Martins, João
Senior Research Assistant
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- INSTITUTE:
- UNU-EGOV
- OFFICE:
- Rua de Vila Flor 166, 4810-445 Guimarães, Portugal
- E-MAIL:
- joao.martins@unu.edu
- PHONE:
- n/a
Research Interests
- E-governance
- e-Government and Socioeconomic Development
- Political economy
- Public economics
Education
- PhD, Economics, University of Minho, Portugal (ongoing)
- MSc, Economics, University of Minho, Portugal (2015)
- BA, Economics, University of Minho, Portugal (2013)
Appointments
- Senior Research Assistant, United Nations University (UNU-EGOV), Portugal
- Invited Assistant Professor, University of Minho, Portugal
Biographical Statement
João Martins is a Senior Research Assistant at the United Nations University (UNU-EGOV) and a PhD Candidate at the University of Minho. He is also an Invited Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics of the University of Minho. He holds a Master’s degree in Economics (2015) and a BA degree in Economics (2013) from the University of Minho.
His main research interests are in the areas of e-Government, Public Economics, and Political Economy. In what concerns e-Government-related topics, his research, including his ongoing PhD thesis, has mainly focused on the socioeconomic aspects and impacts of e-government. Outputs of that research are published in international journals such as the Social Science Computer Review and Information Economics and Policy, and in leading e-Government conferences.
He has been a member of the Programme Committee of the ICEGOV, DTGS, and EGOSE conferences for several editions. João has also done and published research in different areas of Economics, such as Political Economy, Macroeconomics, and Economics Education. He is affiliated with NIPE (University of Minho) as a PhD Student and has previously participated in projects funded by the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos and the European Social Fund regarding term limits, local governments, local finances, voter turnout, and dual training systems. As an Invited Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics of the University of Minho, João has lectured several different courses, such as Applied Statistics for Political Science, International Monetary Economics, Macroeconomics I and II, Principles of Macroeconomics, and Public Finances.
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Articles
- Tavares, António, J. Camões, Pedro and Martins, João (2023). Joining the open government partnership initiative: An empirical analysis of diffusion effects. Government Information Quarterly, 40(2), 1-12
- Martins, João and Veiga, Linda (2022). Digital government as a business facilitator. Information Economics and Policy, 60, n/a-n/a
- Martins, João (2022). Bond Yields Movement Similarities and Synchronization in the G7: A Time–Frequency Analysis. Journal of Business Cycle Research, 18, 189-214
- Martins, João and Veiga, Linda (2020). Undergraduate students' economic literacy, knowledge of the country's economic performance and opinions regarding appropriate economic policies. International Journal of Education Economics and Development, 11(4), 351-369
- Martins, João and Al-Shekaili, Hamed (2019). Internet and Online Governmental Services Use Divide: Evidence From Oman. Social Science Computer Review, 39(3), 469-480
- Martins, João and Veiga, Linda (2019). Undergraduate students' economic literacy, knowledge of the country’s economic performance and opinions regarding appropriate economic policies. NIPE Working Paper, 1-31
- Martins, João and Veiga, Linda (2018). Innovations in digital government as business facilitators: implications for Portugal. Gabinete de Estratégia e Estudos: GEE (Office for Strategy and Studies)(97), 1-35
Book Chapters
- Tavares, António, Martins, João and Lameiras, Mariana, “Electronic Participation in a Comparative Perspective: Institutional Determinants of Performance” in Digital Government and Achieving E-Public Participation: Emerging Research and Opportunities, ed. Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar and María Elicia Cortés Cediel (Pennsylvania: IGI Global, 2020), 87-123.
- Tavares, António, Martins, João and Lameiras, Mariana, “Electronic Participation in a Comparative Perspective: Institutional Determinants of Performance” in Digital Government and Achieving E-Public Participation: Emerging Research and Opportunities (Hershey: IGI Global, 2020), 87-123.
Conference Publications
- Martins, João and Meyerhoff Nielsen, Morten, Digital Transformation of the Public Sector in the Americas: An Empirical Analysis to Identify Leapfroggers and Trends since 2003 9th International Conference on eDemocracy & eGovernment (ICEDEG 2023), Quito, 2023/04/03-05.
- Martins, João and Meyerhoff Nielsen, Morten, ICT Development in the Public Sector and the Small Island States Context – Evidence from across the World 7th International Conference on eDemocracy & eGovernment (ICEDEG 2020), Buenos Aires, 2020/04/22-24.
- Martins, João, Fernandes, Bruno, Rohman, Ibrahim and Veiga, Linda, The War on Corruption: The Role of Electronic Government EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2018, Krems, 2018/09/03-05.
- Martins, João and Veiga, Linda, Electronic Government and the Ease of Doing Business 11th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV2018), Galway, 2018/04/04-06.
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- Innovations in digital government as business facilitators
- The impact of e-government on reducing the shadow economy and corruption
- e-Government development and use determinants and the relationship between technology, innovation and entrepreneurship
- UM Barometer: Monitoring the 2017-2021 Action Plan of the University of Minho
- Expert Support for Good Practice Identification, Capacity Development, and Internationalisation to the Digital Government Authority, Saudi Arabia
- Accelerating the digital transformation of the public sector of Qatar
- Governance Models for Collaboration and Coordination in Public Sector Digital Transformation