Academic CV

Rafael Nunes Teixeira
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Economic and Social Research Institute

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Academic appointments and doctoral training

Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Energy and Environment · September 2024–present

University of Amsterdam
PhD in Business and Economics · 2019–2025
Supervisors: Sander Onderstal and Jan-Willem Stoelhorst
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Education

Visiting Student Research Collaborator, University of Nottingham · 2023
MPhil in Economics, Tinbergen Institute · 2017–2019
MPhil in Economics, Universidade de Brasília · 2015–2017
BSc in Economics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais · 2014

Teaching and supervision

University of Amsterdam
Supervised 30 BSc students in Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics (PPLE) and two MSc students in Strategy. Coordinated the internal oTree course and served as a teaching assistant for Theories of Strategy, Economics of Markets and Organisations, and Strategy and Organisation.

Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
Guest lectures in Behavioural Economics · 2024–2026

Tinbergen Institute
Teaching assistant for Statistics and Principles in Programming in Econometrics (MPhil) · 2018

Research projects

SOCERGY (SEAI)
Designed and analysed an experiment on social comparison and energy-efficiency labels in appliance shopping.

ThumbsUp (Horizon Europe)
Designed and analysed a study of social endorsement and household valuation of thermal energy storage with 1,309 homeowners in 13 countries.

BRIGHT (SEAI)
Studies household heat-pump and retrofit choices using a personalised experiment and a discrete choice experiment.

Selected grants and awards

A Sustainable Future Grants, University of Amsterdam · 2021, 2022, 2023
Best Project Award, RExSchool on Social Norms and Social Preferences · 2021
Tinbergen Institute Scholarship · 2018–2020
CAPES Scholarship · 2015–2017