Personal Presentation

Ester Gomes da Silva is Assistant Professor at Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (Department of Sociology) and scientific  researcher at IS - Institute of Sociology  and CEF.UP -Center in Economics and Finance of Universidade do Porto.  She holds a PhD, a MPhil and an undergraduate degree in Economics (Faculdade  de Economia, Universidade do Porto). Her research interests include long-run economic growth, structural change and Portuguese economic history as main topics. She has several papers in international journals such as Scandinavian Economic History Review; Industrial and Corporate Change; Structural Change and Economic Dynamics; Portuguese Economic Journal; Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography. She has recently published the book Crescimento Económico e Mudança Estrutural em Portugal (2012, Edições Afrontamento) and co-edited the book Structural Change, Competitiveness and Industrial Policy. Painful lessons from the European periphery (Routledge, 2014).