PROSPER is a research center that uses cutting-edge research methods to answer important questions on pressing economic issues that matter for prosperity. The Center goal is to improve policy design and evaluation and increase its contribution to the SDGs. In addition to the knowledge production and dissemination, the Center also trains and provides work experience to the next generation so that they can design better policies and make better, data driven, decisions on economic issues.
Mission
PROSPER has the goal of improving public debate on the Portuguese and European economies. The Center aims to contribute toward helping private and public agents in their response to the main economic challenges, through scientific research, by producing new and relevant analyses, using the wealth of existing microdata to understand the workings of the Portuguese economy. To achieve this goal, it is crucial for the Center to be independent, an independence that will be built on an academic reputation based on rigorous and transparent scientific research.
The Center will analyze economic topics such as employment, innovation and economic growth, poverty, inequality and social mobility, and the economics of education and health. The analyses will focus on the causes that characterize each of these issues, all of them crucial to the collective prosperity and well-being of all citizens - putting the economy at the service of people.
After the creation of PROSPER on June 4th 2020, we were awarded several research grants in international competitions financed by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Fundação La Caixa, Fundação Mais Liberdade and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Funded Projects
Second round, ongoing, Fundação La Caixa
Second round, ongoing, Fundação La Caixa
Reach out to the PROSPER team at prosper.clsbe@ucp.pt.
View our 1 Year Anniversary Newsletter.
Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics
Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Palma de Cima, 1649-023 Lisboa, Portugal