Ana Madsen is an Invited Assistant Professor at Católica Porto Business School, also teaching at the School of Law and the School of Arts of Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto.

With a PhD in Economics from the Universidad Rey Ruan Carlos, Madrid, specialising in Market Systems, Ana Madsen has been a lecturer at Universidade Católica Portuguesa since 2011 and is also a consultant in several private sector companies (in Portugal, Denmark and Norway).

She currently focuses on the reality of national public accounts, namely the General State Account and the VAT, as well as the Portuguese and European Economy.

For 7 years, she has taught at the University of Southern Denmark, having won a Merit Scholarship from the Danish Government. She was director of the degree in Consumer Sciences at IPAM, where she taught for 6 years.

Over the years, she has participated in international conferences in the USA, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Slovenia and Brazil. She has published several books and scientific articles.