Publications
2025
Mergoni, A., Camanho, A., Soncin, M., Agasisti, T., & De Witte, K. (2025). The influence of school principals’ management on school efficiency: Evidence from Italian schools. European Journal of Operational Research. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2025.06.020
Cordero, J. M., Sicilia, G., & Simancas, R. (2025). Educational efficiency across Spanish regions: a comparative analysis over time. International Transactions in Operational Research, 32 (5), 2645-2676. doi: 10.1111/itor.13567
D’Inverno, G., Polo, C., Sicilia, G., Simancas, R. (2025). International differences in educational equity: An assessment using the Benefit of the Doubt model. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 99, 102206, doi: 10.1016/j.seps.2025.102206.
2024
D’ Inverno, G., Santos, J. V., & Camanho, A. S. (2024). An innovative benefit‐of‐the‐doubt approach for health system effectiveness: A global case study on amenable mortality. International Transactions in Operational Research.
Pereira, M. A., D’ Inverno, G., & Camanho, A. S. (2024). Learning mobility in European higher education: How has the Union’s flagship initiative progressed? Annals of Operations Research, 1-31. doi: 10.1007/s10479-024-06195-y
Pereira, M. A. & Camanho, A. S. (2024). The ‘Healthcare Access and Quality Index’ revisited: A fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis approach. Expert Systems with Applications, 245, 123057. doi: 10.1016/j.eswa.2023.123057
Vilarinho, H., Pereira, M. A., D’ Inverno, G., Nóvoa, H., & Camanho, A. S. (2024). Water Utility Service Quality Index: A customer-centred approach for assessing the quality of service in the water sector. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 92, 101797. doi: 10.1016/j.seps.2023.101797
2023
Camanho, A.S., Silva, M.C., Piran, F.S., & Lacerda, D.P. (2023). A literature review of economic efficiency assessments using Data Envelopment Analysis. European Journal of Operational Research, 315, 1. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2023.07.027
Pereira, M.A., Vilarinho, H., D’Inverno, G., & Camanho, A.S. (2023). A regulatory robust conditional approach to measuring the efficiency of wholesale water supply and wastewater treatment services. Utilities Policy, 83, 101594. doi: 10.1016/j.jup.2023.101594
Sousa, R., Camanho, A.S., Silva, M.C., Silveira, G.J.C., & Arabi, B. (2023). Best practices, performance advantage and trade-offs: new insights from frontier analysis. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 62, 91-110. doi: 10.1007/s11123-023-00714-y
Book Chapters
Stumbrienė, D., Ruiz, J. L., & Sirvent, I. (2024). Benchmarking in education: data envelopment analysis approaches for solving bi-objective problems. In International Conference on Data Envelopment Analysis (pp. 413-425). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
Policy Briefs
Mergoni A., Camanho A. S., Soncin M., Agasisti T., De Witte K. (2025). The influence of school principals’ management on school efficiency: Evidence from Italian schools. https://feb.kuleuven.be/drc/LEER/effect-project/policy_brief/11-school-management.pdf
Communications in international events
2025
Vilarinho, H., Pereira, M. A., D’ Inverno G., Camanho, A. S. (2025). A Composite Indicator Framework Integrating Regulator Perspectives for Assessing Water Service Quality [Conference presentation]. 11th International Workshop on Efficiency in Education, Health and other Public Services. https://kti.krtk.hu/en/efficiency-workshop/
Vilarinho, H., Nepomuceno, T., Barbosa F., Camanho, A. S. (2025). Benefit-of-the-Doubt composite indicators in public services: Literature review and research agenda enhanced by artificial intelligence. [Conference presentation]. 11th International Workshop on Efficiency in Education, Health and other Public Services. https://kti.krtk.hu/en/efficiency-workshop/
Osório, F., Barbosa, F., D’ Inverno G., Camanho, A. S. (2025). A robust conditional assessment of performance trends of the education systems of European regions [Conference presentation]. 11th International Workshop on Efficiency in Education, Health and other Public Services. https://kti.krtk.hu/en/efficiency-workshop/
