Dr. Carlos Oliveira Cruz

Assistant Professor
University of Lisbon, Portugal


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from University of Lisbon, Portugal

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Biography

Dr. Carlos Oliveira Cruz is currently working as Assistant Professor at University of Lisbon, and Consultant to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (USA) in Cape Verde and to the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (Germany) in Iraq, on assisting local governments in strengthening public governance skills. He earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from University of Lisbon, Portugal. Previously he was appointed as Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, Project Manager & member of the Board, Trenmo Engineering, and Deputy to the Portuguese Secretary of State for Transportation, and Business analyst, Mckinsey & Company, Lisbon. He has published 30 research articles in international journals, and 5 book chapters as author/co-author.

Area of Interest:

Engineering
Civil Engineering
Infrastructure Development
Air Transport Management
Construction Engineering and Management

Selected Publications

  1. Pipa, H., J. Brito and C.O. Cruz, 2017. Sustainable rehabilitation of historical urban areas: Portuguese case of the urban rehabilitation societies. J. Urban Planning Dev., Vol. 143. 10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000348.
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  2. Cruz, C.O. and J.M. Sarmento, 2017. Horizontal bundling of infrastructure managers: The case of Portugal infrastructure company (roads and railways). Transport Policy, 55: 99-103.
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  3. Neto, D.C.S., C.O. Cruz, F. Rodrigues and P. Silva, 2016. Bibliometric analysis of PPP and PFI literature: Overview of 25 years of research. J. Constr. Eng. Manage., Vol. 142. 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0001163.
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  4. Fernandes, C., J. de Brito and C.O. Cruz, 2016. Thermal retrofitting of facades: Architectural integration of ETICS. J. Performance Constr. Facilities, Vol. 30. 10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0000770.
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  5. Martins, J., R.C. Marques and C.O. Cruz, 2015. Real options in infrastructure: Revisiting the literature. J. Infrastructure Syst., Vol. 21. 10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000188.
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  6. Cruz, C.O., R.C. Marques and I. Pereira, 2015. Alternative contractual arrangements for urban light rail systems: lessons from two case studies. J. Constr. Eng. Manage., Vol. 141. .
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  7. Cruz, C.O., R.C. Marques and D. Franco, 2015. Road-network development in quickly growing economies: Brazilian case study mG-050. J. Infr. Syst., 10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000254.
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  8. Cruz, C.O. and J. de Brito, 2015. Role of public administration in fostering urban housing rehabilitation. J. Urban Planning Dev., Vol. 141. 10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000228.
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  9. Martins, J., R.C. Marques and C.O. Cruz, 2014. Maximizing the value for money of PPP arrangements through flexibility: An application to airports. J. Air Transp. Manag., 39: 72-80.
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  10. Cruz, C.O. and R.C. Marques, 2013. Theoretical considerations on quantitative PPP viability analysis. J. Manage. Eng., 30: 122-126.
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  11. Cruz, C.O. and R.C. Marques, 2013. Integrating infrastructure and clinical management in ppps for health care. J. Manage. Eng., 29: 471-481.
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  12. Cruz, C.O. and R.C. Marques, 2013. Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships: Decision, Management and Development. Springer, New York, ISBN: 978-3-642-36909-4, Pages: 230.

  13. Cruz, C.O. and R.C. Marques, 2013. Flexible contracts to cope with uncertainty in public-private partnerships. Int. J. Proj. Manage., 31: 473-483.
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  14. Cruz, C.O. and R.C. Marques, 2013. Exogenous determinants for renegotiating public infrastructure concessions: evidence from Portugal. J. Constr. Eng. Manage., 139: 1082-1090.
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  15. Cruz, C.O. and R.C. Marques, 2013. Endogenous determinants for renegotiating concessions: Evidence from local infrastructure. Local Gov. Stud., 39: 352-374.
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  16. Cruz C.O. and R.C. Marques, 2013. Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships: Decision, Management and Development. Springer, USA., Pages: 230.

  17. Cruz, C.O. and R.C. Marques, 2012. Using the economic and financial reequilibrium model to decrease infrastructure contract incompleteness. J. Infr. Syst., 19: 58-66.
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  18. Cruz, C.O. and R.C. Marques, 2012. Using probabilistic methods to estimate the public sector comparator. Comp. Aided Civ. Infr. Eng., 27: 782-800.
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  19. Cruz, C.O. and R.C. Marques, 2012. Risk-sharing in seaport terminal concessions. Trans. Rev., 32: 455-471.
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  20. Cruz, C.O. and R.C. Marques, 2012. Risk-sharing in highway concessions: contractual diversity in Portugal. J. Prof. Eng. Educ. Pract., 139: 99-108.
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  21. Martins, A.C., R.C. Marques and C.O. Cruz, 2011. Public-private partnerships for wind power generation: The Portuguese case. Energy Policy, 39: 94-94.
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  22. Cruz, C.O. and R.C. Marques, 2011. Revisiting the Portuguese experience with public-private partnerships. Afr. J. Bus. Manage., 5: 4023-4032.

  23. Cruz, C.O. and R.C. Marques, 2011. Revisiting the Portuguese experience with public-private partnerships. Afr. J. Bus. Manage., 5: 4023-4032.

  24. Cruz, C.O. and R.C. Marques, 2011. Contribution to the study of PPP arrangements in airport development, management and operation. Trans. Policy, 18: 392-400.
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  25. Button, K., A. Costa, F. Costa and C. Cruz, 2011. Problems of cost recovery by European airlines since market liberalization. Trans. Plan. Technol., 34: 125-138.
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  26. Button, K., A. Costa and C. Cruz, 2007. Ability to recover full costs through price discrimination in deregulated scheduled air transport markets. Transport Rev., 27: 213-230.
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