Education

PhD in Economics (ongoing)
(University of Coimbra, since 2021)

MSc Economics, Growth and Structural Policies
(University of Coimbra, 2019 – 2021)

BA Business Administration
(University of Tartu, 2016 – 2019)

Professional background

Visiting Research Fellow
Bocconi University, GREEN
Sep 2025 – now

FCT Research Fellow
University of Coimbra, CeBER
Nov 2023 – now

Research Fellow
University of Coimbra, ADAI
Dec 2022 – June 2023

Intern
Department of Energy Financial Instruments at the Ministry of Economics of Latvia
Aug 2022 – Oct 2022

Project Assistant
Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Environment
May 2021 – Aug 2021

Columnist
[Energy and the World]
Apr 2021 – Aug 2022

Intern
Transparency International Latvia
Jun 2021 – Aug 2021

Publications

Auza, A., Fuinhas, J.A (2025). Reframing Biodiversity and Social Capital through Incomplete Contracts. Journal of Sustainability.
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Auza, A., Fuinhas, J.A. (2025). No Social Capital without Biodiversity. Applied Economics Letters.
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Auza, A., Fuinhas, J.A., Chenari, B., Saadatian, S. (2025). How Do Energy Price, Density, and Gini Changes Explain Biodiversity Outcomes? The Empirical Case of the United States. Sustainability.
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Auza, A., Asadi, E., Chenari, B., Gameiro da Silva, M. (2023). A Systematic Review of Uncertainty Handling Approaches for Electric Grids Considering Electrical Vehicles. Energies.
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Auza, A., Asadi, E., Chenari, B., Gameiro da Silva, M. (2023). Review of cost objective functions in multi-objective optimisation analysis of buildings. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.
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Auza, A., Fuinhas, J. A. (2023). Russian Doll of Sustainability: Factor Endowments, Democratic Political Equality and Income Inequality in the Post-Communist Central and Eastern European Countries. The Singapore Economic Review.
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Auza, A. (2021). Income inequality and Economic Growth in Central and Eastern European Transition Countries. [Thesis]
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Auza, A. (2019). Determinants of Sustainable Packaging Implementation in Food Sector Enterprises in Latvia. [Thesis]
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