Henrique Pita Barros – CEsA

Henrique Pita Barros

Nome

Henrique Pita Barros

E-mail de contacto

pitabarros@iseg.ulisboa.pt

Nota biográfica

Henrique Pita Barros é Professor Auxiliar no Departamento de Economia do ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics & Management, Universidade de Lisboa. Tem licenciatura e mestrado em Economia pela Universidade Nova de Lisboa e o doutoramento em Economia pela Brown University. O seu trabalho investiga como a disrupção causada pela migração, deslocamentos forçados e conflitos afeta o comportamento humano. Está a liderar vários experimentos de campo em Cabo Delgado, Moçambique, focando na integração socioeconómica de pessoas deslocadas internamente em meio ao conflito que afeta a região. O seu trabalho conta com o apoio do International Growth Centre, da J-PAL Crime and Violence Initiative, da IPA / J-PAL Displaced Livelihoods Initiative e da UNU-WIDER. A sua investigação tem sido destacada no World Bank Development Impact Blog, no jornal Expresso (em português) e na Voice of America (entrevista televisiva em português). É também Professor Auxiliar Visitante de Investigação na Brown University e Consultor para a UNU-WIDER (United Nations University – World Institute for Development Economics Research).

Publicações recentes

Investigação em curso

The Legacy of Conflict on Socioeconomic Dynamics and Human Behavior: Evidence from Portugal’s Veterans of War
Joint with Joao Pereira dos Santos, Jose Tavares and Luciano Amaral.

Do Social Interactions Help Integrating Internally Displaced Persons? Evidence from Mozambique

Rebuilding the Social-Cohesion of Return Migrants in Post Conflict Mozambique

The Legacy of Colonial Resettlements in Mozambique: Evidence from Aldeamentos

The Colonial Roots of Modern Conflict: The Case of Mozambique

 

Working Papers

The Power of Dialogue: Forced Displacement and Social Integration amid an Islamist Insurgency in Mozambique
R&R Journal of Development Economics (Special Issue on Migration and Development).

The Legacy of Coercive Cotton Cultivation in Colonial Mozambique
With Patricia Justino, Rute Caeiro and Sam Jones.

The Missionary Roots of Distrust in Mozambique
With Pablo Fern´andez Cebri´an, Patricia Justino and Rute Caeiro.

Áreas de Investigação

Economia do Desenvolvimento, Desenvolvimento Comparado e Economia Política.

Ciência ID

5E1A-A780-1202

Página alternativa

http://www.henriquepitabarros.com

Linha de Investigação

1 – Economia, Desenvolvimento e Cooperação Internacional

Name

Henrique Pita Barros

Contact E-mail

pitabarros@iseg.ulisboa.pt

Short Biography

Henrique Pita Barros is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics & Management, University of Lisbon. He holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Economics from NOVA University of Lisbon and a PhD in Economics from Brown University. His research investigates how disruption caused by migration, forced displacement, and conflicts affects human behaviour.

He is leading several field experiments in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, focusing on the socioeconomic integration of internally displaced persons amid the ongoing conflict in the region. His work is supported by the International Growth Centre, the J-PAL Crime and Violence Initiative, the IPA / J-PAL Displaced Livelihoods Initiative, and UNU-WIDER. His research has been featured in the World Bank Development Impact Blog, the Expresso newspaper (in Portuguese), and Voice of America (TV interview in Portuguese).

He is also a Visiting Assistant Professor of Research at Brown University and a Consultant for UNU-WIDER (United Nations University – World Institute for Development Economics Research).

Latest Publications

Research in progress

The Legacy of Conflict on Socioeconomic Dynamics and Human Behavior: Evidence from Portugal’s Veterans of War
Joint with Joao Pereira dos Santos, Jose Tavares and Luciano Amaral.

Do Social Interactions Help Integrating Internally Displaced Persons? Evidence from Mozambique

Rebuilding the Social-Cohesion of Return Migrants in Post Conflict Mozambique

The Legacy of Colonial Resettlements in Mozambique: Evidence from Aldeamentos

The Colonial Roots of Modern Conflict: The Case of Mozambique

 

Working Papers

The Power of Dialogue: Forced Displacement and Social Integration amid an Islamist Insurgency in Mozambique
R&R Journal of Development Economics (Special Issue on Migration and Development).

The Legacy of Coercive Cotton Cultivation in Colonial Mozambique
With Patricia Justino, Rute Caeiro and Sam Jones.

The Missionary Roots of Distrust in Mozambique
With Pablo Fern´andez Cebri´an, Patricia Justino and Rute Caeiro.

Alternative Web-page

http://www.henriquepitabarros.com

Research fields

Development Economics, Comparative Development and Political Economy

Ciência ID

5E1A-A780-1202

Research Line

1 – Economics, Development and International Cooperation


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