Culture

Miguel Pimenta has worked at the Institute for Nature Conservation and in the Peneda-Gerês National Park, as well as other institutions. He has written several works in this area, published both nationally and internationally, one of the most important being «Atlas das Aves do Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês» (1996) (Atlas of Birds in the Peneda-Gerês National Park).
He is currently working on the historical reconstruction of the fauna of Portugal, using historical and cultural sources, and he is the co-author of the books «The Brown Bear in Portugal: A Story of Extinction» (2017) and «Feras e Homens: A fauna no Portugal medieval (2022)» (Man and Beast: The Fauna of Medieval Portugal).

Last updated: December 2025

Coordinator of the Office of Economic, Business and Public Policy Studies (G3E2P) at the School of Economics and Management of the University of Porto (FEP), where he obtained his PhD in economic growth.
He has taught at the Lusíada University of Porto and was a senior researcher in the research offices of the AEP – Portuguese Business Association (1999-2011; 2013-2023) and the CIP – Confederation of Portuguese Business Confederation (2011-2013).
He has published articles in national and international scientific journals on economic policy, public finance, institutions, the informal economy and natural resources.

Last update: december 2025

Director of the School of Economics and Management of the University of Porto (FEP) and a full professor and founding member and former president of the Observatory of Economics and Fraud Management (OBEGEF).
He is a member of the cef.UP research centre – Centre for Economics and Finance at the University of Porto.
He has published books, book chapters and over 140 articles in international scientific journals on economic growth – the subject of his PhD – and related topics, such as wage inequality, the unobserved economy, institutions and public finance.
He is currently president of the Municipal Assembly of Miranda do Douro.

Last update: december 2025

British journalist and author, renowned for his expertise in geopolitics and international affairs.
With over thirty years of experience, he served as diplomatic editor at Sky News and reported from more than 30 countries, including 12 war zones such as Iraq, Syria, Bosnia and Afghanistan.
He has been shot with birdshot in Cairo, detained by secret services in Damascus, bombed in Belgrade, and assaulted by police in Tehran, experiences that bring a first-hand, hard-won perspective to his global analyses.
He is the author of several books on world politics, most notably «Prisoners of Geography», a global bestseller translated into over 30 languages, which explores how geography continues to shape the fate of nations. His mission: to make the invisible forces that shape our world understandable to everyone.

Last updated: august 2025

She has a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from Nova University of Lisbon and she has been a journalist at the «Diário de Notícias» since 2003, where she was the editor of the International, Culture and Online sections. She has been executive editor since 2018.
She has reported from Israel, Iceland, Cape Verde and the United States.
Always closely connected to the French language, she has interviewed political figures such as Emmanuel Macron, Michel Barnier and Marine Le Pen, as well as thinkers such as Dominique Wolton and Gilles Lipovetsky.

Last updated:august 2025

Journalist since 1974. First Portuguese correspondent in Peking (1988 – 1990). Freelancer since 2002.
He has a Master’s degree in History and the Philosophy of Science (FCUL).
He is a PhD student in Art History, (NOVA – FCSH).
He is a researcher and communicator on subjects related to horology. A volunteer at the Ephemera Archive, he coordinates its Time and Gastronomy Centres.

Last updated: august 2025

Assistant professor in the Department of Social, Political and Territorial Science at the University of Aveiro and researcher at GOVCOPP.
He has a Master’s degree in Planning and Projects in the Urban Environment from the University of Porto and a PhD in Social Sciences from the University of Aveiro.
He directed the Master’s degree course in Urban and Regional Planning from 2016 to 2020.
He coordinates the Public Policy Planning Laboratory, a research group with Master's degree and PhD students at the University of Aveiro, which won the University of Aveiro Cooperation Prize in 2023.
He has been involved in a number of national and international research projects on participatory land use planning and has promoted several civic movements and initiatives on behalf of cities and citizenship. He has also written a number of national and international publications on the subject of participation and cities.

Last updated: august 2025

Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Lisbon School of Agriculture (ISA). She got her PhD in 1993 and is a professor at the same school. She directed the Botanic Garden in Ajuda. She designed the amphitheatre and has been in charge of restoration work at Quinta das Lágrimas since 2004. She is an international member of ICOMOS (UNESCO) on the International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes. She founded the Historical Gardens Association in 2002. She is a corresponding member of the Academy of Fine Arts (2016) and was honoured by France with the «Ordre d’Officier des Arts et des Lettres» (2013). She also received a Special Commendation from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Last updated: may 2025

She has a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre-Performance, a postgraduate degree in Dramaturgy and Scriptwriting and a master’s degree in Journalism.
She won the Aldónio Gomes Prize for her work (Out of)Control in 2016.
She is a journalist at the «Mensagem de Lisboa».

Last updated: may 2025