Concluded
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN URBAN REHABILITATION PROJECTS – GOOD PRACTICES AND INNOVATIVE CONTRACTING MODELS
Student: Paula Vale de Paula
Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico
Type: PhD in Territorial Engineering
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Period: Since 2020
Progress: Concluded 2026
Score: Approved with Distinction
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AS A POLICY OPTION FOR WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION SERVICE PROVISION: THE CASE OF BRAZIL
Student: Carlos Motta Nunes
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Type: PhD in Environmental Sciences and Engineering in the Gillings School of Public Health
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (UL) / Gregory Characklis (UNC-CH)
Period: Since 2023
Progress: Concluded 2026
Score: Approved
GOVERNANCE IN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
Student: Alesi Mendes
Institution: Universidade de Brasília
Type: PhD
Supervision: Conceição Alves (UB) | Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (UL)
Period: Since 2024
Progress: Concluded 2026
Score: Approved
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND FINANCING IN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
Student: Inês Freire Machete
Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico
Type: PhD in Engineering and Management
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Period: Since 2018
Progress: Concluded in September 2025
Score: Approved with Very Good and Distinction
DEVELOPMENT OF A DECISION-SUPPORT MODEL FOR FINANCING THE UNIVERSALIZATION OF WATER AND SANITATION SERVICES, CONSIDERING USERS’ AFFORDABILITY
Student: Thalita Salgado Fagundes
Institution: Universidade de São Paulo
Type: PhD in Hydraulic Engineering and Sanitation
Supervision: Tadeu Malheiros (USP) | Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Period: Since 2020
Progress: Concluded in June 2025
Score: Approved
URBAN WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION SERVICES IN THE NORTHERN REGION OF BRAZIL: USE OF BENCHMARKING AIMING AT UNIVERSALIZATION
Student: Heloisa Pimpão Chaves
Institution: University of São Paulo
Type: PhD Environmental Engineering Science
Supervision: Tadeu Malheiros
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Period: Since 2020
Progress: Concluded in August 2024
Score: Approved (highest score)
REBUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AFTER DISASTERS: INTEGRATING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN REFUGEE CAMPS
IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Student: Mai Wardeh
Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico
Type: PhD in Territorial Engineering
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Period: Since 2019
Progress: Concluded in October 2023
Score: Approved with Very Good
ESSAYS ON PRIORITIZATION OF INVESTMENT IN LARGE-SCALE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN ANGOLA
Student: Amaro Ricardo
Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico
Type: PhD in Engineering and Management
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST) | José Rui Figueira (IST)
Period: Since 2017
Progress: Concluded in July 2023
Score: Approved with Very Good
ANALYSIS OF THE PARADIGM SHIFT IN URBAN STORMWATER MANAGEMENT: POLITICAL, INSTITUTIONAL, REGULATORY, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Student: Carlos Novaes
Institution Instituto Superior Técnico
Type: PhD in Territorial Engineering
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Period: Since 2018
Progress: Concluded in July 2022
Score: Approved with Very Good
ESSAYS ON URBAN BUS SERVICE CONTRACTS: DEVELOPMENTS ON GOVERNANCE, MANAGEMENT, AND PERFORMANCE
Student: Gabriel Stumpf de Carvalho
Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico
Type: PhD in Transportation Systems
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Period: Since 2019
Progress: Concluded in June 2022
Score: Approved with Very Good
UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO WATER AND SANITATION SERVICES IN VULNERABLE AREAS: THE ROLE OF POLICIES, INSTITUTIONS AND REGULATION
Student: Daniel Narzetti
Institution Instituto Superior Técnico
Type: PhD in Territorial Engineering
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Period: Since 2016
Progress: Concluded in January 2022
Score: Approved with Very Good
EFFICIENCY AND PUBLIC POLICY OF THE PORTUGUESE HEALTHCARE SECTOR
Student: Miguel Alves Pereira
Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico
Type: PhD in Engineering and Management
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST) | José Rui Figueira (IST)
Period: Since 2018
Progress: Concluded in December 2021
