An economist, he teaches at the Catholic University of Portugal School of Economics and Management (Porto). He completed his PhD and Master's degree in Economics at the University of York (UK). His main areas of research are Microeconomics, Auction Theory, Regulation and Competition and it is in these areas that he teaches several undergraduate and Master’s degree courses. He has carried out consultancy work for public and private entities in Portugal and abroad, on a number of topics related to Regulation and Competition in the telecommunications, financial services and health sectors (among others).
She has a Bachelor’s degree and PhD in Law, specialising in Civil Procedural Law. She has written several monographs and scientific articles on Civil Procedure, Arbitration, Mediation and Justice of the Peace.
A political scientist, she is Director (since 2023) and Coordinating Researcher of the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lisbon. Since 2021, she has also been Editor of the European Political Science Review.
She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Oxford (2001). She directs the Electoral Behaviour and Political Attitudes of the Portuguese project as well as an ERC project on the consequences of the politicisation of European issues on national politics.
She has published several books and articles on Portuguese attitudes towards Europe, voting behaviour and the functioning of political institutions in Portugal from a comparative perspective.
