CURRICULUM VITAE:
BRUNO DAMASIO
Name: Bruno Miguel Pinto Damásio
Position: Senior Lecturer in Statistics and Econometrics at NOVA IMS
Organisation: NOVA/ CLODE Consultants
Date of birth: 12 June 1986
Nationality: Portuguese
Education
2019 PhD, Mathematics Applied to Economics and Management Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão - University of Lisbon (ISEG-UTL). Summa cum laude Thesis: Essays On Econometrics. Multivariate Markov Chains. Supervisor: João Nicolau
2013 Master of Science, Econometrics Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão - University of Lisbon (ISEG-UTL). Final Grade: 18 out of 20. Thesis: Multivariate Markov Chains - Estimation, Inference and Forecast. A New Approach: What If We Use Them As Stochastic Covariates? Supervisor: João Nicolau. Final Grade: 19 out of 20
2011 Bachelor of Science, Economics Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão - University of Lisbon (ISEG-UTL). Final Grade: 15 out of 20
Languages
Portuguese: Native
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Basic
Skills
Software: R, Gauss, Stata, EViews, Mathematica, Matlab, DataStream, TEX, WinSolve and WinBugs
Present position(s)
NOVA IMS: Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Invited Assistant Professor
ISEG: Department of Mathematics, Teaching Assistant
CEMAPRE: Centre for Applied Mathematics and Economics, ISEG, Researcher
CEsA: Centre for Development and African Studies, ISEG, Researcher
Freelance: Statistical expert
Experience in present position(s)
6 years: NOVA IMS
7 years: ISEG
8 years: CEMAPRE
11 years: CEsA
8 years: Freelance consultant
FCSC DIPLOMA
Key qualifications
•  Doctor of mathematics applied to economics
•  Wide variety of training and consultancy experience
•  Expert in the application of statistics in government
•  Experience of working with international statistical organisations
•  Specialist in master programme for data science, econometric methods, inferential analytics, and forecasting methods
•  Experience of working with government departments including health, education, and finance
Professional experience
2018-date France OECD, Senior Consultant, Improving the regulatory impact assessment system in Portugal
2017-date Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa, NOVA-IMS, Invited Assistant Professor
2014-datePortugal Department of Mathematics, ISEG, Teaching Assistant
2015-2017 Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa, NOVA-IMS, Invited Lecturer
2015-2016 Portugal Portuguese Public Finance Council, Economist/Econometrician
2015 Portugal PhD Researcher, CEMAPRE - ISEG, Grant form FCT
2012-2013 Portugal Department of Mathematics, ISEG, Teaching Fellow
2013-date Portugal Centre for Applied Mathematics and Economics (CEMAPRE), ISEG, Researcher
2013-date Portugal Centre for Development and African Studies (CEsA), ISEG, Researcher
2010-2011 Portugal Research Centre in Economic and Organisational Sociology, ISEG, Research Assistant
Training experience
Statistics for Data Science - Master Programme in Data Science and Advanced Analytics (NOVA-IMS: Fall 2019)
Econometrics Methods - Master Programme in Statistics and Information Management (NOVAIMS: Spring 2019)
Econometrics I - Undergraduate Programme in Information Management (NOVA-IMS: Spring 2019)
Financial Econometrics - Master Programme in Applied Econometrics and Forecasting (ISEG: Spring 2018, Spring 2019)
Computation in Statistics and Information Management (R package) - Undergraduate Programme in Information Management (NOVA-IMS: Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019)
Statistics III - Undergraduate Programme in Information Management (NOVA-IMS: Spring 2018)
Inferential Analytics - Master Programme in Advanced Analytics (NOVA-IMS: Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018) 
Forecasting Methods - Master Programme in Economic and Quantitative Methods for Decision- Making in Economics and Business (ISEG: Spring 2016, Spring 2017)
Econometrics II - Undergraduate Programme in Information Management (NOVA-IMS: Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019)
Time Series Analysis and Forecasting - Master Programme in Applied Econometrics and Forecasting (ISEG: Fall 2015, Fall 2016)
Statistics I - Undergraduate Programme in Management (ISEG: Fall 2015)
Statistics II - Undergraduate Programme in Management (ISEG: Spring 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018)
Econometrics - Undergraduate Programme in Economics and Finance (ISEG: Fall 2014)
Statistics II - Undergraduate Programme in Economics and Finance (ISEG: Fall 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017)
Statistics I - Undergraduate Programme in Economics and Finance (ISEG: Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012)
FCSC DIPLOMA
Other relevant information (publications)
Martins D. and Damásio, B. (2019). One Troika fits all? Job crash, pro-market structural reform and austerity-driven therapy in Portugal. Empirica, 1-27
Damásio, B. and Mendonça, S. (2018). Modelling insurgent-incumbent dynamics: Vector autoregressions, multivariate Markov chains, and the nature of technological competition Applied Economics Letters, 1-7
Damásio, B., Louçã, F. and Nicolau, J. (2018). The changing economic regimes and expected time to recover of the peripheral countries under the euro: A nonparametric approach. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 507, 524-533
