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João Amador serves as Associate Professor (Adjunct) at the Nova School of Business and Economics, part of the Business & Economics faculty at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. He teaches courses on Macroeconomic Policies and European Economy, and has previously taught Microeconomics and Macroeconomics in other departments of Universidade Nova de Lisboa as well as in executive programs. He served as Assistant Professor at Nova School of Business and Economics from 2013 to 2016. Amador holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, obtained in 2000, and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the same institution in 1993. He is also a Guest Professor at NOVA School of Law.
In his professional career at Banco de Portugal, João Amador joined as an Economist in the Economic Research Department in 2000, holding the position until 2005. From 2005 to 2013, he coordinated the Structural Research Group, and from 2013 to 2018, he coordinated the Public Finance and Structural Studies division. Since 2019, he has been Deputy Director of the Economic Research Department and Head of the Public Finance and Structural Studies division. His research specializations encompass international trade, product market and productivity, macroeconomics, public finance, the Portuguese economy, and the European economy. Amador has published extensively, with key works including "The impact of ICT adoption on productivity: evidence from Portuguese firm-level data" (Empirica, 2025, with Cátia Silva), "COVID-19, lockdowns and international trade: Evidence from firm-level data" (Empirical Economics, 2023, with Carlos Melo Gouveia and Ana Catarina Pimenta), "Assessing the scoreboard of the EU macroeconomic imbalances procedure: (machine) learning from decisions" (Economics Bulletin, 2022, with Tiago Alves and Francisco Gonçalves), "Energy mix and intensity in Portugal: Portraits from aggregate and firm-level data" (Banco de Portugal Economic Studies, 2022), "International trade in services: firm-level evidence for Portugal" (Portuguese Economic Journal, 2019, with Sónia Cabral and Birgitte Ringstad), "Competition in the Portuguese economy: insights from a profit elasticity approach" (Empirica, 2018, with Ana Cristina Soares), "Global value chains: A survey of drivers and measures" (Journal of Economic Surveys, 2016, with Sónia Cabral), and "Product and destination mix in export markets" (Review of World Economics, 2013, with Luca David Opromolla). He co-edited "The age of global value chains: maps and policy issues" (CEPR Press, 2015, with Filippo di Mauro) and contributed to the project "Current Challenges Facing Portuguese International Trade".