Gustavo Sugahara has as main research interest the interface between population aging and economic science. Economist at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (Brazil) and Master in Economics and Political Policies from the University Institute of Lisbon (Portugal), he is a PhD student at the University College of Oslo and Akershus (Norway) where he develops a research project on paper Technology in the promotion of cities that are friendly to the elderly. In addition to DINAMIA'CET-IUL, it collaborates regularly with HelpAge International and the Institute for Socioeconomic Studies (Mocambique). Gustavo Sugahara was a parliamentary advisor to the Portuguese Parliament and a consultant to various international organizations, such as the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program.