Professor in the Department of Political Economy at the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE), where he has been teaching since 1999. He has a PhD in Economics from the University of Bocconi, Italy, and a Master's Degree in Economics and Management of Science and Technology from the Higher Institute of Economics and Management of the University of Lisbon.
He was Director of Economic Analysis and Forecasting Services at the Strategy and Studies Office of the Ministry of Economy and Innovation in 2007 and 2008 and Co-ordinator of the Studies and Evaluation Centre of the NSRF Observatory between 2008 and 2014. He is author of the book «What To Do with This Country – From The Pessimism of Reason To The Optimism of Will» and co-author of the blog «Bicycle Thieves». He is a member of Dinâmica'CET, the Centre for Studies on Socioeconomic Change and Territory. He is a commentator for RTP.
He is President of ANI – National Innovation Agency. Until 2014, he was Executive Director of PRODUTECH – Pólo das Tecnologias de Produção and Director of INESC Porto – Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores do Porto. He is a member of the High-Level Group of the MANUFUTURE Technology Platform and Chairman of its National and Regional Technology Platforms Group. He is a National Delegate to the NMP+B Programme Committee of HORIZON 2020 and, since 2012, has been a RIS3 expert for DG REGIO.
He is President of Portugal Inovação Social, a government initiative created in January 2015 as part of Portugal2020, which aims to boost the innovation and social entrepreneurship ecosystem in Portugal and create the foundations for a social investment market. He holds a PhD in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Stanford University and was Professor of Entrepreneurship at INSEAD for 12 years, where he ran the social entrepreneurship programme since 2007 and the Entrepreneurship Centre since 2009. He is the author of a vast body of research on organisational theory, entrepreneurship and social innovation, and has received over 2,000 citations on Google scholar. He co-founded the Social Entrepreneurship Institute and the Social Investment Laboratory in Portugal. In 2013, he published «Handbook for Changing the World», the first guide for social entrepreneurs in Portuguese.
He is the Holbert C. Harris Professor of Economics at George Mason University. Foreign Policy magazine named him one of the top 100 World Thinkers in 2011, and a poll conducted by «The Economist» magazine placed him among the most influential economists of the current decade. He is a regular contributor to publications such as «The New York Times», «The Wall Street Journal» and «The Washington Post». His blog, «Marginal Revolution», was named the best economics blog by «The Wall Street Journal», and Cowen was considered one of the 25 best bloggers by Time magazine in its 2013 edition. Tyler Cowen's other publications include «Discover Your Inner Economist», about behavioural economics, and «An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies».
He is head of the «Net Futures» department at DG CONNECT and in charge of research and innovation on the current Internet architecture, software and services and strategy for the EU's cloud computing system.
Senior Project Leader at Nesta and Senior Consultant at Nesta Innovation Lab. She is the EU coordinator of the direct democracy and digital social currencies project «D-CENT», and Lead Researcher of the digital social innovation project in Europe «DSI». She is a Researcher and Associate Professor at Imperial College Business School, in the Centre for Innovation Studies – Digital Economy Lab. She has an undergraduate degree in social sciences and innovation economics, a PhD in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from Imperial College London and a Master's Degree in E-business and Innovation from the University College of London, Birkbeck. She is also a member of the Internet of Things Council project and a consultant for the European Commission on Future Internet and Smart Cities policy.
He is Professor of Political Science in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London, and Co-Director of the New Political Communication Unit, which he founded in 2007. He is the author of two major award-winning books – «Internet Politics: States, Citizens, and New Communication Technologies» and «The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power», both published by Oxford University Press. Chadwick was the founding editor of the Oxford Studies in Digital Politics collection from Oxford University Press.
CEO of Knowman. During the eight years she lived in London, she was a Knowledge Consultant at Headshift, Knowledge Manager in the UK Ministry of Health agencies and Cultural Change Manager at a major financial institution. She conceived the Citizenship 2.0 event, which she has been co-organising since 2010, and is responsible for the platform of the same name (citizenship20.com) which promotes and boosts projects for using social networks and tools as means of civic dialogue and participation. She collaborates regularly with the São Paulo State Government (Brazil) with whom she co-edited the book «We Can Do It – Knowledge Management and Innovation in the Public Sector» (2014). She also coordinates APDSI's Web 2.0 group.
Coordinating Researcher in the Scientific Employment Stimulus programme at the Institute of Social Sciences.
She holds a PhD in Economics from the European University Institute, Florence, where she won the Prize for the Best Doctoral Thesis 1995-98. She was Associate Professor at the Institute of Economic Analysis of the Spanish Higher Council for Scientific Research and Affiliate Professor at the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics. She was Visiting Researcher at the University of California-Berkeley (2011) and Researcher at the Institute for the Study of Labor in Germany (2002-08).
He has been Professor at the Graduate Institute in Geneva since 1991 and CEPR President since 2016. He founded the VoxEU.org portal in 2007. As well as being a researcher and teacher, he has advised governments and international organisations around the world on globalisation and trade policy. He was Senior Economist in the Bush Administration's Presidential Council (1990-1991) and did his PhD in economics at MIT with Paul Krugman.
