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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

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

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

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

She has a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics (IST-UL) and a PhD in Systems Biology (ITQB-NOVA), having done her thesis at Harvard University in the USA.
She was principal investigator at the Gulbenkian Institute of Science and director of the Science for Development Postgraduate Programme, a PhD programme aimed at PALOP (Portuguese-speaking African countries).
She was a professor at Nova SBE and has been coordinating the multidisciplinary research group «Social Physics & Complexity» — SPAC at the Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics Laboratory since 2020.

Last updated: april 2025

Professor at the Catholic University of Portugal in Braga since 2006 and a researcher at the Centre for Philosophical and Humanistic Studies.
He has a Master’s degree in Psychology – specialising in Family Psychology, from the Catholic University of Portugal School of Philosophy in Braga.
He has a PhD in Psychology from the University of Porto School of Psychology and Education Sciences.

Last updated: april 2025

Studied law before graduating to newspapers and magazines. He wrote regularly about music for almost 40 consecutive years.
He has two weekly radio programmes on Antena 1 («Bairro Latino» and «As Regras da Atração»).
He has been on the panel of commentators on «Trio d’Ataque» (RTP3) since 2012.
He previously published the book «When TV Used to Bring the Country to a Halt», which was followed by «Something to Talk About and Sweet Mouth». He also has other books in his portfolio.

Last updated: april 2025