Science journalist for radio, television and the press. Trained at Columbia University in New York, NOVA and the Haute École ICHEC in Brussels, he was also Communications Coordinator at ISCTE-IUL. He has received awards from the Association for the Promotion and Development of the Information Society and the online magazine «Ciência Hoje».
American theoretical physicist and director of the Center for Urban Science and Progress at New York University. From 2009 to 2011, he was Undersecretary for Science at the Department of Energy in Barak Obama's administration. He is a renowned expert on energy and public policy.
Finnish biologist and executive director of RePlanet, an environmental NGO that seeks science-based solutions to climate change and biodiversity collapse, without losing sight of the need to eliminate poverty. Interestingly, this environmental activist played American Football, winning two bronze medals at the World Championships.
She is Professor of Biodiversity at the University of Oxford, UK, and Director of the «Nature-Based Solutions» initiative.
She has over 20 years of research experience in a variety of ecosystems around the world and advises governments, the UN and companies on nature-based solutions.
Sociologist and Coordinating Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, she coordinates OBSERVA – Observatory of Environment, Territory and Society. She is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Doctoral Programme in Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies. Additionally, she is a member of the National Council for the Environment and Sustainable Development (CNADS). the European Environment Advisory Council (EEAC) and the Portuguese Council for Health and the Environment (CPSA). She is a regular columnist for the newspapers Expresso and the «Água & Ambiente».
Professor in the Department of Landscape, Environment and Planning at the University of Évora. She is a geographer with a degree from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon, an MSc from Arlon, Belgium (Diplome Européen en Sciences de l'Environment), and a PhD in Geography from the University of Copenhagen.
She is Director of MED – Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Course Director of the Doctoral Programme in Interdisciplinary Landscape Management and of the Doctoral Programme in Landscape Biodiversity and Society.
He has a PhD in forestry sciences (University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, UTAD, 2003) and 30 years of professional experience. His scientific work has focused primarily on the behaviour and ecology of forest fires, working from an applied perspective to forest management. This contribution has resulted from his participation in 14 international R&D projects, including coordination tasks, namely the FP6 Fire Paradox project and 28 national projects. He is (co)author of over 115 peer-reviewed scientific articles and 29 international book chapters. He is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Wildland Fire and Annals of Forest Science and has served on the Board of the International Association of Wildland Fire.
An agronomist with a degree from the University of Évora, he owns Herdade da Parreira, an estate of over 800 hectares in Montemor-o-Novo, as well as the company Bovicer – Bovinos e Cereais, Lda., which produces 220 hectares of irrigated fodder crops and autumn-winter cereals, rears beef cattle and manages a considerable area of cork oak and holm oak forests. The company follows conservation agriculture practices, prioritising soil conservation.
Lead Researcher at the Energy Systems Centre and member of the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science’s (INESC TEC) Board of Directors. His research focuses on the integration of distributed electrical resources (renewable electricity generation, electric vehicles, storage, etc.) in distribution and transmission networks, dynamic analysis of electrical systems and smart grids.
