Paulo Côrte-Real
Guess Professor
Paulo Côrte-Real holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. He is currently an Associate Professor at Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE), where he has taught since 2003. His teaching aims to foster critical thinking, an appreciation of complexity, rigor, responsibility, and a human-centered approach to economics.
He is a human rights activist, with a particular focus on equality and nondiscrimination, and has served on the Technical and Scientific Group of the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality. He has extensive leadership experience with ILGA-Europe, ILGA Portugal, and Amnesty International Portugal, as well as experience providing training on equality issues and engaging in public and political advocacy, notably in the national campaigns for equal access to marriage and parenting rights for same-sex couples.
He has taught and coordinated several courses in Microeconomic Theory, with an emphasis on Game Theory and Information Economics, as well as courses in Public Economics and Public Policy.
- Côrte-Real, Paulo, Rego, Margarida Lima, Brilhante, Joana, Resende, Maria João, Vale de Almeida, Miguel, Corcodel, Veronica (2025). “Keeping it together: How to design legal protection against multiple and intersectional discrimination.” International Journal of Discrimination and the Law.
- Côrte-Real, Paulo P. (2007). “Fuzzy voters, crisp votes.” International Game Theory Review, 9(1), 67–86.
- Côrte-Real, Paulo P., Pereira, Paulo T. (2004). “The voter who wasn’t there: Referenda, representation and abstention.” Social Choice and Welfare, 22(2), 349–369.
- Voting
- Nondiscrimination