Mónica Oliveira is a Full Professor in Decision Sciences at the Engineering and Management Department of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST, University of Lisbon), a coordinator of the Decision Science and Management Engineering group of the Centre for Management studies of IST and a research collaborator at IST Institute of Biomedical Science. Her research focuses on management science and operational research models to support policy and decision makers in health and clinical settings, with particular interest in multi-methodological approaches, multi-criteria value modelling, and group decision-making in multi-stakeholder environments (especially decision conferencing tools and innovative Delphi processes). She has developed and applied management science techniques across public and private organisations, publishing in journals such as Omega, the European Journal of Operational Research, Health Economics, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and Business Strategy and the Environment. She has led national and international projects and served on advisory boards for the Portuguese Ministry of Health. Her work has been recognised with the 2023 INFORMS DAS/SDP Decision Analysis Society Practice Award, the 2013 and 2022 Isabel Themido Award (APDIO), the 2007, 2011, and 2013 AMGEM Award (APES), and the Bank of Portugal Award (1997). She has been elected to coordinate the EURO Working Group on Behavioural Operational Research. 

Keywords: Decision Sciences | Health Care Management Science | Health Economics and Policy | Decision Support Systems | Participatory Decision Modelling