of energy/exergy flows 10th International Degrowth Conference and 15th Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE)
University of Vigo (Pontevedra, Spain)
2024/06/21 The impact of energy efficiency on economic growth: Application of the MARCO model to the Portuguese economy 1960-2014 10th International Degrowth Conference and 15th Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE)
University of Vigo (Pontevedra, Spain)
2023/07/10 Global convergence in energy intensity of GDP: Analysis at primary, final, and useful stages of energy/exergy flows 7th International Exergy-Economics Workshop (IEEW)
(Chambéry, France)
2022/06 Exploring the links between energy and growth in Europe: Panel cointegration analysis with useful exergy for EU-15 countries. 14th Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics - ESEE 2022
Dipartamento di Economia e Management (Pisa, Italy)
2022/06 The economy as an exergy processing system: National accounts with a useful exergy producing extended energy sector. 6th International Exergy-Economics Workshop (IEEW)
Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
2022/05 Exploring the links between energy and growth in Europe: Panel cointegration analysis with useful exergy for EU-15 countries. Conference on Heavy Tails and Robust Estimation
Nova School of Business Economics (Lisboa, Portugal)
2021/09 Exploring the links between total factor productivity, final-to-useful exergy efficiency, and economic growth: Case-study Portugal 1960-2014. AERNA - IX Conference of the Spanish-Portuguese Association of Resources and Environmental Economics
University of Lleida (Catalonia, Spain)
2021/07 Exploring the links between total factor productivity, final-to-useful exergy efficiency, and economic growth: Case-study Portugal 1960-2014. International Online Joint Conference of the International Degrowth Research Networks, the International Society for Ecological Economics, and the European Society for Ecological Economics - ISEE-ESEE-DEGROWTH
University of Manchester (Manchester, United Kingdom)
2021/06 Exploring the links between total factor productivity and energy efficiency. 5th (Virtual) International Exergy Economics Workshop - VIEEW2021
University of Leeds (Leeds, United Kingdom)
2021/01 Exploring the links between total factor productivity, final-to-useful exergy efficiency, and economic growth: Case-study Portugal 1960-2014. Annual APEEN (Associação Portuguese de Economia da Energia) Conference - Energy Transition and Sustainability
Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/06 Exploring the links between energy and growth in Europe: a panel cointegration analysis with useful exergy for EU countries. 13th Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE) - Co-creation: Making Ecological Economics Matter
University of Turku (Turku, Finland)
2019/06 National accounts with an extended energy sector and estimation of useful exergy prices for Portugal 1960-2014. 13th Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE) - Co-creation: Making Ecological Economics Matter
University of Turku (Turku, Finland)
2018/03 Useful exergy as key in obtaining aggregate production functions and recognizing the role of energy in economic growth - Portugal 1960-2009. 4th Science and Energy Seminar - Energy Transitions : Toward an International Panel on Energy Science ?
