Rate My Professor Maria Cunha-e-Sá

Maria Cunha-e-Sá is a Professor in the Economics Research Track at Nova School of Business and Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She earned her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1995, an M.Sc. in Economics from Universidade Nova de Lisboa in 1985, and a B.Sc. in Economics from ISCTE in 1978. Her research interests include economics, microeconomics, environment, and environmental economics. She is associated with the Nova SBE Environmental Economics Knowledge Center. Cunha-e-Sá's work focuses on topics such as ecosystem services, marine and coastal habitats, urban forest management, willingness to pay for nature protection, and contingent valuation methods.

She has an extensive publication record in prestigious journals. Key publications include: Willingness to pay for nature protection: Crowdfunding as a payment mechanism (Environmental & Resource Economics, 2025); Assessing ecosystem services provision using Bayesian Belief Network in Southern Europe marine forests (Ecosystem Services, 2025); Participatory Geographic Information Systems (PGIS) alternative approaches to identify potential conflicts and positional accuracy in marine and coastal ecosystem services (Marine Policy, 2021); Surface vs. groundwater: the effect of forest cover on the costs of drinking water (Water Resources and Economics, 2019); The role of technological progress in testing adjusted net savings: evidence from OECD countries (Ecological Economics, 2019); Measuring vulnerability of marine and coastal habitats' potential to deliver ecosystem services: complex Atlantic region as case study (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019); On nature’s shoulders: riding the big waves in Nazaré (Tourism Economics, 2018); The effects of development constraints on forest management at the urban-forest interface (American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2017); Accounting for response biases in latent-class models for choices and attitudes (Land Economics, 2015); Natural carbon capture and storage (NCCS) forests, land use and carbon accounting (Resource and Energy Economics, 2013); Protesting and justifying: a latent class model for contingent valuation with attitudinal data (Environmental & Resource Economics, 2012). Her contributions advance understanding in environmental valuation, resource management, and sustainable development within the Business & Economics faculty.