Cláudia Cardoso holds Bachelor's, Master’s, and PhD’s degrees in Economics from the Faculty of Economics of Porto; she is a professor in the disciplinary area of Economics, at the School of Management (ESG) of the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (IPCA). She began her career in higher education at IPCA in 2002 as an assistant, having passed to professor in 2010. Between 2007 and 2008, she was a consultant in the Country Studies Branch of the Economics Department of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). She was a member of the Technical-Scientific Council of ESG and the Pedagogical Council of ESG; Director of the Bachelor's degree in Business Management; ESG Mobility Coordinator; Director of the Management Department; Director of the Bachelor's Degree in Banking and Insurance Management (labor); Director of the Master's Course in Banking and Insurance.

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