Associate professor at the Nova School of Social and Human Sciences, professor in the Department of Sociology and coordinator of the Master’s degree and PhD in Human Ecology. She is an integrated researcher at CICS.NOVA, author of the essay «Food Waste», published by Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, a member of the Advisory Panel of the National Committee on Combating Food Waste and president of the Society for Human Ecology.
Member of the Board of Directors of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2022-2027).
Founder of NEWES, New Energy Solutions. Visiting professor at the MIT-Portugal programme. Former president of the Regulatory Authority for the Energy Sector (ERSE). And electrotechnical engineer, he got his Bachelor's degree from the University of Porto and his PhD from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
A biologist, he has a Master’s degree in Biochemistry and Plant Physiology and a PhD in Plant Systematics and Morphology (ethnobotany) from the University of Coimbra. He is a coordinating professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Beja, where he founded and directed the Botanical Museum. Researcher at the Institute of Contemporary History at FCSH – Nova University Lisbon / University of Évora. Visiting Scholar at Harvard University.
Associate professor in the Department of Geography (UMinho) and Researcher at CECS (Centre for Studies in Communication and Society), he focuses his scientific activities on forest fires, natural risks and erosion processes. He is currently the director of the Department of Geography at the University of Minho and was the president of the Portuguese Association of Geographers (APG) from 2020 to 2022.
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».
Biologist, emeritus professor at the University of Lisbon School of Sciences, researcher at the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c) and President of the Portuguese Ecology Society. She has a PhD in Biology and an aggregation in Ecology, as well as a Master's degree in Science Communication. She is the author of more than 250 works (chapters, books, articles and dissemination texts).
Biologist, PhD and Aggregate in Environmental Sciences from Nova University Lisbon. A pioneer in microplastics research, she is a participant in several groups of experts, both national and international, in the assessment of Ocean pollution by marine litter and microplastics, and has coordinated several projects. Founder and president of the Portuguese Marine Litter Association, she promotes and works on science dissemination and communication activities for society.
She has a Bachelor’s degree in Communication and Media Studies and a Master’s degree in Human Ecology and Contemporary Social Problems, she worked as a producer of content for radio and television, directed documentaries and wrote fiction scripts. She is a founding member and vice-president of the Circular Economy Portugal association – CEP.
He has worked in consumer policy for about 40 years. In addition to his work, he was an association representative, having served on the Consumer Advisory Committee, in the European Commission and on the board of the European Consumers’ Association. He was the author of television and radio programmes, as well as several works in the specific field of consumption.
He often works with regional press and blogs and does voluntary work with consumer associations as their representative. Since 2006, he has also devoted himself to studies on the Portuguese colony in Guinea and political life in Guinea-Bissau, subjects on which he has published a number of books.
Professor at the Department of Geography and Regional Planning at Nova School of Social Sciences and Humanities in Lisbon and researcher at the CICS.NOVA Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences . Her research focuses on topics such as desertification, climate change and natural disasters. She is a member of the National Commission to Combat Desertification and the Lisbon Academy of Sciences.
