NECE's mission is to develop excellent research in business and economic sciences, with international dissemination, based on multidisciplinary approaches; nurtured from a community of researchers who promote University-Industry-Community relations and pursue the application of the Sustainable Development Goals.
NECE's vision is to be recognised as a benchmark for excellence in research; to be a centre for attracting and retaining the best research talent, who are committed to being key players in promoting sustainable development, contributing to productivity, competitiveness, business and social innovation, sustainable economic development and the well-being of society, at international, national and regional level; and to guarantee the notoriety, visibility and dissemination of the research activities and results of the research community.
NECE's scientific agenda is organised into four groups:
- Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness and Innovation (ECI)
Research Group Coordinator: Claudia Dias
Aims to carry out high-quality research into entrepreneurship, firms and regional competitiveness and innovation, encouraging strong collaboration between its members and with international research networks and organisations.
- Organisational Management (OM)
Research Group Coordinator: Eugénia Pedro
Studies focused on the problems inherent in the management of for-profit and non-profit organisations. Through innovative approaches, it also integrates current themes such as neuroscience, ethics, social inclusion and gender equality.
- Economics and Finance (EF)
Research Group Coordinator: Flávio Morais
This group promotes the publication of high-quality articles in economics (micro/macro) and finance (markets/firms), in order to provide an international forum for research in EF. The research carried out is of particular relevance to national and global decision-makers.
- Sustainable Development (SD)
Research Group Coordinator: João Leitão
Conducts research on the SDGs, data analysis, evaluation of sustainable technologies and products, environmental impact assessments, environmental education, sustainability strategies and assessments, ESG approach, sustainable business models, monitoring of sustainable practices and public policies.
NECE also has three laboratories that offer research infrastructures: neuroNECE, a neuroscience laboratory applied to Management, Economics and Marketing; dataNECE, a data science and curation laboratory; and sdNECE, a Sustainable Development laboratory.
In this context, the activity plan for 2025-2029 is based on four strategic axes:
- Promoting excellence in research and the dissemination of research results.
- Capacitating the research community.
- Increasing the internationalisation of R&D activities and the research community.
- Intensifying University-Industry-Community relations.
Scientific Coordinator: Ricardo Gouveia Rodrigues
Estrada do Sineiro
6200-209 Covilhã
rjagr@ubi.pt
Phone +351 275 319 600
UNIDADE INTEGRADA
Supported by FCT through national funds via project UID/04630/2025 (DOI: 10.54499/UID/04630/2025).
Supported by the European Union - NextGenerationEU via projects UID/PRR/04630/2025 (DOI: 10.54499/UID/PRR/04630/2025) and UID/PRR2/04630/2025 e (DOI: 10.54499/UID/PRR2/04630/2025
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