École de Physique des Houches (Les Houches, France)
2017/06 Useful exergy as the key to reconcile the cost share theorem with a central role for energy in economic growth: Testing for the existence of aggregate production functions for the Portuguese economy (1960-2009). 5th Ph.D. Student Workshop in Economics
School of Economics and Management, University of Minho (UMinho) (Braga, Portugal)
2017/06 Investigating the relationships between economic growth and the primary, final, and useful stages of energy transformation in economies: Portugal 1960-2009. 12th Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE) - Ecological Economics in Action: Building a Reflective and Inclusive Community
Corvinus Business School (Budapest, Hungary)
2017/05 National accounts with a broader energy sector. Annual APEEN (Associação Portuguese de Economia da Energia) Conference
Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) (Lisboa, Portugal)
2017/04 Does a small cost share reflect a negligible role for energy in economic production? Testing for aggregate production functions including capital, labor, and useful exergy through a cointegration-based method. Eight Iberian Cliometrics Workshop - Iberometrics VIII
Institute of Advanced Research in Business and Economics (INARBE), Universidad Publica de Navarra (UPNA) (Pamplona, Spain)
2017/02 Testing for capital, labor, and useful exergy aggregate production functions through a cointegration-based method. 3rd Energy for Sustainability International Conference - Designing Cities & Communities for the Future
ITeCons - Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção, Energia, Ambiente e Sustentabilidade (Funchal, Portugal)
2016/11 From theory to econometrics to energy policy: cautionary tales for policymaking using aggregate production functions. 3rd Meeting on Energy and Environmental Economics - ME3
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2016/07 From theory to econometrics to policy: Insights and cautionary tales from macroeconomic growth modelling with the CES production function under an ecological economics framework. 2nd International Exergy Economics Workshop - IEEW2016
University of Sussex (Brighton, United Kingdom)
2016/02 Applying insights from ecological economics to macroeconomic growth modelling with the CES production function. 1st Energy Economics Iberian Conference (EEIC|CIEE)
Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL), Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon (Lisboa, Portugal)
2015/07 Modelling economic growth with exergy-augmented production functions. 11th International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics - ESEE
University of Leeds (Leeds, United Kingdom)
2014/09 Energy measures and economic growth: cointegration and causality relationships for Portugal (1960-2009) Energia@IST2014 - IST Energy Initiative (Iniciativa de Energia do Instituto Superior Técnico)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2014/09 Energy measures and economic growth: cointegration and causality relationships for Portugal (1960-2009) ME3 - 1st Meeting on Energy and Environmental Economics
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2014/07 Useful Work & Economic Growth: Portugal 1960-2009 8th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Economic Journal
University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2014/06 Useful Work & Economic Growth: Portugal 1960-2009 PCEEE - Portugal in Conference for an Energetically Efficient Economy
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisboa, Portugal)
2013/09 Economic Growth and Useful Work EfS - 1st Energy for Sustainability Multidisciplinary Conference
ITeCons - Institute for Research and Technological Development in Construction Sciences, University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
2013/05 Economic Growth and Useful Work ICEE - 1st International Congress on Energy & Environment
School of Economics and Management, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/01/01 - Current Assessment of the linkages between economic growth and biodiversity trends at the national scale
Co-supervisor
 Environmental Engineering (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022 - Current Analysis of the macroeconomic impacts of energy policy measures.
Supervisor
 Engenharia Mecânica (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 - 2020 The role of thermodynamic efficiency in Portugal's economic growth between 1960 and 2014: Development and application of a macroeconomic model with useful exergy.
Supervisor
 Engenharia e Gestão da Energia (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Economic growth model based on capital exergy efficiency for Portugal: historical calibration (1960-2014) and scenarios until 2050.
Supervisor
 Engenharia e Gestão da Energia (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018 - 2018 3rd International Exergy Economics Workshop (IEEW) (2018/05/13 - 2018/05/15)
Workshop (Other)
 Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2022/04 - 2023/04 International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) Membership Level 6 - Student

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2022 - Current Member of the scientific committee, tasks including: 1) helping define scientific research policy; 2) ratify the executive committee, admission of new members, and MARETEC's candidate to IST's scientific committee; 3) put forward names for candidates to MARETEC's presidency; 4) Change/approve MARETEC's regulations.
Member
 Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019 - Current Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Environmental Engineering (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 - Current Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Ecological Economics (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023/02/02 - 2023/02/02 Tutorial on: Allocating Carbon Budgets Climate Change Mitigation (Postgraduate Certificate) University of Leeds School of Earth and Environment, United Kingdom
2022/06/07 - 2022/06/07 Class in Environmental Economics Environmental Economics (Bachelor) Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey - Campus Ciudad de México, Mexico
2020 - 2021 Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Energy, Economic and Environmental Scenarios Energy, Economic and Environmental Scenarios (Outros) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Management of Energy Systems Industrial Engineering and Management (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Energy and Environment Environmental Engineering (Mestrado integrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2024 Diploma recognizing Teaching Excellence in the 2022/2023 course on Environmental Economics and Natural Recourses of the Master Degree in Environmental Engineering (MEAmb)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Other distinction

2022 Ph.D. Thesis - Pass with Distinction and Honour
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal