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Professor of Sociology and Sociological Practice at the University of Leicester, UK, where he worked for over 20 years at the Centre for Labor Market Studies (CLMS), including serving as Director for five years, before returning to the Sociology department (now the School of Media, Communication and Sociology). His approaches sociology as a “craft”, working from the premise that social life is best understood by examining long-term social and historical processes through the intersection of history and individual biographies. He is a member of the sociology panel of the UK Research Excellence Framework and chair of the Data, Infrastructure, Skills and Methods Advisory Group on the expert panel of the UK Economic and Social Research Council.

Last updated: November 2021

He is Professor of European Youth Policy at the University of South Wales in the UK. He has worked at the Universities of Oxford, Cardiff and Copenhagen and has been Visiting Researcher at universities and institutes in Hong Kong, Malta, Croatia, China, France, Australia and Iran. He has published widely on youth and youth policy and worked extensively with young people. Throughout his career, he has been an advisor on youth policy issues to the Welsh and UK governments, the European Commission, the Council of Europe and the United Nations. In addition to his academic work, he ran a youth centre for 25 years. He is a trustee of Grassroots – the Cardiff City Centre Youth Project, the European Forum Alpbach Foundation and the Duke of Edinburgh's International Youth Award. Since 2002, he has been organisational secretary of RC34 – Sociology of Youth of the International Sociological Association.
He was awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2002 and, in 2016, Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO).

Last updated: November 2021

A writer and journalist specialising in the environment, he has been researching climate change and responsiveness to a rapidly changing environment for ProPublica, an independent investigative journalism newsroom in New York, which collaborates with the New York Times Magazine.
He is a 2022 Emerson Collective Fellow at New America and has received a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to write his next book on climate migration. He also teaches narrative writing on climate change at the University of California, Berkeley.
His most recent research includes a three-part series on global climate migration, an analysis of the global palm oil trade, the climatic factors behind pandemics and how climate change is evidencing a global water shortage. Another of his series on the causes of water scarcity in the American West, «Killing the Colorado», was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize and received the top honour from the National Academy of Sciences.

Last updated: October 2022

She has a degree in psychology from the University of Lisbon's FPCE, studied film studies at Lisbon's ESTC, worked for RTP and, as a director for SIC, attended a BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) course in TV Production.
She was a director for SIC from 1992 to 2002. Between 2002 and 2003 she completed the Advanced Programme in Political Journalism at the Institute of Political Studies of the Catholic University of Lisbon. From 2004 to 2008, she was a documentaries advisor to RTP's Programme Direction. In March 2018, she unanimously received her PhD in contemporary history, specialising in empires, colonialism and post-colonialism, earning a distinction and praise for her work. In 2007, she was awarded the Lusophony Grand Prize for the documentary «The Prodigious Writer», a film about the life of Jorge de Sena, which she wrote and directed. In 2018 she was awarded the Fernando de Sousa prize by the European Commission for her work directing and co-authoring the screenplay for the 6-film documentary series Europa 30, shown on RTP2. In 2021 she premiered the documentary «Visions of Empire» at the DocLisboa festival, which she also directed and wrote.

last update: January 2023

Emeritus Professor of Demography at the University of Oxford and Associate Researcher in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention. He has a degree in zoology and biological anthropology from Queen's College, Oxford, and was a volunteer teacher in Nigeria before completing his PhD at the London School of Economics.

Last updated: November 2023

Full Professor at the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences of the Technical University of Lisbon. She is Coordinator of the Demography course and the master's degrees in Risk Society and Health and Social Gerontology, on which she teaches various subjects. She also teaches classes in sociology and on the PhD in Social Policy. She has a degree in sociology, a Master's Degree in Demography and a PhD in Sociology from the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of Universidade Nova de Lisboa. In 2002, she obtained her Aggregate Degree in Sociology/Demography from the same Faculty. She is currently Director of the magazine Fórum Sociológico.

Last updated: November 2023

She has a degree in medicine from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon and a Master's Degree in Gerontology from the University of Social and Political Sciences of Grenoble, France. She has developed and coordinated various national programmes and projects aimed at the elderly population. She is President of the Portuguese Association of Psychogerontology, Vice-President of the Portuguese Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology and Council Member of the International Association of Geriatrics and Gerontology. She received the 2016 FEMINA Award – Outstanding Portuguese and Lusophone Women.

Last updated: January 2024

A philosopher and essayist, he first studied mathematics at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, then moved to France, where he graduated in philosophy at the Sorbonne University. After obtaining a master's degree and a doctorate in the same field, he became Coordinator of the Psychoanalysis and Philosophy department at the University of Paris VIII, while also working as a scientific translator for the OECD.
In 1976, he returned to Portugal to take up the post of assistant to the Secretary of State for Higher Education and Scientific Research. After several years of teaching in secondary schools, he was invited to teach at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. He left in 2010, remaining at the university as a Lead Researcher.
He directed the publisher Relógio D'Água’s Philosophy Collection and published several articles and scientific essays in national and international magazines and encyclopaedias. His 2004 essay «The Fear of Existing» earned him a position on the French weekly «Le Nouvel Observateur’s» list of the world's 25 great thinkers. He was also awarded the P.E.N. Clube Português Essay Prize (2005) and the Vergílio Ferreira Prize (2012).

He is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government. He was director of the World Bank's Research Development Department and has written for «The New York Times», the «Financial Times, the «Wall Street Journal» and the «Washington Post». He researches the causes and consequences of civil war, problems of democracy in low-income societies rich in natural resources, urbanisation in low-income countries and private investment in African infrastructure. In 2014, he received a knighthood for his services to promoting research and policy change in Africa.

Last updated: January 2024

Full Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She is a researcher at NOVA's Communication Institute. Her work focuses on media and journalism studies, children and the media, inclusion and digital participation.
She is Coordinator of the «EU Kids Online» project.
Previously, she was affiliated with the Communication, Information and Digital Culture Research Centre, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Social Sciences and the Media and Journalism Research Centre.
She holds a degree in social communication, a master's degree in communication sciences and a PhD in journalism.

Last updated: February 2024