Bender, B., Silva, M. C., Camanho, A. S. (2025). Aligning Quality and Equity in
Education: A Comprehensive Framework for Monitoring SDG-4 in Portugal [Conference presentation]. The 10th Leuven Economics of Education Research (LEER) conference, Leuven, Belgium. https://feb.kuleuven.be/drc/LEER
Osório, F., Barbosa, F., Camanho, A. S. (2025). A robust conditional assessment of European regions performance trends in alignment with strategic goals for Education and Training.’ [Conference presentation]. The 10th Leuven Economics of Education Research (LEER) conference, Leuven, Belgium. https://feb.kuleuven.be/drc/LEER
2024
Camanho, A. S., Osório, F., Barbosa, F., D’ Inverno, G. (2024). Innovative Benefit-of-the-Doubt models for performance assessment and target setting in the European Union 2030 education strategy [Conference presentation]. 10th International Workshop on Efficiency in Education, Health and other Public Services. https://www.som.polimi.it/eehpsworkshop/
D’ Inverno, G., Polo, C., Sicilia, G., & Simancas, R. (2024). Performance trends in educational equity in the OECD: An international assessment using malmquist indices [Conference presentation]. EWEPA XVIII – The 18th European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, Faro, Portugal. https://www.ewepa.org/
Jakaitiene, A., Ringiene, L., Stupuriene, G., Dukynaite, R., Zelvys, R. (2024). Does Achievement Gap Correlate With Average Performance? Case Of PIRLS. [Conference presentation]. EWEPA XVIII – The 18th European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, Faro, Portugal. https://www.ewepa.org/
Osório, F., Barbosa, F., D’ Inverno, G., Camanho, A. S. (2024). A Benefit-of-the-doubt model for country performance assessment and target setting aligned with the European Union 2030 Education and Training strategy. [Conference presentation]. EWEPA XVIII – The 18th European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, Faro, Portugal. https://www.ewepa.org/
Stumbriene, D, Ruiz, J. L., Sirvent, I. (2024). Benchmarking In education: Improving performance toward the defined goals instead of (re)producing social categories of winners and losers. [Conference presentation]. EWEPA XVIII – The 18th European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, Faro, Portugal. https://www.ewepa.org/
2023
D’ Inverno, G., Polo, C., Sicilia, G., & Simancas, R. (2023). Educational equity in the OECD countries: a multidimensional analysis using composite indicators [Conference presentation]. International Workshop on Efficiency in Education, Health and other Public Services, Madrid, Spain. https://eventos.uam.es/91012/detail/9th-international-workshop-on-efficiency-in-education-health-and-other-public-services
Pereira, M.A. & Camanho, A. S. (2023). Learning mobility in European higher education: How has the Union’s flagship initiative progressed? [Conference presentation]. NAPW2023, Miami, USA. https://iseapa.org/event/view/34
Pereira, M.A. & Camanho, A. S. (2023). Learning mobility in European higher education: How has the Union’s flagship initiative progressed? [Conference presentation]. DEA45, Surrey, UK. https://dataenvelopment.com/dea45/
Communications in national events
2025
Bender, B, Silva, M. C., Camanho, A. S. (2025). Assessing Educational Quality for Sustainable Development Goal 4: Insights from PISA Data [Conference presentation]. 6th Doctoral Congress in Engineering (DCE), Porto, Portugal. https://fe.up.pt/dce/2025/
Osório, F., Barbosa, F., D’ Inverno, G., Camanho, A. S. (2025). A robust conditional assessment of performance trends in education and training systems of European regions [Conference presentation]. 6th Doctoral Congress in Engineering (DCE), Porto, Portugal. https://fe.up.pt/dce/2025/
Osório, F., Barbosa, F., D’ Inverno, G., Camanho, A. S. (2025). Aligning Education Systems’ achievements with strategic goals for European Union countries [Conference presentation]. 17th edition of the U.Porto Youth Research Meeting, Porto, Portugal. https://www.up.pt/ijup/
