Católica Porto Business School is hosting a debate-conference on the book “As Causas do Atraso Português – Repensar o passado para reinventar o presente” (“The Causes of Portuguese Backwardness – Rethinking the Past to Reinvent the Present”), authored by Nuno Palma, Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester.
In his work, the author questions why Portugal is considered a wealthy country on a global scale today, yet remains among the least developed countries in Europe. In a conversation with Rodrigo Queiroz e Melo, the debate will focus particularly on education as one of the main structural factors behind the country’s underdevelopment.
Date and time: 23 April, 6:45 p.m.
Location: Universidade Católica in Porto, Biotechnology Building, Comendador Arménio Miranda Auditorium
Participation is free of charge but subject to prior registration.
PROGRAMME
- Opening – Isabel Braga da Cruz, Pro-Rector of Universidade Católica Portuguesa
- Book presentation – Nuno Palma, author
- Debate on the book
- Nuno Palma
- Rodrigo Queiroz e Melo, professor at the Faculty of Human Sciences, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
- Moderator: Miguel Sottomayor, lecturer at Católica Porto Business School
- Closing remarks
Nuno Palma
Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Manchester. Director, The Arthur Lewis Lab for Comparative Development, University of Manchester. Research Fellow, ICS, Universidade de Lisboa. Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London. More information here.
Rodrigo Queiroz e Melo
PhD from Universidade Católica Portuguesa in 2010. Executive Director of AEEP, President of the General Council of IAVE, I.P., and Counselor of the National Educational Council. Chairman of the European Council of National Associations of Independent Schools and Vice President of the European Federation of Education Employers. Administrator of Ensinus Estudos Superiores, SA, founding entity of ISG – Instituto Superior de Gestão. More details here.