Score: Approved with Very Good and Distinction
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF AUSTRALIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Student: Caillan John Fellows
Institution: University of New England (Austrália)
Type: Phd in Economics
Supervision:Brian Dollery (UNE) | Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Progress: Concluded in December 2021
Score: Approved with very Good
BEST BIDDER SELECTION FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS IN CHINA
Student: Wang Pu
Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico
Type: PhD in Civil Engineering
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Progress: Concluded in September 2021
Score: Approved with very Good
A PPPs WATER ASSESSMENT PROPOSAL AT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Student: Sónia Lima
Institution: ISCTE
Type: PhD in Management
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST) | Ana Brochado (ISCTE)
Progress: Concluded in May 2021
Score: Approved with very Good
AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION IN THE HEART OF LIFE: WATER USE EFFICIENCY, WATER ALLOCATION AND PRICE REGULATION
Student: Helga Sofia Andrade Pereira
Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico
Type: PhD in Engineering and Management
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Progress: Concluded in December 2020
Score: Approved with very Good
USING METRIC BENCHMARKING TO ESTIMATE THE EFFICIENCY OF WATER OPERATORS IN POOR AREAS
Student: Tiago Balieiro Cetrulo
Institution: University of São Paulo
Type: PhD in Environmental Engineering Science
Supervision: Tadeu Malheiros (USP)
Co-Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Progress: Concluded in January 2020
Score: Approved (highest score)
ESSAYS IN EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF HOSPITAL SERVICES
Student: Diogo Filipe da Cunha Ferreira
Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico
Type: PhD in Engineering and Management
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Progress: Concluded in July 2018
Score: Approved with Very Good and Distinction
TARIFF STRUCTURE IN WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION UTILITIES IN CRITICAL SITUATIONS
Student: Francisco Silva Pinto
Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico
Type: PhD in Engineering and Management
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Period: August 2013 - January 2018
Progress: Concluded in June 2018
Score: Approved with Very Good and Distinction
REGULATORY IMPACT ASSESSMENT (RIA): IMPROVING GOVERNANCE ON THE WATER AND SANITATION AGENDA
Student: Bruno Eustáquio Carvalho
Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico | Universidade de Brasília (Cotutelle)
Type: PhD in Civil Engineering
Supervision: Oscar Cordeiro Netto (UNB)
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Period: September 2015 - January 2018
Progress: Concluded in January 2018
Score: Approved with Very Good and Distinction
LOCAL GOVERNMENT STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
Student: Paulo Alexandre Fernandes Varela Simões Caldas
Institution: University of New England, Armidale
Type: PhD in Economics
Supervision: Brian Dollery (University of New England)
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Period: January 2013 - November 2017
Progress: Concluded in November 2017
Score: Approved
INCLUSIVE MODEL FOR UNIVERSAL BASIC SANITATION IN SOCIAL VULNERABLE AREAS
Student: Ester Feche Guimarães
Institution: University of São Paulo
Type: PhD Environmental Engineering Science
Supervision: Tadeu Malheiros
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Period: January/2011- August/2015
Progress: Concluded in August 2015
Score: Approved (highest score)
ICT AND PEER EFFECTS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN A UNIVERSITY SETTING: EVIDENCE FROM PORTUGAL
Student: Ryan Turner
Institution: Carnegie Mellon University – IST
Type: Doctoral Program in Engineering and Public Policy
Supervision: Pedro Ferreira (CMU)
Co-Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Period: September/2010 - April/2015
Progress: Concluded in April 2015
Score: Approved (highest score)
DETERMINING THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF THE PACKAGING WASTE MANAGING SYSTEMS – CASE STUDIES IN EUROPE
Student: Sandra Faria Ferreira
Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon
Type: PhD in Engineering and Management
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Period: April/2011 - December/2014
Progress: Concluded in December 2014
Score: Approved with Very Good
EMPIRICAL ESSAYS ON EFFICIENCY, PRIVATIZATION AND GOVERNANCE OF PORTUGUESE MUNICIPALITIES
Student: Nuno Miguel Ferreira da Cruz
Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon
