Books
Smarter New York City: How City Agencies Innovate (Columbia University Press, 2018)
Parliamentary System Reform in Portugal: Analyses and Tool for an Urgent Dialogue” (Principia Publisher, 2019)
Data and Algorithms
Introduction to the Circular City Data
NYC Tech Growth Booming, Education Not Keeping Pace, Signs of Hope
Big Data Can Drive SDGs With Improved Accountability and Transparency: A Question of Trust
The Development Gap in New York City
How city agencies can innovate: New York's lessons for the world
What lost public-private collaboration is costing urban tech projects
Institutional Innovation
When Differences Across Party Lines Make No Difference: the Case of Portugal (Part II)
We the Portuguese People: Fighting For What Matters
The Power of Questions to Fix Political Reputation
The Political System in Portugal: People’s Demand versus Political Agendas
Diaspora and the Political System in Portugal
The Portuguese Language in the United Nations Framing Policy Design
An Evaluation of the National Employment Strategy 2000-2010, Portugal.
Policy Briefs on China
U.S. “vs.” China in Africa: A Message to President Obama and Premier Li Keqiang
How is Economic Slowdown and Environmental Degradation Democratizing China?
Chinese Cities Will Not Become Greener Without a Decentralised and Smarter Taxation System
Making Chinese Cities Smarter: Leapfrogging Intra-city Transport Development with ‘Big Data’
Young People, Energy and Sustainability
What Does Oil Price Drop Mean for China?
China’s ‘Stir Fry’ of Environmentally Related Taxes and Charges: Too Many Cooks at Work
Distributed Solar Power Generation in China
Low Carbon Cities in China, Serious Challenges and Signs of Hope
International Migration Studies
The Impact of Immigration in European Societies: the Portuguese Case
Skilled Migrants’ Dynamics and Social Capital Innovation: A Conceptual and Analytical Framework to Assess Patterns of (re)Integration. Poster presented at the Harvard Networks in Political Science Conference. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Advancing Executive Training on Sustainable Development Practice. An evaluation report for Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, Government of Jordan
The Retention of Highly Skilled Returnees in Mozambique
Immigrant’s Labor Accidents in Portugal
Impact of Immigration on Public Finance in Portugal in 2001
Impact of Immigration on Public Finance in Portugal: A Longitudinal Approach 2001-2003
Capacity Development
The fascinating world of unconscious bias and development policy
Concept Note on Case-Study Methodology_MPA-DP_Columbia University
The Meaning of ‘Practice’ in the Age of Sustainable Development: Part II (from the MDGs to 2030)
The Meaning of ‘Practice’ in the Age of Sustainable Development: Part I (from Aristotle to the MDGs)
The Barbarism of Power in the Workplace and the Evolutionary Nature of Trust
Egypt
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Egypt’s National Strategies for Sustainable Development and Adaptation to Climate Change. A proposal for the Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs, Government of Egypt
United States
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FEMA and the Witt Revolution: Testing the Hypothesis of “Bureaucratic Autonomy
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Review on “Performance-Pay for Teachers” Literature for the Colorado Department of Education
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U.S. “vs.” China in Africa: A Message to President Obama and Premier Li Keqiang
Jordan
Kazakhstan

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