Damásio, B. and Nicolau, J. (2014). Combining a Regression Model with a Multivariate Markov Chain in a Forecasting Problem. Statistics and Probability Letters, 90, 108-113
Barros, C., Damásio, B. and Faria, J. (2014). Reverse FDI in Europe: An Analysis of Angola’s FDI in Portugal. African Development Review, 26, 160-171
Damásio, B. and Nicolau, J. (2015). Da Utilização De Cadeias de Markov Multivariadas Num Problema de Previsão - Proceedings of the XXI Congress of the Portuguese Statistical Society (SPE)
Scientific projects and consultancy
OECD, Regulatory Impact Assessment in Public Administration, 2019-present
Portuguese Environment Agency (APA), Assessment of the implementation of the TUA - Title Environmental Single, 2019
OECD, Reviewing the regulatory impact assessment system in Portugal, 2018-2019
Ministry of the Presidency and of Administrative Modernisation / Agency for the Public Services Reform, Consultant of the project: Definition And Application of The Evaluation Methodology on Simplex + 2016 Programme’s Measures, 2017
European Court of Auditors / Centre for Applied Mathematics and Economics (CEMAPRE) / Research Unit on Complexity and Economics (UECE), Consultant of the project: Themacro impact of the Portuguese Constitutional Court decisions regarding the budgetary proposals of the Portuguese Government Budget Law, 2014
National Bank of Angola, External Consultant and Researcher at Economic Studies Department, since 2013-2015
Centre for Applied Mathematics and Economics (CEMAPRE), ISEG, Consultant of the project Forecast of the demand of healthcare services in José de Mello Saúde, 2013
Centre for Development and African Studies (CEsA), ISEG, Researcher of the project Quantitative Methods Applied to Development Economics, 2013
Centre for Development and African Studies (CEsA), ISEG, Researcher of the project REVI - Reverse Foreign Direct Investment, from Africa to Europe ), 2012
Research Centre in Economic and Organisational Sociology (SOCIUS), ISEG, Research assistant of the project MobiScience - Scientist’s mobility in Portugal: trajectories and knowledge circulation, 2011-2012
Honours, grants, and prizes
•  Portuguese Statistical Society Grant, 2015
•  Portuguese Statistical Society Grant, 2013
•  Science and Technology Foundation (FCT) PhD Studentship, 2015-2019
•  Best Student of Master in Applied Econometrics and Forecasting, 2013
•  Best Master Thesis in Applied Econometric and Forecasting, 2013
•  Research Centre in Economic and Organisational Sociology (SOCIUS), ISEG, Research Assistant - grant from FCT, 2011
FCSC DIPLOMA
CURRICULUM VITAE: BRUNO DAMASIO
Name: Bruno Miguel Pinto Damásio
Position: Senior Lecturer in Statistics and Econometrics at NOVA Information Management School
Organisation: NOVA/ CLODE Consultants
Date of birth: 12 June 1986
Nationality: Portuguese
Education
2019 PhD, Mathematics Applied to Economics and Management Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão - University of Lisbon (ISEG-UTL). Summa cum laude Thesis: Essays On Econometrics. Multivariate Markov Chains. Supervisor: João Nicolau
2013 Master of Science, Econometrics Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão - University of Lisbon (ISEG-UTL). Final Grade: 18 out of 20. Thesis: Multivariate Markov Chains - Estimation, Inference and Forecast. A New Approach: What If We Use Them As Stochastic Covariates? Supervisor: João Nicolau. Final Grade: 19 out of 20
2011 Bachelor of Science, Economics Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão - University of Lisbon (ISEG-UTL). Final Grade: 15 out of 20
Languages
Portuguese: Native
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Basic
Skills
Software: R, Gauss, Stata, EViews, Mathematica, Matlab, DataStream, TEX, WinSolve and WinBugs
Present position(s)
NOVA IMS: Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Invited Assistant Professor
ISEG: Department of Mathematics, Teaching Assistant
CEMAPRE: Centre for Applied Mathematics and Economics, ISEG, Researcher
CEsA: Centre for Development and African Studies, ISEG, Researcher
Freelance: Statistical expert
Experience in present position(s)
6 years: NOVA IMS
7 years: ISEG
8 years: CEMAPRE
11 years: CEsA
8 years: Freelance consultant
FCSC DIPLOMA
Key qualifications
•  Doctor of mathematics applied to economics
•  Wide variety of training and consultancy experience
•  Expert in the application of statistics in government
•  Experience of working with international statistical organisations
•  Specialist in master programme for data science, econometric methods, inferential analytics, and forecasting methods
•  Experience of working with government departments including health, education, and finance
Professional experience
2018-date France OECD, Senior Consultant, Improving the regulatory impact assessment system in Portugal
2017-date Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa, NOVA-IMS, Invited Assistant Professor
2014-datePortugal Department of Mathematics, ISEG, Teaching Assistant
2015-2017 Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa, NOVA-IMS, Invited Lecturer
2015-2016 Portugal Portuguese Public Finance Council, Economist/Econometrician
2015 Portugal PhD Researcher, CEMAPRE - ISEG, Grant form FCT
2012-2013 Portugal Department of Mathematics, ISEG, Teaching Fellow
