Pedro Nuno Teixeira is Full Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto and a former Director of CIPES – Centre of Research in Higher Education Policies (2009-2022). His areas of specialisation are the economics of education (especially higher education) and the history of economic thought and has published extensively on both topics. He has served as a special adviser to the President of Portugal on Higher Education and Science (2016-2021) and on Higher Education and Economic Affairs (2021-2022). He was Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at U.Porto (2014-2018) and a member of Portugal’s National Council of Education (2014-2018). Between March 2022 and April 2024, he was the Secretary of State for Higher Education in the Portuguese Government.
