Tomás B. Ramos
Professor of Sustainability Assessment and Planning at NOVA University Lisbon and senior researcher at CENSE, Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research. He has been Visiting Professor/Researcher at Nanjing University (China), Fudan University (China), São Carlos School of Engineering (EESC) and School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities (EACH), University of São Paulo (Brazil), University of Salford (United Kingdom), University of Sussex (United Kingdom), International University of Andalusia (Spain), University of La Laguna (Spain), Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) (India), State University Peninsula Santa Elena (Ecuador), Escuela Politécnica del Litoral (Ecuador), Florida State University (USA), University Agostinho Neto (Angola).
He is listed in the World’s Top 2% Scientists, a ranking developed at the University of Stanford. His research activity is centered on sustainability assessment and management, including indicators and reporting, circular economy, impact assessment, public sector organizations, stakeholder engagement and transdisciplinary collaborative approaches. He has published several scientific articles, being one of the authors with the highest scientific production in the areas of 'sustainability indicators' and 'sustainability management and public sector' (Elsevier|Scopus, 2023).
He is the Executive Editor of the Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier, IF: 11.072) and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Cleaner Production Letters (Elsevier), and a member of the Editorial Board of several leading scientific journals, e.g., Sustainable Development (Wiley), Business Strategy and Development (Wiley). He was also Guest Editor of several journal special issues: Business Strategy and the Environment (Wiley); Sustainable Development, (Wiley); Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier); Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (World Scientific).
Coordinator and team member of several R&D Projects, funded by e.g.: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions, ETN-ITN, European Commission (EC); Directorate General for Employment Social Affairs and Inclusion, EC; INTERREG Program, European Regional Development Fund; Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); São Paulo State Research Support Foundation (FAPESP); Directorate-General for Science, Research, and Development (DGXII JOULE) EC; Foundation for Science and Technology, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portuguese Environment Agency. He has been grant reviewer for several national and international agencies (European Union, Japan, Belgium, Canada, Brazil, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Portugal) and a reviewer for more than 35 scientific journals.
Invited speaker at several international reference institutions, e.g.: United Nations (UN), Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for Inclusive Social Development; UN - WHO, World Health Organization; New York University, STERN School of Business; KU Leuven. Chair of the world conference '22nd Annual International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference ISDRS 2016', Organised by FCT NOVA, CENSE. 13-15 July 2016, Lisbon, Portugal. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS) (2013-2019), a member of the Accreditation Council of the Order of Engineers of Portugal (2004-2010) and President of the Portuguese Environmental Engineering Association (1997-1999).