2013-date Portugal Centre for Applied Mathematics and Economics (CEMAPRE), ISEG, Researcher
2013-date Portugal Centre for Development and African Studies (CEsA), ISEG, Researcher
2010-2011 Portugal Research Centre in Economic and Organisational Sociology, ISEG, Research Assistant
Training experience
Statistics for Data Science - Master Programme in Data Science and Advanced Analytics (NOVA-IMS: Fall 2019)
Econometrics Methods - Master Programme in Statistics and Information Management (NOVAIMS: Spring 2019)
Econometrics I - Undergraduate Programme in Information Management (NOVA-IMS: Spring 2019)
Financial Econometrics - Master Programme in Applied Econometrics and Forecasting (ISEG: Spring 2018, Spring 2019)
Computation in Statistics and Information Management (R package) - Undergraduate Programme in Information Management (NOVA-IMS: Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019)
Statistics III - Undergraduate Programme in Information Management (NOVA-IMS: Spring 2018)
Inferential Analytics - Master Programme in Advanced Analytics (NOVA-IMS: Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018) 
Forecasting Methods - Master Programme in Economic and Quantitative Methods for Decision- Making in Economics and Business (ISEG: Spring 2016, Spring 2017)
Econometrics II - Undergraduate Programme in Information Management (NOVA-IMS: Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019)
Time Series Analysis and Forecasting - Master Programme in Applied Econometrics and Forecasting (ISEG: Fall 2015, Fall 2016)
Statistics I - Undergraduate Programme in Management (ISEG: Fall 2015)
Statistics II - Undergraduate Programme in Management (ISEG: Spring 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018)
Econometrics - Undergraduate Programme in Economics and Finance (ISEG: Fall 2014)
Statistics II - Undergraduate Programme in Economics and Finance (ISEG: Fall 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017)
Statistics I - Undergraduate Programme in Economics and Finance (ISEG: Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012)
FCSC DIPLOMA
Other relevant information (publications)
Martins D. and Damásio, B. (2019). One Troika fits all? Job crash, pro-market structural reform and austerity-driven therapy in Portugal. Empirica, 1-27
Damásio, B. and Mendonça, S. (2018). Modelling insurgent-incumbent dynamics: Vector autoregressions, multivariate Markov chains, and the nature of technological competition Applied Economics Letters, 1-7
Damásio, B., Louçã, F. and Nicolau, J. (2018). The changing economic regimes and expected time to recover of the peripheral countries under the euro: A nonparametric approach. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 507, 524-533
Damásio, B. and Nicolau, J. (2014). Combining a Regression Model with a Multivariate Markov Chain in a Forecasting Problem. Statistics and Probability Letters, 90, 108-113
Barros, C., Damásio, B. and Faria, J. (2014). Reverse FDI in Europe: An Analysis of Angola’s FDI in Portugal. African Development Review, 26, 160-171
Damásio, B. and Nicolau, J. (2015). Da Utilização De Cadeias de Markov Multivariadas Num Problema de Previsão - Proceedings of the XXI Congress of the Portuguese Statistical Society (SPE)
Scientific projects and consultancy
OECD, Regulatory Impact Assessment in Public Administration, 2019-present
Portuguese Environment Agency (APA), Assessment of the implementation of the TUA - Title Environmental Single, 2019
OECD, Reviewing the regulatory impact assessment system in Portugal, 2018-2019
Ministry of the Presidency and of Administrative Modernisation / Agency for the Public Services Reform, Consultant of the project: Definition And Application of The Evaluation Methodology on Simplex + 2016 Programme’s Measures, 2017
European Court of Auditors / Centre for Applied Mathematics and Economics (CEMAPRE) / Research Unit on Complexity and Economics (UECE), Consultant of the project: Themacro impact of the Portuguese Constitutional Court decisions regarding the budgetary proposals of the Portuguese Government Budget Law, 2014
National Bank of Angola, External Consultant and Researcher at Economic Studies Department, since 2013-2015
Centre for Applied Mathematics and Economics (CEMAPRE), ISEG, Consultant of the project Forecast of the demand of healthcare services in José de Mello Saúde, 2013
Centre for Development and African Studies (CEsA), ISEG, Researcher of the project Quantitative Methods Applied to Development Economics, 2013
Centre for Development and African Studies (CEsA), ISEG, Researcher of the project REVI - Reverse Foreign Direct Investment, from Africa to Europe ), 2012
Research Centre in Economic and Organisational Sociology (SOCIUS), ISEG, Research assistant of the project MobiScience - Scientist’s mobility in Portugal: trajectories and knowledge circulation, 2011-2012
Honours, grants, and prizes
•  Portuguese Statistical Society Grant, 2015
•  Portuguese Statistical Society Grant, 2013
•  Science and Technology Foundation (FCT) PhD Studentship, 2015-2019
•  Best Student of Master in Applied Econometrics and Forecasting, 2013
•  Best Master Thesis in Applied Econometric and Forecasting, 2013
•  Research Centre in Economic and Organisational Sociology (SOCIUS), ISEG, Research Assistant - grant from FCT, 2011
FCSC DIPLOMA