Affiliation

Associate, Institute for Social and Economic Studies (IESE)

Address

Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos (IESE)
Av. Patrice Lumumba, 178
Maputo, Moçambique

Contact

gustavo.toshiaki@gmail.com

Tel +1 917 929 4621

 

Biosketch

Mr Sugahara was born in Brazil. He graduated with a Master’s Degree in Economy and Public Policy from the Institute of Labor Science and Business – ISCTE - Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE), Lisbon, Portugal. He also has a degree in Economics from The Pontfical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil. Mr Sugahara is an Associate Member of the Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), DINÂMIA’CET-IUL.

Since 2011 he has been an associate collaborator of the Research Group on Poverty and Social Protection at the Institute of Social and Economic Studies in Mozambique. His areas of research are Ageing Population and Cities, being currently involved in the project of the Research Group on Poverty and Social Protection of IESE,"Population Aging in Mozambique: Conquest, Threat or Opportunity?”

 

Key research/capacity building interests

Research Interests

• Population ageing and Development
• Southern Africa / Latin America / Europe
• Behavioural Economics
• Public Policy
• Institutional Economics

Capacity Building Interests

• Research Methods
• Research Proposals
• Conference speaking
• Conference Management

Key methodological skills

• Interdisciplinary approach
• Database management

Current/planned research

• Population ageing in Mozambique
• How do elderly Mozambican live?