Maria Clara Costa Duarte is an Associate Professor of Economics at Nova School of Business and Economics. Her research interests include natural resources modeling and management and environmental policy analysis. Her research has been published in academic journals including Environmental and Resource Economics and Marine Resource Economics.She has participated in several international research projects financed by EU and FCT.

She currently teaches Microeconomics at the undergraduate and Environmental Policy, Policy Analysis and Marine Resource Management in Masters Programs level. She has also been a consultant to some institutions and government agencies. For some periods in her career she was President of the Pedagogical Council and Director of Undergrad and Masters Programs at Nova School of Business and Economics.

Current research interests include: Natural Resource modeling in Fisheries and Forestry, Environmental Policy Analysis, Economic impact of demographic changes.