Economy

Professor of Economics and holder of the Ford Chair at MIT. He is also Co-Director of the NBER Labor Studies Programme, the MIT Task Force on Work of the Future and the experimental JPAL Work of the Future Initiative. His research explores the impacts of the technological revolution and globalisation on the labour market, specifically job polarization, demands and skills, income levels and inequalities, and electoral outcomes. He has received several awards for his academic studies – the National Science Foundation's CAREER Award, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, the Sherwin Rosen Award for Outstanding Contributions to Labor Economics, and the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship in 2019 – and also for his teaching, including the MIT MacVicar Faculty Fellowship. Most recently, Autor received the Heinz 25th Special Recognition Award from the Heinz Family Foundation for his contribution to «transforming our perception of how globalisation and the technological revolution are impacting the jobs and wage prospects of American workers.« In 2017, Bloomberg recognised him as one of the 50 people who have defined the world of business on a global scale. And in 2019, the Economist magazine labelled him «The academic voice of the American worker». Later that year, and with (at least) equal justification, he was dubbed the «Twerpy MIT Economist» by John Oliver of Last Week Tonight, in a segment on automation and employment.

He heads the largest Portuguese footwear group, Kyaia, which owns Fly London, the eighth best-selling shoe brand in the world, and the Foreva multi-brand chain.
He has dedicated his entire career to this sector: he started at the age of 14 sweeping up at the Campeão Português shoe factory, going on to open his first factory in 1976. Eight years later, in 1984, he founded Kyaia with his partner Amílcar Monteiro. The initial staff of 50 eventually grew to almost 600, and today the group has five factories and over 80 stores in 57 countries. Operating in a sector that has been experiencing a rebirth, the Kyaia group broke its seventh consecutive export record in 2016, with over 81 million pairs of shoes exported. Its corporate group has diversified its business by entering distribution and information technology. Fortunato Frederico was President of the Portuguese Footwear Manufacturers' Association (APICAPS) for 18 years, a position he did not stand for again in the April elections. He was born in Guimarães in 1943.

President of the Portuguese Association of Real Estate Developers and Investors. He has a law degree from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa and was Senior Associate in the Real Estate, Construction and Tourism Department at the law firm Cuatrecasas, which he left in 2014.

Last updated: May 2023

President of the Local Accommodation Association in Portugal and Non-Executive President of the European Holiday Home Association since 2022.

Last updated: May 2023

CEO of the Casais Engineering and Construction Group, an organisation he was maintained ties with throughout his career. He is a member of the Strategic Board of the Institute for Science and Innovation for Bio-sustainability, Business Ambassador for the city of Braga, a member of the Advisory Board of the Civil Engineering course at the University of Minho and a member of the Board of Directors of the Waste Recovery Centre (CVR) (subsidiary of the University of Minho).
He holds a Master's Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Minho, where he also attended the MBA Construction Specialization Course. He runs an Owner/President Management Programme at Harvard Business School.

Last updated: May 2023

Professor and director of the Globalisation and Governance Centre (CG&G) at the Nova School of Business and Economics, he is a member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, the Royal Academy of Belgium and the Canadian Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). He taught at Yale and Princeton universities, Sciences Po university in Paris and the Catholic Universities in Portugal and Angola. He also served as President of the OECD Development Centre and the Tropical Scientific Research Institute (which includes the Tropical Botanical Garden). The long list of his academic publications is available at www.jbmacedo.com

Journalist for the Público.

Last updated: September 2020

He was born in Bombarral in 1963. He has a Bachelor's degree in Economics from ISE and he is a teacher and journalist. He was a correspondent for the Diário de Notícias and wrote for Sábado, Dirigir and Le Rail magazines. He has worked at the Público since 1991 and is Deputy Director of Gazeta das Caldas.

Last updated: February 2017

She is a researcher at CREA – Centre for Research in Anthropology at the Nova School of Social and Human Sciences in Lisbon. She has a PhD in Anthropology and a Bachelor's degree in Architecture and she has worked on identity, memory and uses of culture in built-up areas, paying special attention to the fields of heritage and tourism.

Last updated: May 2019

(1936-2018) He joined the army and went to the Army School in 1953. He served in several units of the Armed Forces and did two missions in Africa. He was Commander-in-Chief of Madeira, Director of the Institute for Advanced Military Studies, Chief of the General Staff, head of government and Commander-in-Chief of Cape Verde, Permanent Secretary of the Council of the Revolution, member of the Council of the Revolution and Minister of National Defence. He was a member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences and a member of the Scientific Council of the Centre for Security and Defence Research at the Institute for Advanced Military Studies (IESM), the Honour Council at the School of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP) and a member (co-opted) of the General Council of Nova University Lisbon. He has 15 published works on Strategy, Security and Defence, History and International Relations.

Last updated: November 2018