Politics

He is a member of the National Education Council in an advisory capacity on education policy. He served as President of the Porto Academic Federation until 2023.
He is currently studying a Master's Degree in Consumer Sciences and Nutrition at the University of Porto.

Last updated: January 2024

Author of two New York Times bestsellers – «Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?» and «So Here’s the Thing» – and co-host of Hysteria, a podcast produced exclusively by women at Crooked Media. Between 2022 and 2014, she was Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations at the White House. She previously held various positions in President Barak Obama's administration, in the areas of campaigns, political action and the Senate office.
She was Chief Operating Officer of Vice Media, President of Global Communications and Strategy at A&E Networks. She currently serves on the boards of the nonpartisan voter registration organisation, Headcount, the Honors College at the University of Vermont, and the Board of Visitors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Specialist in International Relations, professor and researcher at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He was a professor at the University of Coimbra (Portugal). He did a Master’s degree in International Politics at the University of Aberystwyth (UK). He holds a PhD in Critical Security Studies, also from Aberystwyth, with a thesis on the reform of police forces as a US foreign policy tool in the context of post-conflict state-building. He was a researcher at the Centre for Global Studies at George Mason University in Washington.

Last updated: March 2023