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Historian and writer, specialising in modern Greece, 20th century Europe and international history. He is a professor of History at Columbia University.
He studied Classical History and Philosophy at Oxford, International Relations at the Johns Hopkins University Bologna Centre and has a PhD in Modern History from Oxford (1988).
He published «Hitler's Empire: Nazi Rule in Occupied Europe» (Allen Lane) in 2008, which won the LA Times Book Prize for History the same year.
His most recent book is «What You Did Not Tell: A Russian Past and the Journey Home» (Other Press, 2017).

Miguel Morgado is an Assistant Professor at the Lisbon Catholic University Institute of Political Studies. He has a PhD in Political Science, a Master’s degree in Political Science and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics. Between 2011 and 2015, he was Political Advisor to the Prime Minister and member of Parliament between 2015-2019. He has written several articles and book chapters, as well as annotated translations of classic works of political theory, such as Montesquieu, Do Espírito das Leis (Edições 70, 2011), Francis Bacon, Nova Atlântida e a Grande Instauração (Edições 70, 2008), John Locke, Dois Tratados do Governo Civil (Edições 70, 2007), Leo Strauss, Direito Natural e História (Edições 70, 2009). Each of these Portuguese editions was introduced by an extensive interpretative essay. He is also the author of several monographs: Sovereignty. Of its Uses and Abuses in Political Life (Dom Quixote, 2021), O Conservadorismo do Futuro e outros ensaios (Edições 70, 2017), Autoridade (FFMS, 2010), A Aristocracia e os seus críticos (Edições 70, 2008). Together with Rui Ramos, he co-authored the collective work “Linhas Direitas. Política e Cultura à Direita” (Dom Quixote, 2019). Together with Hugo Chelo, he co-authored Histórias e Fragmentos da Arte Empresarial (Actual Editora, 2013). He also participated in the book by João Carlos Espada, Miguel Morgado, and Hugo Chelo, Riqueza e Pobreza (Principia, 2001).

Assistant Professor at Católica Porto Business School, Catholic University of Portugal – Porto Regional Centre. He works at the Centre for Management Studies and Applied Economics (CEGEA). His research interests include Empirical Industrial Economics, Quantitative Marketing, Financial Economics and Earnings Manipulation.

Last updated: March 2022

Alexandre Soares dos Santos was born in Porto in 1934 and died in Lisbon in August 2019. He attended the Lisbon Law Faculty and began working as a trainee manager at Unilever N.V. in 1957, having had internships in Germany and Ireland. This was the beginning of an international career at Unilever, which included working as Marketing Director for Unilever Brasil between 1964 and 1968. In 1968, he returned to Portugal to join the Board of Directors of Grupo Jerónimo Martins as Delegate-Director, before taking on the role of Chairman of the Executive Committee, which he held along with the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors from 1996 to 2013. He was Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation until his death.

Graduated in Communication and Journalism, with a postgraduate degree in Political Advising and Media. On her way to a master's degree in Political Science at ISCTE.
She assumed the role of digital content manager at the Foundation in October 2023.

Last updated: october 2023

She was a researcher at the University of Lisbon Institute of Social Sciences, where she obtained a PhD in Political Sociology and taught political communication and media and politics. She was also a researcher at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University in the UK. With a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences and a Master's degree in Social Sciences with the thesis "The Vehicles of Political Communication – A Study of an Electoral Campaign in the Media", she also worked as a journalist and communication consultant before devoting herself to her academic career.
Her work focuses on the impact of the media on democracy. She was recently vice-chair of a European working group set up to analyse the consequences of populist political communication on democratic life in Europe and the changes in communication systems and the media. She is currently working on comparative studies of the media and its influence on democratic and social construction in Europe, Brazil and Africa.

Last updated: March 2023

Nuno Félix da Costa: A psychiatrist, he was a professor at the Lisbon School of Medicine (Psychology, Psychiatry, Psychopathology, Psychophysiology, Neurophysiology, Neuroscience).
He has published more than ten books of prose and poetry since 1995. He is the author of four photo books, the last of which was "Portugal was like this", (Cortex Frontal, 2024).
He has had painting, photography and painting on photography exhibits since 1983 in several dozen solo and collective exhibitions.
He was born in Lisbon in 1950.

Last update: october 2024

Journalist, she is a sub-director at Visão magazine and editor at Exame magazine. Throughout her career, she has covered topics related to business, economics, management, human rights, sustainability and innovation.
In 2020, she won the Grand Prize for Economic Journalism for her work «Money is Green», a report on green finance and environmental challenges. She also received an honourable mention in the Human Rights Journalism Award & Integration for covering human dignity issues in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique.
She is the author of Girl Talk, in Exame magazine, and the Sambando in Lisbon blog in the Estado de São Paulo newspaper.

Last updated: August 2024

She is a researcher at the Institute for the Study of Literature and Tradition – Heritage, Arts and Cultures at Nova University Lisbon.
She has a PhD in Environmental Sciences from the same university, she was a researcher at the National Institute of Agrarian Research between 1976 and 2009 and a visiting professor of Food Sociology at the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE) from 1996 to 2003.
She coordinated and co-authored the following works: «Food Tradition and Innovation»; «Nature, Gastronomy & Leisure»; «The Mediterranean Algarve»; «Lives and Voices, of the Sea and of Fish»; «Food, Nature and Landscape».

Last updated: April 2024