Environment

He is an emeritus professor at the University of Lisbon School of Sciences. He has devoted himself to teaching and research in theoretical nuclear physics, astrophysics and, since 1987, in environmental sciences, global changes and sustainability, and is currently President of the National Council for Environment and Sustainable Development. His latest book is «Time, Progress, Growth and Technology».

Last updated: May 2021

Born in Santarém in 1948, he graduated from the Higher Institute of Agronomy (where he has been a full professor since 1985) and he got his PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA). He teaches Ecology and Plant Biology on courses in the 1st, 2nd (Master's degree) and 3rd (PhD) cycles. His scientific research interests focus on the ecology of forests, particularly the effect of climate change on the carbon cycle. He was co-author (or co-editor) of six books by multiple essayists and more than 100 articles in international journals. He is a member of the National Council for the Environment and Sustainable Development (CNADS) and Academia Europaea in London.

Last updated: January 2014

She is director of the Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering at Nova Cairo in Egypt.
She has worked in public and private, national and international bodies in the area of the environment. She started out in Engineering and ended up in Philosophy of the Environment, which gives her an interdisciplinary perspective and a comprehensive understanding of the subject.
She has published books, articles and book chapters for scientific dissemination. Among them the book «The Environment in Portugal», published by Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.

Last updated: December 2023

Social psychologist, principal investigator at the University of Lisbon Institute of Social Sciences (ICS-UL) and visiting professor at the School of Psychology, also in that university. He has a PhD in Social Psychology from ISCTE – IUL (2009) and did his postdoctoral studies in the Netherlands and Lisbon (ICS-UL).
He was president of the Portuguese Psychology Association (APP) between 2021 and 2023.
His research focuses on intergroup relations and socially relevant decisions for low-status groups.
He has published works in magazines such as the «European Journal of Social Psychology» and «Frontiers in Psychology».

Last updated: December 2023

Trabalhou em áreas protegidas e conservação da natureza ao longo de mais de 30 anos, incluindo no ordenamento e gestão de áreas protegidas e da Rede Natura 2000. Tem estudado a evolução da paisagem rural de Portugal continental no século XX e sua relação com a dinâmica da biodiversidade. Publicou os livros «Do Tempo e da Paisagem», «O Gosto de Sicó» e «Portugal: Paisagem Rural».

Última atualização: julho de 2022

She has a Bachelor’s degree in Communication and believes that the Público was her school of journalism. She spent 14 years in the international politics section exploring, Asia in particular. What does a school for migrant children in Beijing have in common with a middle-class family in Tokyo? A writer in Goa looking for their identity in the largest slum in Mumbai? The lowering the Portuguese flag in Macao and a trip through Thai cuisine? Nothing and a lot. For Francisca Gorjão Henriques, all the reports were lessons on how each place is multiple. She believes that these years helped her in the steps that followed. She left the Público newspaper after 20 years to devote herself to the Loaf by Loaf Association, which promotes the integration of refugees from the Middle East. But she did not leave journalism, continuing to work as a freelancer, reporting and doing fixer work.

Known for his poetic non-fiction prose about conservation and nature. His work explores how the human species has been altering the world of living beings and the consequences of these changes for non-human species and for all of us. Combining science, emotion and ethics, Safina calls first and foremost for action. He obtained his doctorate in ecology with a thesis on seabirds, after which he became involved in the fight to abolish the use of fishing nets on the high seas and reform US fishing policies. He hosted the PBS series «Saving the Ocean». His writings have appeared in The New York Times, Time, Audubon and Yale E360 magazines, as well as online on National Geographic, the Huffington Post and CNN.com. His books include the classic «Song for the Blue Ocean» and «Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel».

Bruno Cardoso Reis holds a PhD in War Studies from King's College and a Master’s degree in Contemporary History from the University of Lisbon School of Arts and Humanities. He was deputy director of the Centre for International Studies at Iscte-IUL, where he teaches and directs the PhD in History and Security and Defence Studies, in partnership with the Military Academy. He was deputy to the Minister of National Defence (2019-2022). He was a guest professor at the Institute of Political Studies at UCP and, in the 2024-25 academic year, he was a FLAD guest professor at Georgetown University in Washington, where he's currently a non-resident researcher. He has published several articles and books, including the essay "Can Portugal have a Strategy?" (2019) published by Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.

Last updated: september 2025

Leads the Foundation's Digital & Social Content Management team.
She coordinated the Digital Area and the Fronteiras XXI project, with a monthly debate program in a partnership with RTP, the national Portuguese television.
Joana Ferreira da Costa was a journalist between 1997 and 2016. She worked for 11 years at the daily newspaper «Público» writing about Science, Health Policies and Politics, having been a resident's reporter at Parliament. She then worked as a sub-editor at «Diário de Notícias» and at weekly newspaper «Sol».
She has a degree in Social and Cultural Communication from the Portuguese Catholic University.

Last update: march 2023

His parents are from Trás-os-Montes, but he was born and spent his early life in Vila Nova de Gaia. He studied in Porto, Viana do Castelo and Vila Real. He did his military service in Lisbon, where he simultaneously studied Romance Languages and Law. Forced to leave Portugal for political reasons, he lived in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, New York and Paris. He got his Bachelor’s degree in Amsterdam, where he taught and now lives. His books are currently published by Quetzal.

Last updated: May 2017