Politics

He has a PhD in Economics from the University of Rochester, USA, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Catholic University of Portugal. He taught at the University of Pennsylvania. He is an associate professor at the Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, where he has devoted himself to teaching and research in the areas of public economy, social policies and health economics, seeking to create theories of practical application.

Last updated: May 2023

She was a journalist at Lusa and «Visão» magazines and a correspondent for Radio France Internationale. She is currently adjunct to the Mission Structure for the commemorations of the 50th Anniversary of the 25 April Revolution . She has a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the School of Communication and Media Studies and has postgraduate degrees in Civil Crisis Management and Contemporary History.

Last updated: November 2023

Sociologist with a PhD from the University of Leeds (UK). She is Lead Researcher at the Centre for Studies on Social Intervention (CESIS).
Her work focuses on areas such as gender equality, employment and working conditions, social policies, domestic and gender-based violence and human rights.
She frequently collaborates with Eurofound, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). She has also worked with the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

Last updated: March 2024

She is an associate professor in the department of Political Science and Public Policy at ISCTE-IUL, where she coordinates the Master's degree in Political Science, and a researcher at CIES-ISCTE. She has been involved in several research projects related to the themes of democracy, political participation, representation, electoral promises and political decision-making. She has published the results of her research in a number of national and international journals, books and book chapters.

Last updated: May 2022

Lead Researcher with a degree in sociology at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, where she coordinates the «LIFE» research group and directs the journal «Análise Social». Her work focuses on sexualities and citizenship, social inequalities and the intersections between gender positions, in addition to areas such as critical masculinity studies.
She has a PhD from ISCTE and is Visiting Associate Professor in the university’s Department of Sociology. She also teaches on several doctoral programmes at ICS and the University of Lisbon: The Interuniversity Doctoral Programme in Sociology and the Doctoral Programme in Gender Studies.
She is a regular member of the European Research Council’s (ERC) evaluation panels.
She has published various academic articles. She is the co-author of two books and author of «The Sexuality of the Portuguese», published by the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.

He is a professor in the Mathematics Department at the University of Lisbon School of Sciences and vice-president of the European Mathematical Society, the first Portuguese person to hold this position. He got his Bachelor’s degree in Physics from the Lisbon School of Sciences in 1986, completed his Master's degree in Mathematics at Instituto Superior Técnico in 1991 and got his PhD in Mathematics at the University of Warwick in 1995. He chaired the Portuguese Mathematical Society, wrote several scientific articles and books and received the Rómulo de Carvalho Research and Disclosure Award.

Last updated: November 2023

He got his PhD in Economics from the University of Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities and his Master’s degree in Historical Sociology and Economics from Nova University Lisbon. He was a member of the Portuguese parliament, vice-president of the Committee on Budget, Finance and Administrative Modernisation and member of the Ad Hoc Committee for Strengthening Transparency in the Exercise of Public Duties. He is a visiting researcher at several foreign universities: U. Van Amsterdam (Netherlands), London School of Economics and Leicester University (UK), Turku (Finland) New York and Yale Universities (USA).

Last updated: January 2024

President of the Portuguese Association of Banks and member of the General Council of the Portuguese Institute of Corporate Governance. He is also on the board of the Professional Women Network (PWN) Lisbon.
He has a Bachelor's degree in Economics, a Master’s degree and a PhD in Philosophy and he is a visiting professor at the Catholic University of Portugal.
He was president of the institute that manages Public Debt, Director General of the Treasury, director of the foreign department at Banco de Portugal and administrator of the Macao Issuer Institute (current Monetary Authority). He was a member of the EU Monetary Committee and played an active role in the tasks of preparing the EMU at national and European level. He is active in civil society and was president of Sedes.
He regularly comments on economic and financial issues. He has written several books.

Last updated: December 2023

Fátima Barros owns a PhD and a Master's Degree in Economics from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium (European Doctoral Programme in Quantitative Economics). Since 1992, she has been a Professor at the CATOLICA LISBON School of Business & Economics, where she also obtained her bachelor's degree in Economics, in 1986. She has several published works in the fields of competition, regulation and strategy in top international scientific journals.
She was the Director of CATOLICA LISBON between 2004 and 2012, and Deputy Director between 2001 and 2004. While holding the position of Director of the Faculty, she was invited to join the Directors' Boards of many institutions linked with university education in Europe and the USA; and was member of several Advisory Boards of Business Schools in France, England and Switzerland.
She is currently a non-executive director at BRISA Concessão Rodoviária and Banco BPI, where she is also Chair of the Audit Committee.
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation since November 2025. Trustee of the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos from 2024 until november 2025, she was a non-executive director between 2017 and 2023.

Last updated: november 2025

Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, Professor of International Relations and Political Science at Boston University and Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Europe at Boston University. Her research focuses on European political economy, institutions, democracy and political theory. Her most recent books include «Resilient Liberalism in Europe's Political Economy» (co-editor, 2013), «Debating Political Identity and Legitimacy in the European Union» (co-editor, 2011), «Democracy in Europe» (2006) – named by the European Parliament as one of the «100 Books on Europe to Remember» in 2015 – and The «Futures of European Capitalism» (2002). Recent honours, awards, scholarships and grants include an honorary doctorate from the Free University of Brussels (ULB), the Belgian Franqui Interuniversity Presidency for foreign academics, a research grant from the European Commission (DG ECFIN) and the HORIZON 2020 grant from the European Commission: (ENLIGHTEN: «European Legitimacy in Governing through Hard Times: The Role of European Networks» – as Lead Researcher at the Free University of Brussels).