Education

The Vice-Rector of the University of Lisbon was one of the promoters of a unique course in Portugal: the Bachelor’s degree in General Studies, which has been bringing Arts, Literature and Science topics together since 2011, allowing students to choose the subjects that most interest them.
He has a PhD in Anglo-American Studies from the University of Lisbon School of Arts and Humanities, he specialised in English and American Literature, and has a PhD from Brown University. He teaches in the Department of Anglican Studies and on the Literature Theory programme at the School of Arts and Humanities.
In this institution, he was also director and Chairman of the Scientific Council between 2008 and 2013. His professional work, teaching and research, has focused on the Theory of Literature, European and American Modernism, the translation of English and American authors and the dramaturgy of English and Portuguese texts.
He works with the Advanced Literary Studies Laboratory at the Nova School of Social and Human Sciences in Lisbon.
He is a non-executive administrator of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and president of the Independent General Council of RTP.
Among other essays, in 2017, he co-wrote «University as It Should Be» with Miguel Tamen, for Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.

António Barreto was born in Porto on 30th October, 1942. He lived in Vila Real until he finished secondary school, after which he attended Coimbra Law Faculty. He lived in Switzerland as a political exile from 1963 to 1974, graduating in Sociology in 1968. He worked at the University of Geneva and the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development before returning to Portugal in 1974. He worked as a professor at the Social and Human Sciences and Law Faculty at Lisbon's Universidade Nova, as a researcher at Universidade Católica and the Social Sciences Institute of Universidade de Lisboa until 2008. He gained his Doctorate in Sociology in 1985 from the University of Geneva. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly and the Portuguese Parliament, Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, Minister for Trade and Tourism and Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries. He was also the winner of the Montaigne Prize of 2004. He has been a member of the Academia das Ciências since 2008, Chairman of the Board of the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation since 2009 and a columnist for the «Público» newspaper since 1991. His published work includes, «Anatomia de uma Revolução», «Tempo de Mudança», «Sem Emenda», «Tempo de Incerteza», «A Situação Social em Portugal», «1960-1999» and «Anos Difíceis».

She has a PhD in Educational Sciences, specialising in Analysis and Organisation of Teaching, from the University of Coimbra. She is the general coordinator of the Education Initiative, a project designed to promote the success of young people by supporting exemplary projects with a potential multiplier effect on the education system.
Between 2015 and 2019, she coordinated the studies team at the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation, where, between 2010 and 2015, she was project and content manager in the areas of education, science and economics.

Last update: january 2023

Pedro S. Martins is Professor of Economics at Nova SBE in Carcavelos. He received his PhD in 2004 from the University of Warwick in the UK. His research area is labour economics, and he has published his studies in several international academic journals. He specialises in topics such as employment, wages, vocational training and education. He has authored several reports for international organisations, including the European Commission, the ILO, the IMF, the OECD and the World Bank. He was Secretary of State for Employment in the Portuguese Government (2011-2013).

Last updated: August 2023

Economics specialist at Oxford University, Senior Research associate at Oxford University's Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence and Lecturer and Researcher at King's College, London. He is co-author of the bestseller «The Future of the Professions» (2015) and author of «A World Without Work» (2020), described by The New York Times as a «must-read for any potential presidential candidate thinking about the economy of the future». His TED Talk on the future of work has been viewed over 1.6 million times.

Assistant Professor at the Institute of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Portugal, and an integrated researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Health, where she promotes the working group Mind, Brain and Education. She is an education psychologist, has a PhD in Health Sciences and co-authored «When your Son’s Brain goes to School» (2017) and «Neuromyths» (2020). She has allied research and the dissemination of transdisciplinary science.

Former CEO and member of the Executive Committee and of the Board of Directors of the Foundation, David Lopes holds a college degree in Business Management. He was until September 2014 the President of the international area of Daymon Worldwide (a leading global company in consumers’ brand development) where he was also responsible for managing international joint ventures, business operations development and expansion in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa. He previously was General Manager at Daymon Portugal for three years, where he led the team that established the hub which became the basis of this North American international business in Europe. He transitioned from this role to serve as CEO of the leading Portugese wholesaler «Recheio Cash & Carry» before rejoining Daymon. His professional career also includes leadership positions in the polish company Biedronka and as member of the Board of Directors of the companies «Parque Expo», «Oceanário de Lisboa» and «Fundação do Gil». He is a founding member of the Portuguese Diaspora Council.

Last updated: april 2020

Film critic, screenwriter, director and manager of the Cinema area for Guimarães 2012 – European Capital of Culture. He is a professor at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School and wrote for Seara Nova and Cinéfilo magazines and the A Luta and Expresso newspapers. He currently works with the Diário de Notícias newspaper.

Last updated: November 2023