Osório, F., Barbosa, F., D’ Inverno, G., Camanho, A. S. (2025). Aligning Education Systems’ achievements with strategic goals for European Union countries [Conference presentation]. 16th Industrial Engineering and Management Symposium. https://fe.up.pt/degi/iems25/
2024
Viana, T., Camanho, A. S., Barbosa, F., & D’Inverno, G. (2024). Fatores determinantes do abandono e sucesso académico na U.Porto [Conference presentation]. 3rd Pedagogical Congress FFUP, Porto, Portugal , 14-Nov-24. https://sites.google.com/g.uporto.pt/congressopedagogicoffup/
2023
Durães, M. J., Camanho, A. S., Barbosa, F., & D’ Inverno, G. (2023). A robust conditional assessment of European regions’ performance in light of the 2030 Strategic Framework for Education and Training [Conference presentation]. 16th edition of the U.Porto Youth Research Meeting, Porto, Portugal. https://www.up.pt/ijup/
Sousa, I. P., Pereira, M. A., & Camanho, A. S. (2023). Benchmarking of educational systems: Using Stochastic Frontier Analysis to assess country performance in education and training in the European Union [Conference presentation]. 16th edition of the U. Porto Youth Research Meeting, Porto, Portugal. https://www.up.pt/ijup/
Student supervision: Master dissertations
2025
Kang, X. (2025). The impact of mental health on student performance: a multilevel study using PISA 2022. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/mXYNet8CZ947PtJw8RSD3ImVakKC710oMzmS
- Dissertation timeline: September 2024 – July 2025
- Student: Xialing Kang
- Supervisor: Miguel A. Pereira
2024
Osório, F. J. (2024). Development of frontier methods for country performance assessment and target setting aligned with the European Union 2030 Education and Training strategy. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/159796
- Dissertation timeline: February 2024 – July 2024
- Student: Fernando J. Osório
- Supervisors: Flávia Barbosa, Ana S. Camanho and Giovanna D’Inverno
Viana, T. C. (2024). Uncovering the determinants of drop-out and academic success in higher education: a study of first-year students at the University of Porto. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/160482
- Dissertation timeline: February 2024 – July 2024
- Student: Teresa C. Viana
- Supervisors: Flávia Barbosa, Ana Camanho and Giovanna D’Inverno
Oliveira, G. G. (2024). Enhanscing resilience in education: An econometric study of pedagogical strategies. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/avf0x7WETqW2Og84TNtm7UhDN2sJrDpxMW-s
- Dissertation timeline: March 2023 – July 2024
- Student: Gabriel G. Oliveira
- Supervisors: Miguel A. Pereira, Maria C. Silva
2023
Durães, M. J. (2023). A robust conditional assessment of European regions’ performance in light of the 2030 Strategic Framework for Education and Training. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/bitstream/10216/152261/2/637311.pdf
- Dissertation timeline: February 2023 – July 2023
- Student: Maria J. Durães
- Supervisors: Flávia Barbosa, Ana S. Camanho and Giovanna D’Inverno
Sousa, I. (2023). Efficiency measurement of European education systems to evaluate equity and inclusion: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis approach. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/151902
- Dissertation timeline: February 2023 – July 2023
- Student: Inês Sousa
- Supervisors: Miguel A. Pereira and Ana S. Camanho
Student supervision: Bachelor projects
2023
Systematic literature review of Data Envelopment Analysis-based composite indicators in European education systems. IST, ULisboa
- Project timeline: February 2023 – June 2023
- Students: Madalena Fernandes and Maria Ribeiro
- Supervisor: Miguel A. Pereira
Using decision analysis to categorise European education systems in light of the EU ET2030 strategy. IST, ULisboa
- Project timeline: February 2023 – June 2023
- Students: Afonso Virtuoso, Samuel Sousa, Fábio Soares, Bruno Silva and Marta Abreu
- Supervisor: Miguel A. Pereira
What factors influence the achievement of ET2020 targets? A look at student success in secondary and higher education in Portugal. IST, ULisboa
- Project timeline: February 2023 – June 2023
- Students: João Freitas, Rimma Aleksandrova, Bernardo Ormonde, Diogo Mexia and Francisco Ezequiel
- Supervisor: Miguel A. Pereira