Margarida Bandeira Morais

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) and the The Productivity Institute (TPI). My research focuses on productivity, innovation and institutions, with a focus on the UK and Europe.

I recently defended my PhD in Economic Geography, from the London School of Economics. My research aimed to understand whether and how economic complexity, a measure of the knowledge embedded in exports or other economic activities, can help us understand regional disparities and economic development. I was supervised by Prof. Simona Iammarino and Prof. Neil Lee and fully funded by FCT, the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.

Education and background

• MSc Local Economic Development, London School of Economics (2019)

• MSc Economic Policy, Utrecht University (2017)

• BA Business and Economics, Trinity College Dublin (2016)

• Visiting student in Economics, Barnard College, Columbia University (2015)

Prior to joining LSE, I spent a year working in the private sector in Lisbon.