Type: PhD in Engineering and Management
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Period: September/2010 – January/2014
Progress: Concluded in January 2014
Score: Approved with Very Good and Distinction
ESSAYS ON ECONOMIES OF SCALE, SCOPE AND DENSITY IN THE WATER SECTOR
Student: Pedro Tiago Cordeiro Carvalho
Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon
Type: PhD in Engineering and Management
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Period: September/2007 – April/2013
Progress: Concluded in April/2013
Score: Approved with Very Good and Distinction
AN EFFICIENCY APPROACH TO TOP CLASS HOTELS OF ALGARVE
Student: Ricardo Samuel Lisboa Pereira de Oliveira
Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Técnica de Lisboa, Lisboa
Type: PhD in Engineering and Management
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Period: April/2011 – January /2013
Progress: Concluded in January/2013
Score: Approved with Very Good
MEASURING PERFORMANCE OF URBAN WASTE SERVICES: INFLUENCE OF OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT, REGULATION AND PRIVATISATION
Student: Pedro Tiago Francisco Simões*
Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon
Type: PhD in Engineering and Management
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Period: September 2008 – December 2011
Progress: Concluded in December 2011
Score: Approved with Very Good with Distinction
* awarded "Best young researcher - CGD-Deloitte 2011" prize
ESSAYS ON INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC – PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS: DECISION, DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
Student: Carlos Paulo Oliveira da Silva Cruz
Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon
Type: PhD in Civil Engineering
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Period: January 2009 – December 2011
Progress: Concluded in December 2011
Score: Approved with Very Good with Distinction
In Progress
EFFICIENCY EVALUATION OF SANITATION COMPANIES AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO UNIVERSAL ACCESS
Student: Lilaine de Sousa Neres
Institution: Universidade Federal de Espirito Santo and Universidade Lusófona
Type: PhD
Supervision: Bruno Vilela and Rui Cunha Marques
Period: Since 2026
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE: A PROPOSAL FOR ITS MONITORING AND EVALUATIONStudent: Gisela Rodrigues
Institution: Universidade de Vigo
Type: PhD in Environmental Engineering
Supervision: Rui Cunha Marques and Miguel Rodriguez
Period: since 2026
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES AND INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS (NBS)Student: Anselmo Munhequere
Institution: Lusófona University
Type: PhD in Urbanism
Supervision: Francisco Silva Pinto (UL) | Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (UL)
Period: Since 2024
Progress: work in progress
MONITORING TOOLS FOR NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS (NBS)
Student: Humman Shaheen
Institution: Lusófona University
Type: PhD in Urbanism
Supervision: Francisco Silva Pinto (UL) | Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (UL)
Period: Since 2024
Progress: work in progress
USE OF INDICATORS IN WASTE REGULATION
Student: Adamis Marcelo
Institution: Universidade Federal do Pará
Type: PhD
Supervision: Risete Braga (UFP) | Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (UL)
Period: Since 2024
Progress: work in progress
SANITATION CONCESSION MANAGEMENT WITH THE APPLICATION OF BIM IN THE LIFE CYCLE OF PHYSICAL ASSETS
Student: Wagner Oliveira Carvalho
Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico
Type: PhD in Territorial Engineering
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Period: Since 2022
Progress: work in progress
THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY AS A MODEL FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF WATER SERVICES
Student: Paulo Calinas Rodrigues
Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico
Type: PhD in Territorial Engineering
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Period: Since 2022
Progress: work in progress
ALIGNMENT OF PUBLIC POLICIES, INSTITUTIONS, AND REGULATION FOR WASTEWATER REUSE IN CAPE VERDE
Student: Evaristo Andrade Fernandes
Institution: Lusófona University
Type: PhD in Territorial Engineering
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (ULUSOFONA)
Period: Since 2020
Progress: work in progress
A SYSTEM APPROACH TO RECONNECT INFRASTRUCTURE VALUES
Student: Jean Marlo Pepino de Paula
Institution: Instituto Superior Técnico
Type: PhD in Territorial Engineering
Supervision: Rui Domingos Ribeiro da Cunha Marques (IST)
Period: Since 2020
Progress: work in progress
PhD Theses Supervision