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She is an education psychologist and a clinical and health psychologist, with advanced specialisation in psychotherapy and community psychology at the Portuguese Psychologists Association (OPP).
She has been an assistant professor at the European University of Lisbon since 2023. As a researcher, she has worked at the University of Lisbon Environmental Health Institute (ISAMB) and on the “Social Adventure” project.
She is a member of the “International Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children” (HBSC) network and the ”Cross-National Project on Positive Youth Development” (CN-PYD).
She is a coordinator at a number of institutions (ES’COOL project, Promoting Mental Health in Schools; the “Hand in Hand” (HAND:ET) project and the SuPERA project at the European University of Lisbon).
She has a Master’s degree in Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy and a PhD in Education Sciences from the University of Lisbon. She did a postdoc in Psychology at the School of Human Motricity, funded by the FCT.

Last updated: May 2025

She is an associate professor with aggregation at Universidade Lusófona and Director of the Psychology, Innovation and Knowledge Service (SPIC) at that university.
She is Lead Investigator for Portugal, coordinator of Zone A (Mediterranean Countries) and a member of the International Coordination Commission for the “Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children” study by the World Health Organisation.
She coordinates the Portuguese Laboratory of Healthy Work Environments and is the president of the “Social Adventure Association”. She is a member of and an expert on the Ministry of Health’s Ethics Commission for Clinical Research (CEIC)/INFARMED.
She is an aggregate professor of psychology and has a PhD in Psychology, a PhD in Management, a Master's degree in Public Health and a Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Psychology.

Last updated: May 2025

She is a full professor at Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes (ISMAT) and practices clinical and health psychology at the Algarve Local Health Unit in Portimão.
She has been an integrated researcher at the School of Medicine Environmental Health Institute, University of Lisbon since 2018 and has published several scientific articles in books and national and international journals. She is on the Portuguese team for the study on “Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children” (WHO) and at the School Observatory – Psychological Health and Wellbeing.
She has a Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Psychology and a Master’s degree in Health Psychology from ISPA. She got her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Minho in 2007.

Last updated: May 2025

She has a PhD and a postdoc in Education Sciences from the University of Lisbon and has been a visiting assistant professor at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa School of Human Sciences since 2023. She is an integrated researcher at the “Católica Research Centre for Psychological, Family and Social Wellbeing” (CRC-W) and is on the Social Adventure team. She is also an executive coordinator at the Observatory for Psychological Health and Wellbeing in Schools / Directorate-General for Education and Science Statistics (DGEEC).
She was executive coordinator on projects funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, such as «Dream Teen», «#GeraçõesComVoz» and «Learn to Fly».
Her research areas focus on positive development, psychological flexibility, social participation and the psychological health and wellbeing of children and teenagers, and she has written several publications related to these subjects.
Last updated: May 2025

Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Lisbon School of Agriculture (ISA). She got her PhD in 1993 and is a professor at the same school. She directed the Botanic Garden in Ajuda. She designed the amphitheatre and has been in charge of restoration work at Quinta das Lágrimas since 2004. She is an international member of ICOMOS (UNESCO) on the International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes. She founded the Historical Gardens Association in 2002. She is a corresponding member of the Academy of Fine Arts (2016) and was honoured by France with the «Ordre d’Officier des Arts et des Lettres» (2013). She also received a Special Commendation from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Last updated: may 2025

She has a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics (IST-UL) and a PhD in Systems Biology (ITQB-NOVA), having done her thesis at Harvard University in the USA.
She was principal investigator at the Gulbenkian Institute of Science and director of the Science for Development Postgraduate Programme, a PhD programme aimed at PALOP (Portuguese-speaking African countries).
She was a professor at Nova SBE and has been coordinating the multidisciplinary research group «Social Physics & Complexity» — SPAC at the Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics Laboratory since 2020.

Last updated: april 2025

Former governor of the Bank of Portugal. He was managing director of Milleninum BCP (2000-2004), director of Caixa Geral de Depósitos (2004-2006) and vice-president of the EIB (2006-2010).

Pulmonologist and intensivist. He is Coordinator of the Order of Physicians' crisis office for Covid-19.

Last updated: May 2020

Journalist for the Público.

Last updated: September 2020