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Alfonso Martínez Arias is ICREA Research Professor in the department of systems bioengineering of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. The recipient of numerous awards, he is co-author of the biology textbook «Principles of Development», which was awarded the Royal Society of Biology book prize.

Last updated: october 2025

Economist, she has been teaching at the Catholic University of Portugal School of Economics and Management (Porto). She has a PhD in Economics from the University of York (UK). Her main areas of research are Regulation and Health Policy, areas in which she teaches at undergraduate, Master’s and executive training level. She has carried out a number of consultancy assignments for public and private entities, in Portugal and abroad, on various topics related to Health Regulation and Policy.

Last updated: March 2022

Economist, he was Director of the School of Economics and Management at the Catholic University of Portugal (Porto). He holds a PhD in Finance from Cass Business School (London). He has research interests and publications in the areas of Financial Market Regulation and Telecommunications. Lead economist in some of the largest merger operations in Portugal and consultant to financial companies, he has carried out various consultancy assignments, particularly in the financial and telecommunications sectors.

Last updated: March 2022

Economist, PhD in Management from the University of Cambridge (UK), she has taught several undergraduate and Master’s degree courses in the areas of Management and Law (Catholic University of Portugal School of Economics and Management (Porto)). Her main areas of research are Regulation, Contracts and Legal Methodology. She has taken part in various international projects and worked on several consultancy projects, particularly in the media sector.

Last updated: March 2022

Geographer and Master’s degree in Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Planning from the University of Porto School of Arts and Humanities. She works on projects in the areas of spatial planning and public policy evaluation.

A forestry engineer with a postgraduate degree in Forest Resources (UTAD), he was born in Vila Real in 1960. He began his professional career at Vila Flor Municipal Council, followed by DRATM and DGRF. In 1988, he moved to the private sector at Silvigest – Gestão Florestal, SA, coordinating the Trás-os-Montes and Norte Litoral areas and, in 1991, he took over the technical office at A. Mota & Filhos. Mota & Filhos. Lda. Shortly afterwards, he joined the first governing bodies of AFNCP (now FORESTIS). In 1993, he set up Bosque, Lda, working in the Beiras and Alentejo regions. In the same year, he became a consultant for the TMAD Baldios Secretariat and, in 2002, for BALADI, the National Baldios Federation.

A civil engineer in territorial planning (FEUP), he was born in Porto in 1952. He was on the North Region Planning Committee for the introduction of the GATs and leads the Terra Quente Transmontana Association of Municipalities. He was Chairman of Nor-Risco – Capital de Risco, SA and Director of the European Venture Capital Association; Vice-Chairman of the CCRN, coordinating the Vale Ave OID and cooperation with Galicia. He launched SPIDOURO, SA, where he promoted Historic Trains, the Douro World Heritage Candidacy and Lavradores de Feitoria, as well as many other projects. From 2003, he worked as a consultant with API and advised a number of governments on the promotion of forestry investment, launching Bosque – Inovação e Desenvolvimento Florestal, SA.

Last updated: March 2022

Political scientist, Professor at the European University Institute in Florence.

Last updated: March 2022

Assistant professor (since 2016) and coordinator of Constitutional Law at the Porto Catholic University of Lisbon School of Law. She is also the executive coordinator of the Master’s degree courses in Law (2022), scientific coordinator of the Master’s degree courses in Constitutionalism, Democracy and Human Rights and co-coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Degree in Human Rights.
She is a member of the Coordination Council of the «Academic Network on The European Social Charter and Social Rights» and co-editor of the series «Constitutionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean» (Hart Publishing).
She is a member of the International Society of Public Law and the International Association of Electoral Law. Her most recent publications are: «Regulating Parties by Constitutional Rules in Liberal Democracies» (with Nuno Garoupa), in the German Law Journal, vol. 24 (9) 2023; «Academic Freedom as a Defensive Right» (with M. Stachowiak-Kudla, S. Westa & I. Bartha), Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, vol. 15, 2023; «The Presentist Portuguese Constitution, in The Architecture of Constitutional Amendments: History, Law, Politics», Hart Publishing, 2023; «Portugal: A European Union-friendly jurisdiction (with Marta Vicente), EU Law and National Constitutions: The Constitutional Dynamics of Multi-Level Governance», Routledge, 2024. And also «The end of the deception? Counteracting algorithmic discrimination in the digital age», in The Oxford Handbook on Digital Constitutionalism, Oxford University Press, 2024, in press.

Last updated: April 2024

Lecturer at the Nova School of Law and at ISCTE-IUL. Researcher at CEDIS – Centro de Investigação e Desenvolvimento sobre Direito e Sociedade (Nova Direito), DINÂMIA'CET – Centro de Estudos sobre a Mudança Socioeconómica e o Território (ISCTE-IUL), and CIMA – Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (Universidade do Algarve). She has a PhD in Law from the Nova School of Law and she researches and publishes in the areas of Public Law (environment, sea, food, science and technology) and International Law.