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Brookings Instituion is considered the largest and most prestigious think tank in the United States.
Founded in 1916, Brookings Institution's work focuses primarily on the study of the social sciences, fiscal policy, the quality of democracy and foreign policy.
It is a private, non-profit organisation whose mission is to conduct in-depth, non-partisan research to improve policies and governance at regional, national and global levels.
It is a partner of the Foundation in the study «Europe’s energy transition: Balancing the trilemma», which included the publication of a series of policy papers on this topic.

Last update: july 2024

Jewelry and objects designer.
(1928-2026)

Vice-president of the Constitutional Court of Portugal, elected by the judges in April 2023, and professor at Católica School of Law. Judge of the Constitutional Court of Portugal (sworn into office in 2016 for a 9-year term).
He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Constitutional Law.

Last update: december 2023

Simon Sebag Montefiore is an internationally bestselling author and historian whose prize-winning books have been published in 48 languages. He is the author of the bestseller «Jerusalem: A History of the Middle East», «Young Stalin» and «The World: A Family History».
In 2025, he was awarded the Blue Metropolis Words to Change Prize (Canada) for «his body of work in humanity and history».
He read history at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge University where he received his PhD.
He is the presenter of five history series for the BBC and many of his books are being developed for movies or drama series.

Philippe Martin (1966-2023) was the dean of the school of public affairs at Sciences Po and professor at the department of economics.
He was vice president and research fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).
From 2018 to 2022, Martin was chairman of the Council of Economic Analysis attached to the prime minister and the minister of economy and finance.
From 2015 to 2016, he was the economic advisor to Emmanuel Macron, minister of economy, industry and digital affairs. From 2008 to 2013, he served as the chair of the economics department at Sciences Po and from 2000 to 2008 he was also a professor at the Paris School of Economics as well as at the Graduate Institute in Geneva. Before that, Martin worked as an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He is a graduate of Sciences Po, the University of Paris-Dauphine and holds a PhD in economics from Georgetown University, Washington DC.

Last updated on: december 2023

Columnist on the New York Times opinion page, host of the award-winning Ezra Klein Show podcast, and author of the bestselling book, «Why We’re Polarized».
Before that, he was the founder, editor-in-chief, and then editor-at-large of Vox,the explanatory news platform, which has won a bevy of awards and now reaches more than 50 million people each month.
He was also a creator and executive producer of its hit Netflix show, «Explained».
Prior to starting Vox, Klein founded and led The Washington Post’s Wonkblog. He is also a columnist for Bloomberg News and a regular contributor/policy analyst for MSNBC.
The Economist named him one of the «Minds of the Moment».

Visiting assistant professor at Católica Porto Business School. PhD in Economics from the University of Porto School of Economics.

Visiting assistant professor at the University of Lisbon School of Law. PhD in Law from the same school.

Full professor at the NOVA University of Lisbon. President of the Portuguese Institute of International Relations (IPRI) of the same institution.
He was director of the National Defence Institute (1996/2000). He served as minister of Internal Affairs (2000/2002) and minister of Defence (2006/2009) of the Portuguese government.
He was visiting professor at Georgetown University (2017/2019 and 2000), visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley (2004) and senior visiting scholar at the European University Institute, Florence (2010).
He has published works on military history, the history of international relations, the history of the European construction and issues of foreign policy, security and defence.

President of the Champalimaud Foundation since 2004, personally selected by founder António Champalimaud, she has a law degree from the Faculty of Law at the University of Lisbon, where she was Assistant Professor. She has held various political positions. She was the second woman in the country to serve as a minister, acting as Minister of Health in the Cavaco Silva governments (1985–1990), in addition to serving as Secretary of State for Social Security (1983–1985) and holding the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (1982–1983).Founder of the PSD, a party in which she has held various leadership positions, she was a Member of Parliament between 1983 and 2005 and twice served as Vice-President of the Assembly of the Republic. She was present at the founding of the Commission on the Status of Women, now the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality. She was one of the pioneering members of SEDES, one of the oldest national civic associations. She is a member of the Council of State and was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator by the President of the Republic. She was born in Porto.